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| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final F |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Purdue | 23 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 3 |
| Michigan St. | 25 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 1 |
11/12/2026 9:06:00 PM | Volleyball
EAST LANSING, Mich. - Facing its fourth top-20 team over its last five matches, Michigan State volleyball dropped a four-set match to No. 13 Purdue (23-25, 25-19, 25-20, 25-21) Thursday night inside the Breslin Center.Â
MSU drops to 17-8 overall and 7-8 in the Big Ten with the loss, while Purdue improves to 17-7 and 10-5.Â
Purdue hit .383 for the match and held MSU to .245 hitting while leading in kills (64-56) and digs (56-47). The Spartans held an 8-6 advantage in total blocks and led 5-2 in service aces.Â
MSU was led in total kills by senior middle blocker Zora Hardison, who posted 14 while tying junior middle blocker Breccan Scheck with a team-leading four total blocks. Sophomore opposite Bianca Mumcular tallied a season-high 12 kills, while senior outside hitter Taylah Holdem posted her first double-double of the season with a season-high 13 kills on .321 hitting and a team and season-best 11 digs. Freshman outside hitter Madi Andrews recorded 10 kills and a pair of service aces.Â
Redshirt sophomore setter Malayah Long led MSU in assists with 45 and added two service aces. Â
After Purdue opened a 4-2 lead to start the match, MSU followed with a 4-0 run with a Purdue attack error, kills from Scheck and Mumcular and a block from Scheck and Mumcular to take a 6-4 lead. Purdue used a 4-0 run of its own to take a 12-9 lead and put down a kill to take a 15-11 advantage at the media timeout. An Andrews kill out of the timeout followed by a Long service ace, block from Andrews and Scheck, kill from Holdem and Purdue error helped MSU to a 5-1 run to tie the set at 16-16 and force a Boilermaker timeout. MSU took a one-point lead at 20-19 after back-to-back points from a Holdem kill and Mumcular service ace and took another lead at 22-21 following a Hardison kill, but called timeout after Purdue tied the set up at 22-22. Andrews put down a kill out of the timeout to put MSU back up by one before Purdue tied the set again at 23-23, but a Mumcular kill got the Spartans to set point before Andrews ended the set with a service ace, 25-23.Â
MSU called a timeout after the Boilermakers took an 8-3 lead in the second set. The Boilermakers used a 3-0 run out of the timeout to extend their lead to eight at 11-3 and took a 15-17 lead at the media timeout. The Spartans cut the Purdue advantage to five with three-straight points from an Andrews kill, block from Hardison and Mumcular and block from Holdem and Hardison at 18-13, but the Boilermakers responded with a 3-1 run to force an MSU timeout at 21-14. The Spartans stopped Purdue's first set point at 24-18 with a kill from Mumcular, but Purdue followed with a kill to take the second, 25-19.Â
MSU tied the third set at 9-9 after Purdue started the set with a 7-3 lead, but the Boilermakers followed with four-straight points to force an MSU timeout at 13-9. Hardison and Andrews kills out of the timeout cut the Purdue lead to three at 14-11 before an MSU service error gave the Boilermakers a 15-11 lead at the media timeout. The Spartans used a pair of Mumcular kills to get within three at 15-12 and 16-13, but Purdue followed with three-straight points to force a second MSU timeout at 19-13. MSU stopped a trio of Purdue set points with an Andrews service ace, Purdue service error and Holdem kill to force a Purdue timeout at 24-20, but a Purdue kill out of the timeout ended the set, 25-20.Â
A 3-1 MSU run with back-to-back Hardison kills, a Holdem kill and Purdue attack error helped the Spartans tie the fourth set at 11-11. MSU tied the set again at 14-14 with a Mumcular kill before Purdue used a kill to take a 15-14 advantage at the media timeout. A Purdue attack error out of the timeout helped tie the set again at 15-15 before the Boilermakers went on a 3-0 run to force an MSU timeout at 18-15. The Spartans responded with a 3-1 run out of the timeout with two kills from Hardison and a Holdem kill to cut the Purdue lead to one at 19-18 before the Boilermakers used back-to-back points to force an MSU timeout at 21-18. The Spartans got back within one at 22-21 with kills from Scheck and Mumcular to force a Purdue timeout, but Purdue finished off the set with three-straight points out of the timeout to take the the fourth, 25-21.Â
Up next, MSU travels to Minneapolis to take on No. 19 Minnesota on Saturday, Nov. 14 at 8 p.m. ET on the Big Ten Network.Â
