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Scores: Purdue 3, Ohio 0 (26-24, 25-14, 25-14) 
Location: West Lafayette, Ind. (Holloway Gymnasium) 
Records: Ohio 2-1, Purdue 3-0

THE BASICS 
• The Ohio volleyball team (2-1) suffered its first setback of the 2015 season on Saturday (Aug. 29), falling to host Purdue (3-0), 3-0 (26-24, 25-14, 25-14) in the final match of the Mortar Board Premier on Belin Court in Holloway Gymnasium.
• The Bobcats opened the new year with a 3-0 (25-17, 25-16, 25-23) sweep of Austin Peay on Friday (Aug. 28), then picked up their second win on Saturday afternoon -- a 3-0 (25-17, 25-21, 25-9) dismantling of VCU.
• The Boilermakers hit at a .270 clip and held Ohio to a .050 percentage.
• Senior middle blocker/outside hitter Shelby Walker (Bradenton, Fla.) led the Bobcats with five kills. She also posted an assisted block.
• Junior outside hitter/libero Mallory Salis (Oak Lawn, Ill.) added four kills, a service ace and eight digs while sophomore outside hitter Jaime Kosiorek (Chagrin Falls, Ohio) contributed four kills, five digs, an assist, a service ace and an assisted block.
• Redshirt freshman middle blocker Katie Nelson (Regina, Saskatchewan) led Ohio with two assisted blocks in addition to recording three kills.
• Senior setter Abby Gilleland (Bull Valley, Ill.) recorded a team-high 18 assists in addition to tallying two kills, four digs and an assisted block.
• Senior libero Meredith Ashy (Louisville, Ky.) had a team-high 14 digs.
• Senior outside hitter Annie Drews led the match for Purdue with a double-double, tallying a match-high 14 kills to go along with 10 digs. She also contributed two service aces and an assisted block.
• Sophomore outside hitter Azariah Stahl totaled 13 kills and a dig for Purdue.
• Redshirt junior middle blocker Faye Adelaja posted a match-high three total blocks (one solo, two assisted) for the Boilermakers in addition to five kills and an assist.
• Redshirt sophomore setter Ashley Evans finished with a match-high 35 assists to go along with a kill, a service ace and five digs for the Boilermakers
• Senior Amanda Neill led the way defensively for Purdue, totaling a match-high 17 digs. She also notched an assist.

HOW IT HAPPENED 
• The first set proved to be extremely competitive. Two kills by Walker, a kill by freshman setter/outside hitter Stephanie Olman (Maumee, Ohio), another by senior middle blocker Karin Bull (Bloomington, Minn.) and a service ace by Salis helped Ohio establish an early 8-7 edge. The Bobcats’ lead swelled to 13-10 thanks to a kills by Nelson and Shelby Walker and a service ace by freshman libero Erica Walker (Wheaton, Ill.). The Boilermakers did not allow Ohio to add more to its cushion, however, cutting the Green & White’s edge down to one on five occasions. Ohio made it a three-point set again at 20-17 thanks in large part to kills by Gilleland and Salis. Purdue flipped the script, however, by going on a 5-0 run that featured two kills by Drews and a double block by Adelaja and Drews to five the Boilermakers a 22-20 lead. Ohio squared things up at 22-all on a service ace by Ashy, forcing Purdue to burn a timeout. The squads traded the next four points to force a 24-all tie, but the Boilermakers closed out the set win with kills by Drews and Stahl.
• Purdue raced out to a 10-4 lead thanks in large part to three straight kills by Stahl, but Ohio shaved it down to 12-9 with a double block by Kosiorek and Nelson, a kill by Salis and three more attack errors by Boilermakers. Purdue let Oho get no closer, though, taking a 2-0 lead by finishing the set off on a 13-5 run.
• Unfortunately for the Bobcats, the third set had a similar feel to the second. Purdue jumped ahead to an 18-5 lead and never trailed by less than nine the rest of the way.

BEYOND THE BOX SCORE 
• Shelby Walker and Nelson were named to the 2015 All-Mortar Board Premier Team. Walker finished the weekend with 19 kills (2.11 per set), seven total blocks (one solo, six assisted; 0.78 per set) and two digs while Nelson tallied 20 kills (2.22 per set), eight total blocks (team-high three solo, five assisted; 0.89 per set) and two assists (0.22 per set).

QUOTABLE 
"I think the first set was a really important one. I give credit to Purdue. They kind of beat us at our own game tonight. Hats off to them." - Second-year head coach Deane Webb

WHAT'S NEXT 
Ohio visits Southeastern Conference foe Kentucky on Tuesday (Sept. 1 ) in a 7 p.m. ET clash.

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