Third-Place 'Dons Host Second-Place Milwaukee For #HLVB Action

FORT WAYNE, Ind. - The Purdue Fort Wayne women's volleyball team will play host to the Milwaukee Panthers on Friday and Saturday (Nov. 1-2) for two Horizon League matches. The Mastodons are 8-0 in the Gates Sports Center this season and will look to make it 10-0.

Game Day Information
Who: Milwaukee Panthers
When: Friday-Saturday, Nov. 1-2 | 7 PM & 2 PM
Where: Fort Wayne, Ind. | Gates Sports Center
Live Stats: Link
Watch: Link (Saturday only)
Match Notes: Purdue Fort Wayne | Milwaukee

Know Your Foe
Milwaukee is 15-10, but 10-2 in the Horizon League so far this season. The Panthers' only two losses in league play came to Northern Kentucky and Wright State, the former of which was on the road. MKE has won its last nine sets of volleyball, sweeping Youngstown State twice and Green Bay once. Madi Malone is pacing Milwaukee with a team-best 3.27 kills per set. Libero Kara Erdmann, the Horizon League Player of the Week on October 21, is averaging 5.67 digs per set.

Series History
Milwaukee leads the all-time series against the Mastodons 10-2 and has won the last nine meetings. The Mastodons' last win came in 2010. Last year in the match in Fort Wayne between the two teams, the Mastodons pushed the Panthers to a five-setter in which Panna Ratkai had 35 kills, setting the program's rally scoring era record.

Hungary for More
Panna Ratkai has 20 or more kills in 20 matches in her career with eight coming this season. She had 12 as a redshirt-freshman. This season, she has 383 total kills, which is top-10 in the country. She is the only sophomore on the NCAA's active top-250 career kills list with 919.

Home Sweet Gates
Purdue Fort Wayne is 8-0 at home in 2024, which is the best home start for the Mastodons since 2013. The 'Dons were 11-0 in the Gates Sports Center that season.

Chasing 1,000
Panna Ratkai is nearing 1,000 kills for her career. She has 919 in her two years in a Purdue Fort Wayne uniform, needing 81 to hit the 1,000 mark.

Dish It Out
The Mastodons are currently second in NCAA Division I with 1,166 assists this season. Taya Haffner ranks in the top 110 nationally with 672 assists this season.

Last Time Out
Purdue Fort Wayne took a 3-1 victory over IU Indianapolis on the road. Panna Ratkai led with 20 kills and a .439 hitting percentage.

Next Time Up
Purdue Fort Wayne will hit the road for two matches at league-leading Wright State on Friday-Saturday (Nov. 8-9).

~ Feel the Rumble ~

Third-Place 'Dons Host Second-Place Milwaukee For #HLVB Action

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Players Mentioned

Taya Haffner

Panna Ratkai

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