Penn State Falls to #9 Purdue in West Lafayette (25-20, 25-21, 25-22)

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Penn State lost its third consecutive match on Friday night, this time to #9-ranked Purdue (25-20, 25-21, 25-22) in a Big Ten match in West Lafayette.  The Boilermakers were Penn State’s 11th nationally-ranked opponent this season. The Nittany Lions dropped to 13-10 overall and 7-6 in Big Ten.

Purdue, which has won 7 straight matches, is now 20-3 overall and 11-2 in the Big Ten.

 

Kennedy Martin.  Photo by Ethan Kasales

Penn State was once again led by Junior RS/Opp Kennedy Martin, who totaled 21 points (20 kills on .298 hitting, four digs, and two blocks). So. OH Emmi Sellman and Sr. MB Maggie Mendelson both recorded 10 points, with Sellman totaling 9 kills and a service ace, and Mendelson putting down 8 kills and 4 blocks.

Gillian Grimes. Photo by Ethan Kasales

Sr. libero Gillian Grimes was tops for Penn State with 15 digs. Gr. Setter Addie Lyon finished with 6 digs and 2 aces.

Box Score

Match Details

Penn St. Purdue
Set K E TA % K E TA %
1 15 2 44 0.295 18 3 41 0.366
2 15 6 42 0.214 16 3 38 0.342
3 12 6 30 0.200 12 6 30 0.200
Total 42 14 116 0.241 46 12 109 0.312
Penn St. Purdue
Points 50 57.5
Kills 42 46
Aces 3 4
Blocks 5 7.5
Assists 41 45
Digs 45 53

Match Leaders

Penn St. – Leaders
Kills Kennedy Martin (20), Emmi Sellman (9), Maggie Mendelson (8)
Aces Addie Lyon (2), Emmi Sellman (1)
Blocks Maggie Mendelson (4), Alexis Ewing (3), Kennedy Martin (2)
Assists Addie Lyon (32), Gillian Grimes (4), Ava Falduto (2), Maggie Mendelson (2)
Digs Gillian Grimes (15), Addie Lyon (6), Emmi Sellman (5), Ava Falduto (5), Jocelyn Nathan (5)
Purdue – Leaders
Kills Kenna Wollard (19), Grace Heaney (10), Akasha Anderson (10)
Aces Sienna Foster (2), Julia Kane (1), Grace Heaney (1)
Blocks Taylor Anderson (5), Bianka Lulic (4), Dior Charles (3), Akasha Anderson (3)
Assists Taylor Anderson (39), Ryan McAleer (5), Grace Heaney (1)
Digs Ryan McAleer (15), Taylor Anderson (11), Julia Kane (10)

Penn State Stats

# Player SP K E TA % A E SA SE BS BA BE DIG BHE RE Pts
18 Kennedy Martin 3 20 6 47 0.298 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 4 0 0 21
44 Maggie Mendelson 3 8 1 19 0.368 2 0 0 0 0 4 0 2 0 0 10
13 Emmi Sellman 3 9 3 26 0.231 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 5 0 2 10
5 Jordan Hopp 3 3 2 7 0.143 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 3.5
27 Alexis Ewing 3 2 2 13 0.000 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 3.5
7 Addie Lyon 3 0 0 3 0.000 32 1 2 2 0 0 0 6 0 0 2
3 Gillian Grimes 3 0 0 0 0.000 4 0 0 2 0 0 0 15 0 1 0
11 Jocelyn Nathan 3 0 0 0 0.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0
2 Ava Falduto 3 0 0 1 0.000 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0
9 Lexi Gin 3 0 0 0 0.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
8 Gabrielle Nichols 2 0 0 0 0.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 42 14 116 0.241 41 1 3 10 0 10 0 45 0 4 50

Purdue Stats

# Player SP K E TA % A E SA SE BS BA BE DIG BHE RE Pts
4 Kenna Wollard 3 19 4 36 0.417 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 0 0 19
13 Akasha Anderson 3 10 1 25 0.360 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 11.5
14 Grace Heaney 3 10 4 30 0.200 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 7 0 0 11
9 Dior Charles 3 4 2 9 0.222 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 5.5
7 Bianka Lulic 3 3 1 6 0.333 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 5
5 Taylor Anderson 3 0 0 2 0.000 39 0 0 1 0 5 0 11 0 0 2.5
6 Sienna Foster 3 0 0 0 0.000 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
21 Julia Kane 3 0 0 1 0.000 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 10 0 1 1
1 Rachel Williams 1 0 0 0 0.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Ryan McAleer 3 0 0 0 0.000 5 0 0 2 0 0 0 15 0 2 0
Total 46 12 109 0.312 45 0 4 6 0 15 0 53 0 3 57.5

Box Score