Tech Earns No. 6 Seed at ACC Championships – Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets

THE FLATS – Georgia Tech softball (31-22, 12-12 ACC) has been rewarded the No. 6 seed at the 2024 ACC Championships in Durham, N.C. The Yellow Jackets will face No. 3-seed Virginia Tech (39-11-1, 18-6 ACC) in the quarterfinals on Thursday, May 9 at approximately 7:30 p.m. on ACC Network.

This is the highest seed the Jackets have earned since 2013 and tied with 2018 for the highest seed achieved under head coach Aileen Morales. This is the latest in a string of achievements by the 2024 Yellow Jackets as they look to return to the ACC semifinals for the first time since 2012.

QUICK HITS: THE TEAM

• The Jackets earned the No. 6 seed after a 12-win campaign in ACC play, the most conference wins since 2018.
• Tech won five ACC games via mercy-rule (three vs. Pitt, at NC State and vs. Louisville). It’s the most ACC run-rule victories since setting the program record (6) back in 2010.
• The three wins over Pitt (14-5 (5), 10-1 (6) and 8-0 (5)) marked the first run-rule sweep of an ACC opponent in program history with the Jackets sweeping the series by a combined score of 32-6 over 16 innings.
• That sweep over Pitt helped cap a program record 12-0 homestand for the Jackets spanning from February 21 to March 15. It was the longest undefeated homestand in program history.
• That homestand extended into a 15-game winning streak after the Jackets swept NC State on the road the following weekend.
• The Jackets set a program record for the greatest start to the ACC season, winning their first 7 games in conference play by sweeping Pitt and NC State before winning the series opener vs. Notre Dame.
• Tech boasts the best double-play defense in the conference, turning 25 twin killings this year.
• GT has done very well limiting opposing baserunners, only allowing 21 stolen bases against this season, seven below the program record for fewest in a season.

QUICK HITS: THE BATS

• The team finished the regular season with a .411 on-base percentage, tied with the 2010 season for the highest OBP in program history.
• The offense has found its identity in the longball. Tech has hit 86 home runs this season, more than each of the last two seasons combined (48 in 2023 and 35 in 2022).
• Those 86 home runs are the fourth most in program history and the most since 2011.
• The Yellow Jackets have hit 38 more home runs compared to last season, the largest home run increase in the Power 5.
• 11 different players contributed multiple home runs this year, tied for the most in program history: Mallorie Black (19), Sara…