Georgia Tech Softball Crushes NC State 10-2 to Win 15th Straight Game
15 is a streak and a really long one.
Georgia Tech Softball continued their impressive start to the season by beating NC State 10-2 today and earning their 15th straight win and a sweep of the Wolfpack. The Yellow Jackets are now 6-0 in the ACC as well.
The offense for Georgia Tech has been blasting home runs at a blistering pace and things kept rolling today vs NC State.
So what happened in today's game?
The Wolfpack took the lead in the bottom of the inning with a two-run home run only for the Jackets to immediately take it back in the top of the 2nd with a four-run inning. Reese Hunter walked with one out, extending her on-base streak to seven games, before Jin Sileo advanced her to third with a double in the gap. Edgmon came up next, slapping a comebacker to the pitcher who frantically fired to first, overthrowing her first basemen as Hunter crossed the plate and allowing Sileo to slide home safely on an errant throw to the plate. Allen came up next, adding two more runs the old-fashioned way, with a towering home run to left field. By the end of the inning, the Jackets had erased the 1-2 deficit and lead the game again, 5-2 (Per Georgia Tech PR).
With Dennis dealing, the Jacket bats took matters into their own hands in the fourth, scoring five runs on three hits to take a 10-2 lead. Vukadinovich leadoff with a single, advancing to second on a wild pitch before Sileo joined her on base with a single, both runners advanced 60 feet on yet another wild pitch before Ella loaded the bases, coming back from down 0-2 to work a walk. With the bases full of Jackets, Black connected on a line drive up the middle to score Vukadinovich and Sileo. Dobbins loaded the bases again in the next at-bat, allowing Edgmon to score on a Domingue ground ball. Black and Dobbins came around to score in the next at-bat, after the NC State 2B overthrew her first basemen, resulting in a 10-2 GT lead (Per Georgia Tech PR).
Some notes from this game courtesy of Georgia Tech:
The Jackets have tied the program record for the best start to ACC play, going 6-0 for the first time since 2002.
Tech swept an ACC series on the road for the first time since 2018.
GT has now hit 48 home runs this season, the most among Power 5 teams. The Jackets have tied their total HR output from last season while playing in less than half of the total games.
Ella Edgmon extended her career-best hitting streak to 12 games, tied with Tricia Awald for the longest hitting streak since 2014.
Jin Sileo enjoyed a perfect day at the plate, going 3 for 3 with two runs scored. It was her third three-hit game of the season and second 3 for 3 performance.
Mallorie Black extended her career-best on-base streak to 22 games, tied for the longest on-base streak by a Yellow Jacket since 2018.
Chandler Dennis shut the door for the final three innings of the game, pitching the 3rd, 4th, and 5th innings, only allowing two batters to reach base, yet again, to earn the save.
It has been a great stretch for Georgia Tech and they will take their winning streak on the road again on Wednesday when they go to Athens to face Georgia. The game is slated to begin at 6:00 p.m.