Vega, Gold Homers Lead Blue Devils to Series Sweep Over Georgia Tech

Sunday, April 23

Durham, N.C.

12 p.m.

Duke University

40-8, 0

Georgia Tech

24-25, 0

Georgia Tech

Duke

Vega, Gold Homers Lead Blue Devils to Series Sweep Over Georgia Tech

4/23/2023 7:25:00 PM | Softball

Box Score

DURHAM – No. 10 Duke softball (40-8, 16-5 ACC) completed the series sweep over Georgia Tech (24-25, 6-15 ACC) after claiming a 6-2 win at Duke Softball Stadium on Sunday.

Freshman Aminah Vega and sophomore Ana Gold led the way offensively after finishing 2-for-3 and 1-for-2, respectively. The duo combined to drive in five of Duke's six runs via long balls in the third and fourth innings.

Junior pitcher Jala Wright earned the win in the circle after tossing 5.0 innings against the Yellow Jackets while allowing one earned run off two hits.
HOW IT HAPPENED

Vega opened the scoring with an RBI-single to left field to score classmate D'Auna Jennings, who reached on a base hit up the middle, and gave Duke an early 1-0 lead.
The Yellow Jackets tied the game 1-1 in the third using a deep sacrifice fly off the bat of Mallorie Black to score the baserunner from second.
In her next at bat, Vega sent a two-run blast straight out to center to put the Blue Devils ahead, 3-1.
Gold crushed a ball to left field to add three additional runs in the bottom of the fourth. The homer also scored graduate student Deja Davis and senior Gisele Tapia after they reached on an infield single and walk, respectively.
Georgia Tech's Reese Hunter opened the final frame with a solo shot over the left field fence to round out the Yellow Jackets' scoring.
Freshman Sophie Garner-MacKinnon sat down the final three batters to seal the Blue Devils' victory, 6-2.

NOTES

The Blue Devils have won six of seven weekend conference series this season.
Gold tallied her 18th home run of the year to set the program record for single-season home runs. The previous mark was held by Jameson Kavel who tallied 17 in 2022.
Wright picked up her fourth straight win in the circle and improves to 12-4 on the season.
Vega recorded her ninth home run and 11th multi-RBI game of the year.
Jennings extended her hitting streak to a career-best 10 games after going 1-for-4 during the contest.

QUOTES

"Today was just a really special day for us, to seal the sweep, to have all of the seniors compete in their last regular season home game and collect the 40th win at home. It's a lot to celebrate and I'm really proud of this team and how they continue to fight and get better as the season progresses. That's exactly what we want to see this time of year." – Head Coach Marissa Young on the team's last regular season game at Duke Softball Stadium.
"This weekend was a lot of fun. There were a lot of emotions, but it was really nice to finish out our regular season at home on a high note and looking forward to continuing the momentum. Postseason is really fun for us and I'm excited to get after it with Team Six and continue to make history with them." – Graduate student Deja Davis on her senior day experience.

UP NEXT
The Blue Devils travel to Farmville, Va., for a midweek game against Longwood on Wednesday at 5 p.m., before facing ACC foe Pittsburgh in a three-game road series to conclude the regular season.

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