The Kitley family gets ready to watch Elizabeth play on Saturday afternoon

Elizabeth Kitley needs to make more room in her trophy case. In a career of personal achievement, she and her Virginia Tech teammates grabbed the most significant hardware yet. Led by a record-setting performance by Georgia Amoore, the Hokies captured their first-ever Atlantic Coast Conference women's tournament championship on Sunday, taking a 75-67 victory over Louisville. The victory gives Virginia Tech (27-4) a spot in the NCAA women's tournament starting later this month. Amoore, who played all 40 minutes, scored 25 points on 6-for-18 shooting, but the trio of 3-pointers she hit helped set a tournament record for most 3s with 14. She was named the tournament's most valuable player. Kitley added 20 points on 6-for-11 shooting. She now has an ACC title to accompany the state championship title she won while playing for Northwest Guilford. As Louisville missed the last of three shots to try to get closer, Kitley sprinted to the center jump circle to join the celebratory Hokie huddle, which was showered by shiny streamers and pink, blue and white balloons. About 30 minutes after the game ended, the Hokies were still on the court, standing on a stage posing for pictures as their fans absorbed the moment.  Chrislyn Carr led Louisville with a game-high 27 points. Hailey Van Lith, who tormented Wake Forest in Friday's quarterfinals, struggled to a 4-for-17 shooting performance and 12 points. Olivia Cochran added 11. Louisville had its share of fans at the Greensboro Coliseum, but in the championship game, the prevalent color in the blue seats was Hokie orange. And they were loud all afternoon. Unlike the Duke game in which the 6-foot-6 Kitley took a beating from several defenders, she had a height advantage over the 6-foot-3 Cochran and used it to hit her team's first three baskets. Kitley also helped to open up the middle by drawing Cochran to the perimeter. While she didn't shoot from distance, that move gave her teammates a chance in the paint. As Kitley started the scoring for the Hokies, Amoore ended the first quarter with five straight points for a 21-14 lead. Amoore scored five more points in a 9-4 run to start the second quarter, pushing Virginia Tech's lead to 30-18 at the five-minute mark. Later, Kitley would add two free throw, extending the lead to 38-25 before the Hokies settled for a 38-28 halftime lead. Virginia Tech led by as much as 12 early in the third quarter, but the Cardinals wouldn't concede the day. It managed to shave the deficit down to seven two times in the period, including the 51-44 score at the end of the quarter on a basket by Cochran. Louisville turned up the defensive pressure in order to close the gap, but they fell further behind. Amoore drained a three-pointer with 3:07 for the biggest Virginia Tech lead of the day, 63-48. The Cardinals made their last charge up the hill, but a 3-pointer by Merissah Russell came with 28 seconds to go. It made the score 73-67. Kitley went to the free throw line with 15 seconds to go, and hit two free throws to cap a run of 12 straight free throws over the last minute, 51 seconds.