No. 7 Tech Closes the 2024 Season in Second Round of the NCAA Tournament – Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets

MADISON, WIS. – No. 7 seed Georgia Tech volleyball (21-10, 12-8 ACC) concluded its 2024 season after falling 3-1 to No. 2 Wisconsin (25-6, 17-3 Big Ten) in the Second Round of the NCAA Tournament on Friday. Tamara Otene was a standout performer yet again with a team-high 21 kills, while Bianca Bertolino (17) and Liv Mogridge (12) recorded double-digit kills as well.

QUICK HITS

• With 21 kills and 17 digs, Otene her 14^th double-double of the season, 36^th overall.
• Otene has earned a double-double in all of Tech’s last five contests.
• Bertolino’s 25 kills were paired with 17 digs earning the senior her 18^th double-double this season, 35^th overall as well as brought her to 25 games with double-digit kills this season.
• Her Round Two performance pushed her over 400-kill mark this season (415) while Otene finished the season with 464 kills.
• Liv Mogridge recorded her second most kills this season with 12 against the Badgers.
• DeAndra Pierce showed accuracy on offense as well as she recorded her ninth match of the season with an attack percentage above .400, with a .500 attack percentage against Wisconsin.
• Sofia Velez has now recorded 10 or more digs in 105 of her 111 collegiate matches after posting a team-high 19 digs against the Wisconsin.
• Luanna Emiliano led the team as far as assists with 30 while Heloise Soares neared her season-high for assists (27) in the Jackets’ 5-2 rotation.
• Emiliano’s 30 assists and 14 digs earned the setter her 13^th double-double of the season, 80^th of her career.
• Georgia Tech recorded the most digs in a four-set match this season against Wisconsin (80), most assists in afour-set match (65) most kills in a four-set match (66),  and most total attempts in a four-set match (180).
• This was Tech’s first four-set match since Oct. 27 against Wake Forest (W, 3-1).
• The Yellow Jackets’ four-set loss to Wisconsin was the team’s first four-set loss of the season.
• This was Tech’s 11^th NCAA Second Round appearance since 1994, the fifth consecutive while under the direction of head coach Michelle Collier.

SET BY SET

Set 1 (GT 27- UW 25)

Wisconsin struck first in set one and forced Tech to continuously fight to keep the match close. The Yellow Jackets trailed, 22-16, before outscoring the Badgers 7-1 to tie the match at 23-23. Despite Wisconsin reaching set point first, kills from seniors, Otene, Pierce, and Bertolino earned Tech the set one win. Otene led Tech’s offensive efforts with seven kills but it was Mogridge and Pierce who gave the…