After finishing ninth in the ACC, Georgia Tech’s softball tournament will begin play in the conference tournament Wednesday in Louisville, Ky. The Yellow Jackets, the No. 9 seed, will play No. 8-seed Syracuse in a first-round game scheduled for 1 p.m. The winner will play top-seeded Clemson on Thursday in a quarterfinal matchup.
Coach Aileen Morales’ team is 19-25 overall and 11-19 in the ACC. The Jackets placed four players on the All-ACC team released Tuesday, including first-teamers Emma Kauf (catcher) and Tricia Awald (first base). It’s the first time that Tech has put two players on the all-conference first team since 2013.
Outfielder Cameron Stanford was named to the second team for the third season in a row while outfielder Breanna Roper was named to the third team. Kauf, a freshman, became the first player Tech player to be named first-team All-ACC and also to the ACC all-freshman team.
The Jackets go into the tournament on a five-game winning streak, including a four-game sweep of Virginia to end the regular season. The tournament’s first three rounds will be broadcast on the ACC Network, while the final will be televised on ESPN2.
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