WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Fresh off a top-3 victory just 24 hours prior, the No. 16 Purdue Boilermakers swept Maryland on Senior Night, 3-0 (26-24, 25-21, 27-25), to close the team's regular season home slate.
With two of the three sets needing extra points to decide the winner, the Boilermakers prevailed to improve to a 19-8 (13-5 Big Ten) record. It was Purdue's third series sweep of the season, having taken down Penn State and Minnesota already this year.
Purdue's serve was one of the strongest of the season, an effort that culminated in seven team aces, tying the second-most in a match this season. Raven Colvin contributed four, a season-high, and one shy of a career-best.
Libero Maddie Schermerhorn led the back row with 16 digs, marking the 26th match this season and the fifth consecutive outing with as many digs.
Guiding the offense was freshman setter Taylor Anderson, who racked up 32 assists, seven digs, a pair of block assists, an ace and a kill. Meanwhile, Eva Hudson secured 18 kills to lead the team and fellow outside hitter Chloe Chicoine registered her 10th double-double with 12 kills and 11 digs.
One week remains in the regular season, which will wrap up after Thanksgiving with another pair of back-to-back matches within 24 hours. First, Purdue will travel to Ann Arbor to take on Michigan on Friday at 6:30 p.m. ET on Big Ten Network, followed by a drive over to Michigan State for the regular-season finale on Saturday. The Boilermakers are scheduled to take on the Spartans, a team they faced a week ago in Holloway (W, 3-1). The match will be streamed on B1G+ at 6 p.m. ET.
Team Notes
Match Notes
With two of the three sets needing extra points to decide the winner, the Boilermakers prevailed to improve to a 19-8 (13-5 Big Ten) record. It was Purdue's third series sweep of the season, having taken down Penn State and Minnesota already this year.
Purdue's serve was one of the strongest of the season, an effort that culminated in seven team aces, tying the second-most in a match this season. Raven Colvin contributed four, a season-high, and one shy of a career-best.
Libero Maddie Schermerhorn led the back row with 16 digs, marking the 26th match this season and the fifth consecutive outing with as many digs.
Guiding the offense was freshman setter Taylor Anderson, who racked up 32 assists, seven digs, a pair of block assists, an ace and a kill. Meanwhile, Eva Hudson secured 18 kills to lead the team and fellow outside hitter Chloe Chicoine registered her 10th double-double with 12 kills and 11 digs.
One week remains in the regular season, which will wrap up after Thanksgiving with another pair of back-to-back matches within 24 hours. First, Purdue will travel to Ann Arbor to take on Michigan on Friday at 6:30 p.m. ET on Big Ten Network, followed by a drive over to Michigan State for the regular-season finale on Saturday. The Boilermakers are scheduled to take on the Spartans, a team they faced a week ago in Holloway (W, 3-1). The match will be streamed on B1G+ at 6 p.m. ET.
Team Notes
- Purdue improves to 6-1 in three-set matches
- The win marked Purdue's first sweep since October
- The Boilermakers end the season with 12 home wins, the most since 2021.
- Purdue remains in third place in the Big Ten standings heading into the final week of the regular season, owning the tiebreaker vs. Penn State.
- Purdue is riding a five-match winning streak, dating back to Nov. 5 when the team took down then-#16 Penn State in five sets.
- While the weekend's wins do not automatically earn Purdue a top-16 seed in the NCAA tournament, and thus the ability to host the NCAA First and Second Rounds, the weekend's wins were key resume boosters.
Match Notes
- The Boilermakers came from behind to take Set 1, thanks to a 9-2 run to give Purdue the lead and the momentum to eventually take the set. Maryland erased Purdue's first attempt at set point, but took it on the second.
- Chloe Chicoine's 12 kill, 11 dig performance was her 10th double-double of the season and second straight.
- Maddie Schermerhorn, the Big Ten leader in digs per set, ended the night with 16 digs, marking the 26th match this season the Boilermaker has reached double-digit digs.
- Senior Emily Brown totaled seven digs in the match, setting a season-high.
- Coming off a 30-kill performance just 24 hours prior, Eva Hudson led the team once more, posting 18 kills in the match.