COLUMBIA, MO. • Missouri volleyball coach Wayne Kreklow had a good reason to worry about Friday’s NCAA Tournament second-round showdown with Purdue. The Boilermakers’ towering presence at the net was a bad matchup for his Tigers.
“They’re the big, physical players,” Kreklow said. “We’re small, quick, fast.”
Purdue coach Dave Shondell had a good reason to worry about Friday’s match. Mizzou’s speed and precision passing made for a bad matchup against his Boilermakers.
“They’re a special group,” Shondell said. “They do things differently than anybody else in the country right now. Wayne has done a great job of taking what he has and putting a remarkable product on the floor.