LAWRENCE, Kan. – For the second time in under 24 hours, the No. 25 Purdue volleyball squad went the distance for a top-25 victory, posting a 3-2 win over No. 19 Marquette (18-25, 25-18, 16-25, 29-27, 17-15). With the result, Purdue moves to 3-2 on the season while Marquette falls to 2-2.
Quick Hits
- There were 32 tied scores and 10 lead changes throughout the match, including 20 tied scores over the final two sets.
- Eva Hudson posted her third consecutive double-double with a season-high 21 kills and 10 digs, alongside a season-high .309 attack %.
- The Boilermakers have played in three consecutive five-set matches, going 2-1 after a fifth set win last night at No. 23 Kansas.
- Maddie Schermerhorn registered a season-high 22 digs.
- The Boilermakers recorded a .360 hitting % in the fifth set to outlast the Golden Eagles.
- The last time Purdue won back-to-back matches vs. ranked opponents was two seasons ago: 3-1 victory at #4 Wisconsin (11/12/21) followed by a 3-1 victory at #8 Minnesota (11/14/21).
- Purdue's most efficient side-out performance came in the final set when the team went 80%.
- Chloe Chicoine led both teams with six kills
- The Boilermakers were out-hit .206 vs. .344%
- Eva Hudson came out with two of the team's first four kills and went errorless in the set with five kills on nine swings (.556%).
- Purdue took seven consecutive points to retake the lead, 12-8
- The Boilermakers ended the set even with Marquette with each team at a 60.5% side-out
- Grace Heaney ended the first two sets with an errorless four kills on seven attacks (.571%)
- Marquette led the entirety of the set.
- In the highest-scoring set of the season, Purdue posted an 8-3 run to win the set, pushing it to a fifth.
- There were 13 tied scores in the set.
- Eva Hudson led the team with six kills in the set, including the set winner.
- Raven Colvin went errorless with two kills on six attacks (.333)
- Taylor Anderson started the set, dishing out 15 assists, five digs and one kill.
- Chloe Chicoine registered five kills.
- Eva Hudson went .556% in the set with six kills and one error on nine swings.
- Grace Heaney led Purdue's defensive effort at the net, posting two block assists
Purdue will return to Holloway Gymnasium for the remainder of non-conference action (the next two weeks). Up next, Purdue will host No. 13 Houston, No. 15 Kentucky and SMU in the Stacey Clark Classic next week. Purdue's first match will come next Friday, September 8 vs. SMU at 7 p.m. ET on B1G+.