Volleyball Falls To No. 4 Purdue

Saturday, October 2

West Lafayette, Ind.

7:00 PM (ET)

Rutgers University

8-7,0-4Big Ten

Purdue

11-2,3-1Big Ten

Rutgers

Purdue

Photo by: Rich Graessle

Oct 02 | Women's Volleyball

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Scarlet Knights Have Faced Three Tops 25 Teams in First Four Big Ten Match-Ups

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – The No. 4 Purdue Boilermakers were fresh off an upset loss to Illinois and came back to sweep Rutgers volleyball, 25-6, 25-17, 25-15 on Saturday night at Holloway Gymnasium.

The Scarlet Knights, who have opened Big Ten play playing three top 25 squads in their first four match-ups, dropped to 8-7 overall. Purdue, who received its highest ranking in school history before Friday's setback with the Fightin' Illini, improved to 11-2 on the year.

STANDOUT STATS

Fifth-year senior Beka Kojadinovic led the Scarlet Knights with eight kills with senior Inna Balyko contributing 19 assists in the loss.
Defensively, RU was led by Madyson Chitty's seven digs, while Kojadinovic, Balyko, graduate student Megan Vernon and redshirt senior Shealyn McNamara each had a block.

KEY MOMENTS

Set 1 (6-25) | The Boilermakers came out on fire with the game's first 10 points and limited the Scarlet Knights to just three kills.
Set 2 (17-25) | Rutgers kept it close early with Cansu Gunaydin delivering a kill for a 4-4 tie. Purdue, however, responded with four-straight and a 9-2 run to go ahead. Beka Kojadinovic led RU with three kills.
Set 3 (15-25) | The Scarlet Knights once again kept the set close early with five ties including an Anastasiia Maksimova swing that knotted the score at 7-7. The Boilermakers took the next five and 12 of the next 13 points to take control. Kojadinovic collected four kills in the frame.

HIGHLIGHTS

UP NEXT

The Scarlet Knights are back home at the RAC to host Indiana on Friday, Oct. 8 at 7 p.m. and welcome No. 12 Nebraska on Sunday, Oct. 10 at 1 p.m.
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