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#3-Seed Purdue Advances to Regional Semifinals

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NCAA Tournament Information

NCAA First Round | Thursday, Dec. 4
4:30 p.m. ET
#6 seed Baylor def. Arkansas State, 3-2
30 minutes following Match 1
#3 seed Purdue def. Wright State, 3-0

NCAA Second Round | Friday, Dec. 5
6 p.m. ET
#3 seed Purdue def. #6 seed Baylor, 3-1

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – The No. 3 seeded Purdue volleyball team took down No. 6 seed Baylor, 25-16, 25-19, 23-25, 25-20 in the NCAA Second Round, punching their ticket to its third straight Regional Semifinal and sixth in the last seven years.

The Boilermakers will travel to Pittsburgh to take on the No. 2-seeded SMU Mustangs, a team they faced in non-conference play, on Thursday, December 11 at approximately 9:30 p.m. ET on ESPN. The match will begin 30 minutes following the conclusion of the Pitt vs. Minnesota match.

NCAA Tournament Notes:

  • The Boilermakers punched their ticket to the sixth NCAA Regionals appearance in the last seven years, including third consecutive year.
  • It will be Dior Charles, Akasha Anderson, Lindsey Miller and Bianka Lulic’s first NCAA Regional appearance.
  • Purdue nearly set a program record for hitting % in an NCAA match, out-pacing the record of .454% in the third set before Baylor came from behind to disrupt the sweep. In the end, Purdue posted the second-highest hitting % in a four-set match in program history, including the highest in 37 years (4-set record: .439% in 1987).

 

Boiler Notes

  • As a team, Purdue led in all statistical categories , including blocks (12-5), hitting % (.405 - .250) and aces (10-2).
  • Purdue’s 10 aces tied a season-high (at Indiana, 10/16).
  • Taylor Anderson dished out 45 assists while leading Purdue to a .405 attack % and posting the match-winning point on a block solo.
  • Kenna Wollard posted an impressive 18 kills with just three errors on 34 swings for a .441 attack % and 12 digs for her ninth double-double of the season, including the fourth in the last five matches. She was errorless over the first two sets, hitting .714% with 10 kills on 14 attacks.
  • Akasha Anderson, coming off one of the best matches of her career against Wright State in which she became the first Boilermaker this century to stay errorless while posting as many kills or attacks as she did (16 kills, 29 attacks), racked up 17 kills on a .361 clip with just three errors – two of which came in the final set.
  • The Boilers had just two attack errors over the first two sets of play, averaging a .466% efficiency while out-blocking the Bears, 8-1
  • With the win, HC Dave Shondell sits at 511 career wins, one away from tying legend and all-time winningest head coach at Purdue Gene Keady.
  • Led by Taylor Anderson, the Boilers hit three sets over .450% in the NCAA First/Second Rounds.
  • Julia Kane came one shy of tying her career-best, ending the night with three service aces alongside eight digs and three assists.
  • Ryan McAleer led the back row with 15 digs and four assists.
  • Grace Heaney set a career-high with three service aces. The redshirt-sophomore added an errorless four kills on 15 swings, four blocks (1-3) and a trio of digs.
  • The Boilers have reached double-digit blocks in three of the last four matches.
  • Lindsey Miller led the team in efficiency, recording 10 kills with one error on 16 attacks (.562%) with four blocks.

Ever True.