Hoos Close Regular Season At Georgia Tech

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – The Virginia softball team (30-16, 13-8 ACC) closes the regular season this weekend with a three-game series at Georgia Tech (30-20, 11-10 ACC). Game one of the series is set for 6 p.m. on Friday night (April 26).

HOW TO FOLLOW THE ACTION
All three games of the Georgia Tech series will be streamed on ACCNX which is available through the ESPN app and at WatchESPN.com. Live stats are also available for all three games. Links to the stream and live stats are at VirginiaSports.com. Updates are also available at the program’s official account (@UVASoftball) on X.

QUICK HITS

• The Hoos picked up a series win at No. 3 Duke over the weekend to kick of a seven-game road swing that ends with this weekend’s series at Georgia Tech to close ACC play.
• It was the sixth ACC series win of the season for Virginia and is the first time in program history for UVA to win six ACC series as well as the first-ever series win over Duke.
• Included in those six series wins are the win at No. 3 Duke and over No. 11 Clemson.
• With the wins at Duke, the Cavaliers locked up a berth in the ACC Softball Championships.
• Bigham leads the ACC in strikeouts (158) and ranks 23rd nationally in the category
• She earned ACC Pitcher of the Week honors for the second consecutive week and third time this season on Tuesday after her 10.0 scoreless innings and a save at No. 3 Duke
• The UVA pitching staff ranks third in the ACC in ERA (2.27) and ranks 20th nationally.
• Bigham and Madi Harris rank in the top 25 nationally in strikeouts per seven with BIgham coming in 15th (9.1/7) and Harris at 25th (8.5/7). Bigham is also 16th nationally in fewest hits allowed per 7.0 innings pitched (4.17) and second in the ACC.
• Jade Hylton hit two home runs against Duke – including a grand slam – to extend her team-leading total to 11 home runs and her team-leading RBI to 35. She drove in six of the seven runs scored by the Hoos against the Blue Devils.
• The Cavaliers hold an RPI of 29 and a strength of schedule of 14 entering the weekend
• The Hoos close out their tough seven-game road trip with the three-game set at Georgia Tech (RPI 63) this weekend after games at Duke (RPI 5) and Virginia Tech (RPI 18) to start

THE SERIES WITH GEORGIA TECH

• Virginia and Georgia Tech have faced each other 98 times with the Yellow Jackets leading the series 54-44
• There have been 44 meetings in Atlanta with Georgia Tech leading 23-21 in those games
• Georgia Tech won the series last season in Charlottesville by taking the first two games of the series