No. 16 Tech Downs Duke for Seventh Consecutive ACC Win – Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets

DURHAM, N.C. – No. 16 Georgia Tech volleyball (16-4, 8-3 ACC) showed resiliency on Friday night in Durham, N.C. as the Yellow Jackets extended their ACC streak to seven after beating Duke (8-14, 4-7 ACC) in five sets. Tamara Otene (27 kills/21 digs) and Luanna Emiliano (37 assists/20 digs) made history with their 20/20 double-doubles against Duke, which was the first time in program history two Yellow Jackets have achieved the feat in the same match.

QUICK HITS

• Otene stands as the only player in the modern scoring era with multiple 20/20 double-doubles is now tied for second-most in program history (3 and is one away from tying Cris Omiecinski (1992-95) for the most 20/20 double-doubles, all-time.
• The senior tied her career-high for kills (27) previously set during her 2021 season played at Illinois State.
• Her 27 kills against the Blue Devils are the most kills in a single match by a Yellow Jacket so far this season.
• Emiliano had recorded a double-double in six of the Yellow Jackets’ last seven contests.
• Sofia Velez has now recorded 10 or more digs in 95 of her 99 collegiate matches and has recorded 10 or more digs in the last eight consecutive matches, after recording 27 against Duke.
• Her 27 digs against Duke are now Velez’s new career-high for digs, surpassing her previous high of 23 set against Clemson. The 27 digs are also the most digs in a single match by a Yellow Jacket so far this season.
• Anna Boezi saw time in her fifth match of the season and had a season-high three kills against the Blue Devils.
• Bianca Bertolino earned her 11^th double-double of the season, 28^th of her career, with the 17 kills and 11 digs she had on Friday.
• As a team, Tech posted a season-high 226 attempts and a season-high 101 digs against Duke.
• The last time Georgia Tech and Duke went to five sets was back in 2012, which resulted in a 3-2 road loss for the Yellow Jackets.
• Georgia Tech’s seven-game ACC win streak is the longest ACC win-streak for the program since the 10-game win streak during the 2021 season.

SET BY SET

Set 1 (GT 25 – DUKE 20)

Georgia Tech and Duke saw a close set one as both teams exchanged points and saw 10 lead changes until the teams were tied up at 15 apiece. Tech pieced together a three-point run which was enough distance from Duke to hold the lead through to match point. The Yellow Jackets’ .239 hitting percentage helped secure the set one win, as the Blue Devils sat with a .098. Otene was dominant on offense from the beginning, recording nine of…