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Greensboro, N.C. – Riding a six-game winning streak to close out the regular season, Georgia Tech has earned the No. 4 seed for the 68th annual New York Life ACC Men’s Basketball Tournament at the Greensboro Coliseum, receiving a double-bye to the quarterfinal round. The Yellow Jackets, 15-8 overall with an 11-6 ACC mark, will play their first game at 2:30 p.m. Thursday against either Clemson, Miami or Pittsburgh.
The Tigers (16-6, 10-6) open tournament play Wednesday at 2:30 p.m. against the winner of the opening-round game against the winner of the opening-round game between No. 12-seed Pitt (10-11, 6-10) and No. 13 seed Miami (8-16, 4-15), which occurs at 2 p.m. Tuesday. The survivor will advance to face the Yellow Jackets Thursday. It is the first time since the ACC expanded to 15 teams that Georgia Tech has received a bye to the quarterfinals, and the Jackets’ fourth-place finish is the team’s best since it tied for third in 2004.
Jake DeLeo (one RBI) all had two-hit days.
Justyn-Henry Malloy also launched a huge three-run homer.
Louisville was led by three multi-hit performances. Lucas Dunn went 3-for-4 on the day to lead their hitters.
The rubber match is set between 10
th-ranked Georgia Tech and top-ranked Louisville for Sunday, March 7. First pitch is set for 3 p.m. and will be broadcast live on ACC Network and WREK 91.1 FM.
Postgame Notes:
19 runs are the most runs scored overall and in an ACC series since Georgia Tech scored 20 runs against Duke on May 18, 2018;
Georgia Tech is the first program to score 19 runs on Louisville since St. John’s in 2009;
RALEIGH, N.C. – Georgia Tech softball (5-11) dropped to NC State 7-4 in the first game of the weekend series on Friday. The Yellow Jackets took the lead early with three runs in the top of the first, but were unable to sustain the lead throughout the game.
The Jackets kicked off the game with a bang as junior utility player
Breanna Roper led off with a solo shot over right center in the top of the first. After a single by senior outfielder
Cameron Stanford, senior first baseman
Tricia Awald extended the lead with a two-run no-doubter to give Georgia Tech a 3-0 lead.