No. 15 Tech Sweeps Syracuse for Sixth-Straight Home Win – Volleyball — Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets

THE FLATS – No. 15 Georgia Tech volleyball (19-5, 11-4 ACC) celebrated its seniors in style, sweeping Syracuse (14-13, 2-13 ACC) in true Yellow Jacket fashion on Friday night. Seniors Tamara Otene (16), Bianca Bertolino (10), and DeAndra Pierce (10) collectively led Tech’s offense while junior Liv Mogridge contributed 10 kills as well.

QUICK HITS

• This was the 41st consecutive sold out match at O’Keefe Gymnasium, a streak dating back to the 2021 season.
• The last time Tech had four or more Jackets record double-digit kills was during the second round of the 2023 NCAA Tournament when Georgia Tech beat Florida 3-2.
• Pierce had an exceptional senior night showing as she neared both her career high for kills with 11 and her career high hitting percentage with a .714 hitting percentage against Syracuse.
• Mogridge found her rhythm against the Orange and had her third game of the season with double-digit kills (10).
• Sofia Velez had a huge hand in Tech’s 51 assists as she contributed a career-high 10 assists in Friday’s match.
• Velez has now recorded 10 or more digs in 98 of her 103 collegiate matches after recording 11 against Syracuse.
• Senior Leia Harper saw a season high hitting percentage after recording four kills on seven swings (.571).
• Senior Luanna Emiliano had an impressive night as she provided almost 59% of Tech’s assists with 30 recorded against the Orange.
• Emiliano now boasts a 9.17 assist per set average and has collected 25+ assists in nine of Tech’s last 10 contests.
• Otene’s 16 kills bring her to 930 kills as a Yellow Jacket, bringing her closer to the 1,000-kill club while in White & Gold.
• As a team, Tech set a new season-high for kills in a three-set match (56) as well as assists in a three-set match (51).
• The Yellow Jackets’ solid defensive efforts held the Orange to only 23 kills, which is the fourth lowest number of kills surrendered this season (Alabama State, 21; Virginia Tech, 23; Lispcomb, 23).
• With Friday’s win, Tech improves its home record to 11-3 while extending its home winning streak to six games.
• Tech saw five Yellow Jackets record a .500 or better kill percentage (Otene, .500; Mogridge, .667; Pierce, .714, Logan Wiley, .600; Harper, .571).
• Georgia Tech finished the match with a .396 hitting percentage, which is its best hitting percentage since Alabama State back in September (.430).

SET BY SET

Set 1 (GT 25 – SYR 16)

The visiting Orange took the first point of set one, but the Yellow…