PITTSBURGH (theACC.com) - In a game that featured seven home runs, second-seeded Duke held a late Georgia Tech comeback to earn a 9-6 victory Thursday evening and advance to the semifinals of the ACC Softball Championship.

The Blue Devils move to 41-7 on the year and will play the winner of the Virginia/Florida State matchup in the second semifinal on Friday at 3:30 p.m., while Georgia Tech falls to 37-16 with the loss.

Duke All-ACC selection Kristina Foreman launched a two-run homer in the bottom of the first, sending the second pitch from Georgia Tech starter Chandler Dennis over the scoreboard in left field. A two-RBI double by Caroline Jacobsen made it a 4-0 lead for the Blue Devils in the third.

The Yellow Jackets rallied in the fifth to cut the margin in half after Auburn Dupree singled and scored before Mallorie Black walked and scored on a wild pitch to make it 4-2. Kennedy Cowden hit a solo homer in the sixth to pull Georgia Tech within a run at 4-3.

Duke pushed across five runs on three home runs in the bottom half of the sixth to extend its lead to 9-3. Francesca Frelick and Jameson Kavel hit two-run homers to left field, while Deja Davis belted a pinch-hit home run to center field.

Georgia Tech made it interesting in the seventh following a solo homer by Tricia Awald and Cowden’s second home run of the game to narrow the Duke lead to 9-6, but the Yellow Jackets couldn’t get any closer.