Northwestern vs Purdue Volleyball: Purdue Wins 3-0 (Oct 25)

FinalSun, Oct 25, 2026BTN

0:3

RallyIQ pre-match: Purdue 96.6% · favorite wonLocked before first serve (Oct 25, 2:55 PM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

Purdue beat visiting Northwestern 3-0 (25-20, 25-22, 25-15) on Sun, Oct 25, 2026. Grace Heaney and Addy Tindall led Purdue with 10 kills each; Northwestern's Isabella Bullington had a match-high 12.

Data through Nov 3, 6:30 PM CT · final Oct 25

Set	1	2	3	Sets
NW	20	22	15	0
PURDUE	25	25	25	3

Match story · written from the play-by-play

No. 12 Purdue left no doubt against Northwestern.

The biggest single-rally swing was 0.9 points, and Northwestern's high was 4% in Set 1. The gap came from these numbers. RallyIQ gave Purdue 97% before first serve.

NorthwesternPurdue

Break %+18.4 pts
18.637.0
Points won on own serve: 27 of 73 vs 11 of 59. Northwestern sided out 63.0% of the time.
Hitting+.107
.256.363
Kills and errors: 46–9 vs 38–15.
Longest run+1
45
5 straight Purdue points in the third set stretched a 16–12 lead to 21–12. The set finished 25–15.

Purdue above 50Northwestern belowMax swing 0.9%

NorthwesternPurdue

Aces: Northwestern 0·Purdue 5
Serve err: Northwestern 8·Purdue 10
Blocks: Northwestern 2·Purdue 70 BS · 4 BA vs 0 BS · 14 BA
Digs: Northwestern 37·Purdue 32

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

Purdue above 50 · Northwestern below

No single rally moved win probability by a full point: Purdue stayed the heavy favorite throughout.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

NW 3.6%96.4% PURDUE

Northwestern wins

3-0

0.4%

3-1

1.0%

3-2

2.2%

Purdue wins

3-0

60.1%

3-1

28.2%

3-2

8.2%

NW break %: 33.3% vs this opp
PURDUE break %: 46.9% vs this opp

Exact Markov model on each team's RallyIQ serve and receive strength, adjusted for schedule and applied to this matchup (D1 average break % 42.5%). Ratings use the whole season, including this match. Gold = actual result.

Box score

Official NCAA box

Northwesternaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SE	DIG	RE	BA	BLK	PTS
22Isabella BullingtonOH	3	12	5	24	.292	2	1	6	2	0	0	12
12Mara StiglicOH	3	7	5	29	.069	0	2	3	1	0	0	7
8Gabrielle GerryMB	3	6	1	11	.455	0	1	0	0	2	1	7
11Ellie StiernagleS	3	2	0	2	1.000	30	0	10	0	2	1	3
17Maya StillwellMB	3	2	2	7	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
20Lily WagnerOH	3	0	0	0	–	0	2	5	1	0	0	0
25Campbell ParisOH	3	9	2	17	.412	0	0	0	0	0	0	9
24Cate SchnellOH	3	0	0	0	–	1	1	2	0	0	0	0
2Drew WrightL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	3	1	10	1	0	0	0
16Ava PrattOH	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Team totals		38	15	90	.256	36	8	37	5	4	2	57

Purduehome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	BA	BLK	PTS
14Grace HeaneyOPP	3	10	1	28	.321	2	1	4	9	5	2.5	13.5
12Kate HansenMB	3	7	0	8	.875	0	1	0	1	4	2	10
21Lameen MambuOH	3	6	3	18	.167	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	6.5
9Dior CharlesMB	3	5	1	10	.400	0	0	0	0	3	1.5	6.5
5Taylor AndersonS	3	2	0	4	.500	35	0	3	5	1	0.5	2.5
19Elle ScharaDS	3	0	0	1	.000	0	1	1	4	0	0	1
18Addy TindallOH	3	10	4	26	.231	0	0	0	0	0	0	10
3Ryan McAleerDS	3	0	0	0	–	4	2	1	10	0	0	2
2MaryKate ScheumannDS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	1	3	0	0	0
17Sydni ViceMB	1	2	0	3	.667	1	0	0	0	0	0	2
20Lily BosworthMB	1	2	0	2	1.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
7Bianka LulicMB	1	1	0	1	1.000	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
8Isabelle BardinS	1	1	0	1	1.000	2	0	0	0	0	0	1
Team totals		46	9	102	.363	45	5	10	32	14	7	75

Starters listed first. BLK is the NCAA total: a solo counts 1, a block assist ½. Recaps and press releases usually quote solos + assists instead, so the same night can be reported as a bigger, whole number. The box score is the source for every counting stat on this page.

Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 4 NW · PURDUE 5

Set 1

20-25

Longest run 2 NWPURDUE 3

Set 2

22-25

Longest run 2 NWPURDUE 2

Set 3

15-25

Longest run 4 NWPURDUE 5

Bars above the line = Purdue leads, below = Northwestern leads. Bright bars are points inside a run of 3+.

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

Northwestern

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	57%8/14	11%1/9
2	80%8/10	20%2/10
3	67%8/12	33%4/12
4	62%8/13	20%2/10
5	73%8/11	11%1/9
6	46%6/13	11%1/9
All	63%46/73	19%11/59

Purdue

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	80%8/10	60%9/15
2	80%8/10	33%4/12
3	67%8/12	20%2/10
4	80%8/10	27%3/11
5	100%8/8	43%6/14
6	89%8/9	27%3/11
All	81%48/59	37%27/73

Slot = rotations since the start of the set (slot 1 is the lineup a team opened the set in), not a fixed player alignment. Only clean sets count (3 of 3 here): sets where the NCAA play-by-play has gaps or score corrections are left out because the rotation can't be tracked through them.

Rally log

132 rallies

#	NW-PURDUE	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer
Set 1
1	1-0	NW	NW	Kill	Isabella Bullington	set Ellie Stiernagle
2	1-1	NW	PURDUE	Kill	Lameen Mambu	set Taylor Anderson
3	1-2	PURDUE	PURDUE	Attack err	Gabrielle Gerry
4	2-2	PURDUE	NW	Kill	Isabella Bullington	set Ellie Stiernagle
5	2-3	NW	PURDUE	Kill	Lameen Mambu	set Taylor Anderson
6	3-3	PURDUE	NW	Kill	Maya Stillwell	set Ellie Stiernagle
7	3-4	NW	PURDUE	Kill	Kate Hansen	set Taylor Anderson
8	3-5	PURDUE	PURDUE	Kill	Addy Tindall	set Taylor Anderson
9	4-5	PURDUE	NW	Serve err	Purdue
10	4-6	NW	PURDUE	Kill	Addy Tindall	set Grace Heaney
11	5-6	PURDUE	NW	Attack err	Dior Charles
12	5-7	NW	PURDUE	Kill	Addy Tindall	set Taylor Anderson
13	6-7	PURDUE	NW	Serve err	Purdue
14	6-8	NW	PURDUE	Kill	Grace Heaney	set Taylor Anderson
15	7-8	PURDUE	NW	Kill	Mara Stiglic	set Drew Wright
16	7-9	NW	PURDUE	Serve err	Mara Stiglic
17	7-10	PURDUE	PURDUE	Ace	Purdue	aced Isabella Bullington
18	8-10	PURDUE	NW	Serve err	Purdue
19	8-11	NW	PURDUE	Kill	Kate Hansen	set Taylor Anderson
20	8-12	PURDUE	PURDUE	Attack err	Isabella Bullington
21	9-12	PURDUE	NW	Serve err	Purdue
22	9-13	NW	PURDUE	Kill	Taylor Anderson	set Ryan McAleer
23	10-13	PURDUE	NW	Kill	Campbell Paris	set Ellie Stiernagle
24	10-14	NW	PURDUE	Kill	Taylor Anderson	set Ryan McAleer
25	11-14	PURDUE	NW	Kill	Campbell Paris	set Ellie Stiernagle
26	11-15	NW	PURDUE	Kill	Dior Charles	set Taylor Anderson
27	12-15	PURDUE	NW	Kill	Mara Stiglic	set Ellie Stiernagle
28	12-16	NW	PURDUE	Blocked	Mara Stiglic	blk Grace Heaney, Dior Charles
29	12-17	PURDUE	PURDUE	Blocked	Mara Stiglic	blk Grace Heaney, Dior Charles
30	13-17	PURDUE	NW	Kill	Gabrielle Gerry	set Ellie Stiernagle
31	13-18	NW	PURDUE	Kill	Grace Heaney	set Taylor Anderson
32	14-18	PURDUE	NW	Attack err	Lameen Mambu
