CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – After a hot start by the Boilermakers, which included seven blocks in the first set, No. 16 Purdue volleyball fell, 1-3 at Illinois (25-20, 19-25, 24-26, 18-25).
Raven Colvin tied a season-high 13 kills and came to blocks shy of a double-double.
Attack errors plagued Purdue over the final three sets, as Purdue ended the night with a .118 hitting %. The Boilermakers came from behind in Set 3 to take away two Illinois set points and tie it up, 24-24, before the Illini snagged the set, 24-26.
Up next, Purdue is slated for its final midweek of the season with a Wednesday night showdown at No. 2 Wisconsin. The match will air on Big Ten Network at 7 p.m. ET.
Quick Hits
Raven Colvin tied a season-high 13 kills and came to blocks shy of a double-double.
Attack errors plagued Purdue over the final three sets, as Purdue ended the night with a .118 hitting %. The Boilermakers came from behind in Set 3 to take away two Illinois set points and tie it up, 24-24, before the Illini snagged the set, 24-26.
Up next, Purdue is slated for its final midweek of the season with a Wednesday night showdown at No. 2 Wisconsin. The match will air on Big Ten Network at 7 p.m. ET.
Quick Hits
- Purdue totaled seven blocks in the first set, five coming against the league's leading point-scorer, Raina Terry.
- With Purdue's third point of Set 2, the Boilermakers tied Thursday night's eight team blocks vs. Minnesota.
- Purdue seven blocks in Set 1 marked the second time this season the Boilermakers have posted as many in a set, with the team's 7.5 in Set 3 at Ohio State (10/15)
- After leading 18-14 in Set 2, the Boilermakers dropped the set with an 11-1 Illini run to close it out, with attack errors plaguing the team as Purdue recorded 10 in the set.
- Purdue tied up Set 3, 17-17 and again, 22-22 and again at 24-24, taking away two Illinois set points before dropping the third frame.
- Raven Colvin tied a season-high 13 kills in the match and eight total blocks (1 solo, 7 assisted).
- Maddie Schermerhorn produced 22 digs in the match, the most since her 24 at Indiana (10/11).
- Two setters saw time in the match with Taylor Anderson starting the night out with 28 assists, six block assists and four digs before Lorrin Poulter came in for the final two sets, registering 15 assists, two digs and a kill.