No. 15 Tech Falls Short Against No. 23 Florida State – Volleyball — Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets

TALLAHASSEE, FLA. – No. 15 Georgia Tech volleyball (20-6, 12-5 ACC) came up short in Friday’s road match against No. 23 Florida State (19-8, 11-6 ACC). Bianca Bertolino (17 kills, 19 digs), Sofia Velez (11 assists, 23 digs), and Luanna Emiliano (34 assists, 14 digs) all recorded double-doubles while Heloise Soares opened her return to action with 20 assists.

QUICK HITS

• Bertolino’s double-double against the Seminoles was her 15^th this season, 32^nd career double-double performance.
• Velez’s double-double on Friday was the second of her career, after she secured her first double-double this season against Syracuse (10 assists, 11 digs).
• She has now recorded 10 or more digs in 100 of her 105 collegiate matches after recording 23 against FSU.
• Emiliano’s 34 assists recorded against the Seminoles improve her to a 10.05 assist per set average.
• The senior has recorded 30+ assists in nine of Tech’s last 10 contests.
• Emiliano’s double-double against Florida State was her 10^th of the season and the 77^th of her overall career.
• Tamara Otene’s 18 kills bring her to 965 kills as a Yellow Jacket, bringing her closer to the 1,000-kill club while in White & Gold.
• Logan Wiley tied her season-high for solo blocks (2) which she originally set against Clemson (10/18/24).
• Wiley’s five total blocks made up 63% of Tech’s total blocks.
• Larissa Mendes had her first game recording double-digit kills (12) since Virginia (10/13/24). Her game against Florida State was her seventh of the season with double-digit kills.
• The Yellow Jackets recorded a season-high 72 kills, surpassing their previous high of 71 kills set against BYU (9/7/24).
• Tech also tied its season-high for assists (70) which was also previously set against BYU.
• The last time three Yellow Jackets recorded double-digit assists was during the Tech’s 3-2 win over Florida in the second round of the NCAA Tournament.
• This was Tech’s seventh five-set match this season and only the second time the Yellow Jackets have dropped a five-set match this season.

SET BY SET

Set 1 (GT 13- FSU 25)

Set one began close until Florida State went on a six-point to claim control of the match (16-7). The Yellow Jackets struggled to find consistent success on offense with a .135 attack percentage, compared to the Seminoles’ .467 attack percentage could. Bertolino led Tech’s offense with four kills while Emiliano recorded five of the Yellow Jackets’ 10 set one assists. Velez and Soares also recorded multiple assists in set one. In…