Southern California vs Purdue Volleyball: Purdue Wins 3-0

FinalFri, Oct 9, 2026BTN

0:3

RallyIQ pre-match: Purdue 77.0% · favorite wonLocked before first serve (Oct 9, 7:26 PM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

Purdue beat visiting Southern California 3-0 (25-20, 25-17, 25-20) on Fri, Oct 9, 2026. Purdue's Lameen Mambu led with 13 kills, and Ryan McAleer added 14 digs.

Data through Nov 4, 2:50 PM CT · final Oct 9

Set	1	2	3	Sets
USC	20	17	20	0
PURDUE	25	25	25	3

Match story · written from the play-by-play

No doubt about it: No. 16 Purdue over Southern California.

No single rally moved win probability more than 3.2 points. Southern California peaked at 28% in Set 1. These are the stats that built the gap. Purdue went in as RallyIQ's 77% pick.

Southern CaliforniaPurdue

Break %+17.0 pts
27.644.6
On serve: 33/74 against 16/58 (Southern California sideout 55.4%).
Hitting+.226
.147.373
Kills and errors: 48–10 vs 36–20.

Purdue above 50Southern California belowMax swing 3.2%

Southern CaliforniaPurdue

Aces: Southern California 1·Purdue 1
Serve err: Southern California 5·Purdue 10
Blocks: Southern California 4·Purdue 100 BS · 8 BA vs 3 BS · 14 BA
Digs: Southern California 36·Purdue 43

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

Purdue above 50 · Southern California below

Biggest swing: 3.2% to Southern California — set 1, USC 16-16 PURDUE. Lameen Mambu stuffed by Milly McGee & Leah Ford. PURDUE win probability 79% → 76%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

USC 15.4%84.6% PURDUE

Southern California wins

3-0

2.3%

3-1

4.9%

3-2

8.1%

Purdue wins

3-0

36.6%

3-1

31.3%

3-2

16.7%

USC break %: 35.2% vs this opp
PURDUE break %: 42.8% 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.

Top plays

Largest win-probability swings

01
Milly McGee&Leah FordBlock+3.2%
Lameen Mambu stuffed by Milly McGee & Leah Ford
Set 1 · USC 16-16 PURDUE · USC 21% → 24%
02
Lameen MambuKill+3.1%
Kill by Lameen Mambu (set by Taylor Anderson)
Set 1 · USC 16-18 PURDUE · PURDUE 78% → 82%
03
London WijayKill+2.8%
Kill by London Wijay (set by Taylor Deckert)
Set 1 · USC 10-8 PURDUE · USC 26% → 28%
04
Addy TindallKill+2.6%
Kill by Addy Tindall (set by Taylor Anderson)
Set 1 · USC 10-10 PURDUE · PURDUE 73% → 76%
05
London WijayKill+2.6%
Kill by London Wijay (set by Milly McGee)
Set 1 · USC 15-16 PURDUE · USC 18% → 21%
06
Abigail MullenAttack error+2.6%
Attack error by Abigail Mullen
Set 1 · USC 10-11 PURDUE · PURDUE 76% → 78%
07
Grace HeaneyKill+2.5%
Kill by Grace Heaney (set by Ryan McAleer)
Set 1 · USC 12-14 PURDUE · PURDUE 78% → 81%
08
Taylor AndersonKill+2.5%
Kill by Taylor Anderson (set by Grace Heaney)
Set 1 · USC 16-19 PURDUE · PURDUE 82% → 84%

Box score

Official NCAA box

Southern Californiaaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BA	BLK	PTS
5Abigail MullenOPP	3	10	7	25	.120	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	10
2London WijayOH	3	8	6	31	.065	2	0	1	6	0	0	0	8
8Mia TvrdyMB	3	7	2	13	.385	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	8
7Leah FordMB	3	6	1	13	.385	0	0	2	0	0	2	1	7
24Milly McGeeS	3	1	0	4	.250	19	0	0	5	0	2	1	2
1Adonia FaumuinaOH	2	1	2	12	-.083	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	1.5
40Addison TownsendL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
17Paisley DouglasL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
6Taylor DeckertL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	1	0	0	13	0	0	0	0
10Quinn LoperOH	2	2	1	5	.200	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2
16Lilli EtterS	2	0	0	0	–	11	1	1	3	0	1	0.5	1.5
18Riley MalloyOH	1	1	1	6	.000	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
Team totals		36	20	109	.147	33	1	5	36	1	8	4	57

