THE FLATS – No. 5 Georgia Tech volleyball (6-0) erupted against No. 10 BYU (5-2) for its fourth sweep (25-20, 25-21, 25-14) of the season over its first top-10 opponent this year on Thursday night in O’Keefe Gymnasium. After a couple of slow starts early in the first pair of sets, the Yellow Jackets drubbed the Cougars by double digits in the final set.
Tech earned its second ranked victory in dominant fashion, now racking up multiple ranked wins in a single season in back-to-back years. The Jackets had previously not achieved the feat since 2003. The top-10 win also marks the first in the regular season for Tech since the White and Gold downed No. 2 Pitt on the road for the highest ranked win in program history. Tech’s prior top-10 regular season win also came in 2003 over No. 5 Nebraska.
The undefeated White and Gold outmatched BYU nearly across the board, owning the advantage in kills (42-32), hitting percentage (.292-.181), assists (35-28) aces (8-3) and digs (37-30).
Senior outside hitter Julia Bergmann put in her third 20+ kill outing of the season, leading the Jackets with those 20 kills at a .400 clip, eight digs, two blocks and two aces. In doing so, she eclipsed 1,300 career kills, moving up to 1,305 to date.
Junior outside hitter Tamara Otene followed nearly amassing a double double as well with eight kills and nine digs, while junior setter Bella D’Amico ran the attack with 25 assists.