Franklin and Nicoletti score 23 each as Zeren beat İlbank 3–1
Zeren Spor defeated İlbank 3–1 on 11 October 2026 in round two of the 2026-2027 Sultanlar Ligi at TVF Ziraat Bankkart Voleybol Salonu. Sarah Franklin and Anna Nicoletti each contributed 23 points for the hosts. İlbank’s Malwina Smarzek led the match with 27.
Different scoring profiles, equal player-point totals
Zeren recorded 69 successful attacks, 10 scoring blocks and seven aces. İlbank registered 68 attacks, 12 blocks and six aces. The hosts’ one-point advantages in attack and serving balanced the visitors’ two-point advantage in blocking.
Both teams consequently finished with 86 player points. This sum excludes points awarded through opponent errors. Equal totals in these categories do not imply an equal match result: Zeren won three sets and İlbank one.
Franklin and Nicoletti contribute 46 points
Franklin’s 23 points all came from attacks. Nicoletti reached the same total through 20 attacks, one block and two aces. Fatma Sekerci added 15 points, comprising 12 attacks, one block and two aces. Annamarie Dodson contributed 12, including three blocks.
Smarzek scored 27 attack points, the largest individual contribution in the match. Sara Lozo added 13 through 11 attacks and two blocks. Ema Strunjak recorded 11 points, including three blocks, while Idil Naz Kanbur supplied 10 attack points.
Babat and Cicekoglu share the block lead
Dicle Nur Babat and Cagla Cicekoglu each recorded four scoring blocks. Damla Nur Dundar led the serving figures with three aces. Fatma Beyaz registered two for İlbank; Sekerci, Nicoletti and Hilal Kocakara each served two for Zeren.
Playing time totalled 136 minutes. The start-to-finish interval was 145 minutes, including breaks. Attendance was 1,600, and Ozan Çagı Sarıkaya and Erkan Yıldırım officiated.
Team comparison
Zeren Spor Player statistics
| Player | Points | Attack kills | Blocks | Aces |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13Sarah Franklin | 23 | 23 | 0 | 0 |
| 16Anna Nicoletti | 23 | 20 | 1 | 2 |
| 7Fatma Sekerci | 15 | 12 | 1 | 2 |
| 1Annamarie Dodson | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 |
| 8Dicle Nur Babat | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
| 18Hilal Kocakara | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 32Adhuoljok Malual | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 11Aslihan Kilic | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2Ekaterina Pipunyrova | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5Ozlem Alkan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10Aycin Akyol | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14Ceren Onal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17Merve Bicer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23Seher Aksoy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
İlbank Player statistics
| Player | Points | Attack kills | Blocks | Aces |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17Malwina Smarzek | 27 | 27 | 0 | 0 |
| 22Sara Lozo | 13 | 11 | 2 | 0 |
| 13Ema Strunjak | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 |
| 10Idil Naz Kanbur | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 7Cagla Cicekoglu | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| 12Damla Nur Dundar | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 14Breana Edwards | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 77Fatma Beyaz | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1Ece Morova Hezer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4Beren Yesilirmak | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 3Seyma Ercan Kucukaslan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5Sinem Arinci | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8Begum Hepkaptan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15Simay Demirel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- Match duration
- 136 minutes
- Attendance
- 1,600
- Referees
- Ozan Çagı Sarıkaya · Erkan Yıldırım