Preview: A-State at Little Rock

			ARKANSAS STATE (6-5, 6-5 Sun Belt) at LITTLE ROCK (1-11, 1-10 Sun Belt) Friday, October 30 • 6:00 PM CT • Little Rock, Arkansas Jack Stephens Center
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			ARKANSAS STATE at LITTLE ROCK Saturday, October 31 • 1:00 PM CT • Little Rock, Arkansas Jack Stephens Center
ESPN+ • Live Stats Last Meeting: A-State, 3-1 (Oct. 3, 2020 in Jonesboro) A-State Record vs Little Rock: 60-25 • Streak: A-State, 1

NOTABLES

Arkansas State has split this season's first two matches versus Little Rock, dropping a 3-1 decision in the season opener on Oct. 2 before winning 3-1 on Oct. 3 behind Josie Stanford's 28 kills. A-State currently is riding a five-match winning streak in Little Rock.
Saturday's match is A-State's first on Halloween since 2014 (W, 3-0 vs Troy)
The Red Wolves lead the nation in total blocks (as of 10/27) with 129.0. With that mark, A-State has already surpassed last season's total in Sun Belt play.
A-State ranks second in the Sun Belt Conference in opponent hitting percentage (.145) and is first in blocks per set (3.07).
Arkansas State has held its opponents to a hitting percentage of .200 or less in eight matches, including three sub-.100 marks. Dating back to last season, A-State has held its foes to under .200 in 11 of the last 15 matches.
A-State is 41-1 since the 2017 season when taking the first two sets - 2-0 in 2020.
Madison Brown was named this week's Sun Belt Conference Offensive Player of the Week on Oct. 27 after registering 67 total kills at Louisiana over the weekend, including an nation-leading 34 in the second match of the weekend. On Tuesday, 10/27, Brown was named Sun Belt Conference Offensive Player of the Week after an impressive weekend at Louisiana where she notched 34 kills in A-State's four-set victory over the Cajuns.
Tatum Ticknor's 37 digs vs. UTA stands as the most in a single match in the NCAA this year. She ranks fourth nationally in digs per set (5.52) and is also in the top 10 among active Division I players in career digs (8th - 1,328) and digs per set (3rd - 4.60).