Georgia Tech volleyball picked to finish sixth in ACC
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The Georgia Tech volleyball team was picked to finish sixth in a preseason poll conducted by ACC coaches and released Thursday.
Tech right-side hitter Larissa Mendes was named to the preseason all-conference team. Mendes began the 2024 season as a consistent starter for the Yellow Jackets and notched a career-high 23 kills during the second match of the season against New Mexico State. She matched her previous high of 21 kills a week later against Brigham Young.
Through the first two months of the season, she proved to be a threat on offense to ACC opponents until an injury in October. Mendes battled back and returned to play less than a month later and finished third on the team for kills after averaging 2.42 kills per set.
The Jackets are coming off their fifth consecutive NCAA Tournament appearance and are one of 12 programs across Division I to have won a match in each of the past five tournaments after defeating Tennessee 3-2 last season.
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