No. 10 Georgia Tech Stifles Irish – Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets

THE FLATS – No. 10 Georgia Tech volleyball (21-3, 12-2 ACC) dominated its Sunday afternoon match against Notre Dame (10-12, 4-10 ACC), sweeping the Irish (25-16, 25-15, 15-14) inside O’Keefe Gymnasium. The Jackets held Notre Dame to just .020 hitting as a team, the lowest opponent hitting percentage in a match this season and the best defensive display, statistically, in over a calendar year.

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• Georgia Tech now leads the all-time series with Notre Dame, 9-6, winning consecutive matches over the Irish for the first time since the 2016-17 seasons.
• The Jackets have won 12 of their first 14 ACC matches, tied for the best start to a conference season in the Michelle Collier era (2021).
• This is the 26th consecutive sellout at O’Keefe Gymnasium dating back to the 2021 season.
• Going beyond 2019’s NIVC title, Tech has won 100 of its last 123 matches (.813 winning pct.).
• Georgia Tech’s defense held the Irish to .020 hitting today, the lowest hitting percentage by a Tech opponent this season and the lowest since holding Boston College to .000 on October 21, 2022.
• Junior outside hitter Bianca Bertolino led the defense with 13 digs for an average of 4.33 digs/set – a new season-best in conference play.
• She added in 10 kills for her ninth double-double of the season and 23^rd of her career.
• Senior libero Paola Pimentel recorded 12 digs. She has recorded double digit digs in 23 of her 24 matches this season.
• Pimentel now holds 399 digs this season, one shy of becoming just the sixth Jacket in the modern scoring era (since 2008) to reach 400 digs in a single season.
• The Brazilian libero registered two kills in the opening set off of digs that went over the net. They were her first two kills of the season and the 7^th and 8^th of her career. She is averaging one kill for every 140 digs over her career.
• Senior outside hitter Tamara Otene led the team with 16 kills today, including an amazing 8 kills in the third set.
• Otene set a new season-best by collecting her 16 kills on .448 hitting, her most efficient scoring performance since playing at Clemson last season (.471 on 11/18/22).
• Otene has reached the 300-kill mark for the first time as a Jacket. She now owns 526 kills in her 52 matches in White and Gold.
• Graduate right side Afedo Manyang tied a season-best with four blocks – the 1.33 blocks/set average is her best as a Jacket.
• Middle blockers DeAndra Pierce and Anna Boezi combined for nine kills on .533 hitting – bringing their weekend total to a combined 26…