WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Behind a stellar all-around team performance, the No. 8 Purdue volleyball squad swept Illinois, 25-17, 25-20, 25-19. The Boilermakers out-hit the Fighting Illini, .343 - .145% and out-blocked them 13-4.
The Boilermakers have swept five of their last six opponents and are 30-7 in sets won over the last 10 matches. Moreover, the team has hit over .300 in five of the last six.
Purdue set the tone for the match with four blocks in the first seven points of play, which began with a block solo by Eva Hudson. Offensively, it took Purdue midway through the first set (23 attacks) before recording its first attack error, with a similar showing in the third set that led to a .643 Game 3 attack % at the 16-7 score mark.
Purdue registered 48 assists in the match, an effort led by Taylor Anderson's 44, marking the second-most assists Purdue and Anderson has posted in a three-setter since the UC Davis match on September 1. The setter registered a double-double complimenting her performance with 10 digs, four block assists and two kills. It was her 10th double-double of the season.
AVCA Player of the Year Semifinalist Eva Hudson led all players with 18 kills on a .333 clip alongside seven digs, two blocks and a perfect reception %.
Libero Ali Hornung anchored the team with 16 digs. The senior approaches her 1,000th career dig, finishing the match just three digs away.
Meanwhile, Lizzie Carr tied a career-high five block assists in the match while nearly going errorless in the match, totaling eight kills and one error on 13 swings for a team-leading .538 clip.
Middles Raven Colvin and Lourdes Myers each notched six block assists while hitting over .300%. Colvin was second on the team alongside Carr with eight kills. Myers notched six.
Although the Boilermakers forfeited the lead just once in its three sets, the rivalry between the programs marked just the fourth sweep to occur since 2014 (15 matches) between the two programs.
Only two weeks and one home match remain in the regular-season. This week, Purdue will travel to University Park for a rematch vs. the No. 4 Penn State Nittany Lions on Thursday at 6 p.m. ET on the Big Ten Network. Then, Purdue returns home for Senior Night on Saturday, facing off against No. 23 USC, a team that reverse-swept No. 11 Oregon earlier today on its home court. The Boilermakers and Trojans will face off at 7 p.m. ET on B1G+, Purdue's only remaining streamed match of the regular-season.
The Boilermakers have swept five of their last six opponents and are 30-7 in sets won over the last 10 matches. Moreover, the team has hit over .300 in five of the last six.
Purdue set the tone for the match with four blocks in the first seven points of play, which began with a block solo by Eva Hudson. Offensively, it took Purdue midway through the first set (23 attacks) before recording its first attack error, with a similar showing in the third set that led to a .643 Game 3 attack % at the 16-7 score mark.
Purdue registered 48 assists in the match, an effort led by Taylor Anderson's 44, marking the second-most assists Purdue and Anderson has posted in a three-setter since the UC Davis match on September 1. The setter registered a double-double complimenting her performance with 10 digs, four block assists and two kills. It was her 10th double-double of the season.
AVCA Player of the Year Semifinalist Eva Hudson led all players with 18 kills on a .333 clip alongside seven digs, two blocks and a perfect reception %.
Libero Ali Hornung anchored the team with 16 digs. The senior approaches her 1,000th career dig, finishing the match just three digs away.
Meanwhile, Lizzie Carr tied a career-high five block assists in the match while nearly going errorless in the match, totaling eight kills and one error on 13 swings for a team-leading .538 clip.
Middles Raven Colvin and Lourdes Myers each notched six block assists while hitting over .300%. Colvin was second on the team alongside Carr with eight kills. Myers notched six.
Although the Boilermakers forfeited the lead just once in its three sets, the rivalry between the programs marked just the fourth sweep to occur since 2014 (15 matches) between the two programs.
Only two weeks and one home match remain in the regular-season. This week, Purdue will travel to University Park for a rematch vs. the No. 4 Penn State Nittany Lions on Thursday at 6 p.m. ET on the Big Ten Network. Then, Purdue returns home for Senior Night on Saturday, facing off against No. 23 USC, a team that reverse-swept No. 11 Oregon earlier today on its home court. The Boilermakers and Trojans will face off at 7 p.m. ET on B1G+, Purdue's only remaining streamed match of the regular-season.