After a Senior Night upset of MSU, volleyball is headed to Salt Lake City to face High Point Thursday at 6:30 PM in first-round NCAA action; a win will almost certainly have them facing 11-seed Utah Saturday at 9 PM.
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VB Falls To Wolverines, Looks For Revenge Tonight
VB's hopes for hosting NCAA tournament matches may have been dashed with a 1-3 loss at Michigan Saturday; they'll get a chance at revenge tonight in Holloway, and they close the regular season Friday vs. Michigan State.
VB Upsets #3 Minnesota, Sweeps #15 Wisconsin
Volleyball pulled off back-to-back upsets last week, dropping #3 Minnesota in four sets and #15 Wisconsin in straight sets to move to 10-6 in conference play and 20-7 overall. They travel to Rutgers and Michigan this week before ending the regular season at home against Michigan and MSU.
VB Earns Split With Two Solid Matches
Volleyball played #4 Nebraska close for four sets before losing in Lincoln, then held off Iowa in a five-set thriller to move to 8-6 in conference play and 18-7 overall. The Boilers host #3 Minnesota and #15 Wisconsin this weekend in Holloway.
VB Falls to Penn State, Sweeps Rutgers
Volleyball got the results we expected, losing 1-3 to #1 Penn State and sweeping Rutgers. They'll visit Ohio State and Maryland next.
VB Takes 11th Straight from Indiana, Moves to 13-2
Purdue volleyball defeated Indiana for the 11th straight time last week, adding a 10th consecutive P to the Monon Spike, as Dave Shondell's career record against IU improved to 27-3. The Boilers are 13-2 and will travel to Illinois and Northwestern this weekend.
VB Sweeps Northwestern, Falls to OSU in Conference Openers
Volleyball regroups after a surprising 1-3 loss to Ohio State, their first loss in Holloway this season. At 1-1 in conference play, Purdue plays Indiana home-and-home this weekend, Wednesday in Holloway and Saturday in University Gym.
VB Sweeps Stacey Clark Classic, Moves to 10-1
Purdue swept past Miami (OH) and Loyola-Chicago to take the Stacey Clark Classic, moving to 10-1 on the season. The Boilers moved up to #13 in Massey and AVCA, and will open the Big Tenteen season against Northwestern on Wednesday and Ohio State on Saturday, with both matches in Holloway.
VB Falls At Iowa and Nebraska
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.
VB Sweeps Indiana, Keeps Monon Spppppppppike In West Lafayette
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.