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Boilers Travel to Ohio State, Host Senior Night

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Wednesday, November 4
7 p.m. ET | Columbus, Ohio
#14 Purdue (14-7, 7-5 B1G) at Ohio State (10-12, 3-9 B1G)
WATCH: B1G+
Radio (streamed): purduesports.com/radio
Live Stats: purdue.statbroadcast.com

Saturday, November 7
8 p.m. ET | Holloway Gymnasium
UCLA (15-8, 6-6 B1G) at #14 Purdue (14-7, 7-5 B1G)
Senior Night
WATCH: BTN
Radio (streamed): purduesports.com/radio
Live Stats: purdue.statbroadcast.com

260927_cly_vb_wisco_898Kate Hansen is seen at the Purdue Volleyball game vs. Wisconsin at Lambert Fieldhouse in West Lafayette, IN on Sunday, Sep. 27, 2026. Chris Lyons/Purdue Athletics
260919_BS_VB_UCF-43Dior Charles (9) Purdue Volleyball vs UCF at Holloway Gymnasium on September 19th, 2026 Brenna Spuller/Purdue Athletics
260814_cly_vb_exh_ball_state_951Lily Bosworth is seen at the Purdue Volleyball Exhibition game vs. Ball State at Holloway Gymnasium in West Lafayette, IN on Saturday, Aug. 15, 2026. Chris Lyons/Purdue Athletics
Purdue Volleyball vs RutgersBlock Party Purdue Volleyball vs Rutgers at Holloway Gymnasium on October 29th, 2026 Brenna Spuller/Purdue Athletics
260906_cly_vb_tcu_1280Lameen Mambu is seen at the Purdue Volleyball game vs. TCU at Holloway Gymnasium in West Lafayette, IN on Sunday, Sep. 6, 2026. Chris Lyons/Purdue Athletics
Purdue Volleyball vs RutgersElle Schara (19) Purdue Volleyball vs Rutgers at Holloway Gymnasium on October 29th, 2026 Brenna Spuller/Purdue Athletics

AN EYE ON THE HORIZON: THE BIG TEN TOURNAMENT (11/20-25)

  • Purdue's next win will lock in the team's ticket to the Big Ten Tournament.

LILY BOSWORTH OFF THE BENCH

  • Middle Lily Bosworth has given Purdue a spark off the bench, playing recently against Northwestern (10/25) and at Penn St (10/31),, going errorless on the attack.
  • At Penn State, she played the last two and a half sets, recording an errorless six kills on 10 attacks (.600) with four blocks, including one solo.

SERVING: SIENNA FOSTER

  • Hometown hero Sienna Foster entered the match vs. Rutgers and served up 12 consecutive points as Purdue pulled away from a tied 8-8 score to 19-8. Foster registered two aces in the run.
  • In the next match at Penn State, Foster served six consecutive times in Set 2 for Purdue to pull away 19-17 to 24-17. She served an ace to give Purdue its 23rd point.

PURDUE SERVING

  • Purdue's serving is finding its groove, totaling 25 aces over the last four matches.
  • In two of the last four matches (Minnesota and Rutgers), the Boilers earned a .944 serving % , the second-highest mark this season behind .959 at Iowa.

OHIO STATE AT A GLANCE

  • The Buckeyes enter the week on a five-match losing streak, despite picking up a set victory against both #10 Oregon and #13 Penn State in that stretch.  
  • Ohio State ranks at the top of the Big Ten in digs, registering 1,287 over the season and averaging 14.97 per set. Emily Avshalomov leads the back row, ranking #8 in digs for the Big Ten, averaging 3.53 per set.
  • Naomy Govou is averaging 3.81 kills per set on 297 total kills and 327.5 total points. Govou ranks #4 in kills per set and #7 in total points in the conference.  
  • Although Purdue and Ohio State are nearly tied in the series history (49-48), Purdue has won the last 10 of 12 meetings.
  • The Boilers have swept the Buckeyes the last two straight matches.
  • The last five-set match between the teams came in 2021 at home when the Boilersbeat the #3 Buckeyes (9/24/21). 

UCLA AT A GLANCE

  • The Bruins enter the week on a four-match losing streak. In the stretch, they stole two sets from #21 Minnesota.
  • The Bruin blockers sit at #1 in the Big Ten and #26 nationally in total blocks, stuffing opposing hitters 225 times this year. Marianna Singletary averages 1.48 blocks per set, sitting at the top of the conference in blocking.
  • At libero, Lola Schumacher has tallied 208 digs while averaging 3.85 digs/set this year, ranking #5 in the Big Ten.  
  • With just four meetings between the teams in series history, Purdue has won the last two (and only two) meetings since the early 80's.
  • The last three mettings have come in five-set fashion, with last year's win in LA a tide-turner for the Boilers' season, which Kenna Wollard went on to win the National Player of the Week honor a year ago following her 33-kill performance in Purdue's reverse sweep.