Purdue Sports Update Nov. 7

Volleyball sweeps trip to Michigan

The No. 14 Purdue Boilermakers secured its third consecutive win, 3-1 (25-21, 25-15, 19-25, 25-20) at Michigan, which is receiving votes in the latest poll. With the win, Purdue improves to 18-6 (9-5 Big Ten), while Michigan falls to 14-10 (5-9 Big Ten).

Senior libero Maddie Schermerhorn had a lights-out performance, posting 28 digs, a career-best (previous: 26 vs. Utah).

As a team, Purdue out-hit Michigan .275 to .213 and out-dug its opponent 55 to 45. 

Meanwhile, for the second straight match, Megan Renner tied a Big Ten season-high 42 assists. The effort was backed by an errorless five kills on eight attempts (.625%), four digs and a pair of block assists.

Eva Hudson led the team with 15 kills (15-8-36), including a .338 hitting clip (nine kills) over the final two sets.

Emma Ellis closed the afternoon with 13 kills, one shy of her season-high. The senior went errorless through the first two sets before finish the match with three errors on 30 swings (ties a season-best)

The Boilermakers return home this weekend for a pair of top-15 matchups. First, Purdue will face No. 6 Ohio State on Thursday night at 7 p.m. ET on B1G+. Then on Saturday night, Purdue will take on No. 15 Penn State at 8 p.m. ET. Fans can catch the match on Big Ten Network.

The volleyball squad (17-6, 8-5 Big Ten) took down Michigan State (10-14, 1-12 Big Ten), 3-1 (18-25, 26-24, 25-17, 25-16) Friday night inside the Breslin Center.

Raven Colvin set the Purdue four-set match record (20+ attempts) with her errorless .696 attack %. Not only were her 16 kills the most-ever for the sophomore during a Big Ten match, but came two shy of her career-best (18 vs. Utah, 9/2/22). The Indianapolis, Indiana native added a career-best seven digs and four blocks (one solo, three assisted) to round out her performance.

Renner, coming off the best performance of her career vs. Indiana last Sunday, guided the team with her second career double-double. The redshirt junior dished out 42 assists, setting a new Big Ten season-high to go with 11 digs (one shy of her career-best).

As a team, Purdue out-attacked Michigan State, .259 versus .194 and out-blocked its host, nine to six.

Maddy Chinn posted a career-best 13 kills alongside a .321 attack %. Meanwhile, Hudson served up a career-high four aces in the match in addition to 12 kills and eight digs.

Wrestling Dominates Clarion Open

Six champions, a first place team finish and twelve placewinners highlighted a very busy day at the Clarion Open for Purdue wrestling.

No. 10 Matt Ramos and No. 12 Parker Filius won their titles outright, while the duos of Dustin Norris and Jacob Macatangay and No. 14 Kendall Coleman and Nate Camiscioli shared their titles with each other once they reached the finals. Six more Boilermakers made the podium to give head coach Tony Ersland‘s team 240 team points, good for first place and 41 more than second place.

Hayden Copass earned a finals appearance and took second behind No. 32 Grady Griess of Navy. Cooper Noehre and Ben Vanadia wrestled their way into third, Brody Baumann and Tristan Ruhlman claimed fifth and Hayden Filipovich finished in sixth.

The Champions

Ramos, Filius and Coleman came in to the day as the No. 1 overall seeds in their respective brackets and absolutely lived up to the expectations. The redshirt-sophomore 125-pound Ramos went 5-0 with two pins and two tech fall victories before winning his finals match with Pitt’s Colton Camacho in a 6-3 decision. Both of his pins came in the first period and came away with 14 takedowns and five near-falls on the day.

The 141-pound graduate-senior Filius took bonus points from all four of his wins, three major decisions and a fall, including an 18-10 win over Joshua Koderhandt of Navy. Four takedowns and two four-point near-falls in the first period for Filius gave him a commanding lead and while he was unable to finish of the tech fall the match was never in doubt as the Havre, Mont., native stormed to the title.

Redshirt-senior Kendall Coleman was equally as dominant, accumulating two majors, a tech and a pin on his way to the 157-pound finals. He was met in the finals by his teammate, true freshman Nate Camiscioli who compiled three decision victories to get there. Since matches between teammates do not count according to NCAA rules, the pair took a no-contest and instead shared the title.

