Wednesday, October 5
Hamden, Conn.
7:00 PM
Quinnipiac University
vs
Marist
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HAMDEN, Conn. – After 338 days, the Quinnipiac volleyball team returns to Burt Kahn Court as it plays host to Marist on Wednesday at 7 p.m.
THE MATCHUP: vs. MARIST
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HAMDEN, Conn. – After 338 days, the Quinnipiac volleyball team returns to Burt Kahn Court as it plays host to Marist on Wednesday at 7 p.m.
THE MATCHUP: vs. MARIST
- Wednesday's match between the Bobcats and Red Foxes will mark the 22nd meeting between the two programs
- Marist owns a 17-4 record all-time against Quinnipiac
- The last time the two sides matched up, Marist came away with a three-set victory over QU in Poughkeepsie on Sept. 25, 2022
- Alexandra Tennon led the Bobcats with 10 kills and six digs
- Damla Gunes added 20 assists and four service aces
- The Red Foxes enter the match 9-7 on the season and 5-1 in MAAC contests
- Marist is on a three-game win streak
- Sasha van der Merwe leads the Stags with 215 kills and 242.5 points
- The Bobcats fell short in its last match at Fairfield, falling in three sets
- Aryanah Diaz tallied 12 kills and four digs, while Alexandra Tennon contributed 12 kills and three digs
- Damla Gunes added 29 assists and three digs
- After 338 days away, the Bobcats return to Burt Kahn Court to host a volleyball match
- The Bobcats earned five wins at home last season
- The Bobcats earned its first MAAC win of the season in a thrilling five-set victory over Siena on the road on Sept. 24
- The Bobcats took the opening two sets, before dropping the next two
- The Bobcats found themselves down 10-4 in the final set before slowly battling back to tie the set at 13-13. With the set tied, Damla Gunes scored a block at the net to give the Bobcats match point, before assisting on a kill from Alexandra Tennon to take the final set and match.
- Tennon posted 16 kills and 13 digs for her third double-double of the season, while Aryanah Diaz added 14 kills and 12 digs for the Bobcats in the victory.
- Senior Aryanah Diaz got off to a hot start to open MAAC competition
- Diaz recorded a double-double in three consecutive MAAC matches to open conference-play
- Diaz opened MAAC play with 26 kills and 11 digs against the Purple Eagles on Sept. 17
- She followed with 18 kills and 15 digs against the Golden Griffins on Sept. 18
- Diaz totaled 14 kills and and 12 digs for the Bobcats in the victory over Siena on Sept. 24
- Through five MAAC contests, Diaz ranks fifth in the conference in kills with 78
- First year Ginevra Giovagnoni has totaled 89 kills on the season
- Her 2.97 kills per set sits eighth in the MAAC
- Giovagnoni has led the Bobcats in kills in three matches this season
- Giovagnoni was named the MAAC Player of the Week, as announced by the conference on Monday, Aug. 30
- This was the first weekly award honor for Giovagnoni this season after just two games played
- She combined to tally a team-best 31 kills, 15 digs, two service aces and a block in Quinnipiac's opening matches against Stony Brook and Fordham
- Giovagnoni recorded nine kills, eight digs and two service aces in the Bobcats' opener at Stony Brook
- She followed that performance with a team-high 22 kills with a blistering .409 attack-percentage and seven digs against Fordham
- First year Damla Gunes has made an instant impact for the Bobcats through 12 games
- Gunes' 292 assists on the season is tops on the team and ranks fifth in the MAAC
- She has recorded two double-doubles on the season, most recently tallying 18 assists and 11 digs against Delaware State
- She has recorded 30 or more assists four times this season, most recently tallying 36 assists in a win over Siena on Sept. 24
- 55 assists in QU's contest against Canisius on Sept. 18
- She posted 35 assists in QU's contest against Robert Morris on Sept. 10
- Gunes tallied 55 assists and 12 digs against Fordham on Aug. 27 for the first double-double of her collegiate career
- She is the first Quinnipiac player to tally 50 or more assists twice in a season since Maria Pansari did so six times in 2018
- Her 55 assists in a contest stands as the most assists in a match by a MAAC player this season, doing so twice
- Sophomore Alexandra Tennon's 154 kills on the season ranks ninth in the MAAC, while her 3.35 kills per set ranks fifth in the MAAC as well
- Tennon has posted double-figure kills in nine consecutive matches
- Alexandra Tennon was named to the All-Tournament team after totaling 43 kills, 30 digs and six blocks at the Comfort Inn-vitational hosted by Morehead State
- Tennon led the Bobcats in kills in all three matches, posting team-high amounts of 11 kills (Morehead State) and 16 kills twice (North Alabama/Robert Morris)
- The Bobcats will be back in action on Saturday, Oct. 8 when they take on MAAC foe Iona
- First serve is set for 1 p.m.
- Head Coach Kyle Robinson enters his fourth season with the Bobcats
- Robinson has led the Bobcats to 28 wins in three seasons and two MAAC Tournament berths
- Robinson has led QU to appearances in the MAAC Championship (2019) and MAAC Semifinals (2019, 2021)
- QU earned 11 wins in last season, including nine against MAAC opponents
- Earning All-MAAC First Team honors as a senior in 2021, Nicole Legg returns as a graduate student
- Legg's 247 kills ranked second on the team and 11th in the MAAC, while she ranked third in total blocks (99) and led the conference with a .398 attack-percentage
- Aryanah Diaz returns for her senior campaign after leading the Bobcats and ranking eighth in the MAAC with 293 kills in 2021
- Diaz tallied 339 digs in 2021, the second most on the team
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