“We had a talk with our team just saying that if we just play how we play then we’ll be able to handle business tonight,” said Caitlyn Newton. The Boilers (23-7) did just that, took care of business. Purdue won the first round match 25-9, 25-22, 25-11. The Boilers hit .393 as a team and sidedout on nearly 80% of their opportunities. Defensively, Purdue held Wright State (24-6) to only .054 hitting and racked up 12 blocks.
Purdue came out on fire in set one from the service line and hitting. The Boilers hit .542 in the opening frame and had two aces.