33	15-18	NW	NW	Attack err	Lameen Mambu
34	15-19	NW	PURDUE	Serve err	Gabrielle Gerry
35	16-19	PURDUE	NW	Kill	Isabella Bullington	set Ellie Stiernagle
36	16-20	NW	PURDUE	Kill	Kate Hansen	set Taylor Anderson
37	17-20	PURDUE	NW	Kill	Maya Stillwell	set Ellie Stiernagle
38	18-20	NW	NW	Attack err	Addy Tindall
39	18-21	NW	PURDUE	Attack err	Mara Stiglic
40	19-21	PURDUE	NW	Kill	Campbell Paris	set Ellie Stiernagle
41	19-22	NW	PURDUE	Kill	Dior Charles	set Taylor Anderson
42	20-22	PURDUE	NW	Serve err	Purdue
43	20-23	NW	PURDUE×3	Serve err	Lily Wagner
44	20-24	PURDUE	PURDUE×3	Kill	Grace Heaney	set Taylor Anderson
45	20-25	PURDUE	PURDUE×3	Ace	Purdue	aced Drew Wright
Set 2
1	1-0	PURDUE	NW	Kill	Campbell Paris	set Ellie Stiernagle
2	2-0	NW	NW	Kill	Gabrielle Gerry
3	2-1	NW	PURDUE	Serve err	Drew Wright
4	2-2	PURDUE	PURDUE	Ace	Purdue	aced Mara Stiglic
5	3-2	PURDUE	NW	Kill	Mara Stiglic	set Ellie Stiernagle
6	3-3	NW	PURDUE	Kill	Addy Tindall	set Taylor Anderson
7	4-3	PURDUE	NW	Serve err	Purdue
8	4-4	NW	PURDUE	Kill	Dior Charles	set Taylor Anderson
9	5-4	PURDUE	NW	Kill	Gabrielle Gerry	set Ellie Stiernagle
10	5-5	NW	PURDUE	Serve err	Cate Schnell
11	6-5	PURDUE	NW	Kill	Isabella Bullington	set Ellie Stiernagle
12	6-6	NW	PURDUE	Blocked	Isabella Bullington	blk Kate Hansen, Grace Heaney
13	7-6	PURDUE	NW	Serve err	Purdue
14	7-7	NW	PURDUE	Blocked	Campbell Paris	blk Kate Hansen, Lameen Mambu
15	7-8	PURDUE	PURDUE	Attack err	Maya Stillwell
16	8-8	PURDUE	NW	Kill	Campbell Paris	set Ellie Stiernagle
17	8-9	NW	PURDUE	Kill	Addy Tindall	set Grace Heaney
18	9-9	PURDUE	NW	Kill	Campbell Paris	set Drew Wright
19	9-10	NW	PURDUE	Kill	Addy Tindall	set Ryan McAleer
20	9-11	PURDUE	PURDUE	Attack err	Mara Stiglic
21	10-11	PURDUE	NW	Kill	Gabrielle Gerry	set Ellie Stiernagle
22	10-12	NW	PURDUE	Kill	Addy Tindall	set Taylor Anderson
23	11-12	PURDUE	NW	Serve err	Purdue
24	12-12	NW	NW	Attack err	Grace Heaney
25	12-13	NW	PURDUE	Kill	Lameen Mambu	set Taylor Anderson
26	13-13	PURDUE	NW	Kill	Isabella Bullington	set Ellie Stiernagle
27	13-14	NW	PURDUE	Kill	Lameen Mambu	set Taylor Anderson
28	14-14	PURDUE	NW	Serve err	Purdue
29	14-15	NW	PURDUE	Serve err	Isabella Bullington
30	14-16	PURDUE	PURDUE	Bad set	Ellie Stiernagle
31	15-16	PURDUE	NW	Kill	Mara Stiglic	set Ellie Stiernagle
32	15-17	NW	PURDUE	Kill	Addy Tindall	set Taylor Anderson
33	16-17	PURDUE	NW	Kill	Gabrielle Gerry	set Drew Wright
34	17-17	NW	NW	Attack err	Addy Tindall
35	17-18	NW	PURDUE	Kill	Dior Charles	set Taylor Anderson
36	18-18	PURDUE	NW	Kill	Gabrielle Gerry	set Ellie Stiernagle
37	19-18	NW	NW	Blocked	Addy Tindall	blk Ellie Stiernagle, Gabrielle Gerry
38	19-19	NW	PURDUE	Kill	Grace Heaney	set Taylor Anderson
39	20-19	PURDUE	NW	Kill	Isabella Bullington	set Ellie Stiernagle
40	20-20	NW	PURDUE	Kill	Grace Heaney	set Taylor Anderson
41	20-21	PURDUE	PURDUE	Kill	Grace Heaney	set Taylor Anderson