Purduehome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
18Addy TindallOH	3	12	3	28	.321	0	0	0	3	0	1	3	2.5	14.5
14Grace HeaneyOPP	3	10	2	25	.320	2	0	2	4	0	0	3	1.5	11.5
9Dior CharlesMB	3	4	0	7	.571	0	0	0	2	0	1	6	4	8
12Kate HansenMB	3	5	1	13	.308	1	1	2	5	0	1	1	1.5	7.5
5Taylor AndersonS	3	4	0	4	1.000	38	0	1	4	0	0	1	0.5	4.5
2MaryKate ScheumannDS	3	0	0	0	–	1	0	1	5	0	0	0	0	0
21Lameen MambuOH	3	13	4	24	.375	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	13
3Ryan McAleerDS	3	0	0	1	.000	4	0	2	14	0	0	0	0	0
19Elle ScharaDS	3	0	0	0	–	1	0	2	4	0	0	0	0	0
6Sienna FosterDS	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		48	10	102	.373	47	1	10	43	1	3	14	10	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 3 USC · PURDUE 4

Set 1

20-25

Longest run 3 USCPURDUE 3

Set 2

17-25

Longest run 3 USCPURDUE 4

Set 3

20-25

Longest run 3 USCPURDUE 3

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

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

Southern California

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	73%8/11	36%4/11
2	42%8/19	33%4/12
3	58%7/12	0%0/8
4	46%6/13	30%3/10
5	86%6/7	33%3/9
6	50%6/12	25%2/8
All	55%41/74	28%16/58

Purdue

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	69%9/13	0%0/8
2	89%8/9	53%9/17
3	88%7/8	53%8/15
4	60%6/10	54%7/13
5	67%6/9	33%3/9
6	67%6/9	50%6/12
All	72%42/58	45%33/74

