BYU Women’s Volleyball’s Season Ends With Third Round Loss To Purdue
Dec 9, 2021, 3:34 PM
BYU Women's Volleyball (Courtesy of BYU Photo)
(Courtesy of BYU Photo)
SALT LAKE CITY – The BYU women’s volleyball team saw its season come to an end with a five-set loss to the Purdue Boilermakers in the NCAA Tournament.
The No. 11 Cougars played the No. 6 Boilermakers in the third round of the NCAA tourney on Thursday, December 9.
BYU fell to Purdue, 3-2.
The final score in Pittsburgh. pic.twitter.com/9kpigXpnND
— BYU Women’s Volleyball (@BYUwvolleyball) December 9, 2021
After falling in the first set, BYU bounced back to win the next two sets to take a 2-1 match lead.
Purdue won the fourth set to tie the match at two sets apiece.
The teams went to a fifth and final set to decide the match.
The Cougars owned a 14-10 lead but were unable to close out the match. BYU faced five match points before falling to Purdue, 18-16 in the deciding set.
This team kept fighting and never gave up! Thank you Cougar Nation for always showing up and cheering us on💙 pic.twitter.com/jk8MFlXXUp
— BYU Women’s Volleyball (@BYUwvolleyball) December 9, 2021
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With the loss, the Cougars were eliminated from the tournament and their season came to an end.
BYU finished the 2021 season with a 30-2 overall record, including 18-0 in the West Coast Conference.
The Cougars earned a conference title, a No. 11 seed in the NCAA Tournament, and recorded wins over Boise State and rival Utah in the postseason.
