MATCH INFORMATION
ARKANSAS TECH GOLDEN SUNS 14-10 (8-4 GAC)	SOUTHERN ARKANSAS MULERIDERS 8-17 (2-10 GAC)
	Tuesday, October 27 | 6 p.m. W.T. Watson Athletic Center | Magnolia, Ark. LIVE STATS | LIVE VIDEO

FIRST SERVE

With a Golden Sun sweep at Henderson State on Friday night, the Suns prepare to head to Magnolia on Tuesday, October 27 to play Southern Arkansas. First serve is set for 6 p.m. in the W.T. Watson Athletic Center.

The match will have live stats and live video. Links for stats and video are available at www.ArkansasTechSports.com/coverage and the livestream will be through a pay-per-view wall on the GAC Sports Network.

TECH(NICALLY) SPEAKING

The Golden Suns had only one match for Week 9 and faced the Henderson State Reddies last Friday. After sweeping the Reddies, the Suns have an 8-4 conference record and sit fourth in the GAC with Southwestern Oklahoma.

Offensively, the Golden Suns are averaging 12.9 kills/set and have a .213 team attack percentage. Leading hitter is Henley Hooks with 291 kills at a total attack percentage of .243. Erika Hernandez contains the highest attack percentage on the team at .386 (215k-443att-44err).

Tech's leading setter is Kenzie Garrett totaling 654 assists of the team's 1097 assists.

Defensively, the Golden Suns are averaging 17.4 digs/set and 1.8 blocks per set. Karis Brinlee leads the team in digs with 313. Erika Hernandez currently leads the team in blocks at 71.0.

The head coach of the Golden Suns is Hannah Wuest. She is in her second-year as head coach at Tech with a 29-22 record.

SCOUTING THE OPPONENTS

SOUTHERN ARKANSAS

The Muleriders' previous match was against the Ouachita Baptist Tigers on Thursday, October 22. The Muleriders fell 3-1 at home for their Dig Pink game. They now have a 2-10 conference record and sit 11th in the conference.

The Muleriders are averaging 12.6 kills/set and have a .164 team attack percentage. Leading hitter is Brinklee Dauenhauer totaling 242 kills with a total attack percentage of .148. The player with the highest attack percentage is Allie Cooper at .338 (164k-367att-40err).

The Muleriders' leading and primary setter is Hayden Pinard totaling 510 assists of the team's 1091 assists.

Defensively, the Muleriders are averaging 17.9 digs/set and 1.5 blocks per set. Kendall Toliver leads the team with 482 digs and Courtnee Morgan leads at 51.0 blocks.

The head coach of the Muleriders is Alli Harrell. She is in her fifth-year at Southern Arkansas with a record of 54-83.