{"id":364020,"date":"2026-10-04T05:03:42","date_gmt":"2026-10-04T05:03:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/364020\/"},"modified":"2026-10-04T05:03:42","modified_gmt":"2026-10-04T05:03:42","slug":"sahra-ozbiltekins-career-day-leads-qu-past-manhattan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/364020\/","title":{"rendered":"Sahra Ozbiltekin’s Career Day Leads QU Past Manhattan"},"content":{"rendered":"

RIVERDALE, N.Y. \u2014 The Quinnipiac women’s volleyball team secured its first conference victory of the season on Saturday afternoon, earning a four-set victory over Manhattan (23-25, 33-31, 26-24, 25-13) at Draddy Gymnasium.
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\nWith the victory, Quinnipiac moves to 1-1 in Metro Conference play.
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\nThe Bobcats won a second-set thriller by the final score of 33-31 to tie the match, then took care of business in the following two stanzas to secure the road win.
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\nA trio of Bobcats (Sahra Ozbiltekin<\/a>, Giulia Ragusa<\/a>, Sophia Minlend<\/a>) all recorded a double-double in the win. Ozbiltekin registered a match-high 24 kills to go along with 15 digs.<\/p>\n

SCORE

\nQuinnipiac 3, Manhattan 1 (23-25, 33-31, 26-24, 25-13)<\/p>\n

LOCATION

\nDraddy Gymnasium | Riverdale, N.Y.<\/p>\n

RECORDS

\nQuinnipiac (2-11, 1-1 Metro Conference) | Manhattan (2-11, 1-1 Metro Conference)<\/p>\n

NOTES
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\n\tSahra Ozbiltekin<\/a> paced the Bobcats’ attack with a match-high 24 kills while adding 15 digs. The 24 kills marked a\u00a0new career-high for Ozbiltekin.
\n\tGiulia Ragusa<\/a> registered a double-double, recording 11 kills and 12 digs.\u00a0
\n\tAsia Belli<\/a> was efficient up front, putting down nine kills while attacking at a team-best .562 percentage. She also had three solo blocks (team-high mark).
\n\tSophia Minlend<\/a> contributed 11 kills and 11 digs for a double-double, as well.
\n\tKlara Olszewska<\/a> orchestrated the offense with 50 assists while adding eight digs and two solo blocks. She also registered three service aces.
\n\tDidar Bulbul<\/a> anchored the back line with a team-high 16 digs.
\n\tQuinnipiac compiled 15.0 total team blocks defensively while hitting .469 in the final set to seal the win. <\/p>\n

GAME REWIND<\/p>\n


\n\tSet 1 (Manhattan 25, Quinnipiac 23): The Jaspers took an early lead before Quinnipiac fought back with kills from Ozbiltekin and Minlend to claim an 18-17 edge. Following a tight late frame that featured six tie scores and four lead changes, Manhattan closed on back-to-back points to take the opening set 25-23. Ozbiltekin led QU with five kills over the first set, while Belli recorded four.
\n\tSet 2 (Quinnipiac 33, Manhattan 31): In an extraordinary marathon set featuring 13 tie scores and six lead changes, QU grabbed an early 12-6 lead following an ace from Ozbiltekin. Manhattan rallied to set point multiple times, but kills from Ozbiltekin, Ragusa, and Sila Yildiz<\/a> held off the Jaspers. QU finally capitalized on an error from Manhattan to cap off the 33-31 set victory. Ozbiltekin had eight more kills during the second stanza, while Klara Olszewska<\/a> dished out 17 assists.
\n\tSet 3 (Quinnipiac 26, Manhattan 24): Quinnipiac built a 17-12 advantage behind service aces from Minlend and blocks by Belli and Ragusa. Manhattan mounted a late 5-0 run to tie the set at 22-22, but crucial kills from Ragusa and Minlend down the stretch pushed QU ahead to claim a 26-24 frame.
\n\tSet 4 (Quinnipiac 25, Manhattan 13): The Bobcats dominated the final set from the start, opening on an 11-4 run powered by kills from Ozbiltekin and Belli. Hitting a match-high .469 as a team in the set, Quinnipiac maintained full control to close out the 25-13 victory. Ozbiltekin helped finish off the contest with seven kills, including the final point of the set. <\/p>\n

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\nUP NEXT
\nThe Bobcats return to Hamden for their home opener on Tuesday, Sept. 29, hosting Merrimack at Burt Kahn Court at 6:00 PM to continue Metro Conference action.
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\nFor more information on the Quinnipiac women’s volleyball program, visit gobobcats.com or follow the team on Instagram\/X @QU_WVB.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"RIVERDALE, N.Y. \u2014 The Quinnipiac women’s volleyball team secured its first conference victory of the season on Saturday…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":364021,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[75,84,83,9,24,63],"class_list":["post-364020","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-manhattan","tag-manhattan","tag-manhattan-headlines","tag-manhattan-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/364020","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=364020"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/364020\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/364021"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=364020"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=364020"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=364020"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}