No. 22 Tech Volleyball Opens Season With Sweep of Wofford – Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets

THE FLATS – Georgia Tech volleyball began the 2025 season in style with a three-set win over Wofford on Friday evening in O’Keefe Gymnasium.

QUICK HITS

• Of the seven Yellow Jackets to record a kill against Wofford, six of them recorded five or more kills.
• Five freshmen made their college debut on Friday night against Wofford.
• Freshman outside hitter Lameen “Mimi” Mambu had a breakout college debut on Friday night as she led the Yellow Jackets in kills (13), total attempts (30), and service aces (4) while also being second for digs (14) behind Sofia Velez.
• Velez led Tech defensively with 27 digs, marking her 106^th game recording 10+ digs out of 112 collegiate games.
• Preseason All-ACC honoree Larissa Mendes helped lead Tech’s offense in the home opener with eight kills.
• Junior setter Heloise Soares notched a team high 19 assists while freshman setter Sara Toth had an exceptional first game with 15 assists.
• Senior Liv Mogridge and transfer red-shirt junior Ital Lopuyo recorded a team high four block assists respectively while graduate student returner DeAndra Pierce had three block assists.
• Pierce finished Friday’s match boasting a .500 attack percentage, good for five kills.
• Friday evening’s match was the 44^thconsecutive sold out match at O’Keefe Gymnasium, a streak dating back to the 2021 season.
• Tech’s three-set win on Friday also keeps Tech volleyball with a spotless 2-0 record against Wofford.
• This was Tech’s 32^nd all-time win in a season opener.
• Head coach Michelle Collier was honored pregame as Friday’s match marked the beginning of her 12th season, making her the longest tenured head coach in Tech volleyball history.

SET BY SET

Set 1 (GT 25- WOFF 22)

• Set one began with a strong showing from the Terriers who took an early 7-2 lead over the hosting Yellow Jackets. Tech was able to chip away at Wofford’s set one lead, as three kills from Mambu brought the match within two points (12-10). Mambu’s first career ace could not have come at a better time as the point tied the match 14-14 before another Mambu kill gave Tech the lead. Despite Wofford piecing the points together to force Tech to trail once again in set one, a late five-point run made of kills from Ital Lopuyo, Liv Mogridge, and Mambu as well as a block from Mogridge and Lopuyo gave the hosting Jackets the set one win. The first set of the night saw Mambu sport a .643 attack percentage, good for nine kills.

Set 2 (GT 26 – WOFF 24)

• Tech and Wofford traded points early on in the…