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Volleyball swept Alabama Saturday to secure the Mortar Board Premier, the fifth time in the last seven seasons that Purdue has started 3-0 in the tournament. They're on the road for two weeks for invitationals at Wyoming and Kansas, so catch our season preview before they return September 15 for the Stacey Clark Classic.
Purdue volleyball got off to a roaring start in a cool Holloway Gym Friday, sweeping Oral Roberts and Cleveland State for a 2-0 day. They'll look to move to 3-0 against Alabama Saturday at 3:00 PM.
Danielle Cuttino led the high-flying Boiler volleyball team to a three-set sweep of Iowa State in Columbia, MO Thursday evening, eliminating the Cyclones 26-24, 25-21, 25-13. Purdue advances to face host Missouri Friday at 7:00 PM in a rematch of Purdue's second-round win in 2013 over the fourth-seeded Tigers; the match will be shown on ESPN3.
Purdue volleyball was one of eight Big Tenteen schools chosen for the NCAA tournament, which kicks off later this week. The Boilers will play Iowa State at 5:30 PM ET Thursday, with the winner advancing to meet either #15 Missouri or Northern Illinois at 7:00 PM ET on Friday.
Purdue volleyball split once again, winning 3-2 at Indiana for their ninth consecutive win over the Hoosiers and losing 0-3 at Penn State. The Boilers finish the regular season at Maryland Wednesday and Ohio State Friday before the NCAA tournament field is announced Sunday night.
Purdue volleyball sent off lone senior Faye Adelaja in style Saturday for Senior Night, knocking off Iowa in four sets after being swept at MSU on Wednesday. The Boilers are 6-10 in conference play and 16-11 overall, heading to Indiana and Penn State this week as part of a season-ending road trip.
National Signing Day is here, and Purdue volleyball landed four Top-250 seniors: S/OH Hayley Bush, OH Caitlyn Newton, L/OH Jena Otec, and DS Julianna Reisinger.
Purdue volleyball posted yet another split in conference play last week, struggling to beat Maryland in four sets before pushing Wisconsin to five sets in Madison. The Boilers moved to 15-10 on the season, 5-9 in conference play, and will travel to MSU Wednesday before their Senior Night match against Iowa on Saturday.
Purdue volleyball continued their trend of splitting weekend matches, dropping #13 Michigan in four sets before losing to #15 Michigan State in four. The Boilers remain tied for 10th in conference play with Indiana, and they'll face Maryland Wednesday in Holloway before traveling to Wisconsin for a Saturday match.
Purdue volleyball split their road trip west last weekend, ending up surprise losers 1-3 at Northwestern before edging Illinois 3-2 in Champaign. The Boilers are now unranked and are 13-8 overall, 3-7 in conference play.
Purdue volleyball snapped a five-match losing streak Saturday, sweeping Rutgers after being swept by Penn State Friday night. The Boilers (#21 Massey, #22 AVCA) move to 12-7, 2-6 in conference play, and travel to Northwestern and #24/#24 Illinois this weekend.
Boiler volleyball had a rough road trip last week, dropping a five-set match to Iowa and falling in straight sets to Nebraska in their first road matches of the conference season. AVCA #22 and Massey #19 Purdue returns home to face Penn State and Rutgers Friday and Saturday.
Purdue volleyball faced their toughest back-to-back home opponents in program history as they welcomed #3 Wisconsin and #2 Minnesota to Holloway. The Boilers were unable to come away with a win, falling to Wisconsin in five sets and Minnesota in three, falling to 17th in the AVCA coaches poll and 15th in Massey.
For the ninth straight season, the Monon Spike resides in West Lafayette, as the then-10th-ranked Boilers swept Indiana, 25-15, 25-17, 25-18, in front of a crowd of 8,240. Purdue hit .517 in the match, led by redshirt senior MB Faye Adelaja, whose .889 raised her attack percentage to .474, good for second in the nation.
Purdue volleyball opened conference play by running into an orange and blue Illini wall, dropping their Big Tenteen opener 3-2 to Illinois Wednesday night. The Boilers will try to recover in the annual Monon Spike match against Indiana Saturday in Mackey Arena.
Purdue volleyball returned to Holloway last weekend, thumping #4 Kansas 3-1 en route to a 3-0 sweep in the inaugural Stacey Clark Classic. The Boilers moved to 10-1 overall and are now #10 in the latest AVCA coaches' poll.
Purdue volleyball lost a tough opening set at Stanford 33-31, but stormed back from an 0-2 deficit to knock off the #9 Cardinal 3-2; they also beat Cal Poly to take the Stanford Invitational, move up six spots to #14, and run their record to 7-1.
Purdue volleyball returned to action in fine form last weekend, defeating Notre Dame 3-1 to cap a 3-0 weekend and win the Shamrock Invitational.
Extra effort - and extra time - weren't enough for Purdue volleyball Saturday, as they fell in five sets to Kentucky in the final match of the 2016 Mortar Board Premier, 20-25, 18-25, 26-24, 25-21, 18-20.
Purdue volleyball opened their season with two wins in the Mortar Board Premier Friday, sweeping Wyoming 3-0 and defeating Washington State 3-1. They'll finish the tournament Saturday against #24 Kentucky. Pictured: bacon available prior to the Wyoming match. I did not get any.
