Scores: Kennesaw State 3, Georgia Tech 1 (25-23, 16-25, 25-19, 25-23)
Records: Kennesaw State (8-3), Georgia Tech (9-3)
Key Players: Kelly Marcinek (18 kills hitting .333), Liesl Engelbrecht (10 kills hitting .318 and seven blocks and three service aces), Kristi Piedimonte (42 assists and 19 digs), Sydni Shelton (13 kills and four blocks) 
 
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KENNESAW, Ga. – In the fourth set with Kennesaw State leading 2-1, the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets were trying to push the match to five leading late 23-19, but with a record-breaking crowd behind them, the Owls went on a 6-0 run to clinch the match.
 
The Owls came out in the first set with a lot of energy with the crowd behind them. In the middle of the set, the Yellow Jackets grabbed a three-point lead, but Kennesaw State battled back to even the score at 16. Both teams traded points back and forth until the crucial first set was tied at 23, and Sydni Shelton and Anaiah Boyer came up with kills to put the Owls up 1-0.
 
Tech bounced back in the second set to even the match as both teams went in the locker room.
 
The Owls came out of the break on fire going up 10-1 to take a commanding lead. The Yellow Jackets tried to climb back in it, but the early lead for KSU was insurmountable as they went on to win the set 25-19 and take a 2-1 lead in the match.
 
In the decisive fourth set there were seven ties, but only three lead changes as the Owls continued to battle back against the Yellow Jackets to eventually clinch the match.
 
Kennesaw State will be back in the KSU Convocation Center next Saturday to start Atlantic Sun Conference play against USC Upstate at 3:00 p.m.

Coach Schunzel on the Milestone Win for KSU Volleyball
"First of all I want to thank the fans and the volleyball community for what can only be called an incredible amount of support and atmosphere in that match. While we certainly have not arrived yet as a program, tonight was a mile stone win for Kennesaw State volleyball. When I took this job, I had a vision for what could happen here because of the unbelievable support we get from our administration to all of the great resources that are in place to help our student-athletes succeed. With beating Tech tonight and going 5-0 against Georgia teams this year, I'm so proud to call our team the unofficial state champs this year and that shows just how far we've come in a relatively short period of time."
 
"I'm obviously so proud of our players and our entire program for the effort we put in tonight and all of this season. While many great things happened tonight on the court, I was ecstatic that when we called timeout trailing 19-23 in the fourth set, I looked our players in the eyes and every kid in that huddle thought we were going to come back and win the match. When I told them to believe, that's exactly what they did and have been doing since the day we took the job at KSU."
Kennesaw State Head Coach Keith Schunzel
 
Notes
- With the win against Georgia Tech, Kennesaw State finished non-conference play at 8-3 and 5-0 against teams from the state of Georgia.
- This is the first win for the Owls against Georgia Tech, and the first win against a power five school since KSU beat Mississippi State in 2012.
- The 1,556 people in attendance were a volleyball record. In the Schunzel era, his team has had four of the top five crowds in volleyball history.
- Liesl Engelbrecht got her first start in an Owl uniform tonight and came up big all night long. She finished with 10 kills, seven blocks and three service aces. The 10 kills and seven blocks are both career highs for the 6'3" middle blocker.
- Kelly Marcinek came out hot in the first set leading the team with six kills hitting .667 on nine attempts. For the match, she led the team finishing with 18 kills hitting .333. The 18 kills are the most she has had this season.
- Kristi Piedimonte finished with 42 assists and 19 digs. It is the fourth time in 11 matches she has had at least 40 assists, and it is her second double-double of the season.
- There were two other Owls that had double-digit digs and they were Maddie Jones with 16 and Katarina Morton with 13.
- In the four set match, KSU had eight service aces against Georgia Tech. That's the second most they've had this season. Against Georgia Southern, the team had nine service aces, but that match went five sets.
 
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