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TOP STORYLINES
• No. 20 Georgia Tech returns home for a brief reprieve, hosting SEC foe Auburn on Tuesday at Mac Nease Baseball Park at Russ Chandler Stadium.
• Auburn is Georgia Tech’s second-most played opponent in program history and the Jackets’ oldest opponent. Tech and Auburn first squared off on April 10, 1897.
• The Jackets stopped the skid on Sunday when they won 4-2 over Notre Dame and will look to continue in the midweek before a pivotal ACC series against Virginia Tech.
• After a cold series offensively, Tech moves to No. 2 in the ACC, hitting .294 as a team.
• Georgia Tech also finds itself among the ACC’s best in doubles (second), hits (second), on-base percentage (second), slugging percentage (second) and triples (second).
The No. 12 Yellow Jackets (14-12, 11-9 ACC) had just one multi-hit player in
Stephen Reid, who went 2-for-4, while
Justyn-Henry Malloy and
Tres Gonzalez also had doubles on the day. Likewise, the 12
th-ranked Fighting Irish (15-5, 14-5 ACC) had two multi-hit hitters with Ryan Cole leading on a 2-for-3, two-RBI homer day.
On the mound, Tech starter RHP
Andy Archer (4-3) received the loss after four runs scored in his 5.0 innings of work, while he struck out seven. The Jackets used three relief pitchers with RHP
Hugh Chapman and LHP
Dalton Smith not allowing an earned run between them.
For Notre Dame, LHP Aiden Tyrell (2-1) went a career-long 6.0 innings before RHP Alex Rao pitched three innings for the save.
SOUTH BEND, Ind. – Second-year freshman
Stephen Reid blasted a no-doubt, two-run homer in the eighth to power No. 12 Georgia Tech baseball past Notre Dame, 4-2, on Sunday at Frank Eck Stadium.
The Yellow Jackets (15-12, 12-9 ACC) battled in pitchers’ duel, where LHP
Sam Crawford worked a terrific start (6.0 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2 K), before LHP
Josiah Siegel (1-0) pitched a clean seventh to get his first collegiate decision. RHP
Dawson Brown then retired the next two batters before LHP
Luke Bartnicki slammed the door with 1.1 innings of no-hit work for his fourth save of the year.
En route to 12 hits on the day, Tech had four multi-hit performances, including Reid.
TUSCALOOSA, Al. – Georgia Tech track & field closed out the final day of their Week Four meet at the 2021 Crimson Tide Invitational at Sam Bailey Track and Field Stadium on Saturday. Sophomore vaulter
Olivia Moore guided the Jackets in Tuscaloosa, collecting gold in the women’s pole vault, as Tech had multiple podium performances.
The Yellow Jackets lined up against host Alabama, Central Arkansas, Indiana State, Kennesaw State, UL-Lafayette, LSU, Memphis, Mississippi State, Samford, South Alabama, Southern Mississippi, Troy, Tulane and UAB (women).
“It was a good weekend for the women in Tuscaloosa,” said head women’s track & field coach
Alan Drosky. “Olivia got another win, Nicole got another school record, and Bria continues to round into all-American form. Those three have been consistent leaders for our team. Nicole showed great fight, she was tripped, lost a shoe, ran the last two laps in a sock, and outkicks the national cross country champion to secure 2nd pl
THE FLATS –
Crosby Huckabay went 3-for-4 with four RBI, highlighted by a three-run home run in bottom of the fifth inning that capped Georgia Tech softball’s 12-2, run-rule win over Louisville on Sunday afternoon at Mewborn Field.
With the victory, Georgia Tech split this weekend’s four-game Atlantic Coast Conference series with Louisville.
Tech trailed 2-0 after two-and-a-half innings on Sunday but roared back with four runs in the third, fourth and fifth innings to cruise to its first run-rule triumph since a five-inning, 8-0 victory over Georgia State on Feb. 14.
The Yellow Jackets homered four times in the final three innings to highlight the 12-run outburst.
Naples, Fla. – Ben Smith shot an even-par 72 Sunday and is tied for sixth place individually, and Georgia Tech posted a 6-over-par 294 and is tied for fourth place after the opening round of the Calusa Cup.
TECH LINEUP – Smith, a junior from Novi, Mich., playing in just his third tournament of the spring, played the steadiest round among the Yellow Jackets Sunday, with two birdies and two bogeys and the rest pars over the par-72 Calusa Pines Golf Club. He is tied for sixth place individually, five strokes off the lead.
Noah Norton (Chico, Calif.),
Christo Lamprecht (George, South Africa) and
GAINESVILLE, Fl. – Georgia Tech track & field closed out Week Three of the 2021 outdoor season at the final day of Florida Relays at James G. Pressly Stadium on Saturday. Tech took on host Florida, Auburn, Clemson, Florida State, Iowa State, Kentucky, Miami, Mississippi State, South Carolina, Southern California and Virginia Tech.
“We traveled a smaller group this weekend but still had some really good results and continue to make improvements in a lot of areas,” said head women’s track & field coach
Alan Drosky. “The jumpers had a strong showing.
Olivia Moore wins the vault,
Bria Matthews was just short of her personal best, and
THE FLATS – No. 23 Georgia Tech volleyball fell to No. 22 Notre Dame, 3-0, on Thursday in O’Keefe Gymnasium, snapping a 16-game home winning streak for the Yellow Jackets. Sophomore outside hitter
Julia Bergmann led the Jackets with her seventh double double of the season, finishing with 10 kills, 10 digs and two total blocks.
Volleyball vs. No. 22 Notre Dame
April 1, 2021 (Danny Karnik)
How it Happened
Notre Dame (13-3, 12-3 ACC) got off to a strong start in the first set jumping on top 14-7, but a subsequent four-point run capped with a kill by junior outside hitter
Mikaila Dowd brought Georgia Tech (12-4, 12-4 ACC) within three. The two sides battled back and forth before the Jackets took three straight points to trail by just one, 19-18. The Fighting Irish gained momentum beyond that, finishing out the set for the 25-21 win.
GAINESVILLE, Fl. – Georgia Tech track & field opened up Florida Relays on Friday with multiple podium performances and national top marks to kick-off Week Three of the 2021 outdoor season at James G. Pressly Stadium. The Yellow Jackets lined up against host Florida, Alabama, Auburn, Clemson, Florida State, Iowa State, Kentucky, Miami, Mississippi State, South Carolina, Southern California and Virginia Tech.
Junior vaulter
Olivia Moore captured gold in the women’s pole vault competition as the only athlete in the field to clear a height of 4.05m/13′ 3.5″, matching the mark she cleared last weekend at FSU Relays which is good for the 24th overall in the country at the time of publication.