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

#	USC-PURDUE	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	1-0	PURDUE	USC	Kill	Abigail Mullen	set Milly McGee	+1.4
2	1-1	USC	PURDUE	Kill	Addy Tindall	set Taylor Anderson	+1.3
3	1-2	PURDUE	PURDUE	Serve err	Purdue		+1.9
4	2-2	PURDUE	USC	Kill	London Wijay	set Milly McGee	+1.3
5	2-3	USC	PURDUE	Serve err	Southern California		+1.3
6	3-3	PURDUE	USC	Kill	London Wijay	set Milly McGee	+1.4
7	3-4	USC	PURDUE	Kill	Addy Tindall	set Taylor Anderson	+1.3
8	3-5	PURDUE	PURDUE	Kill	Grace Heaney	set Taylor Anderson	+1.9
9	4-5	PURDUE	USC×3	Serve err	Purdue		+1.2
10	5-5	USC	USC×3	Attack err	Lameen Mambu		+2.1
11	6-5	USC	USC×3	Kill	Mia Tvrdy	set Milly McGee	+2.4
12	6-6	USC	PURDUE	Kill	Lameen Mambu	set Taylor Anderson	+1.5
13	7-6	PURDUE	USC	Kill	Adonia Faumuina	set Milly McGee	+1.6
14	7-7	USC	PURDUE	Kill	Grace Heaney	set Taylor Anderson	+1.5
15	8-7	PURDUE	USC	Kill	Abigail Mullen	set Milly McGee	+1.7
16	8-8	USC	PURDUE	Blocked	Leah Ford	blk Kate Hansen	+1.6
17	9-8	PURDUE	USC	Kill	Abigail Mullen	set Milly McGee	+1.8
18	10-8	USC	USC	Kill	London Wijay	set Taylor Deckert	+2.8
19	10-9	USC	PURDUE×3	Kill	Taylor Anderson	set Ryan McAleer	+1.7
20	10-10	PURDUE	PURDUE×3	Kill	Addy Tindall	set Taylor Anderson	+2.6
21	10-11	PURDUE	PURDUE×3	Attack err	Abigail Mullen		+2.6
22	11-11	PURDUE	USC	Serve err	Purdue		+1.7
23	11-12	USC	PURDUE	Attack err	Abigail Mullen		+1.7
24	12-12	PURDUE	USC	Kill	Mia Tvrdy	set Milly McGee	+1.8
25	12-13	USC	PURDUE×3	Kill	Grace Heaney	set Taylor Anderson	+1.8
26	12-14	PURDUE	PURDUE×3	Kill	Grace Heaney	set Ryan McAleer	+2.5
27	12-15	PURDUE	PURDUE×3	Blocked	London Wijay	blk Grace Heaney, Dior Charles	+2.2
28	13-15	PURDUE	USC	Kill	Abigail Mullen	set Milly McGee	+1.3
29	13-16	USC	PURDUE	Kill	Grace Heaney	set Taylor Anderson	+1.5
30	14-16	PURDUE	USC×3	Serve err	Purdue		+1.3
31	15-16	USC	USC×3	Kill	London Wijay	set Milly McGee	+2.6
32	16-16	USC	USC×3	Blocked	Lameen Mambu	blk Milly McGee, Leah Ford	+3.2
33	16-17	USC	PURDUE×3	Kill	Lameen Mambu	set Taylor Anderson	+2.2
34	16-18	PURDUE	PURDUE×3	Kill	Lameen Mambu	set Taylor Anderson	+3.1
35	16-19	PURDUE	PURDUE×3	Kill	Taylor Anderson	set Grace Heaney	+2.5
36	17-19	PURDUE	USC	Serve err	Purdue		+1.3
37	17-20	USC	PURDUE	Kill	Lameen Mambu	set Taylor Anderson	+1.7
38	18-20	PURDUE	USC	Kill	Leah Ford	set Milly McGee	+1.3
39	18-21	USC	PURDUE	Kill	Kate Hansen	set Taylor Anderson	+1.8
40	19-21	PURDUE	USC	Kill	London Wijay	set Milly McGee	+1.3
41	19-22	USC	PURDUE	Kill	Grace Heaney	set Taylor Anderson	+1.8
42	19-23	PURDUE	PURDUE	Blocked	Abigail Mullen	blk Addy Tindall, Dior Charles	+1.7
43	20-23	PURDUE	USC	Kill	Mia Tvrdy	set Milly McGee	+0.5
44	20-24	USC	PURDUE	Kill	Dior Charles	set Taylor Anderson	+0.9
