Purdue Sports Update Nov. 4
A sweep by No. 11 Purdue at Maryland (25-23, 25-20, 25-20) led the Boilermakers to their eighth win of Big Ten play (17-5, 8-3 Big Ten). In the team's first road match in over two weeks, outside hitters Eva Hudson and Chloe Chicoine recorded just one attack error each in the win.
Setter Taylor Anderson dished out 39 assists, including 11 in Set 1. The sophomore added six digs and three kills on four attempts as she helped guide Purdue to a .313 hitting %, including a .394 clip in the final set.
A locked-in back row was led by libero Ali Hornung's 17 digs, followed by Chicoine's 14 and Ryan McAleer's eight.
Hudson and Chicoine combined for 18 kills, 2 attack errors on 53 swings through the first two sets. Chicoine finished with her 11th double-double of the season, totaling 10 kills on 29 attacks (.321%). Meanwhile, Hudson led all players with 15 kills on 41 attacks (.341%) and seven digs.
Fueled by the program's highest hitting % in a Big Ten match since 2017 (.424%), Purdue took down Rutgers 3-0 (25-14, 25-12, 25-16) inside Jersey Mike's Arena. It was the second sweep in as many nights for the Boilermakers as the team improves to 18-5 (9-3 Big Ten) while the Scarlet Knights fall to 5-18 (0-12 Big Ten).
Purdue was firing on all cylinders at Rutgers, posting just eight team attack errors in the match, including four over the last two sets, 49 digs and eight blocks in the one hour 18 minute victory. No Boiler committed more than two attack errors and all hit over .330%. Meanwhile, three hit above .400%: Chicoine (.565%), Colvin (.412%) and Hudson (.406%).
Chicoine reached double-digit digs in the second set, finishing the day with her 11th double-double of the season with 14 kills and 13 digs on a career-high .565 hitting clip. The Boilermaker led the team in efficiency while tying for the lead in kills and finished second in digs.
The team posted a night's best .538 attack % in Set 2 and followed it up with just one team attack error in Set 3.
Hudson finished the match with 14 kills, including an errorless 8 kills and .500 attack % in Set 1.
Entering the third set with 26 assists, setter Anderson guided the team with 33 assists in the match. All three setters saw time on the court tonight, with Sydney Yim sealing the Set 2 victory on a dump while Allie Shondell checked into the third set, dishing out five assists to close the match.
Next week, Purdue will split next week between away and home matches, beginning next Friday with the second match against in-state rival, Indiana, as the squad looks to sweep the series after winning the Monon Spike on October 19 in Mackey Arena. The Boilermakers and Hoosiers will battle in Bloomington at 7 p.m. ET on B1G+.
Then, Purdue returns home for a Sunday matinee vs. Michigan at 1 p.m. ET inside Holloway Gymnasium in Military Appreciation Day. Eight matches remain in the regular-season.
Wrestling Opens Season With Win at Gardner-WebbWrestling took a decisive 34-10 victory in its season-opening dual at Gardner-Webb on Friday night.
Thanks to six bonus point wins, the Boilermakers (1-0, 0-0 B1G) got the year started on the right foot. No. 5 Matt Ramos , No. 31 Brody Baumann and James Rowley all earned their first pins of the 2024-25 season.
Now in his redshirt-senior season, Ramos kicked off the night by scoring his 15th career fall 4:51 into the match against Gardner-Webb's (0-1, 0-0 SoCon) Tyson Lane. He notched four takedowns and a 4-point nearfall to have a 16-3 advantage before landing the pin.
Isaac Ruble picked up where Ramos left off after the Runnin' Bulldogs scored back-to-back match wins over Dustin Norris and No. 23 Greyson Clark .
Ruble trailed Joseph Giordano late into the third period, but ultimately took his opponent down with less than 20 seconds remaining to take the 7-6 comeback win. A lengthy review process that took nearly 10 minutes ultimately confirmed his match-altering takedown, thanks to a challenge from head coach Tony Ersland .
No. 15 Joey Blaze scored the only technical fall of the evening by notching a dominant 20-4 win in the 157-pound bout. He set the tone early by slamming Drew Pepin to the mat just 22 seconds into the match.
Blaze's six takedowns matched his career high, which he first set against Lindenwood's Luke Kemper last year.
On the latter half of the card, Stoney Buell (15-5) and Hayden Filipovich (10-0) capitalized with major decisions, the eighth and second of their careers, respectively.
Baumann scored the fastest fall of the night, defeating Andrew Wilson at 4:17. Baumann had a 12-3 lead prior to the pin.
Rowley followed it with his own pin at 4:40 after racing to a 15-2 lead, which was never in doubt.
Purdue ultimately took the 24-point victory, winning seven of the 10 bouts on its evening in the Tar Heel State.
The Boilermakers are back on the road next weekend for their first tournament of the season. Purdue competes in the Tiger Style Invitational in Kansas City, Mo. The first match is set for 10 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 9, and the event can be streamed live on FloWrestling.
Purdue Seventh, 14th at Big Ten ChampionshipsThe cross country team competed at the first expanded Big Ten Cross Country Championships on Friday morning at the Orange and Blue Golf Course, hosted by Illinois.
The men posted a seventh-place finish, paced by Douglas Buckeridge's fastest time by a Boilermaker in a Big Ten Cross Country Championship race, as he came across in 21st. The women came in 14th place, led by graduate student Payne Turney's finish in 52nd.
The Boilermakers will have two weeks off before heading to the NCAA Great Lakes Regional in Norton, Ohio, on Nov. 15.
MEN – 7th, 203 points Buckeridge led Purdue for the first time this season, finishing in a time of 23:11.6, besting the previous Big Ten meet record set by Matt McClintock in 2015 by two seconds. Buckeridge's 21st-place finish also helped set a new personal best, as the men came in seventh.
Nathan Walker was the second Boilermaker to finish with a time of 23:20.5 in 31st place. Caleb Williams tallied 43 points with a 44th-place finish in a new personal best time of 23:36.5.
Purdue's top three finishers hold three of the fastest four times by a Boilermaker in the Big Ten Cross Country Championship.
Jason Polydoris dropped his personal best by 28 seconds as he scored 50 points in 52nd place in 23:43.1. Brady Yoder was the final Boilermaker in the points with 58 from a 64th-place finish in a time of 23:54.8, a new personal best.
Nerius White , Quinton Lowe and Matthew Helton all posted personal bests on Friday.
Wisconsin won the team title, as Badger senior Bob Liking won his fourth straight Big Ten championship with a new league-meet record.
WOMEN – 14th, 366 points Continuing her trend all season, Payne Turney was the top finisher for the Boilermakers, coming across the line in 52nd for 50 points in a time of 20.19.9. Her time was a personal best and the second fastest in a 6,000-meter race for Purdue since at least 2005.
The Boilermakers finished the race 14th with 366 points.
Caroline Jordan was the second Boilermaker across the line in 60th place for 56 points and a time of 20:25.1, smashing her personal best by more than a minute. Emma Squires was 74th for 68 points, posting personal-best time of 20:39.
The top-finishing trio now have three of the top six quickest 6,000-meter times at Purdue since 2005.
Purdue's next four runners were separated by seven spots. Meredith Bloss came across the line in 125th to score 95 points in 21:18.6, and Jaelyn Burgos rounded out the scoring with 97 points (129th place) in a personal-best mark of 21:21.0.
Sarah Maggio was one spot out of the scoring in 130th by milliseconds, setting a new personal mark in 21:22.5. Paige Hazelrigg was 132nd with a time of 21:25.5, a new personal best.
