COLUMBUS - The No. 14 Purdue volleyball squad (15-7, 8-5 B1G) defeated Ohio State (10-13, 3-10 B1G) in sweeping fashion, downing the Buckeyes 25-19, 29-27, 25-23.
With the sweep, Purdue improves to 11 on the year, surpassing 2025's sweeps total with four matches in the regular-season remaining. It is the third time in the last 15 years the Boilermakers have posted as many sweeps in the regular-season (16 in 2024 and 11 in 2021).
Grace Heaney had herself a night, securing her seventh double-double of the season, including the third straight, behind a career-high-tying 18 digs, 14 kills with just one attack error for a .481% (14-1-27), two aces, including the Set 2 winner, and two blocks.
Kate Hansen set a season-high 11 kills, going errorless in the effort with 18 attacks for a .611 clip, just shy of entering Purdue's record book in a three-set match. The graduate student rounded out her performance by being on over half of the team's blocks (five of nine) and six digs - not only a season-best, but one shy of her career-high.
Addy Tindall rounded out the Boilers in double-digit kills, totaling 13 in the match.
Purdue came from behind in each of the last two sets, with Tindall securing the match-winner and denying two Ohio State set points in Set 2.
Down 13-20 in Set 2, Purdue came back on a 10-3 run to tie it up, a run that saw five kills by Heaney and three points by Hansen (ace, kill, block assist). The Boilers went on to deny Ohio State set point twice, thanks to kills by Addy Tindall. The Buckeyes in-turn denied the Boilermakers set point twice before Grace Heaney aced Ohio State to seal the win, 29-27.
With the Set 2 comeback, Purdue improved to a 7-1 record this season when extra points are needed in a game.
Defensively, Heaney led the squad's back row, however MaryKate Scheumann posted 12, followed by Ryan McAleer with 10.
UP NEXT
Purdue returns home for its final match of the regular season, hosting UCLA, a team receiving votes in the AVCA poll, on Saturday at 8 p.m. ET. The Senior Night match will air on Big Ten Network.