Despite not getting a final match, Coleman racked up 19 takedowns to give him 233 in his career. That jumps him into the Purdue all-time career takedowns list where he now sits in 19^th after passing Evan Robinson (230, 1998-2001) and Luke Welch (227, 2015-18). He is now just four shy of former teammate Max Lyon for 17^th.

Sophomore Dustin Norris and freshman Jacob Macatangay both reached the final of the 133-pound bracket and similarly took a no-contest and shared the title. Norris picked up a pin in his first match before winning via decision in his next two before the finals. Macatangay made a splash in his collegiate debut, knocking off the No. 1 seed and No. 33 ranked Kurt Phipps of Bucknell in an 8-4 decision in his opener before racking up a major and two pins in his next three bouts.

Up Next

Purdue returns home for their first dual action of the season against Rider on November 13 at noon in Holloway Gymnasium.

WBB Rolls to Exhibition Win Over Purdue Northwest

Five Boilermakers finished in double figures as the women’s basketball team rolled to a 98-67 exhibition win on Sunday afternoon against Purdue Northwest. The Boilermakers will open the 2022-23 season Thursday night against Marshall.

Caitlyn Harper led all scorers with 22 points on 10-of-13 shooting. The Hartland, Wisc., native was one of three starters to reach double digits, joining Lasha Petree’s 14 points and 11 from Jeanae Terry. Jayla Smith and Rickie Woltman chipped in 12 and 10 points, respectively, off the bench.

Purdue shot 56.6% from the field and went 7-of-17 (41.2%) from behind the arc. 11 of the 12 active Boilermakers put their name on the scoresheet.

The Boilermakers picked up 31 points at the line on 37 attempts (83.8%). Ten different players made a trip to the line. Smith finished 6-of-6 at the stripe, while Woltman was 6-of-9. The 31 made freebies were the most by Purdue in a game since 2010.

After a slow start that saw Purdue trail 19-14 after 10 minutes, the Boilermakers quickly found their rhythm to outscore the Pride 84-48over the final 30 minutes.

Purdue Northwest opened the day shooting an even 50% (14-28) from the field in the first half. The Boilermakers locked in for the second half to hold the pride to just 7-of-30 (23.3%) shooting.

The run started in the second as Purdue dropped 34 points on 13-of-18 shooting (72.2%). Cassidy Hardin drained a trio of 3-pointers to lead the hosts to a 48-40 lead at the break.

In the third, Purdue’s defense matched its offensive intensity. The Boilermakers outpaced the Pride 25-9 out of the break. Harper notched 10 of her points in the frame, while Purdue went 13-of-16 at the line. Defensively, the Boilermakers held Purdue Northwest to just 2-of-15 shooting in the frame and forced 10 turnovers.

The sluggish start led Purdue to 19 turnovers for the game, but only nine of those came in the final three quarters. The Pride only managed 12 points off the giveaways. The hosts flipped 17 Purdue Northwest turnovers in 21 points.

Led by Cassidy Hardin’s six, Purdue tallied a plus-15 margin (39-24) on the glass. Purdue scored 11 points on eight offensive rebounds and held the Pride off the board on six second-chance possessions.

Madison Layden dished out seven of Purdue’s 23 assists in the win, 22 of which came in the final three periods.

The 2022-23 season starts Thursday at Mackey Arena with a 6 p.m. tip against Marshall.

Men’s Tennis Picks Up Wins in B1G Consolation Bracket

The men’s tennis team picked up several wins in the consolation draw of the Big Ten Fall Championship. Redshirt sophomore Daniel Labrador notched a pair of singles wins, while freshman Mujtaba Ali-Khan picked up victories in singles and doubles.

Newcomer duo Hassan Baroudi and Mujtaba Ali-Khan downed the split duo of Rudi Christiansen from Nebraska and Reece Yakubov from Ohio State.

Ali-Khan added to his early singles haul on the year with a 7-6(5), 6-3 win over Zachary Schwartz from Wisconsin.

Labrador went back-to-back wins over foes from Indiana in the singles consolation bracket. He topped Mack Rogers in straight sets  6-4, 6-1, before outlasting Nishanth Basavareddy 4-6, 6-2, 10-4.