2017 Women's Volleyball Roster
Biography
SENIOR (2017)
- Played in all 30 matches
- Appeared in 102 of a possible 104 sets
- Averaged 1.74 digs per set
- Registered a season-high 10 kills against San Francisco (Nov. 18)
- Recorded a season-best 12 digs at Pepperdine (Oct. 21)
- Played in 53 sets with 15 kills and 60 digs
- Record six kills at a .600 clip vs San Francisco (9/22)
- Eight digs vs BYU (9/30)
- Played in 98 sets as an outside hitter for the Toreros
- Helped lead USD to the second round of the NCAA Tournament
- Recorded 117 kills, while hitting for a .138 clip
- Also recorded 166 digs
- Recorded a double-double with 12 digs and 10 kills in the season-opening win over Colorado (9/28/15)
- Recorded a season0high 14 digs against Florida State (9/29/15)
- Recorded 13 digs against Oregon State (9/4/15) and against SMU (9/12/15)
- Recorded a season-high 16 kills in a loss to Long Beach State (9/8/15)
- Recorded 10 kills against TCU (9/5/15)
- Played in 26 matches with three starts
- Helped lead the team into the first round of the NCAA Tournament
- Recoded 21 kills
- Recorded 73 digs
- Recorded six blocks
- Had a career-high eight kills in a win against Pacific (10/10/14)
- Recorded a career-high 15 digs against BYU (11/14/14)
- Recorded 11 digs in a win against Gonzaga (9/27/14)
- Played for the Fenerbahce Sports Club Volleyball team
- Helped lead her club team to the 2009 and 2012 Regional Championship with Fenerbahce Under-14 and Under-16 volleyball teams
- She played in six consecutive Turkish Women's National Volleyball Championship with Fenerbahce U-14 ,U-16, U-18 and Reserves team
- She scored a tournament career-high 170 points during 2012-13 Turkish Women's Reserves Volleyball league second leg, while playing in six matches in seven days which was played in Ankara Feb.2013
- She has scored career-high 40 points in Turkish Women's Under-18 Volleyball league game in Dec. 2012 against Besiktas Women's Volleyball team
- She played for Vakifbank Under-18 Women's Volleyball team in her last year before attending USD, winning 2014 Turkish Women's National Volleyball Championship title without loosing single game whole season
- She is a Turkish Women's National Volleyball team (Under-18 and Under-20) player ,she played in 2013 Women's Under-18 World Volleyball Championship in Thailand and Balkan Women's Volleyball Championships and in many other international volleyball tournaments in Europe appearing 28 times with Turkish Women's National Volleyball team uniform
- Also she was selected onto the final 12 players roster of Turkish Women's National Volleyball team to play in 2015 Women's Under-20 World Championship in Puerto Rico however, due to USD volleyball season she declined to play in 2015 World Championship for Turkish Women's National Volleyball team
- She has secured to play "pro volleyball" with her team Fenerbahce in Turkish Women's Premier Volleyball league right after her graduation from USD
- Merve Tanyel was born on February 6, 1996 in Istanbul, Turkey
- she is the daughter of Richard and Emrah Tanyel and Cigdem Sen
- She has Turkish and American duel citizenship
- Was heavily recruited by Harvard, Arizona, Florida State, Oregon State, Florida, Miami, Pittsburgh, USC, San Diego State, San Francisco, Stanford and Penn
- Chose to attend USD because of her father being San Diego resident, as well as highly ranked volleyball program
- Merve's father played both Basketball and volleyball in Turkish leagues
- Her mother played volleyball for Turkish Women's National Volleyball team
- Her sister Irem Tanyel played volleyball for Vakifbank Under-14 volleyball team
| TANYEL SUPERLATIVES |
| Career Highs |
| Kills: |
16 vs. LBSU (9/18/15) |
| Attacks: |
36 vs. LBSU (9/18/15) |
| Assists: |
4 vs. Pacific (10/6/16) |
| Digs: |
15 vs. BYU (11/14/14) |
| Service Aces: |
4 at USF (9/21/17)
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| Block Solos: |
1 vs. USF (10/30/14)* |
| Block Assists: |
4 vs. Dartmouth (9/5/15)* |
| Total Blocks: |
4 vs. Dartmouth (9/5/15)* |
*Indicates most recent high |
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Statistics
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Historical Player Information
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2014Freshman
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