Georgia Drops Five-Set Contest to No. 14 Purdue

Wednesday, September 2

West Lafayette, Ind.

7:00 p.m.

University of Georgia

3-2,0-0SEC

Purdue

2-1,0-0Big Ten

Team	1	2	3	4	5	Final F
Georgia	25	25	10	26	14	2
Purdue	27	19	25	24	16	3

September 02, 2026 | Volleyball

Box Score

Volleyball | at No. 14 Purdue | L, 2-3
Set scores: 25-27, 25-19, 10-25, 26-24, 14-16
Season Record: 3-2

Georgia Drops Five-Set Contest to No. 14 Purdue

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – The University of Georgia volleyball team fell to 14^th-ranked Purdue on Wednesday evening at Mackey Arena in a close five-set contest (25-27, 25-19, 10-25, 26-24, 14-16).

Georgia is now 3-2 on the season.

FAST FACTS

Graduate outside Bianna Muoenke tallied her second double-double of the season with 21 kills and 13 digs. It was her second-straight 20-kill match. She took a career-high 69 attempts.
Senior Alyssa Worden earned her first double-double as a Bulldog with 10 kills and a career-best 16 digs.
Sophomore Chloe Elarton recorded her first double-double of the season with a career-high 41 assists with 11 digs.
Fifth-year libero Ana Julia Bleeker put up 11 digs, the fourth Bulldog in double-digit dig territory.
Freshman Gigi Artiles put up 11 kills for the offense with six digs and three blocks.
Graduate Kendal Kemp added seven blocks while graduate Tori Harper had six in the match. Georgia out-blocked Purdue 13-10, a new season-high for the Bulldogs.
In total, the match featured 39 ties and 15 lead changes.
Georgia battled the Boilermakers tightly in the opening set as it was tied 11 times. The Bulldogs held set point at 24-23, but Purdue battled back late to take the frame 27-25.
Georgia used a 12-2 run to go up 17-8 in the second set. Purdue cut the Georgia lead to three, but the Bulldogs held on to take the set 25-19, evening the match. After hitting .000 in the first set, Georgia regrouped to hit .225 in the second.
The Bulldogs outlasted the Boilermakers, 26-24, in the fourth to force a fifth set. The set was tied 16 times and the lead changed six times.

UP NEXT
Georgia returns home to Stegeman Coliseum next week to host Notre Dame on Tuesday, Sept. 8 as part of the Showdown at the Net between the SEC and ACC. First serve against the Fighting Irish is set for 7 p.m. and will stream live on SEC Network+.