45	20-25	PURDUE	PURDUE	Kill	Lameen Mambu	set Taylor Anderson	+0.3
Set 2
1	1-0	USC	USC	Kill	Leah Ford	set Milly McGee	+1.6
2	1-1	USC	PURDUE	Kill	Kate Hansen	set Taylor Anderson	+1.0
3	2-1	PURDUE	USC	Kill	Abigail Mullen	set Milly McGee	+1.1
4	2-2	USC	PURDUE×3	Kill	Dior Charles	set Taylor Anderson	+1.0
5	2-3	PURDUE	PURDUE×3	Attack err	London Wijay		+1.6
6	2-4	PURDUE	PURDUE×3	Kill	Dior Charles		+1.4
7	3-4	PURDUE	USC	Serve err	Purdue		+1.0
8	3-5	USC	PURDUE	Attack err	Abigail Mullen		+0.9
9	4-5	PURDUE	USC×3	Kill	Abigail Mullen	set Milly McGee	+1.0
10	5-5	USC	USC×3	Kill	Milly McGee	set Taylor Anderson	+1.7
11	6-5	USC	USC×3	Blocked	Lameen Mambu	blk Milly McGee, Mia Tvrdy	+1.9
12	6-6	USC	PURDUE×3	Kill	Grace Heaney	set Ryan McAleer	+1.2
13	6-7	PURDUE	PURDUE×3	Attack err	London Wijay		+1.7
14	6-8	PURDUE	PURDUE×3	Kill	Lameen Mambu	set Taylor Anderson	+1.6
15	7-8	PURDUE	USC	Serve err	Purdue		+1.0
16	7-9	USC	PURDUE	Serve err	Southern California		+1.1
17	8-9	PURDUE	USC	Kill	Mia Tvrdy	set Milly McGee	+1.1
18	8-10	USC	PURDUE	Kill	Lameen Mambu	set Taylor Anderson	+1.1
19	9-10	PURDUE	USC	Kill	Riley Malloy	set London Wijay	+1.1
20	9-11	USC	PURDUE×3	Kill	Kate Hansen	set Taylor Anderson	+1.1
21	9-12	PURDUE	PURDUE×3	Ace	Kate Hansen	aced Riley Malloy	+1.6
22	9-13	PURDUE	PURDUE×3	Kill	Addy Tindall	set Taylor Anderson	+1.3
23	10-13	PURDUE	USC	Kill	Abigail Mullen	set Milly McGee	+0.7
24	11-13	USC	USC	Attack err	Addy Tindall		+1.4
25	11-14	USC	PURDUE×4	Kill	Dior Charles	set Taylor Anderson	+1.1
26	11-15	PURDUE	PURDUE×4	Blocked	Abigail Mullen	blk Dior Charles, Addy Tindall	+1.3
27	11-16	PURDUE	PURDUE×4	Kill	Grace Heaney	set Taylor Anderson	+1.0
28	11-17	PURDUE	PURDUE×4	Kill	Addy Tindall	set Taylor Anderson	+0.7
29	12-17	PURDUE	USC	Kill	Leah Ford	set Milly McGee	+0.3
30	12-18	USC	PURDUE×3	Kill	Addy Tindall	set Taylor Anderson	+0.4
31	12-19	PURDUE	PURDUE×3	Blocked	Mia Tvrdy	blk Grace Heaney, Dior Charles	+0.4
32	12-20	PURDUE	PURDUE×3	Blocked	London Wijay	blk Dior Charles, Grace Heaney	+0.2
33	13-20	PURDUE	USC	Serve err	Purdue		+0.1
34	13-21	USC	PURDUE	Kill	Grace Heaney	set Taylor Anderson	+0.1
35	14-21	PURDUE	USC	Attack err	Grace Heaney		·
36	15-21	USC	USC	Kill	Quinn Loper	set Lilli Etter	+0.1
37	15-22	USC	PURDUE	Kill	Kate Hansen	set Taylor Anderson	+0.1
38	16-22	PURDUE	USC	Kill	Mia Tvrdy	set Lilli Etter	+0.1
39	16-23	USC	PURDUE	Kill	Lameen Mambu	set Grace Heaney	+0.1
40	17-23	PURDUE	USC	Kill	Leah Ford	set Lilli Etter	·
41	17-24	USC	PURDUE	Kill	Kate Hansen	set Taylor Anderson	+0.1
42	17-25	PURDUE	PURDUE	Blocked	Riley Malloy	blk Addy Tindall	·
Set 3
1	1-0	PURDUE	USC	Kill	Leah Ford	set Lilli Etter	+0.6
2	1-1	USC	PURDUE	Kill	Addy Tindall	set Taylor Anderson	+0.5
3	1-2	PURDUE	PURDUE	Blocked	Abigail Mullen	blk Dior Charles, Addy Tindall	+0.8
