WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – The No. 12 Purdue Boilermakers (13-6, 6-4 Big Ten) registered their 10th sweep of the season, downing the Northwestern Wildcats (7-14, 0-10 Big Ten) in Holloway Gymnasium 25-20, 25-22, 25-15.
Kate Hansen finished the match just two attacks shy of reaching the third high mark in program history for a three-setter (minimum 10 attacks). Her best Big Ten performance of the season featured an errorless seven kills on eight attacks, hitting at a .875% clip, while also blocking the Wildcats four times.
Purdue continued their excellence from behind the service line, acing Northwestern five times. Ryan McAleer had two of the Boilers’ service aces, along with Hansen, Grace Heaney, and Elle Schara all recording one each.
Heaney finished the match just one dig shy of a double-double, recording ten kills on a .321% clip. Heaney also teamed up with Purdue blockers to stuff Northwestern five times.
Taylor Anderson dished out 35 assists in the victory to guide the Boilermaker offense to a .363% hitting percentage. Anderson now sits just eight assists shy of tying Annette Bauer (1981-1984) for the No. 5 spot for career assists in program history (currently at 4,560).
The final frame featured three freshman Boilermakers seeing the floor for the first time in the match. Isabelle Bardin checked in for Anderson at a 19-12 set score and dished out two assists and one kill. With Bardin as the setter, the Boilers had zero errors.
Bianka Lulic, Sydni Vice, and Lily Bosworth all saw the floor, recording five kills on six total attacks as a group.
Addy Tindall continued her historic freshman campaign by recording double-digit kills for the fifteenth time, ending the night with 10.
Defensively, the Boilermakers had a perfect reception rate, allowing no Wildcat aces. Ryan McAleer led the back court with 10 digs.
UP NEXT
The No. 12 Purdue Boilermakers finish their three-match homestand on Thursday, October 29 against the Rutgers Scarlet Knights at 7 p.m. ET and available for streaming on B1G+.