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
#6 Baylor vs. #3 Purdue
NCAA Tournament Information
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – The No. 3 seeded Purdue volleyball team downed Wright State, 3-0 (25-13, 25-21, 25-19) in the NCAA First Round. With the win, the Boilermakers advance to the Round of 32 and will take on No. 6 seeded Baylor Bears tomorrow at 6 p.m. ET on ESPN+.
NCAA Tournament Notes:
- Akasha Anderson put up the first errorless performance this century with as many attacks: 16 kills, 0 errors, 29 attacks. Meanwhile it is the first errorless showing for a Boiler with 10+ kills since 2021 (Jael Johnson 10-0-17 vs. BYU in the NCAA Regional Semifinals).
- Dave Shondell Remains perfect in the NCAA First Round, improving to 21-0
- It is the 12th sweep in the NCAA First Round under Shondell
- Purdue will play Baylor for the first time since 2019, when the teams met in the NCAA Regional Semifinals in Waco, Texas.
Boiler Notes
- The 13 points allowed in Set 1 marked the third-lowest amount allowed by an opponent this season (season-low: 11).
- Akasha Anderson had the most efficient match of her Boilermaker career, posting an errorless 16 kills on 29 attacks for a .552 clip.
- Taylor Anderson dished out 39 assists with seven digs and two kills as she led Purdue to hit .381% in the match, including .567 in Set 1, nearly a team-season high.
- Unanimous All-Big Ten First Team selection and AVCA National Player of the Year Semifinalist Kenna Wollard posted her eighth double-double of the season with 13 kills, 10 digs, once ace. Her back row performance led the team.
- Grace Heaney, the opposite, led the team for the majority of the match in digs, ending the night with nine digs, six kills and a pair of block assists.