WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – The No. 19 Purdue volleyball squad made a statement in its 3-0 (25-11, 25-19, 25-16) sweep over Illinois on Wednesday night, marking not only the most decisive victory of the season, but also one of the fastest.
The Boilermakers, fueled up after a pair of losses last week, posted one of its most balanced performances of the season, with six Boilermakers contributing offensively and every member of the team recording at least two digs in the match.
With the result, Purdue improves to 9-5 (3-2 Big Ten), while Illinois falls to (7-8, 2-3 Big Ten).
The Boilermakers return to Holloway on Saturday night with a 7 p.m. ET matchup vs. Iowa on B1G+.
Quick Hits
The Boilermakers, fueled up after a pair of losses last week, posted one of its most balanced performances of the season, with six Boilermakers contributing offensively and every member of the team recording at least two digs in the match.
With the result, Purdue improves to 9-5 (3-2 Big Ten), while Illinois falls to (7-8, 2-3 Big Ten).
The Boilermakers return to Holloway on Saturday night with a 7 p.m. ET matchup vs. Iowa on B1G+.
Quick Hits
- After four consecutive matches going to five sets vs. Illinois, the Boilermakers swept the Illini for the first time since April 2, 2021, which also came inside Holloway Gymnasium.
- The Boilermakers came out firing, with their decisive 25-11 first set victory. The last time Purdue had such a large margin of victory in a set was a year ago vs. Ball State (25-11, Set 1) on September 17, 2022.
- It is the first time this season Purdue has held its opponent to under 20 points in every set.
- Eva Hudson put on a clinic with 16 kills and a .394 hitting %. Not only was it the most efficient match of the season for the sophomore, the Boilermaker came two digs shy of a double-double. Additionally, she saw 18 receptions in the back court, making no errors in the process.
- Lourdès Myers went errorless on the attack with six kills on 11 attempts (.545%), marking the first time since the season-opening weekend the middle has gone errorless. Defensively, she added two blocks (one solo, one assisted) and two digs.
- Taylor Anderson recorded her third double-double of the season and first during Big Ten action. The freshman led the team with 11 digs, coming one shy of her career-high (set vs. #19 Kentucky).
- Illinois spread out the attack, leading to six Boilermakers with at least five digs in the match.
- Kenna Wollard registered a career-high five digs, four of which came in Set 2.
- Chloe Chicoine closed the match with 11 kills and a team-high four service aces
- As a team, Purdue secured nine service aces, the most in a Big Ten match this season.
- It was Purdue's third sweep of the season and second during Big Ten play.
- The match clocked in at 1 hour and 17 minutes. It is the second time the Boilermakers have won in such a fast manner.