Boilers Fall at Louisville – Purdue Boilermakers

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The no. 4 seeded Purdue Boilermakers fell to host no. 1 seed Louisville in the NCAA Regional Semifinals, 17-25, 18-25, 18-25, capping one of the program’s finest seasons in its history. Purdue finished the season with a 27-7 record (16-4 Big Ten), the second 27-win season in Shondell’s 22-year reign.

As a team, 10 program records and one Big Ten record were either broken or matched since the start of Big Ten play, including Colvin’s career record for block assists, Shondell becoming the winningest head coach ever and setting a Big Ten appearance in regular season. record. In addition, the team’s .280 season hitting % finished as the third-highest mark in program history.

Senior Raven Colvin reached his 1,000. career kill with her first kill of the match and ended the night with a team-leading 13 kills. The Grand Rapids Rise pro team designated athlete finished her career hitting .550% (13-2-20) along with two blocks. Colvin will close his career as one of the best blockers Purdue has ever seen. In addition to holding the Purdue record for block assists (559), she ranks second in Purdue annals in total blocks (642) and blocks per game. games (1.39). Additionally, on the single-season side, both Colvin’s 1.56 blocks per sets and 155 block assists each rank second most in a single season, while her .356 season hitting % ties for the 10th best mark.

Purdue’s middle blocking performance tonight was rounded out by Lourdes Myers’ team-leading .625% with five flawless kills on eight attacks and a team-leading four blocks.

The Boilermakers blocked the blocks per set national leaders, 7-5, but was unable to contain its efficient offense as Louisville averaged a season-high .467 hitting percentage. Meanwhile, Purdue hit .273 in the game, double Louisville’s opponent hitting %.