Quinnipiac Earns Friday Night Road Victory at Canisius

Friday, October 16

Buffalo, NY

6:00 PM

Quinnipiac University

6-13,5-3Metro

Canisius

2-16,1-7Metro

Team	1	2	3	4	Final F
Quinnipiac	26	25	25	25	3
Canisius	28	22	21	23	1

Sahra Ozbiltekin Celebrates Following a QU Point (2026 at Delaware State)

Photo by: Sean Holmes / OTM Studios

Quinnipiac Earns Friday Night Road Victory at Canisius

10/16/2026 8:52:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

Box Score

By: QU Athletic Communications

BUFFALO, N.Y. — The Quinnipiac women's volleyball team picked up a conference road victory on Friday evening, defeating the Canisius Golden Griffins 3-1 (26-28, 25-22, 25-21, 25-23) at the Koessler Athletic Center.

Three different Bobcats registered a double-double in the win. Sahra Ozbiltekin led the Quinnipiac attack with a match-high 18 kills while adding 15 digs. Giulia Ragusa chipped in with 16 kills and 16 digs, and Sophia Minlend contributed 12 kills and 11 digs.

FINAL SCORE
Quinnipiac 3, Canisius 1

LOCATION
Buffalo, N.Y. (Koessler Athletic Center)

RECORDS
Quinnipiac (6-13, 5-3 Metro) | Canisius (2-16, 1-7 Metro)

GAME REWIND

Set 1 (Canisius 28, Quinnipiac 26): The hosts edged out a tightly contested opening frame in extra points. Despite 14 kills from the Bobcats—sparked by early service aces from Asia Belli and aggressive swings from Ragusa and Minlend—Canisius capitalized late to take a 1-0 match lead.
Set 2 (Quinnipiac 25, Canisius 22): Quinnipiac responded in the second, jumping out to early momentum behind service aces from Sophia Gisslen. Though the Golden Griffins fought back, kills from Ozbiltekin and Minlend down the stretch secured a 25-22 equalizer for the Bobcats.
Set 3 (Quinnipiac 25, Canisius 21): The Bobcats carried their energy into the third set, hitting .289 as a team. Gisslen distributed effectively to Ozbiltekin and Sila Yildiz, while strong net defense kept Canisius at bay to put Quinnipiac ahead 2-1.
Set 4 (Quinnipiac 25, Canisius 23): Quinnipiac sealed the match in a tense fourth set. Trailing late, the Bobcats put together a clutch closing run, capped off by back-to-back kills from Ragusa and a final Canisius attack error to clinch the match.

⬇️ how we closed out the road win tonight! #BobcatNation x #ClawsOutQU https://t.co/REriUU2ZdC
— Quinnipiac Volleyball (@QU_WVB) October 17, 2026

NUMBERS & NOTES

Sahra Ozbiltekin is up to 183 kills on the season with 18 more in Friday night's win. She's averaging 2.82 kills per set during her sophomore campaign. Ozbiltekin has three consecutive double-double performances.
First-year Bobcat Giulia Ragusa leads Quinnipiac with 198 kills during 2026. She also has 127 digs.
Fellow first-year Bobcat Sophia Minlend posted 12 kills to raise her season total to 152. She has five double-doubles this year.
Sophia Gisslen orchestrated the attack with a match-leading 37 assists.
Carola Negron Diaz added 15 digs in the winning effort.
Quinnipiac hit .289 in the third set, then .316 in the fourth set to help close out the Metro Conference contest.
Quinnipiac has won seven straight meetings against Canisius dating back to 2022.
Kyle Robinson is up to 249 career wins during his Division I career as a head coach. He guided LIU to 144 total wins, and is now up to 105 victories at Quinnipiac.

UP NEXT
The Bobcats remain on the road in Western New York tomorrow, Saturday, Oct. 17, for a Metro Conference matchup against Niagara starting at 2:00 PM.