The No. 13/17 Virginia Tech Hokies waited until the third to finally plate a run against the Syracuse Orange in their 13-2 victory on Saturday to clinch the final conference series of the season. Record-breaking performance 👏 #Hokies | @DeltaDentalofVA pic.twitter.com/B7LZvkfSFe — Virginia Tech Softball (@HokiesSoftball) May 2, 2026 Virginia Tech (43-9, 14-6 ACC) started conference play on the road in Durham, NC, against Duke on Mcarch 13, and with the victory over Syracuse (18-25, 4-17), Tech wraps up a conference slate in which it went 6-2 in such series. It was a record setting day for the Pete D’Amour led maroon-and-orange, but it took a few innings for that to come to fruition, as the Orange struck first in the opening frame. Syracuse found its only two runs of the contest in the bottom of the first, as the Orange plated both runs in unearned fashion against Hokies’ starter, Emma Mazzarone.…