COLUMBUS – In efficient fashion, No. 12 Purdue volleyball swept Ohio State 25-19, 25-16, 25-17 for the squad’s third straight win.
The Boilermakers, improving to 13-2 (4-1 Big Ten) had an efficient night, hitting .429% in the match while holding Ohio State (3-10, 0-5 Big Ten) to .126%. No Boilermaker had more than three attack errors.
Up next, Purdue returns home after a three-match road stint, hosting No. 1 Nebraska on Sunday at 1 p.m. ET on B1G+.
Boiler Notes
- Akasha Anderson finished the match with 14 kills, tying her Big Ten season-high while hitting .414%, a Big Ten season-high and second-overall highest clip of the season.
- Kenna Wollard, coming off the AVCA National Player of the Week award on Tuesday, totaled 15 kills, including eight in the final set and hit .400 in the match.
- Purdue posted seven unanswered points in the third set to take the lead, 16-12, after trailing 9-12, and maintained the lead the rest of the stretch.
- The Boilermakers have won the last nine consecutive sets.
- Akasha Anderson and Grace Heaney each posted five kills in the opening set on an errorless clip, combining for a .607 clip.
- Taylor Anderson registered 35 assists, six digs and two block assists.
- In the first set, Purdue out-blocked Ohio State 5-0 to set the tone, holding the team to a .029 attack % in the frame.
- The win marked the sixth sweep of the season for the Boilers.
- With the win, Purdue takes the series lead, 49-48 all-time.
- The Boilermakers posted just two attack errors in every set to finish the match with six total, a season-low.
- Lindsey Miller registered four blocks, all of which came in the first set.
- Bianka Lulic went errorless in the match with five kills on seven attacks (.714)