CORAL GABLES, Fla. – Miami volleyball hosted RV Georgia Tech on Sunday, battling in a five-set victory to close a five-match homestand at Freeman Indoor Stadium at the Knight Sports Complex.

The Hurricanes, who earned a 26-24 first set victory, dropped the next two, battling back to win the fourth set 25-20 and fifth set 15-13, extending their win streak to five.

Miami improves to 7-8 overall and 5-1 in conference play.

The Canes had three outside hitters with double-digit kills; Ruth Martinez had a team high 23 followed by a career-high 17 from Sonja Danilovic and 15 from Asia Harvey. Martinez hit .356, also adding a service ace and six digs to lead the way with 24 points.

Setter Ariana Rodriguez tallied 57 assists and two service aces, also leading the way with 18 digs. She sits second all-time in program history with 140 career service aces, just three shy of setting a new program record.

Defensively, Logan Wiley had four blocks to lead the team, followed by Denitsa Angelova and Rodriguez with three each. Libero Gaby Arroyo also recorded double digit digs, finishing the match with 14.

Set 1: Miami 26, Georgia Tech 24
The Yellow Jackets took an early lead in the first set, going up by as many as four points to lead the Hurricanes, 10-6. Miami then scored four straight, including two kills from Sonja Danilovic and an Ariana Rodriguez service ace to tie the set. From there, the teams were pretty even. The Hurricanes took a 15-13 lead on a Yellow Jackets service error into the timeout, adding an ace on the backend to take a three-point lead.

Georgia Tech got two straight points to pull within one, but another Jackets service error and Miami ace, this one from Asia Harvey, rebuilt the Hurricanes’ lead to three, forcing a Georgia Tech timeout.

The Jackets kept themselves close, eventually pulling even at 22 with a service ace. Denitsa Angelova earned a kill to put Miami back in front, but Georgia Tech saw set point with back-to-back points. The Hurricanes went on to score the final three points thanks to kills from Harvey, Ruth Martinez, and a Jackets error to take the first set.

Set 2: Georgia Tech 25, Miami 22
Georgia Tech and Miami traded points to kick off the second set before Harvey and Martinez built the first multi-point lead of the set, 6-4. The Hurricanes eventually maintained a three-point lead, sitting at 13-10 before the Yellow Jackets scored three straight to tie it. Miami quickly went back in front with four consecutive points, spread across two timeouts.

Down 14-18, Georgia Tech began to chip away, going on a 5-0 run to take a 19-18 lead over Miami. Danilovic pulled the Hurricanes even, but the Yellow Jackets scored two straight to lead 21-19, a lead they wouldn’t surrender as they took the second set and tied the match.

Set 3: Georgia Tech 25, Miami 22
Miami went on the first scoring run of the third set, scoring four straight off kills from Logan Wiley and Harvey as well as a Gaby Arroyo ace to take a 6-4 lead. The Yellow Jackets scored five of the next six points, erasing the Hurricanes lead and taking a two-point lead of their own.

The Canes pulled ahead on an Angelova ace and went on to break the tie with kills from Danilovic and Martinez, but the Yellow Jackets shifted momentum, going on a 7-0 run to make it 19-13 Georgia Tech. Miami outscored Georgia Tech 9-6 down the stretch, including scoring three straight to make it 23-20, but the Yellow Jackets held on to take set three, 25-22.

Set 4: Miami 25, Georgia Tech 20

The Hurricanes wasted no time in a must-win fourth set, scoring the first three points thanks to a Wiley kill and two Yellow Jackets errors. Georgia Tech pulled itself within one, but Miami scored the next four points, taking a five-point lead to force a Jackets timeout.

Georgia Tech slightly outscored Miami into the media timeout, but the Hurricanes had built a large enough lead to be in front by four, 15-11. Nine of Miami’s final ten points were kills, as Martinez led the way with four, followed by Harvey (2) and Danilovic and Rodriguez with one each, forcing a winner take all fifth set.

Set 5: Miami 15, Georgia Tech 13
Miami picked up right where it left off, scoring six of the first ten points. The Hurricanes scored two straight to take a 6-3 lead, forcing a Jackets timeout. Georgia Tech added two out of the timeout, but three straight from the Hurricanes gave them a four-point lead.

The Yellow Jackets pulled within two, but kills from Harvey and Danilovic rebuilt the lead to four, forcing another Georgia Tech timeout.

Miami got one point out of the timeout, but the Jackets took over, scoring four straight to pull within one. The Hurricanes made it a 13-11 game thanks to Danilovic’s 17^th kill of the match, but Georgia Tech pushed back to tie it, forcing Head Coach Keno Gandara to call a timeout.

Immediately following the timeout, the Jackets committed a serving error, handing Miami match point. Arroyo, who is serving at 93.8% subbed in to serve, eventually setting up the game-winning kill from Martinez, as the Canes took the final set 15-13, and the match 3-2.

Up Next: The Hurricanes hit the road for the first time in the month of October, traveling to Dallas to take on #6 SMU. First serve on Friday, Oct. 16 is set for 8 p.m. ET / 7 p.m. CT. You can watch the match on ACCNX.