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Bobcats Prepared for Final Home Weekend of Season
11/8/2024 5:17:00 PM | Women's Volleyball
Game #27: Quinnipiac (14-12, 11-3 MAAC) vs Siena (6-20, 5-9 MAAC)
Saturday, Nov. 9, 2024 | 1:00 PM
Hamden, Conn. | Burt Kahn Court
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Game #28: Quinnipiac (14-12, 11-3 MAAC) vs. Marist (3-21, 3-11 MAAC)
Sunday, Nov. 10, 2024 | 1:00 PM
Hamden, Conn. | Burt Kahn Court
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HAMDEN, Conn. – The Quinnipiac women's volleyball program wraps up their home slate for the 2024 season with a matchup against the Siena Saints on Saturday, Nov. 9th and Marist Red Foxes on Sunday, Nov. 10th. Both matches are slated to start at 1 PM.
SCOUTING SIENA
SCOUTING MARIST
LAST TIME OUT
2023 SEASON REWIND
PRESEASON ACCOLADES
HEAD COACH KYLE ROBINSON
STRONG RETURNING GROUP
THE '24 SCHEDULE
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Saturday, Nov. 9, 2024 | 1:00 PM
Hamden, Conn. | Burt Kahn Court
Watch: Click Here | Live Stats: Click Here
Game #28: Quinnipiac (14-12, 11-3 MAAC) vs. Marist (3-21, 3-11 MAAC)
Sunday, Nov. 10, 2024 | 1:00 PM
Hamden, Conn. | Burt Kahn Court
Watch: Click Here | Live Stats: Click Here
HAMDEN, Conn. – The Quinnipiac women's volleyball program wraps up their home slate for the 2024 season with a matchup against the Siena Saints on Saturday, Nov. 9th and Marist Red Foxes on Sunday, Nov. 10th. Both matches are slated to start at 1 PM.
SCOUTING SIENA
- The Siena Saints enter Saturday's matchup with a 6-20 overall record and a 5-9 mark in the MAAC as they sit in ninth place in the conference.
- Siena is coming off a 1-2 week where they dropped their midweek contest at Marist in four sets. The Saints fell to the Rider Broncs in three sets on Saturday before defeating the Saint Peter's Peacocks in three sets.
- Sara Wagner leads the Saints' offense with 214 total kills on the season. Wagner averages 3.63 points and 3.11 kills per set in 88 sets played this season.
- On the defensive end, Sina Toroslu leads the team with 78.0 total blocks. Sara Wagner leads the Saints with 173 total digs.
SCOUTING MARIST
- The Marist Red Foxes enter the weekend with a 3-11 conference record and a 3-21 overall mark as they sit in 11th place in the MAAC.
- The Red Foxes are coming off a week where they went 2-1 at home. Marist defeated the Saints in four sets in a midweek battle before defeating Saint Peter's, 3-1, on Saturday and falling to Rider, 3-0, on Sunday.
- On the offensive end, Taylor Miller leads Marist with 266 total kills in 24 matches played this season. Miller averages 3.13 kills per set and 3.37 points per set in 85 sets played.
- Alyssa White leads the Red Foxes with 47.0 total blocks for an average of 0.59 blocks per set. Katherine Thompson leads the team with 198 digs on the year.
LAST TIME OUT
- The Bobcats ended last weekend going 1-1. Quinnipiac fell to Sacred Heart on the road in four sets before defeating the Fairfield Stags in Hamden in five sets.
- The Bobcats improved to 12-3 in MAAC play, which has them in second place in the MAAC with four matches left this season.
2023 SEASON REWIND
- The Bobcats finished the season with 19 wins, including six straight to kick off their conference schedule.
- The Bobcats finished 14-4 in MAAC play, which locked them into the No. 2 seed for the 2023 MAAC Championships.
- QU defeated No. 6 Iona, 3-1, in the MAAC Semifinals to punch their ticket to the title game. QU ultimately fell in four sets, 3-1, to in-state rival Fairfield.
PRESEASON ACCOLADES
- Quinnipiac women's volleyball has been selected number two in the MAAC Preseason Coaches' Poll on August 21st.
- Junior Ginevra Giovagnoni was voted the MAAC Preseason Player of the Year. In her second season as a Bobcat, Giovagnoni led the MAAC in kills per set (4.14) and points per set (4.67).
- Along with Giovagnoni being named to the Preseason All-MAAC team, reigning Setter of the Year, Damla Gunes, was also named to the team.
HEAD COACH KYLE ROBINSON
- Head Coach Kyle Robinson enters his sixth season with the Bobcats in 2024.
- Robinson is 205-147 over his career as a collegiate head coach (7 seasons at LIU before QU)
- Robinson has firmly cemented himself as one of the premiere 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 11 members who were on the squad last season.
- Among those returners are Ginevra Giovagnoni, who appeared on the 2023 MAAC All-Championship team, Damla Gunes, the 2023 MAAC Setter of the Year, and the team leader in total points, Yagmur Gunes.
THE '24 SCHEDULE
- The Bobcats' non-conference schedule continues as they travel to Brookville, N.Y. to take on the LIU Sharks (Sep. 3) before heading to Williamsburg, Virginia to take part in the William & Mary Invitational (Sep. 6-7).
- QU will then head back to Virginia to compete in the George Mason Invitational (Sep. 13-14) in Fairfax. They will battle Navy and Old Dominion on the 13th before wrapping up with George Mason on the 14th.
- Quinnipiac will wrap up their non-conference schedule with the Dartmouth Invitational against Dartmouth (Sep. 21) and Providence (Sep. 22) in Hanover, NH.
- Head Coach Kyle Robinson and the squad return to Hamden as they take on the Rider Broncs to open MAAC play on Sep. 28.
- Following a home battle with Saint Peter's (Sep. 29) and MAAC newcomer Merrimack (Oct. 2), the Bobcats will head to Fairfield for a 2023 MAAC Championship rematch on Oct. 5.
- After a quick road trip to Fairfield, the squad returns home for three straight matches, against Sacred Heart (Oct. 6), Manhattan (Oct. 12), and Iona (Oct. 13).
- Following the three-game homestand, QU will hit the road for six straight contests which begins at Marist on October 20. The Bobcats will head to Siena on October 21st before heading to Buffalo to take on Canisius (Oct. 26) and Niagara (Oct. 27). To wrap up the road trip, the Bobcats will battle the two newer teams in the MAAC with a matchup against Merrimack (Oct. 30) and Sacred Heart (Nov. 2).
- The Bobcats return to Hamden with a Sunday MAAC matchup with Fairfield (Nov. 3) and wrap up their home slate with a Saturday match against Siena (Nov. 9) and Marist (Nov. 10).
- The Bobcats wrap their regular season on the road with bouts at Iona (Nov. 16) and Manhattan (Nov. 17).
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