Volleyball Earns 1,000th Win in Big Ten Season-Opener

COLLEGE PARK, Md. – In the Big Ten season-opener, No. 19 Purdue volleyball earned its 1,000th program win with its 3-1 victory at Maryland (25-20, 25-23, 17-25, 25-11).

With the result, Purdue improves to a 7-3 (1-0 Big Ten) record while Maryland falls to 10-3 (0-1 Big Ten) on the year.
 

• In the program's 49th season, Purdue reached 1,000 program wins.
• Eva Hudson led the team with 20 kills (one shy of her season-high), adding seven digs and four block assists. Seven of the sophomore's kills came in the first set (with a .429 attack %).
• Maddie Schermerhorn posted half of her digs (14) in the first set alone.
• After setting a Big Ten rally-scoring era record of 16 blocks at the Xfinity Center Pavilion last year, Colvin came out with a quick four block assists in the first set before closing the night with a season-high 10 total blocks (1 solo, 9 assisted). The junior added four service aces (one shy of her career-best) and seven kills (.385 attack %).
• After leading Set 2, 21-17, Maryland went on a four-point run to tie the match 21-21. Colvin secured the set's victory with a block solo to break the 22-22 stalemate before going on to record the set-winning kill.
• The Boilermakers got out to an 8-0 start with Taylor Anderson behind the service line. During the opening run, Anderson recorded an ace and back-to-back blocks with Raven Colvin on each.
• The Boilermakers out-blocked the Terps, 13-8.5.
• Purdue hit .611% in the fourth set, the most efficient set of the year.
• Six Boilermakers saw action in their first-ever Big Ten match.

 
Up next, Purdue will close out their east coast trip with a Sunday matinee at Rutgers. The Boilermakers will play at 1 p.m. ET on B1G+. It will be their first time competing at Jersey Mike's Arena.