Hoosiers Swept in Front of Sold-Out Crowd

Saturday, October 19

West Lafayette, Ind.

7:00 PM

Indiana University

9-9,2-6Big Ten

#10 Purdue

15-4,6-2Big Ten

Indiana

Purdue

10/19/2024 10:00:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

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WEST LAFAYETTE, IND. – In front of a Big Ten regular season match record crowd of 14.876 fans, the Indiana Volleyball team (9-9, 2-6 B1G) was turned back by No. 10 Purdue. The Hoosiers fell in straight sets (18-25, 14-25, 9-25) at Mackey Arena in West Lafayette. The record crowd was also the biggest crowd for a volleyball match in state history.

IU struggled offensively against Purdue, hitting just .061 (27-20-115) across the three-set match. IU was blocked only four times but committed 16 unforced attacking errors. Junior middle blocker Madi Sell was the most efficient attacker, terminating on six kills (.417, 6-1-12).

Sophomore libero Ramsey Gary was phenomenal defensively for the Hoosiers. The Pendleton, Ind. native tallied 20 digs, the second time she's eclipsed the 20-dig threshold in just three sets (21 vs. Michigan, Oct. 14, 2023). In conference play this year she's averaging 4.82 digs per set.

With a massive Purdue crowd at its back, IU struggled in serve receive. Purdue recorded nine aces, multiple of those on communication errors. Boilermaker sophomore setter Taylor Anderson had three of those nine aces and kept IU from running any sort of offense.

Purdue's outstanding left side duo of Eva Hudson and Chloe Chicoine had more kills (29) than IU's entire roster (27). Junior opposite hitter Avry Tatum finished with a team high in kills (7). Sell (6) and Outside hitters Candela Alonso-Corcelles (6) and Mady Saris (5) all had at least five.

IU's gauntlet run of matches continues Thursday night in Bloomington. No. 9 Wisconsin visits Wilkinson Hall for a match on FS1. Connor Onion (PxP) and Emily Ehman (Color) will be on-site with the call.

Set Breakdown
Set 1: Purdue 25, Indiana 18
IU held its own early on but wore down as the set continued. IU hit .205 (12-4-39) but Purdue dominated offensively (.368, 16-2-38). Both teams showed impressive displays of defensive prowess with 17 digs a piece from either side. Ramsey Gary had nine of her own, the second time this season she's had at least nine in a set. Purdue had four aces from the service line which made a big different opening up a lead.

• IU briefly held the lead ay 7-6 after Purdue opposite hitter Kenna Wollard soared a ball out of bounds. From there, Purdue responded on a 9-3 run heading into the media timeout. Purdue middle blocker Raven Colvin terminated on a kill to take a 15-10 advantage into the break.

• Things didn't get better out of the media timeout as Purdue went on a 7-2 run, capped by a service ace from reserve defensive specialist Rachel Williams. She had consecutive aces, one on Candela Alonso-Corcelles and one on a communication error.

• IU fended off the first four set points. Madi Sell, Alonso-Corcelles and Avry Tatum all had kills. Alonso-Corcelles terminated after a long rally that began with Haworth kick saving the ball. Purdue was finally able to close out the set with a big rip from Colvin out of the middle.

Set 2: Purdue 25, Indiana 14
Purdue made life difficult on IU in the second set as the visitors slumped to a negative team hitting percentage (-.050, 6-8-40). IU got three of its six kills from Alonso-Corcelles. She also had a pair of blocks. IU did its best to limit Purdue offensively but outstanding back row play kept rallies alive. Those eventually turned into points as the hosts pulled away for a commanding win.

• Purdue libero Ali Hornung aced Alonso-Corcelles down the line to go up 9-4 and force head coach Steve Aird into a timeout. The Boilermakers won a big challenge earlier in the set to reverse the score to 7-4 following a shot from outside hitter Morgan Geddes that sailed long.

• IU showed some fight as it rattled off a 6-0 run behind the serve of Gary. Alonso-Corcelles had a pair of blocks during the run while the Purdue offense struggled to side out. Purdue left side Chloe Chicoine was finally able to get the kill to break the run and go back up 15-11.

• After Purdue took the timeout at 14-10, it finished the set on a massive 11-4 run. With Camryn Haworth banged up, she struggled to locate her sets. IU struggled offensively with some big hitting errors.

Set 3: Purdue 25, Indiana 9
Paired with the opening set during a match at No. 1 Texas, the third set against Purdue was as bad as IU played all season. Purdue went errorless offensively (13-0-26), hitting ,500 in game three. Eva Hudson terminated on eight kills from 14 errorless swings. It also got three blocks and two aces. IU got just nine kills in game three and struggled to side out. Gary got six kills to take her to 20 for the match.

• IU scored the first two points of the set but Purdue responded on a 15-2 run with IU forced to burn both timeouts in the opening 19 points. The lead got as big as 16 (4-20) with Hudson getting any shot she wanted against IU's block.

• Mady Saris got three-straight kills to trim the deficit but the match was already over at that point. Geddes staved off one set point but IU couldn't get to 10 points in the set. Purdue middle blocker Lizzie Carr scored the final point of the match.

Top Hoosier Performers
#32 Gary, Ramsey
20 digs, 3 assists

Notes to Know
• IU has lost 15-straight matches in West Lafayette. It's one of four active road losing streaks to Big Ten foes that's at least 15 games long (Penn State, Minnesota, Illinois and Purdue). The Boilermakers have won 39 of the past 43 all-time meetings in the series.

• Sophomore libero Ramsey Gary recorded the 13th 20-dig match of her career. It was the second time she's hit the 20-dig plateau in just three sets in her career (Oct. 14, 2023 – vs. Michigan). She's averaging 4.33 digs per set on the season and over 4.80 per set in conference play.