42	21-21	PURDUE	NW	Kill	Ellie Stiernagle	set Cate Schnell
43	21-22	NW	PURDUE	Kill	Grace Heaney	set Ryan McAleer
44	21-23	PURDUE	PURDUE	Kill	Lameen Mambu	set Taylor Anderson
45	22-23	PURDUE	NW	Kill	Isabella Bullington	set Ellie Stiernagle
46	22-24	NW	PURDUE	Kill	Kate Hansen	set Taylor Anderson
47	22-25	PURDUE	PURDUE	Kill	Addy Tindall	set Taylor Anderson
Set 3
1	0-1	NW	PURDUE	Kill	Addy Tindall	set Taylor Anderson
2	1-1	PURDUE	NW	Kill	Campbell Paris	set Ellie Stiernagle
3	1-2	NW	PURDUE	Kill	Dior Charles	set Taylor Anderson
4	2-2	PURDUE	NW×4	Kill	Isabella Bullington	set Ellie Stiernagle
5	3-2	NW	NW×4	Attack err	Addy Tindall
6	4-2	NW	NW×4	Kill	Mara Stiglic	set Ellie Stiernagle
7	5-2	NW	NW×4	Kill	Mara Stiglic	set Isabella Bullington
8	5-3	NW	PURDUE	Serve err	Lily Wagner
9	5-4	PURDUE	PURDUE	Blocked	Mara Stiglic	blk Grace Heaney, Dior Charles
10	6-4	PURDUE	NW	Blocked	Lameen Mambu	blk Gabrielle Gerry, Ellie Stiernagle
11	6-5	NW	PURDUE	Serve err	Mara Stiglic
12	6-6	PURDUE	PURDUE	Attack err	Isabella Bullington
13	7-6	PURDUE	NW	Kill	Isabella Bullington	set Ellie Stiernagle
14	7-7	NW	PURDUE	Kill	Grace Heaney	set Taylor Anderson
15	7-8	PURDUE	PURDUE	Blocked	Isabella Bullington	blk Kate Hansen, Taylor Anderson
16	8-8	PURDUE	NW	Serve err	Purdue
17	8-9	NW	PURDUE×3	Kill	Lameen Mambu	set Taylor Anderson
18	8-10	PURDUE	PURDUE×3	Kill	Kate Hansen	set Taylor Anderson
19	8-11	PURDUE	PURDUE×3	Attack err	Campbell Paris
20	9-11	PURDUE	NW	Kill	Isabella Bullington	set Ellie Stiernagle
21	9-12	NW	PURDUE	Kill	Kate Hansen	set Taylor Anderson
22	9-13	PURDUE	PURDUE	Attack err	Maya Stillwell
23	10-13	PURDUE	NW	Kill	Mara Stiglic	set Ellie Stiernagle
24	10-14	NW	PURDUE	Kill	Bianka Lulic	set Taylor Anderson
25	11-14	PURDUE	NW	Kill	Campbell Paris	set Ellie Stiernagle
26	11-15	NW	PURDUE	Kill	Grace Heaney	set Taylor Anderson
27	11-16	PURDUE	PURDUE	Kill	Sydni Vice	set Bianka Lulic
28	12-16	PURDUE	NW	Kill	Isabella Bullington	set Ellie Stiernagle
29	12-17	NW	PURDUE×5	Kill	Grace Heaney	set Taylor Anderson
30	12-18	PURDUE	PURDUE×5	Ace	Purdue	aced Isabella Bullington
31	12-19	PURDUE	PURDUE×5	Kill	Sydni Vice	set Taylor Anderson
32	12-20	PURDUE	PURDUE×5	Kill	Kate Hansen	set Isabelle Bardin
33	12-21	PURDUE	PURDUE×5	Blocked	Isabella Bullington	blk Grace Heaney, Kate Hansen
34	13-21	PURDUE	NW	Kill	Isabella Bullington	set Ellie Stiernagle
35	13-22	NW	PURDUE	Kill	Lily Bosworth	set Isabelle Bardin
36	13-23	PURDUE	PURDUE	Ace	Purdue	aced Lily Wagner
37	14-23	PURDUE	NW	Kill	Ellie Stiernagle
38	15-23	NW	NW	Kill	Campbell Paris	set Drew Wright
39	15-24	NW	PURDUE	Kill	Isabelle Bardin	set Sydni Vice
40	15-25	PURDUE	PURDUE	Kill	Lily Bosworth

Score shown after each rally, Northwestern first.“NCAA feed gap” rows mark points the NCAA play-by-play never logged (tap Why? for details).

Purdue def. Northwestern 3–0

No. 12 Purdue left no doubt against Northwestern.