THE FLATS – Georgia Tech softball (14-7, 2-0 ACC) collected its first ACC series win of the season with a 4-3 walk off win on Saturday against Notre Dame (7-11, 0-2 ACC). Tech’s ACC series win is its first against Notre Dame since the 2017 season.
QUICK HITS
- Makayla Coffield made her second start of the season on Saturday and collected one strikeout in her 2.1 total innings pitched.
- Freshman Katie Cunane made her third career appearance in relief of Coffield and faced six batters through 1.1 innings of work.
- Kenley Hilleary made eighth appearance of the season as she came in to relieve Cunane. The senior was able to strikeout four batters out of 12 faced and collected her first win as a Yellow Jacket after 3.1 innings of work where she surrendered no runs.
- Four different Yellow Jackets contributed runs in Saturday’s game while six Jackets recorded hits.
- Of the six players to record hits for Tech, Alyssa Willer, Reese Hunter, and Holly Medina led the group with two apiece. Regardless of both her hits being singles, both of Medina’s hits produced runs for Tech, her second of which is what led to the game winning run.
- Willer’s two hits on Saturday brought her to a team high 10 multi-hit games so far this season while Reese’s brought her to seven and Medina to six.
- Medina holds Tech’s longest active safely reached streak of 12 games, just one game shy of the longest safely reached streak of the season held by Willer (13 games).
- Saturday’s 4-3 win was Tech’s first walk off of the season. Game two against the Fighting Irish was Tech’s fifth game of the season played in front of a sold-out crowd at Mewborn.
Photos by Danny Karnik
HOW IT HAPPENED
- After a scoreless inning for both teams, it was Notre Dame that struck first in game two of the series with a solo home run over right field in the second inning.
- The Fighting Irish extended their lead in the top of the third with another two runs on three hits before a fly out to center field left two runners on base and sent Tech back up to bat.
- Tech quickly responded by cutting Notre Dame’s lead back to two runs in the bottom of the third. With the bases loaded, a single through the left side advanced Tucker to second, Gailey to third, and Willer home.
- The Yellow Jackets kept their moment going through the fifth, scoring two runs on three hits starting with a double from Addison Leschber that advanced Tucker home from second. Hunter capped Tech’s fifth inning scoring as she came home off of Medina’s single.
- With the game coming down to the wire, Hunter got on base via a single through the left side to start the seventh inning. Raegan Wall came in to pinch run for Hunter and quickly used her speed to steal second before advancing to third on Leschber’s ground out. Wall came home for the game winning run thanks to Medina’s game winning hit to center field.
UP NEXT
The Yellow Jackets will close out their first ACC series of the season with one final game against Notre Dame on March 1. The final game of the series can be streamed on ACCNX.
Purchasing 2026 Tickets
All tickets can be purchased online at https://ramblinwreck.evenue.net/list/SOFTBALL or by calling the Georgia Tech Ticket Office at 888.TECH.TIX (Hours: M-F, 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM).
2026 Softball Group Experiences and Video Board Messages!
Georgia Tech Softball is also offering special experiences for the 2026 softball season, including group postgame photos and special videoboard messages! Click the links below to purchase your experience today!
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On field Anthem Buddies experiences, for groups of 10-15 kids, ages 8-14, are also available for the 2026 season! To learn more, email gtmarketing@athletics.gatech.edu!
Want your special message on the board at Mewborn field for the 2026 season? 2026 video board messages are available for purchase now for $30!
Full Steam Ahead
Full Steam Ahead is a $500 million fundraising initiative to achieve Georgia Tech athletics’ goal of competing for championships at the highest level in the next era of intercollegiate athletics. The initiative will fund transformative projects for Tech athletics, including renovations of Bobby Dodd Stadium at Hyundai Field (the historic home of Georgia Tech football), the Zelnak Basketball Center (the practice and training facility for Tech basketball) and O’Keefe Gymnasium (the venerable home of Yellow Jackets volleyball), as well as additional projects and initiatives to further advance Georgia Tech athletics through program wide-operational support. All members of the Georgia Tech community are invited to visit atfund.org/FullSteamAhead for full details and renderings of the renovation projects, as well as to learn about opportunities to contribute online.
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