No. 10 Georgia Tech Topples No. 3 Louisville – Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets

THE FLATS – No. 10 Georgia Tech volleyball (20-3, 11-2 ACC) secured its highest ranked home win in program history on Friday night, taking down No. 3 Louisville (20-3, 11-2 ACC) in four sets (26-24, 25-22, 17-25, 25-19) inside O’Keefe Gymnasium. Bianca Bertolino delivered a career-best seven aces while middle blockers Anna Boezi and DeAndra Pierce combined for 17 kills on .419 hitting to lead the Jackets to victory in front of yet another sold out crowd on The Flats.

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• This is the highest ranked home win in program history and the second highest overall in program history (at No. 2 Pitt – 10/10/21)
• This is the sixth win over Top 10 opponent in program history. Four of the six wins have come in the last three seasons (at No. 2 Pitt, 2021 | vs. No. 10 BYU, 2022 | vs. No. 8 Penn State, 2023).
• Tech now owns three Top 5 victories: tonight, at No. 2 Pitt and at No. 5 Nebraska (2003)
• The Jackets have won two matches over Top 10 ranked opponents in the same season for the first time in program history.
• This is the 25th consecutive sellout at O’Keefe Gymnasium dating back to the 2021 season.
• Going beyond 2019’s NIVC title, Tech has won 99 of its last 122 matches (.811 winning pct.).
• Tech has achieved its third-straight 20-win season, the longest streak since 2006-09.
• Junior outside hitter Bianca Bertolino delivered a career-best seven aces. Tied for the sixth most aces in a single match in program history and the second-most by a Jacket in an ACC match.
• She finished with seven kills, seven aces, 16 digs and a career-best five blocks in the win.
• Sophomore middle blocker Anna Boezi made a career-best eight kills on .375 hitting to go along with five blocks.
• She is averaging 1.21 blocks/set in her 10 starts this season.
• Junior middle blocker DeAndra Pierce delivered nine kills on a team-best .467 hitting. She has now recorded 15 kills on .522 hitting over her last two matches.
• Pierce and Boezi led a net front presence that resulted in 11.5 blocks, the most a Louisville opponent has earned this season.
• Senior outside hitter Tamara Otene recorded her team-leading 13^th double-double of the season, finishing with a team-high 11 kills and 10 digs.
• Graduate right side Afedo Manyang delivered nine kills on .467 hitting as well. She, also, has been in tremendous form over her last two matches, posting 19 kills on .531 hitting.
• Senior libero Paola Pimentel recorded 12 digs. She has recorded double digit digs in 22 of her 23 matches this season.
• This is Tech’s first…