MATCH INFORMATION
ARKANSAS TECH GOLDEN SUNS 7-6 (3-0 GAC)	OUACHITA BAPTIST TIGERS 12-3 (3-0 GAC)
Tuesday, September 30 | 6 p.m. Tucker Coliseum | Russellville, Ark. LIVE STATS | LIVE VIDEO

 

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FIRST SERVE
Three matches into the 2025 Great American Conference schedule and the Arkansas Tech and Ouachita Baptist volleyball teams are both unblemished in league play, setting up a showdown of the unbeatens on Tuesday, September 30.
 
The match, which is scheduled to start at 6 p.m. from Tucker Coliseum, will have live stats and video available with both links being found at: www.ArkansasTechSports.com/coverage
 

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TECH(NICALLY) SPEAKING
The Golden Suns enter the match at 7-6 overall and 3-0 in the GAC. Tech has won their last three matches and are coming off a 3-0 win at home against Arkansas-Monticello this past Thursday night.
 
Offensively, the Golden Suns are averaging 13.2 kills/set and have a .225 team attack percentage. They have four players with at least 100 kills and are led by Savannah Meyer and her 134 kills. Erika Hernandez has the highest attack percentage on the team among prominent attackers at .375 (108k-224att-25err).
 
The Golden Suns have split time at setter between their three Aspen Jankowski, Emma Kiser and Kenzie Garrett. All three have at least 125 assists with Jankowski currently leading the team with 200.
 
Defensively the Golden Suns are averaging 16.2 digs/set and 1.8 blocks per set. Samantha Wojtowicz leads the team in digs with 201. Erika Hernandez currently leads the team in blocks with 36.0.
 
The head coach of the Golden Suns is Hannah Wuest. She is in her first year as head coach at Tech and has a 7-6 record.
 

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SCOUTING THE OPPONENTS
OUACHITA BAPTIST
Ouachita Baptist is 12-3 overall and are 3-0 in GAC play. The Tigers are coming off a big 3-0 sweep of Harding at home this past Thursday night.
                                                                                                                              
Coming into play against Tech, the Tigers are averaging 12.9 kills/set and have a .217 team attack percentage. They have four players with at least 100 kills and are led in kills by Kailey Thedford with 150. Leah Gardner has the highest attack percentage on the team among prominent attackers at .391 (117k-243att-22err).
 
The Tigers have used a primary setter in Courtney Hanson. She currently has 469 of the team's 624 assists. Hanson has registered 30 or more assists in a match 10 times this season.
 
Defensively the Tigers are averaging 19.8 digs/set and 2.0 blocks per set. Kylie Kisgen leads the team in digs with 310. Five Tigers have registered double-digit blocks thus far with three having at least 25.0. Leah Gardner leads the way with 51.0 blocks.
 
The head coach of the Tigers is Allison Frizzell-Kizer. She is in her eighth year at her alma mater. In her time at Ouachita, Frizzell-Kizer is 119-91.