Story Headlines
- The Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi volleyball team fell in a pair of Friday matches at Holloway Gymnasium in West Lafayette, Ind., on the campus of Purdue University.
- The Islanders fall to 7-6 on the season following Friday's action.
- Host, No. 21 ranked Purdue (6-1), won the first match of the day, 3-0. Eastern Michigan (5-6) won the second match of the day by a score of 3-0.
Match One Key Statistics
- The Islanders hit .278 as a team in the second set, recording 12 kills and had just two attacking errors.
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Madison Green had seven kills and hit .353 with six assists and six digs.
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Kylie Filipiak had four digs and four kills.
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Chloe Simon tied Green for the team high with six digs and added two assists.
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Faith Panhans had five assists.
- It was the first meeting between Texas A&M-Corpus Christi and Purdue all time.
Match Two Key Statistics
- Texas A&M-Corpus Christi hit .240 for the match. In the third set, the Islanders hit .286 with 11 kills and just three attacking errors.
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Sam Dumity hit .667 with nine kills and just one attacking error. She also had three digs and a block defensively.
- Green picked up eight kills with 23 assists, seven digs, three service aces and one block. She hit .368 for the match with one attacking error.
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Rachel Young also had eight kills, hitting .333 for the match. She had a pair of blocks and added a dig and an assist.
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Carissa Barnes had 17 digs to go along with an assist and a service ace. She also picked up a rare kill.
- Panhans had six assists, six digs and one kill.
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Kaylee Payne had six digs defensively.
- Each team had five service aces.
- This was the second all-time meeting between A&M-Corpus Christi and Eastern Michigan. The programs met back on Sept. 7, 2012, in Denton, Texas, at the University of North Texas.
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Up Next
- The Islanders will face Murray State in a neutral site match on Saturday, Sept. 21, at 9:30 a.m. CST in the team's last non-conference match of the season. Live stats for the match can be found
HERE.
