2024 Women's Volleyball Roster

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17 Esma Sipahi

  • Class Senior
  • Height 6-0
  • Position Setter
  • Hometown Istanbul, Turkey
  • High School TED Istanbul College
  • Club Vakifbank Sports Club

Biography

2024: Earned a First Team All-Patriot League selection for the second straight season, playing in every game and 111 sets… Led the Patriot League in assists with 1,092 and 9.84 per set… Ranked fourth on the team in service aces (31) and blocks (49), adding 238 digs… Logged nine double-doubles, all via assists and digs… Posted 50-plus assists in three matches, including a career-high 56 against Western Carolina on Sept. 14… Reached 2,000 career assists on Oct. 4… Finished her career with 2,951 to rank sixth in program history… Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.

2023 (Junior) - Named the Patriot League's Setter of the Year and to the All-Patriot League First Team... Was the only player in the PL to average over 10 assists per set, finishing the season at 10.16 assists per set to lead the league...Also ranked first on the team and fifth in the league with 0.36 service aces per set (42 overall)... Surpassed 1,000 assists in the 2023 season alone, and has 1,906 in her career to rank 10th all-time in program history... Recorded 11 double-doubles and was two blocks away from a triple-double with a career-high eight blocks against Army on Nov. 4... Her 73 total blocks ranked third on the team, impressive for a setter, while her 254 digs also ranked third... Posted a career-high 54 assists at Rhode Island on Sept. 16 and 53 assists in a five-set win over Colgate on Oct. 15... Tied her career-high with 17 digs in a win at George Mason on Aug. 26... Named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll for a second year in a row.

2022 (Sophomore) - Ranked second on the team and 10th in the Patriot League with 396 assists… Also ranked fourth on the team with 42 blocks and fifth with 17 service aces… Posted back-to-back double-doubles at Holy Cross (Oct. 7) and Lafayette (Oct. 8), including a career-high 17 digs at Holy Cross and six blocks at Lafayette… Posted her first double-double with 40 assists and 12 digs vs. Loyola Maryland on Sept. 23... Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.

2021 (Freshman) - Played in 21 matches with six starts... Named the Patriot League Rookie of the Week on Oct. 18 after an outstanding effort in her first two career starts (35 assists at Navy; season-high 45 vs. Lehigh)... Posted 20 or more assists in seven matches... Closed out the season strong with 30 assists and eight digs in the Patriot League Championship match vs. Colgate... Recorded one double-double with a season-high 10 digs to go with 21 assists vs. Colgate on Nov. 5.

Before AU - Three-time National High School Champion... Took second and third place in the National Women's League with Vakifbank Sports Club... Team captain of the U17 National Team... Selected to play in the Balkan Cup with the National Team in 2017 and 2018... Team captain for her high school and former club, Fenerbahce.

Personal - Majoring in computer science... Father, Sezai, was a professional soccer player... Mother, Semra, played handball for many years... Was born in Istanbul but has traveled a lot... Did swimming and taekwondo almost professionally before taking up volleyball.

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Historical Player Information

  • 17

    2021Freshman

    Setter
    6'0"
    17
  • 17

    2022Sophomore

    Setter
    6'0"
    17
  • 17

    2023Junior

    Setter
    6'0"
    17
  • 17

    2024Senior

    Setter
    6'0"
    17