Michigan State University Athletics
Michigan State University
22-5, 11-4B1G
Purdue
15-11, 5-10B1G
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | Final F |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Purdue | 28 | 22 | 19 | 0 |
| Michigan State | 30 | 25 | 25 | 3 |
Spartans Win Fifth Straight, Sweep Purdue 3-0
11/9/2016 12:00:00 AM | Volleyball
SPARTAN SYNOPSIS
No. 15 Michigan State took a three-set win from (RV) Purdue on Wednesday at Jenison Field House, (30-28, 25-22, 25-19). In a match that featured 10 lead changes and 20 tie scores, The Spartans got 10 blocks and seven kills from Alyssa Garvelink, and 12 kills and five blocks from senior Chloe Reinig to improve to 22-5 overall and 11-4 in Big Ten play.
For the visiting Boilers, Danielle Cuttino ha 13 kills and three blocks, while senior Faye Adelaja posted 12 kills, hit .471, and addd five blocks and three digs. Purdue falls to 15-11, 5-10 in Conference action.
MSU wins its fifth straight match, four of which were settled by 3-0 scores. Garvelink matched her career high with 10 blocks, a mark she established last Saturday vs. Illinois. Her 10 blocks is the third-highest total in school history in a three-set match. The Spartans host Michigan in the annual "Jam Jenison" match at Jenison Field House on Saturday. First serve is at 7 pm, and the four Spartan seniors - Kristen Brashear, Autumn Christenson, Allyssah Fitterer and Chloe Reinig - will be honored at the conclusion of the contest.
- SET ONE: MSU took an 8-3 lead, aided greatly by six early hitting errors by their visitors. Trailing 10-4, Purdue rolled off a 11-2 run to pull ahead 15-12, as MSU piled up six errors of its own. Purdue took its largest lead at 20-15, matching MSU's early five-point advantage. MSU trimmed it down to two at 21-19 on kills by Bailey and Kranda (2), forcing Purdue to take its second and final time out. The teams traded points out of the break - a big stuff of Cuttino by Garvlink and a kill by Kranda sandwiched around a kill by Adelaja, and MSU made it three of four on a kill by Reinig to tie it at 22-22. Each team twice held set point - MSU at 24-23 and 26-25, Purdue at 25-24 and 27-26 - and MSU called time out to regroup after a hitting error. A Purdue service attempt sailed long to to knot it at 27-27, and Fitterer's termination on the slide gave MSU set point for a third time, but Purdue kept fighting it off. Finally after another kill by Fitterer put MSU up 29-28, and Kranda ended it with a shot down the line to take the first set, 30-28. Reinig led MSU with five kills and three blocks, while Alyssa Garvelink had two kills and five blocks. The Spartans out-blocked their guests 6-0, and held Purdue to a .000 hitting percentage (12-12-40). MSU hit .159 in the frame, which featured nine tie scores and six lead changes.
- SET TWO: Purdue held on to an early three-point lead and led the frame 10-7, but MSU's 3-0 run - fueled by a kill and a block by Kranda - knotted the game at 10-10. A Boiler error gave MSU its first lead of the second frame, but Purdue stormed back with three straight points to go up 13-11. The teams were tied at 17-17 when MSU went on a 3-1 run to take a 20-18 lead; Purdue challenged in hopes of a touch call, but the point was upheld. The visitors retaliated for the lost challenge with back-to-back points to knot it at 20, but Minarick countered with a kill and an ace to take back the two-point edge. Adelaja and Cuttino tied it up for the Boilers again at 22-22, but a Garvelink kill followed by a Cuttino error gave MSU set point at 24-22 with Kranda on the service line. An Adelaja attempt sailed long to seal the second set for the Spartans, who hit .250 in the frame and had 14 digs. Three Spartans players had three kills each and two others added two, while Cuttino had six for the Boilers and Adelaja had five, matching her first-set total.
- SET THREE: The Spartans continued to evenly distribute its offense in the third frame, and held its largest early lead at 14-10. The Boilers went on a 6-2 run to tie it at 16-16. A 6-2 Spartan run gave them a 22-18 edge, the 22nd point a solo stuff by Garvelink, and Purdue called its second time out, and came out of the break with a kill by Adelaja - her 12th of the night - to trim it to three, but MSU closed it out on a 3-0 run - on kills by Garvelink and Bailey, and a block by Garvelink and Reinig to seal MSU' three-set victory. MSu limited Purdue to hitting .143 in the third frame with seven errors, for a match total of 25. The Spartans hit just .235, but the senior Reinig led the way with four kills and a pair of blocks.
Quotable:
"I thought we weren't particularly sharp in many areas tonight, but the mark of a good team sometimes is finding ways to win. We're in the grinding part of the schedule - so finding ways to win are important. We'll quickly focus on Michigan - and I know that will be a very easy match for our team to get focused and ready for. We're looking forward to a great crowd for our Jam Jenison match on Saturday night and really want to send our seniors out on a high note in that match."
TOP PERFORMERS
- Alyssa Garvelink had 10 blocks on the night, and added seven kills.
- Chloe Reinig had a team-best 12 kills and had five blocks.
- Rachel Minarick posted 39 assists, three aces, eight digs, and two each blocks and kills. .
STATS AND STORYLINES
- MSU won its fifth straight match, its second-longest streak of the season after a seven-match string back in September.
- The Spartans improved to 13-2 in matches at Jenison Field House.
- MSU is now to 17-4 in three-set matches this season, is 3-0 in four-set matches and 2-1 in five-set affairs.
- With 11 team blcoks vs. the Boilermakers, MSU has had 11 double-digit blocking efforts this season, including six in Big Ten play (and two straight).
- MSU's win extended its winning streak against Purdue to five straight matches.
- Allyssah Fitterer posted seven kills and hit a team-best .462 (7-1-13), adding one block and an ace.
- Abby Monson had a match-best 14 digs along with three assists
- Brooke Kranda had nine kills, a pair of blocks, and two digs.
- Autumn Bailey contributed seven kills and nine digs.
