'Dons and Jaguars Meet in Indy For #HLVB Match

FORT WAYNE, Ind. - The Purdue Fort Wayne women's volleyball team will hit the road on Saturday (Oct. 28) to IUPUI for a Horizon League match at 4 p.m.

Game Day Information
Who: IUPUI Jaguars
When: Saturday, October 28 | 4 PM
Where: Indianapolis, Ind. | The Jungle
Live Stats: Link
Live Video: ESPN+
Match Notes: Purdue Fort Wayne

Know Your Foe
IUPUI is currently on a five-match losing streak as they enter this weekend's match. Before that, they won two Horizon League matches in a row over Robert Morris and Youngstown State. The Jaguars are 5-5 at home this season and have both of their conference wins at The Jungle this season.

Series History
Purdue Fort Wayne is 33-24 against IUPUI all-time. The Mastodons have won four straight matches over the Jaguars and have wins in six of their last seven matches. Earlier this year, the 'Dons took down IUPUI in four sets at home with Panna Ratkai hit .429 with 17 kills and Ashby Willis hit .343 while adding 15 kills.

Rivalry Wins
The Mastodons have now won six of their last seven matches against in-state rival IUPUI. The 'Dons won their fourth straight against the Jaguars on Sept. 30 in four-set fashion.

Record-Breaking Ratkai
Redshirt-freshman Panna Ratkai set a new rally scoring era program record with 35 kills in Purdue Fort Wayne's 3-2 loss to first-place Milwaukee on Friday (Oct. 20). Ratkai's totals for the night: 35 kills on 86 attempts, seven digs, four aces and three blocks.
Her 35 kills were:
• the most in the rally scoring era in program history (passing: 34, Fabiana Souza vs South Dakota State, Nov. 12, 2005)
• the second most all-time in program history (36, Laura Douglas at Lewis, Oct. 28, 2000)
• tied for the fourth-most in Horizon League history
• tied for first in Horizon League history during the rally scoring era (35, Kara Koch, Cleveland State vs. UIC, Nov. 4, 2011)
• tied for the fifth-most kills by any player in the nation in a match this season

Panna of the Week
Panna Ratkai was named the Horizon League player of the week for the fourth time this season. She's the eighth player in HL history to be named POTW four or more times in a season and the only one to do it in her freshman year. The other seven were either named Player of the Year or Defensive Player of the Year:

Karen Fruit (2004 - senior) - Player of the Year
Kerri Schuh (2011 - senior) - Player of the Year
Stephenee Yancy (2014 - junior) - Player of the Year
Jenna Story (2019 - sophomore) - Defensive Player of the Year
Katie Crowe (spring 2021 - senior) - Player of the Year
Ari Miller (2021 - junior) - Player of the Year
Paula Gursching (2022 - sophomore) - Player of the Year

Last Time Out
Purdue Fort Wayne fell on the road at Oakland in five sets on Tuesday night (Oct. 24). After averaging 7.00 kills per set last weekend, Panna Ratkai started her week on Tuesday by averaging five kills per frame. She led the Mastodons with 25 kills, the third-most in a match by a Horizon League student-athlete this season, while Ashby Willis posted a double-double with 14 kills and 12 digs.

Coming Up
Purdue Fort Wayne travels to Robert Morris on Friday (Nov. 3) before facing Youngstown State on Saturday (Nov. 4).

~ Feel the Rumble ~

'Dons and Jaguars Meet in Indy For #HLVB Match

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Players Mentioned

Panna Ratkai

Ashby Willis

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