LOS ANGELES – The No. 13 Purdue volleyball squad secured a 3-2 reverse sweep at No. 24 UCLA (17-25, 22-25, 29-27, 25-23, 15-11), an effort powered by junior Kenna Wollard’s 33 kill-performance.
With her showing, Wollard became just the fourth player in Purdue history to record 33 kills in a single match, joining Bev Krupa (1998), Aneska Arosarena (1998 and 1999) and two-time Olympian Annie Drews (2014), who was in the crowd for the victory.
No. 13 Purdue’s stay in LA continues, taking on No. 17 USC on its home court Saturday night. The match is slated to start at 9:30 p.m. ET on the Big Ten Network.
Key Performances
- Kenna Wollard posted 33 kills, becoming the fourth Boilermaker in Purdue history and the sixth time in program history a player has produced as many kills in a single match – all doing so on a .369 clip and coming just one dig shy of a double-double.
- Taylor Anderson reached double-double status, dishing out 50 assists and 10 digs alongside four blocks and two kills.
Boiler Notes
- No team held a lead larger than three points throughout the entirety of Set 2.
- The Boilermakers’ reverse sweep marked the second straight year Purdue has pulled one off against a ranked opponent on the road.
- The win was Purdue’s third against a ranked opponent this season, moving to a 3-1 record.
- Purdue had its most efficient attack in the fifth set, hitting .429% and holding UCLA to an even .000
- Purdue out-blocked UCLA 11-8.5
- The Boilers denied the Bruins four match points in the third set before storming back to take the match.
- Wollard’s 33 kills were one shy of tying the NCAA season-high mark. She is one of three power-four players (joined by Shaylee Myers of K-State and Morgan Gaerte of Notre Dame)
- The win came in Purdue’s first match ever at UCLA.
- The Boilermakers are 9-1 over the last 10 matches