WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- The No. 16 Purdue Boilermaker volleyball squad opened their season with a 3-1 (25-19, 26-28, 25-19, 25-14) victory vs. the Duke Blue Devils.
Quick Hits
Set 1
The match was the first of three for the Boilermakers in its Purdue Reamer Club Xtra Special Volleyball Premier tournament and will face No. 16 Creighton tomorrow at 3:30 p.m. ET on Big Ten Network.
Quick Hits
- Chloe Chicoine posted the most kills in a season-opener by a freshman this century, besting Eva Hudson's previous record of 18 kills, set last year vs. Bowling Green
- Eva Hudson recorded a double-double with 14 kills, 12 digs
- Raven Colvin recorded just one attack error with 12 kills on 16 swings (.688)
Set 1
- The Boilermakers hit .333 as a team, including a perfect 4-0-4 effort by Raven Colvin
- Maddie Schermerhorn posted seven digs
- Eva Hudson led with an errorless five kills on 11 swings (.455%)
- The score was tied 10 times with four lead changes, the most of any set
- Chicoine registered six hits to lead the team in the set
- Schermerhorn added seven digs, reaching 14 total through two sets of action
- Purdue out-scored Duke 10-5 to close the set
- Purdue hit .310 in the set while holding Duke to .118%
- Two Boilermakers went errorless: Raven Colvin (4-0-5 for .800%) and Chloe Chicoine (4-0-9 for .444%)
- Through three sets, Colvin owned just one error with a 11-1-14 over the first three sets
- Colvin was on all four Purdue blocks in the set (1 solo, 3 assisted)
- Ali Hornung led the back row with five digs
The match was the first of three for the Boilermakers in its Purdue Reamer Club Xtra Special Volleyball Premier tournament and will face No. 16 Creighton tomorrow at 3:30 p.m. ET on Big Ten Network.