LAWRENCE, Kan. – The No. 6 Purdue Boilermakers suffered their first loss of the season in a 1-3 decision at No. 10 Kansas on Thursday night (29-31, 25-21, 22-25, 23-25). With the result, Purdue falls to 8-1 on the season while Kansas improves to 8-0.
Three Boilermakers: Taylor Anderson (49 assists, 11 digs), Eva Hudson (17 kills, 11 digs) and Chloe Chicoine (16 kills, 12 digs) posted double-doubles in the match, with Anderson nearly posting a triple-double, finishing the night with seven block assists.
Hudson remained errorless in the match until late in Set 4 (Purdue 20, Kansas 21). The junior finished the night with a .302 attack % with 17 kills on 53 swings.
Purdue and Kansas went the distance in Set 1, dualling it out over a combined 61 points before a winner was determined. The Boilermakers held set point at 24-23, 26-25, 27-26 and 28-27 and Kansas at 28-29. In the end, Kansas pulled away after a Purdue service error gave Kansas the go-ahead point at 29-30 before a Jayhawk kill off the Boilermakers' block sealed the set.
The Boilermakers responded by taking Set 2 with just one team attach error and a night's best .486 hitting % in the set. Kansas took Set 3, 22-25, before sealing it in the fourth, 23-25.
Raven Colvin registered 14 kills, a .440 hitting %, seven block assists and a pair of aces in the match. The senior went 4-for-5 (.800%) in Purdue's Set 2 win.
Kansas, the national leader in hitting %, closed the night at a .319 clip while Purdue finished with a .278%. Purdue held the 9-8 advantage in blocks after the team posted five in the final set.
Libero Ali Hornung went perfect on receptions, seeing a season-high 42 receptions with no errors, while registering a team-high 14 digs. Meanwhile, fellow libero Julia Kane recorded a career-high two assists and an ace, the second straight match the sophomore as served up a point for Purdue.
In total, the four-setter lasted nearly two and a half hours, seeing 42 tied scores and 16 lead changes throughout the battle.
The Boilermakers are now 1-1 vs. top-10 teams and will continue their stretch with its third matchup in three matches with a 5 p.m. ET showdown vs. No. 9 Creighton tomorrow on ESPN+. The match will be Creighton's first at the Jayhawk Classic.