WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – A sound showing by the No. 16 Purdue volleyball squad, backed by a season-high .390 team hitting %, culminated in a 3-0 sweep over Minnesota (28-26, 25-23, 25-16).
The Boilermakers' effort was led by freshman setter Taylor Anderson, who produced a double-double with 41 assists and 11 digs, alongside three block assists and a pair of service aces.
Two Boilermakers remained errorless in the match: freshman Grace Heaney (seven kills for a .500 hitting %) and redshirt-junior Lourdès Myers (three kills for a .600 hitting %). Meanwhile, no Boilermaker committed more than three attack errors.
A gritty Set 1 win included staving off three Minnesota set points before Purdue took the set, 28-26. Set 2 began similarly, going point-for-point until Purdue fell behind, 13-17 before coming back to win it. Then, the Boilermakers closed out the match with a decisive .500 attack % in Set 3 to secure the victory.
The Boilermakers and Golden Gophers will meet once more this season, with the final match of the series scheduled in two weeks on Friday, November 10 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Up next, No. 16 Purdue begins a two-match road stretch on Saturday at Illinois. The matchup is set for 7 p.m. ET on B1G+.
Quick Hits
The Boilermakers' effort was led by freshman setter Taylor Anderson, who produced a double-double with 41 assists and 11 digs, alongside three block assists and a pair of service aces.
Two Boilermakers remained errorless in the match: freshman Grace Heaney (seven kills for a .500 hitting %) and redshirt-junior Lourdès Myers (three kills for a .600 hitting %). Meanwhile, no Boilermaker committed more than three attack errors.
A gritty Set 1 win included staving off three Minnesota set points before Purdue took the set, 28-26. Set 2 began similarly, going point-for-point until Purdue fell behind, 13-17 before coming back to win it. Then, the Boilermakers closed out the match with a decisive .500 attack % in Set 3 to secure the victory.
The Boilermakers and Golden Gophers will meet once more this season, with the final match of the series scheduled in two weeks on Friday, November 10 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Up next, No. 16 Purdue begins a two-match road stretch on Saturday at Illinois. The matchup is set for 7 p.m. ET on B1G+.
Quick Hits
- Purdue hit .390% in the match, a season-best and the highest since the team's .422 attack % last year vs. Xavier (9/10/22). Meanwhile, it was the best attack % by the program against a Big Ten team in two years (last: .405 vs. Rutgers, 10/2/21).
- Purdue is now 8-3 vs. teams ranked or receiving votes in the AVCA/Taraflex poll.
- It is Purdue's fourth consecutive match and fourth consecutive win against a team ranked or receiving votes in the AVCA/Taraflex poll.
- The Boilermakers have hit .300 or better six times this season (last: at Ohio State, a team also receiving votes in the poll).
- The Boilermakers took away three Minnesota set points in the opening game, which included a service ace by Ali Hornung to tie it 24-24 and a kill by Eva Hudson to tie it 26-26. Hudson went on to have the set-winner on a free ball at the net.
- Purdue came from behind in Set 2 after being down, 13-17, while Maddie Schermerhorn was at the service line. The Boilermakers took four unanswered points to tie it up, 17-17. The run included a pair of blocks, with Taylor Anderson on both assists. With the score 21-22 in Set 2 in favor of Minnesota, Gracey Heaney won a key battle at the net for Purdue to tie up the score. Following the play, the Boilermakers closed out the set on a 3-1 run.
- Eva Hudson totaled a team-leading 17 kills with just three errors on 36 swings for a .389 attack %, just shy of her season-high (.394 set vs. Illinois).
- In Chloe Chicoine's 30 attempts, the freshman committed just one error, a season-best. Chicoine recorded 11 kills with a .333 hitting clip for the second straight match hitting above .300.
- Purdue is now 3-1 over the last four matches vs. Minnesota.
- Junior Ali Hornung reached 500 career digs.
- Schermerhorn ended the night with a team-leading 14 digs, and has reached double-digit digs in all but one match this season. The libero also tied a season-high two aces in the match.
- The Boilermakers service-receive was one of the most solid performances of the year, registering seven team aces, while allowing just one opponent ace.
- Purdue out-blocked Minnesota, 8-1 in the match, the fewest allowed against a Big Ten opponent in more than four years (last: 1 allowed at Indiana, 9/30/17).