DIOR CHARLES: ANOTHER PROGRAM RECORD SET
- Charles has set two program records for hitting % in a 5-Set match, recording a .706 (13-1-17) vs. #24 Illinois, the highest mark by a Boilermaker with a minimum of 15 attempts.
- Last year, Charles set the record for hitting % in a 5-Set match in the 10-14 attempts category, which was also the fourth-overall highest clip by a Boilermaker in any match, regardless of attacks, with her errorless .846 attack (11-0-13) vs. Bowling Green (9/4/25).
LAST WEEK AT A GLANCE
- Addy Tindall received a long-awaited Big Ten Freshman of the Week honor (1st of her career).
- Dior Charles led the Big Ten in hitting % (avg. of .667%) for the week and was #2 in blocks/set (1.88). No other player in the league ranked in even the top-8 in BOTH categories.
- The Boilers held the Big Ten blocks leader USC to a season-low four blocks.
Purdue denied #24 Illinois match point four times before storming back and winning the match in five.
- Purdue ranked #1 in the Big Ten in digs (15.50) and averaged a .294 clip and 3.00 blocks per set.
- Individually, Taylor Anderson was second in the league with 94 total assists, set a season-high 56 assists in her double-double (career-high 19 digs) in the win vs. Illinois.
THE RARE 4-AND-4
- Purdue had four players reach double-digit kills AND four players reach double-digit digs against #24 Illinois and vs. Georgia this season. To put in perspective, over the last eight seasons (last 235 matches), Purdue has had just five matches total with that balanced an offense and back row (2026: vs. Illinois and Georgia, 2025: vs. Kansas, 2024 vs. Northwestern, Spring 2021 vs. Illinois).
THE WIN VS. #24 ILLINOIS MARKED...
- Purdue's first time in 2026 coming back after trailing 1-2 after three sets.
Purdue's third ranked win of the season.
- A program record-setting hitting % by Dior Charles (.706% with 13-1-17) for a Boiler with at least 15 attempts in a 5-set match.
- Four Boilers reaching double-digit kills and four reaching double-digit digs.
NATIONAL RANKING: 151 CONSECUTIVE WEEKS IN THE POLL
- The program's been ranked for 151 consecutive weeks (since preseason 2017), the longest active streak in Purdue Athletics.
- Since the 2021 spring season, Purdue has been ranked among the top-10 for 48 weeks.
The Boilermakers' history of excellence includes 83 of the last 101 weeks ranked among the top-15 (81%).
- Purdue has ranked in the top-15 for each and every poll release except for two weeks over the last three seasons (38 of 40).
A WIN AT IOWA MEANS...
- The Boilers 14th consecutive win against the Hawkeyes (last loss: 10/6/2016 at Iowa, 2-3).
- Purdue has fallen just four times times to Iowa in the Shondell Era.
- The fifth straight road win for Purdue at Iowa
- Purdue's winning streak extending to three straight.
A WIN AT NEBRASKA MEANS...
- Purdue's first win against the Huskers since 2019 (W, 3-2 at Purdue).
- Purdue's first win in Lincoln since 2013 (W 3-1).
- The first #1 takedown for Purdue Volleyball since 2010 (W vs. #1 Florida in the NCAA Regional Semifinals, 3-0).
- The second straight weekend Purdue Athletics has picked up a top-2 win (last weekend: Purdue Soccer def. #2 Michigan State, 2-1).
- Purdue earning its second top-10 win of the season while handing Nebraska its first loss of the season, in addition to first match dropping more than one set.
- Purdue improving to 2-1 in the Big Ten Discover Challenge.
LAST TIME IN LINCOLN
- The Boilers nearly bested the Huskers last time in Lincoln, leading 15-14 in the fifth set, before ultimately falling 22-25, 25-22, 25-23, 22-25, 15-17. Kenna Wollard and Raven Colvin were on a block assist for point 15.
- Taylor Anderson set the team to an errorless fifth set, posting 13 kills on a .481 clip. In total, Anderson produced a double-double 52 assists, 10 digs, seven blocks and an errorless three kills on four attacks.
