ATLANTA, Ga. – In front of a sold out O’Keefe Gymnasium, the Notre Dame volleyball team gave Georgia Tech all it could handle Sunday, but fell in four sets, 20-25, 26-28, 26-24, 13-25.
Morgan Gaerte continued to amaze as the season starts to dwindle down. The sophomore had 23 kills on .459 hitting and a career-high five service aces. It’s the second-straight game with 20 or more kills for Gaerte, who now has eight total games with 20 or more kills this season, just one off the program single-season record. She now has 441 kills on the season, the most by an Irish player since Jemma Yeadon in 2017.
Lucy Trump and Mae Kordas both tallied eight kills apiece, while Anna Bjork recorded a career-high 10 total blocks, her first game with double-digit blocks.
The Irish had a comeback win in the third set. Down 20-23, the Irish ripped off a 6-1 run to extend the match to a fourth set. Gaerte had a kill followed by back-to-back aces to put Notre Dame up, and then the set win was capped off by a beautiful block from Trump and Bjork on the right side.
Just two games remain in the regular season for the Irish, starting with a rare midweek clash at Virginia Tech on Wednesday, November 26th at 3:00 p.m. before returning to Purcell Pavilion for one final time in 2025 against Wake Forest at 3:00 p.m. on Saturday, November 29th. Notre Dame will honor its five seniors Saturday against Wake Forest (Maisie Alexander, Avery Ross, Cailey Dockery, Harmony Sample and Lucy Trump).