Friday, October 24
Hamden, CT
5:00 PM
Quinnipiac University
vs
Fairfield
Photo by: Ephemia Nicolakis
Volleyball Returns to Burt Kahn to Face Fairfield, Sacred Heart
10/23/2025 5:37:00 PM | Women's Volleyball
Game #22: Quinnipiac (10-11, 7-2 MAAC) vs Fairfield (15-4, 9-0 MAAC)
Friday, Oct. 24, 2025 | 5:00 PM
Hamden, Connecticut | Burt Kahn Arena
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Game #23: Quinnipiac at Marist
Saturday, Oct. 25, 2025 | 5:00 PM
Hamden, Connecticut | Burt Kahn Arena
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Hamden, Conn. – The Quinnipiac women's volleyball team returns home to take on their in-state rivals, Fairfield and Sacred Heart. The Bobcats and Stags will battle on Burt Kahn Court on Friday, October 24th, with the first serve slated for 5 PM.
QU will be right back in action on Sunday, October 25th, hosting the Sacred Heart Pioneers at 5 PM from Hamden.
For all in-game updates, follow @QU_WVB on Instagram and X.
LOOKING AHEAD
LOOKING BACK
2024 SEASON REWIND
PRESEASON ACCOLADES
HEAD COACH KYLE ROBINSON
STRONG RETURNING GROUP
THE '25 MAAC SCHEDULE
For more information on Quinnipiac Volleyball, visit gobobcats.com/volleyball and follow the team on Twitter and Instagram, @QU_WVB.
Friday, Oct. 24, 2025 | 5:00 PM
Hamden, Connecticut | Burt Kahn Arena
Watch: Click Here | Live Stats: Click Here
Game #23: Quinnipiac at Marist
Saturday, Oct. 25, 2025 | 5:00 PM
Hamden, Connecticut | Burt Kahn Arena
Watch: Click Here | Live Stats: Click Here
Hamden, Conn. – The Quinnipiac women's volleyball team returns home to take on their in-state rivals, Fairfield and Sacred Heart. The Bobcats and Stags will battle on Burt Kahn Court on Friday, October 24th, with the first serve slated for 5 PM.
QU will be right back in action on Sunday, October 25th, hosting the Sacred Heart Pioneers at 5 PM from Hamden.
For all in-game updates, follow @QU_WVB on Instagram and X.
LOOKING AHEAD
- Quinnipiac hosts their travel partners, the Merrimack Warriors, on Tuesday night for a 5 PM start time.
- The Bobcats are home for seven straight games after their trip to New York before wrapping up the regular season in Western New York (Nov. 14-15).
LOOKING BACK
- Last weekend, the Bobcats defeated the Siena Saints in four sets and swept the Marist Red Foxes on the road.
- In the four-set win over Siena, Yagmur Gunes led the Bobcats with 25 kills. Gunes also recorded 11 digs in the win as she registered her eleventh double-double of the season.
- Elena Giacomini also recorded a double-double in the win over Siena as she recorded 16 kills and 15 digs.
- Just a day later, the Bobcats swept the Marist Red Foxes and were led by Elena Giacomini, who recorded a team-high nine kills.
- Six different Bobcats recorded at least one kill and one dig in the win.
2024 SEASON REWIND
- The Bobcats finished the season with 19 wins, including a five-game winning streak to close out the regular season.
- The Bobcats finished 15-3 in MAAC play, which locked them into the No. 2 seed for the 2024 MAAC Championships.
- QU defeated No. 3 Rider, 3-1, in the MAAC Semifinals to punch their ticket to the title game.
- Quinnipiac ultimately fell in four sets to in-state rival Fairfield as their season came to an end.
PRESEASON ACCOLADES
- Quinnipiac women's volleyball was selected to finish second in the MAAC Preseason Coaches' Poll, as announced by the league office on August 20th.
- Elena Giacomini was named the MAAC Preseason Player of the Year after winning the MAAC Player of the Year award last season.
- Along with Giacomini being named to the All-MAAC Preseason team, Ginevra Giovagnoni and Damla Gunes also earned those honors.
HEAD COACH KYLE ROBINSON
- Head Coach Kyle Robinson enters his seventh season with the Bobcats in 2025. Robinson currently has an 82-81 (.503) record in his tenure in Hamden, including this season's matches.
- Robinson is 226-164 over his career as a collegiate head coach (7 seasons at LIU before QU).
- Robinson has firmly cemented himself as one of the premier college coaches in the NCAA's highest division. He effectively etched his signature on Quinnipiac volleyball by becoming the first head coach in program history to lead the program to an NCAA Tournament berth in 2022.
STRONG RETURNING GROUP
- The Bobcats return 10 members who were on the squad last season.
- Among those returners are Elena Giacomini, last season's MAAC Player of the Year and this season's Preseason Player of the Year, Damla Gunes, the two-time MAAC Setter of the Year, Ginevra Giovagnoni, last season's Preseason Player of the Year, and Yagmur Gunes, who was named to the 2024 MAAC All-Tournament team.
THE '25 MAAC SCHEDULE
- After competing in four non-conference tournaments, the Bobcats open MAAC Play on September 26th in Fairfield, Connecticut, against the Sacred Heart Pioneers.
- The Bobcats face the reigning MAAC Champions, Fairfield, on September 27th on the road for a rematch of last year's title game.
- Quinnipiac's first home weekend is October 3-4 as they welcome Canisius and Niagara to Burt Kahn Court.
- After a four-game road trip, the Bobcats return to Quinnipiac for a seven-game homestand, which kicks off on October 24th against Fairfield.
- The Bobcats' final regular season weekend will be spent in Western New York against Niagara and Canisius (Nov. 14-15).
- The 2025 MAAC Women's Volleyball Championship will begin on Tuesday, November 18th with the first-round contests.
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