Penn State Volleyball Loses To Purdue 3-2

Posted on by Ethan Kasales

No. 15 Penn State women’s volleyball lost to No. 6 Purdue 3-2 (23-25, 25-15, 25-20, 23-25, 11-15) Sunday afternoon at Holloway Gymnasium in West Lafayette, Indiana.

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Gabby Blossom and Anjelina Starck tallied double-doubles for the Nittany Lions, while Jonni Parker and Kaitlyn Hord led the way offensively with 43 combined kills in the loss. Purdue has now won three of its last five matches against Penn State. 

Blossom tied her career highs with 58 assists and 20 digs against the Boilermakers, who rallied from a 2-1 deficit to beat the Nittany Lions in a top 15 matchup. Hord was extremely efficient with a .500 hitting percentage and only two attack errors.

Senior libero Jenna Hampton had a career-high 26 digs in another outstanding performance for the Tampa native, who made an incredible save late in the fourth set while nearly running into the referee stand. Cassie Kuerschen, Quinn Menger, and Maddy Bilinovic were Penn State’s only substitutes.

Starck started her third straight match at outside hitter for the Nittany Lions, who were again without Erika Pritchard’s services. Pritchard was on the sideline wearing a boot on her right foot during the Dig Pink match against Rutgers Friday at Rec Hall.

The Nittany Lions (13-5, 6-2 Big Ten) have a difficult road trip to No. 12 Minnesota and No. 3 Wisconsin coming up next weekend. Penn State has a chance to regroup in practice before arguably its toughest weekend of conference matches this season.

Box Score

Match Details

Penn St. Purdue
Set K E TA % K E TA %
1 13 4 34 0.265 16 8 35 0.229
2 17 8 44 0.205 4 7 34 -0.088
3 14 3 42 0.262 11 6 39 0.128
4 16 6 39 0.256 18 4 39 0.359
5 8 5 24 0.125 10 1 20 0.450
Total 68 26 183 0.230 59 26 167 0.198
Penn St. Purdue
Points 81 71
Kills 68 59
Aces 4 4
Blocks 9 8
Assists 65 56
Digs 75 76

Match Leaders

Penn St. – Leaders
Kills Jonni Parker (23), Kaitlyn Hord (20), Anjelina Starck (11)
Aces Allie Holland (1), Jenna Hampton (1), Jonni Parker (1), Adanna Rollins (1)
Blocks Anjelina Starck (4), Kaitlyn Hord (3), Jonni Parker (3)
Assists Gabby Blossom (58), Jenna Hampton (6), Adanna Rollins (1)
Digs Jenna Hampton (26), Gabby Blossom (20), Anjelina Starck (15)
Purdue – Leaders
Kills Caitlyn Newton (26), Grace Cleveland (9), Raven Colvin (8)
Aces Raven Colvin (1), Jena Otec (1), Caitlyn Newton (1), Hayley Bush (1)
Blocks Taylor Trammell (4), Raven Colvin (3), Madeline Koch (2), Grace Cleveland (2), Hayley Bush (2)
Assists Hayley Bush (48), Jena Otec (4), Ali Hornung (1), Maddie Schermerhorn (1), Grace Cleveland (1), Caitlyn Newton (1)
Digs Jena Otec (27), Grace Cleveland (11), Hayley Bush (11)

Penn State Stats

# Player SP K E TA % A E SA SE BS BA BE DIG BHE RE Pts
9 Jonni Parker 5 23 11 62 0.194 0 0 1 2 1 2 0 5 1 0 26
23 Kaitlyn Hord 5 20 2 36 0.500 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 21.5
10 Anjelina Starck 5 11 7 41 0.098 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 15 0 1 14
1 Adanna Rollins 5 8 4 29 0.138 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 3 0 1 10
20 Allie Holland 5 5 2 11 0.273 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 7.5
13 Gabby Blossom 5 1 0 3 0.333 58 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 0 0 1
15 Jenna Hampton 5 0 0 1 0.000 6 0 1 1 0 0 0 26 0 0 1
2 Maddy Bilinovic 1 0 0 0 0.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
12 Cassie Kuerschen 5 0 0 0 0.000 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 1 0
24 Quinn Menger 4 0 0 0 0.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Total 68 26 183 0.23 65 1 4 9 5 8 0 75 1 4 81

Purdue Stats

# Player SP K E TA % A E SA SE BS BA BE DIG BHE RE Pts
4 Caitlyn Newton 5 26 4 63 0.349 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 8 0 2 28
7 Raven Colvin 5 8 6 18 0.111 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 10.5
20 Grace Cleveland 5 9 8 36 0.028 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 11 0 0 10
16 Madeline Koch 4 7 2 17 0.294 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 8
2 Hayley Bush 5 5 0 11 0.455 48 2 1 0 0 2 1 11 0 0 7
17 Taylor Trammell 5 3 4 8 -0.125 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 5
19 Jena Otec 5 0 1 3 -0.333 4 0 1 2 0 0 0 27 0 1 1
5 Maddy Chinn 2 1 1 9 0.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
3 Megan Renner 1 0 0 0 0.000 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.5
10 Marissa Hornung 4 0 0 1 0.000 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 0 1 0
11 Emma Terwilliger 1 0 0 0 0.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Maddie Schermerhorn 5 0 0 1 0.000 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 8 0 0 0
21 Ali Hornung 4 0 0 0 0.000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0
Total 59 26 167 0.198 56 2 4 7 1 14 2 76 0 4 71

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