İlkin Aydın scores 21 as Galatasaray beat Nilüfer 3–1
Galatasaray Daikin defeated Nilüfer Belediyespor Eker 3–1 at TVF Burhan Felek Vestel Voleybol Salonu on 11 October 2026 in round two of the 2026-2027 Sultanlar Ligi. İlkin Aydın led the match with 21 points and five blocks as the hosts finished ahead in attacks, blocks and aces.
Galatasaray finish the match in four sets
Galatasaray won the opening set 25–21 and the second 25–15. Nilüfer took the third 25–17 before the hosts secured the fourth 25–20. The combined set scores were 92–81.
The hosts’ largest winning margin was 10 points in the second set. Their other set wins came by four and five points. Nilüfer’s winning margin in the third was eight points.
Aydın, Carutasu and Sylla contribute 58 points
Aydın combined 14 attack points, five blocks and two aces for 21. She led the match in total points, scoring blocks and aces. Alexia Carutasu added 19 through 16 attacks and three blocks, while Myriam Sylla scored 18 from 17 attacks and one ace.
Wang Yuanyuan contributed eight points and Yasemin Güveli seven. Yaasmen Bedart Ghani led Nilüfer with 15 attack points. Nina Cajic added 12, Zuzunna Gorecka eight and Diaris De La Caridad Perez Ramos six. Buse Ünal Pehlivan registered Nilüfer’s only ace.
An 11-point blocking advantage
Galatasaray recorded 59 successful attacks to Nilüfer’s 49, 14 scoring blocks to three, and four aces to one. The largest difference among these categories was in blocking, at 11 points. Player-point totals were 77–53, excluding opponent errors.
The set durations were 33, 26, 27 and 30 minutes, totalling 116 minutes of playing time. The recorded start-to-finish interval was 128 minutes, including breaks. Attendance was 675. Caner Çildir and Mehmet Gül officiated.
Team comparison
Galatasaray Daikin Player statistics
| Player | Points | Attack kills | Blocks | Aces |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2İlkin Aydın | 21 | 14 | 5 | 2 |
| 14Alexia Carutasu | 19 | 16 | 3 | 0 |
| 17Myriam Sylla | 18 | 17 | 0 | 1 |
| 7Wang Yuanyuan | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| 8Yasemin Güveli | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| 12Britt Bongaerts | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 13Janset Cemre Erkul | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 1Gizem Çerağ Düzeltir | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3Eylül Karadaş | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4Ege Melisa Bükmen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5Ayça Aykaç | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10Merve Tanyel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22Vita Akimova | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28İlayda Uçak | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Nilüfer Belediyespor Eker Player statistics
| Player | Points | Attack kills | Blocks | Aces |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5Yaasmen Bedart Ghani | 15 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| 1Nina Cajic | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 18Zuzunna Gorecka | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 25Diaris De La Caridad Perez Ramos | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 4Ecenur Aksoy | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 8Buse Ünal Pehlivan | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 10Begüm Kaçmaz | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 2Helin Kayıkçı | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3Merve İzbılır | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9Öykü Saruhan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12Sevgin Temel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14Damla Beyazıtlı | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16Nisanur Yılmaz | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21Sıla Zeynep Yaşar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- Match duration
- 116 minutes
- Attendance
- 675
- Referees
- Caner Çildir · Mehmet Gül