WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Another Purdue record was set as the No. 3 seeded Boilermaker volleyball team gutted out a 3-1 (25-21, 25-23, 24-26, 26-24) victory vs. No. 6 seed Marquette to advance to the NCAA Regional Semifinals.
Purdue's victory was powered by a double-double from freshman Taylor Anderson, with 60 assists and 16 digs. The 60 assists are the most in team history in an NCAA Tournament match, and season-highs by any Big Ten setter and all Division I freshmen. Additionally, Maddie Schermerhorn's 25 digs broke her own Purdue record for an NCAA tournament match, which she set a year ago at Louisville (12/3/22).
The fourth set saw 12 ties, including stalemates at 24-24, 23-23, 22-22 and 19-19. In her final match in Holloway Gymnasium, fifth year libero Maddie Schermerhorn served up the match-winner with an ace to seal the Second Round victory.
Meanwhile, sophomore Eva Hudson racked up 27 kills, the second-largest kill production of her career, doing so on a career-high 73 attacks (27-6-73) for a .288 clip. The Boilermaker came two digs shy of a double-double and registered a pair of aces.
It is the third time in the last four years the Boilermakers have advanced to the Sweet 16 and marked the second win vs. Marquette this season.
Purdue (23-8) will continue its NCAA journey in Madison, Wisconsin next week and will take on No. 2 seed Oregon (28-5) in the round of 16. The Regional Semifinals will take place on Thursday, December 7 followed by Regional Finals for the advancing team on Saturday, December 9, where the winner will play either No. 1 seed Wisconsin or No. 5 seed Penn State in Madison. Match times and Television information to come.
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Purdue's victory was powered by a double-double from freshman Taylor Anderson, with 60 assists and 16 digs. The 60 assists are the most in team history in an NCAA Tournament match, and season-highs by any Big Ten setter and all Division I freshmen. Additionally, Maddie Schermerhorn's 25 digs broke her own Purdue record for an NCAA tournament match, which she set a year ago at Louisville (12/3/22).
The fourth set saw 12 ties, including stalemates at 24-24, 23-23, 22-22 and 19-19. In her final match in Holloway Gymnasium, fifth year libero Maddie Schermerhorn served up the match-winner with an ace to seal the Second Round victory.
Meanwhile, sophomore Eva Hudson racked up 27 kills, the second-largest kill production of her career, doing so on a career-high 73 attacks (27-6-73) for a .288 clip. The Boilermaker came two digs shy of a double-double and registered a pair of aces.
It is the third time in the last four years the Boilermakers have advanced to the Sweet 16 and marked the second win vs. Marquette this season.
Purdue (23-8) will continue its NCAA journey in Madison, Wisconsin next week and will take on No. 2 seed Oregon (28-5) in the round of 16. The Regional Semifinals will take place on Thursday, December 7 followed by Regional Finals for the advancing team on Saturday, December 9, where the winner will play either No. 1 seed Wisconsin or No. 5 seed Penn State in Madison. Match times and Television information to come.
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- Purdue improved to 37-24 (.607%) all-time in the NCAA tournament.
- Dave Shondell is leading the Boilermakers to the team's 11th Regional Semifinal under his leadership and improves to 32-16 in NCAA tournament matches.
- The Boilermakers have never lost to Marquette, improving to 5-0 all-time vs. the Golden Eagles.
- Taylor Anderson posted a double-double 60 assists and 16 digs in the victory. The 60 assists were the most by a DI freshman this season, the most by any Big Ten setter this season, and was the most by a Boilermaker in an NCAA match in program history.
- Maddie Schermerhorn totaled 25 digs, eclipsing her own Purdue in an NCAA tournament match record (18 digs at Louisville, 12/3/22).
- Eva Hudson totaled 27 kills, just three shy of matching the Purdue in an NCAA tournament match record, which was set in 1982 by Joan King. The Boilermaker recorded a career-high 73 attempts in the match, also just three shy of tying the program record.
- Purdue's six service aces mark the second consecutive match with as many aces and the ninth time this season.
- Raven Colvin totaled 13 kills in the match, adding a team-leading four block assists in the victory. Colvin was on the block assists with Anderson to give Purdue match point and the go-ahead kill in Set 2, breaking the 23-23 tie for Purdue to go on and win the set.
- Marquette's Aubrey Hamilton set an opponent record at the NCAA tournament with her 65 attempts, meanwhile Carsen Murray matched the record for block assists (7).