No. 2 Pitt Rolls Past Georgia Tech In Sweep

Friday, October 23

Atlanta, Ga.

7 PM

Pitt

18-1,8-1ACC

Georgia Tech

13-6,5-3ACC

Team	1	2	3	Final F
Pittsburgh	25	25	25	3
Georgia Tech	19	13	18	0

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ATLANTA – The No. 2-ranked Pitt volleyball team continued to fire on all cylinders Friday night, defeating Georgia Tech 25-19, 25-13, 25-18. The Panthers remained undefeated away from home and beat the Yellow Jackets for the 10^th consecutive time.

Olivia Babcock continued to attack with awe-inspiring efficiency, Izzy Starck posted a double-double and Abbey Emch stayed hot in the middle, keeping the Georgia Tech defense from keying on Pitt's pin hitters.

With the win, Pitt improves to 18-1 on the season and 8-1 in ACC play. Georgia Tech falls to 13-6 on the season and 5-3 in ACC action.

FIRST SET

Pitt scored the first three points of the match, but Georgia Tech battled back to tie the score at 6-6.
With the set tied at 9-9, Pitt scored four of the next five points to go ahead 14-10 but Georgia Tech used back-to-back aces to score the next four and tie it once it again.
Pitt answered right back, however. After a sideout, Olivia Babcock had back-to-back aces and the Panthers led 17-14.
The Panthers were forced to call a timeout as Georgia Tech clawed back within one but Babcock came out with kills on consecutive points for a 21-18 advantage.
A kill by Ayanna Watson pushed the lead to four and Pitt held on for the 25-19 win.

SECOND SET

After Georgia Tech took a 3-2 lead, Pitt went on an 8-1 run to build a comfortable 10-4 lead.
The Panthers never looked back and rolled to the 25-13 victory.

THIRD SET

Georgia Tech was the early frontrunner, taking a 6-4 lead. But Pitt answered with three straight to go back in front.
Mallorie Meyer had an ace amid numerous tough serves as the Panthers built an 11-7 lead and forced a Georgia Tech timeout.
Georgia Tech did get within two at 13-11 but back-to-back kills by Olivia Babcock and Ayanna Watson made it 15-11 at the technical timeout.
Pitt stacked on three more points after the timeout and closed out the match 25-18.

NOTABLE

Olivia Babcock had a team-high 12 kills and hit .500 for the match. She finished with six digs, four blocks and three aces. She is now hitting .476 over the past four matches.
Izzy Starck had 23 assists, 13 digs and six blocks.
Abbey Emch had seven kills and four blocks, hitting .600.
As a team, Pitt hit .368 and held Georgia Tech to .055.
The Panthers had seven aces, 13.0 blocks and outdug Georgia Tech 31-25.
Pitt has now won 11 straight matches away from home and is one of three teams in the country, along with Nebraska and BYU, to be undefeated this year in road/neutral contests.
In 22 matches all-time against Georgia Tech, Pitt is 20-2, including 11-0 in Atlanta.
Pitt has won 18 consecutive sets away from Pittsburgh. Georgia Tech entered the match with an 8-0 record at home this year. The Yellow Jackets' last home loss came against Pitt a year ago.
Pitt improves to 93-10 (.903) in conference play since the start of the 2021 season.
Olivia Babcock is hitting .470 over the past three matches entering tonight.
Pitt has outdug 15-of-18 opponents this year, including a total of 143-100 over the past four contests (10.8 per match more than their opponent).