No. 11 Georgia Tech Sweeps Away Syracuse – Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets

SYRACUSE, NY – No. 11 Georgia Tech volleyball (19-3, 10-2 ACC) captured its 10^th conference victory of the season on Sunday afternoon, sweeping Syracuse (2-20, 0-12 ACC) inside the Women’s Building. Nine different Jackets recorded kills to lead Tech to a three-set win (25-16, 25-17, 25-14).

QUICK HITS

• This is Georgia Tech’s fifth win in a row over Syracuse, dating back to 2018.
• The Jackets have earned their 10^th ACC victory of the season, securing double-digit conference wins for the fifth season in a row.
• Tech improves to 10-1 on the road this season, tied for the most away wins in a single season in the Michelle Collier era and tied for the fourth most in program history.
• The White and Gold hit .375 as a team, their highest percentage in an ACC match this year.
• Junior outside hitter Bianca Bertolino led the team with 14 kills, her highest output in a three-set match since the season opener (15 at USF, 8/25).
• Junior outside hitter Leia Harper secured 10 kills on .643 hitting, both career bests.
• Her .643 hitting is the second highest percentage by a Jacket this season when making at least 10 kills (Liv Mogridge – 10 kills, .692 hitting vs. NC State – 9/24).
• Graduate senior Afedo Manyang delivered her best offensive match as a Jacket, posting 10 kills on .588 hitting.
• Bertolino recorded one ace, bringing her season total to 49.
• Senior libero Paola Pimentel secured a team-best 19 digs. She has made at least 10 digs in 21 of her 22 matches this year.
• Her 6.33 digs/set average today is her second-highest average of the season (6.67 vs. South Alabama) and ties her career-best average in an ACC match (also at Notre Dame, 9/30/22)
• Freshman setter Heloise Soares led the team with 27 assists with senior setter Bella D’Amico adding 15 of her own.
• Sophomore middle blocker Anna Boezi has now made a solo block in back-to-back matches for the first time in her career. She improves her average to 1.20 blocks/set over her nine career starts since taking over at middle blocker.
• Freshman defensive specialist Zoe Winford recorded her first-career multi-dig match, posting two digs in two sets of action.

Set By Set

Set 1 (GT, 25-16): The Jackets used an early 5-0 scoring run to go in front, 9-6, thanks to some strong serving from D’Amico. Tech would only add to the lead from there, only allowing Syracuse to score once while they were serving for the remainder of the set. The right side of the net was open throughout the first as Larissa Mendes and Manyang feasted to the tune…