WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Returning to Holloway Gymnasium for a midweek against Ohio State, the No. 10 Purdue Boilermakers swept the Buckeyes 28-26, 25-19, 27-25. With the win, Purdue improves to 16-4 (7-2 Big Ten) while Ohio State falls to 8-11 (1-8 Big Ten).
Purdue has now won four consecutive games and seven of its last eight.
Ohio State nearly pushed the match to a fourth set, tying the match, 23-23 and erasing Purdue's attempt at match point. Then, Purdue returned the favor at 24-25 when a kill by Chloe Chicoine kept the Boilermakers alive. Purdue followed it with a block assist by Raven Colvin and Kenna Wollard then another kill by Chicoine to seal the victory.
Meanwhile in Set 1, Purdue fought back from a 18-21 deficit with a 5-1 run to reach set point at 24-23. Ohio State fought back for two attempts at set point at 24-25 and 25-26, both of which were erased by Eva Hudson's attack. During the extra-point stretch, two of Hudson's kills erased Ohio State's set point and one gave Purdue the go-ahead, which Lourdes Myers sealed with a block solo.
Setter Taylor Anderson led the show with 38 assists, seven digs, four blocks, two aces and a pair of kills. She set the team to a .215 hitting %, including a match-high .324% in the final set, and helped to hold Ohio State to .112% in the match.
Libero Ali Hornung saw a season-high 58 receptions and totaled 15 digs, leading both teams. She helped to limit the Big Ten kills leader, Emily Londot, to 14 kills and a .085 hitting % in the outing.
Middle Lourdes Myers went errorless on the attack, producing seven kills on 13 swings (.538%) and tied fellow middle Raven Colvin with six total blocks (one solo, five assisted). As a team, Purdue out-blocked Ohio State, 12-8.
Hudson totaled a team-leading 19 kills on 51 attacks (.255%), becoming just the third performance this century and 18 years since a Boilermaker has recorded as many attempts in a three-set match. Meanwhile, she was two kills shy of entering the Purdue top-5 for most kills in a three-setter. She came one block shy of tying a career-high in the win, ending the night with four block assists in addition to eight digs.
Chloe Chicoine finished the day one dig shy of a double-double, totaling 11 kills (11-5-33) and nine digs. She was key during Purdue's Set 1 comeback with her tough serving putting Ohio State out of system for Purdue to tie and take the lead 23-23 and 24-23.
No. 10 Purdue will return to Mackey Arena on Saturday to take on No. 8 Wisconsin in a Gold Out match. It will be Purdue's sixth top-10 match this season.
Purdue has now won four consecutive games and seven of its last eight.
Ohio State nearly pushed the match to a fourth set, tying the match, 23-23 and erasing Purdue's attempt at match point. Then, Purdue returned the favor at 24-25 when a kill by Chloe Chicoine kept the Boilermakers alive. Purdue followed it with a block assist by Raven Colvin and Kenna Wollard then another kill by Chicoine to seal the victory.
Meanwhile in Set 1, Purdue fought back from a 18-21 deficit with a 5-1 run to reach set point at 24-23. Ohio State fought back for two attempts at set point at 24-25 and 25-26, both of which were erased by Eva Hudson's attack. During the extra-point stretch, two of Hudson's kills erased Ohio State's set point and one gave Purdue the go-ahead, which Lourdes Myers sealed with a block solo.
Setter Taylor Anderson led the show with 38 assists, seven digs, four blocks, two aces and a pair of kills. She set the team to a .215 hitting %, including a match-high .324% in the final set, and helped to hold Ohio State to .112% in the match.
Libero Ali Hornung saw a season-high 58 receptions and totaled 15 digs, leading both teams. She helped to limit the Big Ten kills leader, Emily Londot, to 14 kills and a .085 hitting % in the outing.
Middle Lourdes Myers went errorless on the attack, producing seven kills on 13 swings (.538%) and tied fellow middle Raven Colvin with six total blocks (one solo, five assisted). As a team, Purdue out-blocked Ohio State, 12-8.
Hudson totaled a team-leading 19 kills on 51 attacks (.255%), becoming just the third performance this century and 18 years since a Boilermaker has recorded as many attempts in a three-set match. Meanwhile, she was two kills shy of entering the Purdue top-5 for most kills in a three-setter. She came one block shy of tying a career-high in the win, ending the night with four block assists in addition to eight digs.
Chloe Chicoine finished the day one dig shy of a double-double, totaling 11 kills (11-5-33) and nine digs. She was key during Purdue's Set 1 comeback with her tough serving putting Ohio State out of system for Purdue to tie and take the lead 23-23 and 24-23.
No. 10 Purdue will return to Mackey Arena on Saturday to take on No. 8 Wisconsin in a Gold Out match. It will be Purdue's sixth top-10 match this season.