Quinnipiac volleyball’s senior outside hitter Yagmur Gunes joins the 1,000 kills club after breaking that milestone in Friday night’s win against Rider University in Lawrenceville, N. J. 

Gunes currently records 1,004 total kills in her fourth year of her collegiate career. 

Before the game started the Bursa, Turkey native only needed 10 kills to reach this milestone. By the end of the second set, she broke it. 

It’s an impressive improvement from Gunes. In her first season she recorded only 79 kills. As a sophomore, that number rose to 256. And last season, after playing in 118 sets, she was just one kill shy from 400.

The last Bobcat to reach this milestone was outside hitter Aryanah Diaz ‘25 back in her graduate season in 2023. Diaz graduated the program with 1,068 total kills.

The current Division I program record is held by former middle blocker Heather Wollyung ‘02 with 1,595 total kills, making Gunes only the third Bobcat to reach this milestone.

Gunes also currently records 985 digs — alongside 19 solar blocks and 67 block assists — therefore there is a chance she might break yet another 1,000 milestone in her final season in Hamden. 

This comes exactly two weeks after her sister, senior setter Damla Gunes broke Quinnipiac’s all-time Division I total assist record. 

With at least 12 more games left in the season, only time will tell if Yagmur Gunes joins her twin as a Quinnipiac record holder.