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Jersey Number 18
Damla Gunes
- Position:
- Setter
- Height:
- 5-8
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Bursa, Turkey
- High School:
- Sahinkaya Academy
- Position:
- S
2x MAAC Setter of the Year (2023, 2024)
2x All-MAAC First Team (2023, 2024)
2x MAAC All-Academic Team (2023, 2024)
As a Junior in 2024
2x All-MAAC First Team (2023, 2024)
2x MAAC All-Academic Team (2023, 2024)
As a Junior in 2024
- 2024 MAAC Setter of the Year
- 2024 All-MAAC First Team Honoree
- 2x MAAC Setter of the Week
- Appeared in 101 sets across 29 matches played in her junior season in Hamden
- Registered 963 assists and 9.53 assists per set, which both led the team
- Recorded 26 kills and 79.0 total points
- Totaled 174 digs and 29.0 total blocks
- Registered a season-high 58 assists against Fairfield (11/3)
- Earned four aces against Saint Peter’s (9/29)
- Recorded 20+ assists in 25 of 29 matches
- Named MAAC Setter of the Year
- Named MAAC Player of the Week for the week of 10/31
- Appeared in a team-leading 105 sets across 29 matches during her second season with the Bobcats
- Led MAAC in assists with 1075 and was second in assists per set with 10.24
- Registered 40+ assists in 11 matches
- Led team and finished fourth in MAAC in service aces with 36
- Recorded a season-high 50 digs vs Furman on 8/25 and vs Fairfield on 10/29
- Finished third on team in digs with 253
- Registered 10+ digs in 12 matches
- Earned MAAC All-Academic Honors
- Earned MAAC All-Rookie Team honors
- Was named to the All-MAAC Championship Team
- Appeared in 95 sets across 28 matches
- Totaled 865 assists, 164 digs, 73.5 points, 35 service aces, and 31 blocks
- Averaged 9.11 assists and 1.73 digs per set
- 865 assists and 8.11 assists per set both ranked third in the MAAC
- Averaged 11.09 assists and 1.45 digs per set during the MAAC Tournament
- Posted totals of 38, 36, and 48 assists during the span of the MAAC Tournament
- Recorded six double-doubles on the season
- Tallied 30 or more assists in 14 matches
- Recorded career-high 55 assists twice
- First Quinnipiac player to tally 50 or more assists twice in a season since Maria Pansari did so six times in 2018
- Tallied 55 assists and 12 digs against Fordham for the first double-double of her collegiate career (Aug. 27)
- Attended Sahinkaya Academy where she competed in volleyball
- Played club volleyball for Nilüfer Belediye SC
- Majoring in business
- Daughter of Emel and Murat Gunes
- Sister, Yagmur, is a member of the QU volleyball program
Women's Volleyball vs Rider (Nov. 8)
Saturday, November 08
Volleyball vs. Manhattan (11.1)
Saturday, November 01
Volleyball vs. Iona (10.31)
Friday, October 31
The Roar (pres. by Better Built Basements) Episode 3 - Damla and Yagmur Gunes
Tuesday, October 28
