WVB vs #9 Creigton

[DocRon]

Purdue loses first set 21-25. No blocks which is usually Purdue's forte. Defense is struggling. Purdue's hitting % is 0.432 but Creighton's is 0.488.
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[DocRon]

Purdue's D greatly improved with 5 blocks and held Creigton to a negative hitting % (-0.105) as they won 25-17. They finished the match on a tremendous run of 7 straight and 9 of the last 11 points. Match tied 1-1.
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[DocRon]

Purdue now behind 1-2 sets as they looked very bad in this 3rd set, losing 16-25. Even thought Hudson has 12 kills she is only hitting 0.179% with 5 errors. The team as a whole hit 0.083% vs 0.538% for Creighton. Hard to explain the difference between how they played in set 2 and set 3.
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[DocRon]

Purdue now behind 1-2 sets as they looked very bad in this 3rd set, losing 16-25. Even though Hudson has 12 kills she is only hitting 0.179% with 5 errors. The team as a whole hit 0.073 vs 0.615 for Creighton.
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[DocRon]

Purdue fought back from being as much as 6 pts behind and had two set points which they failed to convert. The Boilers then lost in extra points 25-27 and lost the match 1-3. I thought defensively we just could not match Creighton's offensive prowess.

A very disappointing weekend so far. Shondell did not come to the mic after the game but assistant coach John Klanac said they played better in many respects than the Kansas game but other than that could not add much insight into Purdue's woes.
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