#17 Purdue Storms Back for the Sweep vs. UCF#17 Purdue Storms Back for the Sweep vs. UCF

#17 Purdue Storms Back for the Sweep vs. UCF

<br /><br />After trailing 19-22 in the third set, No. 17 Purdue stormed back to take the next six consecutive points to complete the 3-0 sweep vs. UCF (25-15, 25-19, 25-22).

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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – After trailing 19-22 in the third set, No. 17 Purdue stormed back to take the next six consecutive points to complete the 3-0 sweep vs. UCF (25-15, 25-19, 25-22).

The first sweep of the season moved No. 17 Purdue to a 6-2 record and a five-match winning streak, while UCF suffered its second loss of the season, falling to 8-2.

Quick Hits
  • In Purdue's most efficient match of the season, the Boilermakers posted a .349 hitting % while holding UCF to an opponent-low .136%
  • The Boilermakers totaled 11 blocks, marking the fourth straight match the team has out-blocked their opponent
  • Chloe Chicoine led the team with 17 kills and a .351 attack %. The freshman had just one error in each of the first two sets, totaling nine kills, one error and a .571 attack % in Set 2 to lead the team.
  • Taylor Anderson secured 40 assists in the three-setter, the most by a Big Ten player in a three-set match this season.
  • Redshirt junior Lourdes Myers registered a career-high seven block assists and had a hand in four of the team's five blocks in Set 1.
  • Grace Heaney had an errorless six kills on 10 swings (.600%), marking her most efficient match and first errorless performance as a Boilermaker.
  • Maddie Schermerhorn's 17 digs and Chicoine's 17 kills each tie as the third-most by a Big Ten player in a three-set match in their respective categories
  • Schermerhorn posted a season-high 12 digs in the second set.
  • Purdue recorded just three errors through the first two sets which led to a .423 Set 1 attack % and a .385% in Set 2.
  • UCF is receiving votes in the AVCA/Taraflex poll, marking the fifth team this season that was earning recognition in the poll at the time of competition. In those matches, Purdue is 4-1. 

The match closed out the first of the two-day Boilermaker Challenge tournament. Tomorrow, UCF will face Illinois at 5:30 p.m. ET followed by No. 17 Purdue vs. USC, a future Big Ten showdown, at 8 p.m. ET. Both matches will air on Big Ten Network.