4	2-2	PURDUE	USC	Kill	London Wijay	set Lilli Etter	+0.5
5	2-3	USC	PURDUE	Kill	Addy Tindall	set Taylor Anderson	+0.5
6	3-3	PURDUE	USC	Kill	London Wijay	set Lilli Etter	+0.5
7	3-4	USC	PURDUE	Kill	Addy Tindall	set Taylor Anderson	+0.5
8	3-5	PURDUE	PURDUE	Attack err	Quinn Loper		+0.8
9	4-5	PURDUE	USC	Kill	Quinn Loper	set London Wijay	+0.5
10	4-6	USC	PURDUE	Kill	Lameen Mambu	set Taylor Anderson	+0.5
11	4-7	PURDUE	PURDUE	Kill	Lameen Mambu	set Elle Schara	+0.7
12	5-7	PURDUE	USC	Kill	Mia Tvrdy	set Milly McGee	+0.4
13	5-8	USC	PURDUE×3	Serve err	Southern California		+0.5
14	5-9	PURDUE	PURDUE×3	Attack err	Adonia Faumuina		+0.6
15	5-10	PURDUE	PURDUE×3	Attack err	London Wijay		+0.5
16	6-10	PURDUE	USC×3	Serve err	Purdue		+0.3
17	7-10	USC	USC×3	Ace	Lilli Etter	aced Lameen Mambu	+0.5
18	8-10	USC	USC×3	Kill	Abigail Mullen		+0.7
19	8-11	USC	PURDUE	Serve err	Lilli Etter		+0.5
20	9-11	PURDUE	USC	Kill	London Wijay	set Lilli Etter	+0.5
21	9-12	USC	PURDUE	Kill	Taylor Anderson	set MaryKate Scheumann	+0.5
22	10-12	PURDUE	USC	Serve err	Purdue		+0.5
23	10-13	USC	PURDUE×3	Kill	Taylor Anderson	set Ryan McAleer	+0.5
24	10-14	PURDUE	PURDUE×3	Blocked	Mia Tvrdy	blk Dior Charles	+0.7
25	10-15	PURDUE	PURDUE×3	Attack err	London Wijay		+0.5
26	11-15	PURDUE	USC	Kill	Mia Tvrdy	set Lilli Etter	+0.3
27	12-15	USC	USC	Attack err	Addy Tindall		+0.6
28	12-16	USC	PURDUE	Kill	Addy Tindall	set Taylor Anderson	+0.4
29	13-16	PURDUE	USC	Kill	Abigail Mullen	set Lilli Etter	+0.4
30	13-17	USC	PURDUE	Kill	Grace Heaney	set Taylor Anderson	+0.5
31	14-17	PURDUE	USC	Blocked	Grace Heaney	blk Adonia Faumuina, Mia Tvrdy	+0.4
32	14-18	USC	PURDUE×3	Kill	Lameen Mambu	set Taylor Anderson	+0.5
33	14-19	PURDUE	PURDUE×3	Kill	Lameen Mambu	set Taylor Anderson	+0.5
34	14-20	PURDUE	PURDUE×3	Blocked	Adonia Faumuina	blk Taylor Anderson, Kate Hansen	+0.3
35	15-20	PURDUE	USC	Blocked	Lameen Mambu	blk Lilli Etter, Leah Ford	+0.1
36	16-20	USC	USC	Attack err	Kate Hansen		+0.3
37	16-21	USC	PURDUE	Kill	Lameen Mambu	set Taylor Anderson	+0.3
38	17-21	PURDUE	USC×3	Serve err	Purdue		+0.2
39	18-21	USC	USC×3	Kill	Abigail Mullen	set Lilli Etter	+0.4
40	19-21	USC	USC×3	Attack err	Addy Tindall		+0.8
41	19-22	USC	PURDUE×3	Attack err	Abigail Mullen		+0.7
42	19-23	PURDUE	PURDUE×3	Kill	Addy Tindall	set Kate Hansen	+0.7
43	19-24	PURDUE	PURDUE×3	Kill	Addy Tindall	set Taylor Anderson	+0.3
44	20-24	PURDUE	USC	Kill	Leah Ford	set Lilli Etter	·
45	20-25	USC	PURDUE	Serve err	Southern California		+0.1

Score shown after each rally, Southern California first. WP Δ = match win-probability points gained, colored by the team that gained them.“NCAA feed gap” rows mark points the NCAA play-by-play never logged (tap Why? for details).

Purdue def. Southern California 3–0

No doubt about it: No. 16 Purdue over Southern California.