Rutgers volleyball takes third set before losing to Purdue in four sets
Yahoo Sports • 1 min read • Latest: Oct 30, 2026, 1:24 AM
Last updated Oct 30, 2026

Rutgers volleyball lost to Purdue in four sets, 15-25, 18-25, 25-16, 14-25, in West Lafayette on October 29. Rutgers won the third set decisively, 25-16, without trailing, but faltered in the fourth, where they allowed Purdue to score 13 consecutive points. Purdue outperformed Rutgers in several key statistics, including kills and aces, despite missing one of its top players, Kenna Wollard. The match lasted 110 minutes in front of 2,108 spectators at Holloway Gymnasium, further extending Rutgers’ losing streak to eight games.
- •Rutgers scores 72 points while Purdue scores 91 points in the match
- •Purdue overcomes a third-set loss to win the match
- •Rutgers recorded 23 attack errors compared to Purdue's 16
- •The match took place at Holloway Gymnasium in West Lafayette
- •Purdue's Sienna Foster served during the pivotal 13-point run in the fourth set
- 1:24 AMYahoo Sports — Volleyball Takes the Third at Purdue, Then Gives Up 13 Straight Points in a Four-Set Loss
"The Scarlet Knights held Purdue to .065 and won the third set 25-16 without trailing, then hit minus-.088 in a fourth set that included 13 straight Purdue points
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