No. 12 Jackets Prepare for Season Finale at No. 7 Louisville – Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets

THE FLATS – No. 12 Georgia Tech volleyball (22-5, 13-4 ACC) will play in its final regular season match on Wednesday, Nov. 22 at No. 7 Louisville (23-4, 14-3 ACC) inside L&N Federal Credit Union Arena in Louisville, Ky. The Jackets will have an opportunity to earn their third Top 10 victory of the season.

Coverage

• Wednesday, Nov. 22 | No. 12 Georgia Tech at No. 7 Louisville | 5 p.m. | ACC Network Extra | Watch | Live Stats

Storylines

• The Jackets are ranked No. 12 in the latest Poll, earning a spot in the Top 25 for the 68^th consecutive week dating back to the 2020 season.
• Georgia Tech has beaten two Top 10 opponents in the same season for the first time in program history (No. 8 Penn State and No. 3 Louisville). Four of Tech’s seven all-time wins over Top 10 teams have come in the last three seasons.
• The Yellow Jackets boast one of the top defenses in the nation, leading the ACC with 14.80 digs/set.
• Tech’s 14.80 digs/set is the sixth highest among Power 5 defenses and the best among the ACC, despite playing four matches against Top 10 nationally ranked offenses: Pitt (twice), Florida State and Louisville.
• Otene has made 293 digs this season, the third most by a Power 5 hitter and the most among pins in the ACC.
• Pimentel has been leading the Tech back row with 4.20 digs/set this year, 3rd in the ACC. She is averaging 3.62 digs/set over her career, on pace for the second-best average in program history.
• Bianca Bertolino is averaging .60 aces/set – the highest in the Power 5 and third highest in Division I. That average would set a new ACC record for aces/set in the modern scoring era – no ACC player has had over .60 aces/set in a season since 2007.
• She is 4 aces away from tying the GT record for aces in a single season (modern scoring era), set back in 2019 by Julia Bergmann.
• Bertolino is the only player in Power 5 to have 300+ kills, 250+ digs and 50+ aces this season.
• Six Jackets come from outside the United States. International players accounting for 81.2% of the teams digs (1,161), 76.3% of the aces (119), 69.6% of the kills (894), 47.7% of the assists (562) and 42.2% of the blocks (76.0) up to this point in the season.
• The next road win will be the 11th of the season for Tech, the most in a season since 2004 (12).
• Tech has played half of its sets without starting middle blocker, Liv Mogridge (injured from Oct. 1 – Nov. 10). Mogridge is hitting .440 in 15 matches with .30 aces/set and 1.06 blocks/set. Her hitting percentage would be sixth highest in…