No. 13 Georgia Tech Overpowers Georgia – Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets

ATHENS, Ga. – Georgia Tech volleyball (8-1) made a statement on Friday night, rallying after dropping the opening set to dominate Georgia (6-4) in four sets (15-25, 25-14, 25-16, 25-14) inside Stegeman Coliseum. The Yellow Jackets out-hit Georgia .365 to .000 over the final three sets, earning an eighth consecutive victory.

QUICK HITS

• This was the 20^th all-time victory over Georgia and 13^th in the last 17 meetings (dating back to 2006).
• The Yellow Jackets have now won three straight matches against SEC opponents.
• Tech ends the non-conference schedule with an 8-1 record. The White & Gold have entered ACC play with one or fewer losses in four of the last five seasons.
• The Jackets have won eight matches in a row, the longest win streak since 2021 (10).
• Senior outside hitter Tamara Otene led the team with 20 kills (.318 hitting) and a season-high 19 digs, her team-leading fifth double-double of the season and the 27^th of her career.
• Otene was one dig shy of completing her third 20/20 double-double. She is the only Yellow Jacket in the modern scoring era with multiple 20/20 double-doubles after doing so in consecutive matches last season.
• Senior outside hitter Bianca Bertolino filled the box score yet again, making a season-high 19 kills on .317 hitting to go along with seven digs, three blocks, three aces and two assists.
• Bertolino has now made 140 career aces, the eighth most in program history and only three away from tying Margaret Gales (1986-89) for 7^th.
• Senior setter Luanna Emiliano secured a season-high 45 assists while also making 11 digs for her 68^th career double-double.
• Junior libero Sofia Velez delivered 13 digs in the back row. She has now made 10+ digs in all but 2 of her 88 matches played in college.
• Junior middle blocker Liv Mogridge was dominant, as usual, at the net. She made five blocks, including a solo block. Mogridge has now made at least one block per set in four straight matches and seven of nine this season.

SET BY SET

Set 1 (GT 15 – UGA 25)

The first set was one to forget as UGA jumped out to an 8-2 lead and managed to hold on for the remainder of the set. Otene and Velez covered as much court as possible, each making five digs, but it wouldn’t be enough and Tech’s set streak was halted at 11 straight.

Set 2 (GT 25 – UGA 14)

Mogridge and Bertolino set the tone for the second set on the very first point, smothering a UGA attack for a block. That started a run of excellent team defense from the Jackets as they held the Bulldogs to -.147…