This one at 1 p.m. Sunday and on ESPN.
The #11 Yellowjackets (10-2, 3-0) swept Notre Dame (5-8, 0-3 ACC) for its first conference road victory on Friday night in Purcell Pavilion. During the match, the Yellow Jackets only trailed three times on the way to their third consecutive ACC sweep (25-12, 25-23, 25-19) in as many contests and eighth sweep of the season.
Outside hitter Julia Bergmann (one of the Killer Bees) led the GT attack yet again, eclipsing 1,400 career kills while tallying her fourth double double on the year. Bergmann led the way with 19 kills and 12 digs, now owning 1,413 career kills.
Setter Bella D'Amico (you guessed it -- another Killer Bee) put in a career night of her own, setting up Tech’s offense on the way to an all time high for her with 45 assists. Joining Bergmann with double digit kills were outside hitter Bianca Bertolino (guess what she is?) and outside hitter Tamara Otene (a Bee Keeper, perhaps?) with 10 kills apiece, with the former adding six digs while the latter earned her first double double of her career with 12 digs to boot at a .409 clip as well as three blocks. Graduate middle blocker Breland Morrissette (say it with me -- another Killer Bee) led the defense with four blocks on top of seven kills at a .500 clip, while libero Paulo Pimenthal led the squad with 19 digs.
The Cards (12-1, 3-0) should have Raquel Lazaro back, she sat out Friday with, by all accounts, a sore ankle...but Anna DeBeer is still sidelined with the knee. Stepping in nicely for her, though, has been Nena Mbonu. PK Kong has also come off the bench and provided solid play for the Cards. Despite the absence of Anna DeBeer , the rest of the Cards "A" Team (Ayden Bartlett, Alexa Hendricks, Aiko Jones and Amaya Tillman) look good to go, and Claire (In the Air) Chaussee has been a kill machine in DeBeer's absence.
It should be a fun one to view and, hopefully, turns into a Cards win.!
--sonja--
The #11 Yellowjackets (10-2, 3-0) swept Notre Dame (5-8, 0-3 ACC) for its first conference road victory on Friday night in Purcell Pavilion. During the match, the Yellow Jackets only trailed three times on the way to their third consecutive ACC sweep (25-12, 25-23, 25-19) in as many contests and eighth sweep of the season.
Outside hitter Julia Bergmann (one of the Killer Bees) led the GT attack yet again, eclipsing 1,400 career kills while tallying her fourth double double on the year. Bergmann led the way with 19 kills and 12 digs, now owning 1,413 career kills.
Setter Bella D'Amico (you guessed it -- another Killer Bee) put in a career night of her own, setting up Tech’s offense on the way to an all time high for her with 45 assists. Joining Bergmann with double digit kills were outside hitter Bianca Bertolino (guess what she is?) and outside hitter Tamara Otene (a Bee Keeper, perhaps?) with 10 kills apiece, with the former adding six digs while the latter earned her first double double of her career with 12 digs to boot at a .409 clip as well as three blocks. Graduate middle blocker Breland Morrissette (say it with me -- another Killer Bee) led the defense with four blocks on top of seven kills at a .500 clip, while libero Paulo Pimenthal led the squad with 19 digs.
The Cards (12-1, 3-0) should have Raquel Lazaro back, she sat out Friday with, by all accounts, a sore ankle...but Anna DeBeer is still sidelined with the knee. Stepping in nicely for her, though, has been Nena Mbonu. PK Kong has also come off the bench and provided solid play for the Cards. Despite the absence of Anna DeBeer , the rest of the Cards "A" Team (Ayden Bartlett, Alexa Hendricks, Aiko Jones and Amaya Tillman) look good to go, and Claire (In the Air) Chaussee has been a kill machine in DeBeer's absence.
It should be a fun one to view and, hopefully, turns into a Cards win.!
--sonja--
