No. 19 Tech Secures Comeback Win at Notre Dame – Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets

SOUTH BEND, Ind. – No. 19 Georgia Tech volleyball (9-3, 1-2 ACC) proved its Top-20 ranking, coming from behind to earn a five-set conference victory, on the road, over Notre Dame (8-4, 1-2 ACC): 22-25, 25-21, 20-25, 25-17, 15-13. The Yellow Jackets utilized long scoring runs to finish off both the fourth and fifth sets, earning GT its second five-set victory of 2024.

QUICK HITS

• Georgia Tech improves to 3-0 in true road matches this season and 4-0 in matches away from home.
• It is the third time in the last four seasons that GT has won its first three road matches.
• This was the second five-set victory of the year, improving Tech’s record in five-setters to 2-1. The other victory also came on the road, against then-No. 14 BYU.
• As a team, Tech set new season high with 80 digs, the first 80+ dig effort of the year and first since Oct. 13, 2023 (85 vs. Florida St.).
• Sophomore right side Larissa Mendes recorded her first-career double-double tonight, finishing with 16 kills and 11 digs. Her 16 kills were tied for the most on the team with senior outside hitter Bianca Bertolino.
• Mendes also set a new career high with three aces to lead GT with 20 points scored.
• Bertolino delivered her 30^th-career double-double, and fifth of the season, making 16 kills along with a team-best 17 digs.
• Senior setter Luanna Emiliano secured her 4^th double-double of the season and 69^th of her career, posting 42 assists along with a season-high 14 digs.
• Junior libero Sofia Velez tied her career-high with 16 digs.
• Senior outside hitter Tamara Otene was one dig shy of a double-double, finishing with 14 kills and nine digs.
• Senior setter Ashlyn Goolsby set new career highs in assists (9) and digs (4). She recorded three digs in the opening set, surpassing her previous mark (2) set last Friday vs. SMU.
• Six different Jackets combined for nine service aces tonight, headlined by Mendes’ career-best three and two from Otene. Bertolino added an ace to bring her career total to 141, just two shy of tying Margaret Gales (1986-89) for the seventh most aces in program history.

SET BY SET

Set 1 (GT 22 – ND 25)

The first set was all about scoring runs. Notre Dame threw the first punch, going in front, 4-1, only for Tech to respond with a 5-1 run to take the lead, 6-5. It wouldn’t last long as a 5-0 Irish run made it an 8-11 deficit. Tech would use a 3-0 run to tie the match at 17 but an awkward landing on a play at the net by Emiliano took her off the court for a number of plays. With Emiliano on…