No. 13 Jackets Dismantle Duke – Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets

THE FLATS – No. 13 Georgia Tech volleyball (16-3, 7-2 ACC) won the last five points of the fourth set to emerge victorious over Duke (12-8, 3-6 ACC) on Friday night inside O’Keefe Gymnasium. Bianco Bertolino posted her 100^th career ace in the final 5-0 run to secure the White and Gold’s seventh conference win of the year.

QUICK HITS

• Tech has now won six consecutive meetings against Duke and eight of the past 10 dating back to the 2015 season. The streak is tied for the Jackets’ longest in series history, matching a six-match win streak from 2002-04.
• This is the 23rd consecutive sellout at O’Keefe Gymnasium dating back to the 2021 season.
• Going beyond 2019’s NIVC title, Tech has won 95 of its last 118 matches (.805 winning pct.).
• Junior outside hitter Bianca Bertolino delivered four service aces tonight, bringing her season total to 46 and her career total to 100.
• She becomes the third Yellow Jacket in the modern scoring era to reach the 100-ace club, joining All-Americans Julia Bergmann (164) and Monique Mead (148).
• Senior libero Paola Pimentel secured 25 digs to lead all players. She has made at least 20 digs in three of her last four matches for an average of 5.23 digs/set over that stretch.
• Senior setter Bella D’Amico set a new career-best with 20 digs to go along with 33 assists for her sixth double-double of the season.
• Senior outside hitter Tamara Otene secured her team-leading 11^th double-double of the season, making 12 kills and 12 digs.
• Otene owns 962 career kills, the most on the roster as she closes in on her 1,000th career kill.
• Freshman opposite Larissa Mendes led the match with 16 kills on .389 hitting. She recorded 11 of her kills in the final two sets, doing so on an impressive .476 hitting.
• This is her seventh match of the season to have made 10+ kills on .300 or better hitting.
• Senior defensive specialist Liz Patterson secured her second-career multi-ace match tonight, securing a pair of aces in the first set.
• Sophomore middle blocker Anna Boezi registered her first solo block as a Jacket tonight, finishing with two solo blocks and five overall.
• She is averaging 1.05 blocks/set in her last six starts.
• The Yellow Jackets made 10 service aces today, headlined by four from Bertolino and a pair each from Patterson and Pimentel. This was the fourth 10+ ace effort of the season.
• Tech’s defense posted 77 digs, tied for the most in a four-set match this season (Sept. 2 at Ohio State).

Set By Set

Set 1 (GT, 25-10): The Jackets took…