No. 16 Tech Extends ACC Win Streak to Nine After Sweeping Cal – Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets

BERKELEY, CALIF. – No. 16 Georgia Tech volleyball (18-4, 10-3 ACC) began its west coast trip with a 3-0 win over Cal (10-15, 2-11 ACC) on Friday night. Tamara Otene led the Yellow Jackets on the offensive front as 19 kills and 11 digs delivered Otene her ninth double-double of the season. Bianca Bertolino joined Otene on offense with her 13^th double-double (11 kills, 14 digs).

QUICK HITS

• Bertolino extended her double-double streak to eight games with her 11 kills and 14 digs on Friday.
• Logan Wiley tied her career-high for kills set previously against Clemson with 11 kills against Cal.
• Sofia Velez has now recorded 10 or more digs in 97 of her 101 collegiate matches and has recorded 10 or more digs in the last 10 consecutive matches, after recording 11 against Cal.
• Luanna Emiliano continues to help lift Tech to victory as she recorded 39 assists to extend her 25+ digs per match streak to six-games.
• Emiliano now boasts 9.31 assists/set this season.
• Larissa Mendes resumed her role on the court for Tech volleyball on Friday during set two against Cal. Her return to action included two set appearances, one set start, two kills, one dig, and one assist.
• Five of Tech’s 10 ACC wins have been sweeps (Virginia Tech, Virginia, Clemson, N.C. State, Cal).
• Georgia Tech’s hitting percentage against Cal (.373) was the second highest of the season, just behind its performance against Alabama State (.430).
• Tech’s .373 attack percentage was the highest this season against an ACC opponent.
• The Yellow Jackets recorded the most kills in a three-set match (54), the most assists in a three-set match (49) and the most total attempts in a three-set match (118) for the 2024 season.
• Georgia Tech’s now nine-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 – Cal 22)

The Yellow Jackets dropped the first three points of set one but quickly rebounded to tie set one 4-4 before the Golden Bears could run away with the match. Tech and Cal continued to exchange points, with the visiting Yellow Jackets keeping a slight offensive edge over the Golden Bears. A kill by Wiley was enough of a spark to help Tech take a two-point lead to begin to edge out Cal as match one progressed towards match point. One kill from Otene and Bertolino respectively combined with a pair of kills from Pierce and two Golden Bear errors provided Tech with the set one victory….