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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.
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 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.
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 action in fine form last weekend, defeating Notre Dame 3-1 to cap a 3-0 weekend and win the Shamrock Invitational.
