Friday, October 17
Winston-Salem, N.C.
6:30 P.M.
Wake Forest University
8-10,2-5ACC
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Georgia Tech
8-8,3-4ACC
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Georgia Tech
25
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Wake Forest
23
11
19
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Photo by: Bryce Mitchell / Wake Forest Athletics
Demon Deacons Fall to Georgia Tech in Friday Home Test
10/17/2025 8:58:00 PM | Women's Volleyball
Patrycja Lagida paced Wake Forest volleyball in the match versus the Yellow Jackets.
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – Wake Forest volleyball made a return to Varsity Arena on Friday night, hosting Georgia Tech in an evening tilt. The Demon Deacons (8-10, 2-5 ACC) suffered a 3-0 defeat to the Yellow Jackets (8-8, 3-4 ACC).
Junior Patrycja Lagida led the Deacs with 10 kills on a .320 hitting percentage. She also chipped in two service aces to tie the match high, along with three digs.
Graduate student Ryleigh Whitekettle posted seven kills while junior Paige Crawford and redshirt junior Sanaa Williams added six apiece.
Three Wake Forest players recorded five or more digs, led by senior Rian Baker's six. She and Becca Bellows contributed 11 and 13 assists, respectively.
How it Happened
From Coach Hulsmeyer
"Georgia Tech is a scrappy team that is balanced defensively – they came in ready to go," said head coach Jeff Hulsmeyer. "I felt we did better in the third set overall, and we showed moments where we were able to create close scores down the stretch. We will continue to keep getting better, and that starts with a big one on Sunday."
Up Next
The Deacs will round out their home weekend on Sunday (Oct. 19) with a 1 p.m. matchup versus Clemson. The contest will feature the program's annual Pink Match, centering on breast cancer awareness, as fans are encouraged to wear pink and a pregame recognition will take place to announce this year's Tenacity Award recipient. The yearly award honors the memory of former Wake Forest head volleyball coach Heather Holmes, who led the program from 2005-12. Sunday's match will stream on ACC Network Extra.
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Junior Patrycja Lagida led the Deacs with 10 kills on a .320 hitting percentage. She also chipped in two service aces to tie the match high, along with three digs.
Graduate student Ryleigh Whitekettle posted seven kills while junior Paige Crawford and redshirt junior Sanaa Williams added six apiece.
Three Wake Forest players recorded five or more digs, led by senior Rian Baker's six. She and Becca Bellows contributed 11 and 13 assists, respectively.
How it Happened
- In the opening set, the Deacs gained two points after allowing the first by Georgia Tech.
- Wake followed up in taking two straight possessions.
- The Deacs secured three of the next four possessions after a 5-5 tie.
- A kill by Sanaa Willams tied the first at 8 all.
- After Georgia Tech pounded a kill to go up 9-8, Sadie Poeck followed up with a middle hammer.
- Patrycia Lagida made a kill to put the Deacs in front, 12-11.
- Down 13-14, Wake Forest tied the game virtue of DeAndra Pierce by serve of Patrycia Lagida.
- The Yellow Jackets were able to take the lead back, 15-14, forcing a Wake timeout.
- Down 16-14, Sanaa Williams gave the Deacs two straight kills to even the set at 16-16.
- Coming out of another timeout, Paige Crawford threw down a kill to put Wake within one, 18-17.
- The senior notched another kill to keep her team close by, trailing by a single point.
- Georgia Tech took four of the next five rallies to jump ahead, 23-19.
- The visitors made a block to reach set point.
- Wake Forest responded with a block and Lagida kill to shrink the deficit.
- The Deacs followed up with two more points from a Yellow Jackets attack error and a pair of Lagida kills, down one (24-23).
- Georgia Tech was able to win set one on a final hit, 25-23.
- Lagida led the Deacs with four kills in the frame.
- Ryleigh Whitekettle gave Wake its first point of set two, nailing a ball from the right side.
- Trailing 7-4, Wake called for a timeout.
- Georgia Tech scored two consecutive points after the floor break.
- Back-to-back kills by the Yellow Jackets led to a 13-5 advantage.
- The team cut its own run with a service error.
- Down 19-6, the Deacs gained two points back on a Whitekittle kill and a Georgia Tech attacking error
- Wake Forest gained its ninth point of the set on a Lagida kill
- Georgia Tech upped its lead to 22-9.
- The Yellow Jackets won the second set on a final Deacon error.
- Whitekettle and Willams each had five kills heading into the third.
- Seeing even play early on in set three, two kills and an ace gave the Deacs a 6-4 advantage.
- Back to back errors from both sides led to a timeout with the score at 7-6 in Wake's favor.
- Lagida made a kill and tossed an ace to give the Deacs a 9-6 lead.
- The Deacons padded on with a Poeck kill, going up 11-6.
- Georgia Tech narrowed the Deacs' lead to two after back-to-back kills (12-10).
- The Yellow Jackets soon produced two kills and an ace to tie the game at 13-13.
- The set became tied up again, going back and forth through a few rallies.
- Two straight kills gave the Yellow Jackets the lead back at 17-15.
- Lagida and Williams made kills to keep Wake in it.
- Georgia Tech was able to win the set on one more kill, 25-19.
- Wake Forest fell, 3-0.
- Wake Forest and Georgia Tech faced each other on Friday in a 54th all-time series meeting.
- Becca Bellows reached 300 career digs on Friday.
- Emma Farrell notched her 1,700th career dig during the match.
- Patrycja Lagida reached 700 career kills in the contest.
From Coach Hulsmeyer
"Georgia Tech is a scrappy team that is balanced defensively – they came in ready to go," said head coach Jeff Hulsmeyer. "I felt we did better in the third set overall, and we showed moments where we were able to create close scores down the stretch. We will continue to keep getting better, and that starts with a big one on Sunday."
Up Next
The Deacs will round out their home weekend on Sunday (Oct. 19) with a 1 p.m. matchup versus Clemson. The contest will feature the program's annual Pink Match, centering on breast cancer awareness, as fans are encouraged to wear pink and a pregame recognition will take place to announce this year's Tenacity Award recipient. The yearly award honors the memory of former Wake Forest head volleyball coach Heather Holmes, who led the program from 2005-12. Sunday's match will stream on ACC Network Extra.
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Team Stats
GaTech
WF
Kills
43
33
Errors
7
22
Attempts
85
91
Hitting %
.424
.121
Points
64.0
38.0
Assists
42
31
Aces
5
3
Blocks
16
2
Game Leaders
Kills
10
Aces
2
Blocks
1
Kills
7
Aces
0
Blocks
1
Kills
6
Aces
0
Blocks
2
Kills
6
Aces
0
Blocks
0
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