Purdue Sports Update: Sept. 11

Volleyball Sweeps in Hinkle Fieldhouse

Volleyball (5-1) secured its first sweep of the season at Butler (4-2) behind a 25-23, 25-22, 28-26 final score.

Up next, No. 14 Purdue heads to Lexington, Kentucky, later this week for a pair of matches at Historic Memorial Coliseum. First, Purdue will face Houton at 12 p.m. ET on Saturday, followed by a top-15 matchup on Sunday at 11 a.m. ET when the Boilermakers take on the No. 10 SMU Mustangs. The matches will only be available to follow along live via radio, Statbroadcast live stats, or twitter.

Notes

• Butler kept the match close in all three games and nearly stole the third set after 13 tied scores in the frame. In total, Purdue erased three set points before coming back for the match-winner on a 4-1 run.
• The Boilermakers are on a three-match winning streak heading into a pair of strong opponents in Lexington this weekend.
• Purdue trailed the majority of the first set, but went on a four-point run to take the 24-22 lead thanks to kills by Grace Heaney and Lindsey Miller, and a pair of self-inflicted Bulldog errors.
• Hinkle Fieldhouse volleyball attendance record of 3,067 fans.
• Kenna Wollard reached her third consecutive double-double behind 15 kills, 10 digs
• Grace Heaney produced 11 kills and just two attack errors on 23 swings, marking her fourth match this season hitting above .300 as she finished the night on a .391 clip.
• Purdue earned its first sweep of the season, moving to 1-0 in three-set matches.
• Purdue held Butler to a .106 hitting % while the Boilermakers hit .241 on the night.
• Libero Ryan McAleer nearly had a double-double, finishing with 15 digs, eight assists.
• Purdue out-blocked Butler, 10.5-7.

Timpf Finishes 3rd in Return to Home State

Lauren Timpf’s third-place finish in her home state of Michigan paced Women’s Golf at the Wolverine Invitational. A native of Macomb, 70 miles from Ann Arbor, Timpf posted a career-low 2-under 211 (70-69-72) to earn the best finish of her collegiate career.

Ashley Kim (+3) produced a Top 5 performance of her own, as her 71 (E) was the lowest final round in the Boilermaker lineup. As a team, Purdue tied for fifth alongside Illinois, finishing just two shots back of Michigan and Iowa State for third as well as five strokes behind runner-up Virginia. Kent State (+17) claimed the tournament title with a six-shot victory.

Timpf led the field in birdies with 12, four each round, while Kim added 10 of her own throughout the event. The Boilermakers made 39 birdies as a team, ranking second in the field. After recording birdies on all three par 5s during Sunday’s second round, all four of Timpf’s birdies during the final round came on par 4s. She paced the field in par-5 scoring (-3) and ranked third in par-4 scoring (-2). Kim also played the par 5s well, ranking third at 2-under behind Timpf and medalist Pimkwan Chookaew of Iowa State.

Freshman Luana Valero played her best golf of the tournament in the final round, carding a 74 (+3) to finish tied for 38th on the individual leaderboard alongside teammate Samantha Brown.

Competing as an individual, Ella Weber fired a 2-under 69 to move 30 spots up the leaderboard and tie for 25th (+10). While her round did not feature any birdies, the Michigan State transfer made a pair of eagles on the front nine to help post her lowest round as a Boilermaker. Through two tournaments (six rounds), Weber has recorded a team-high three eagles, including two on par 4s.

After competing back-to-back weeks, Purdue has a week off before returning to competition. The Boilermakers travel north of the border for the Canadian Collegiate Invitational at Beacon Hall Golf Club in Aurora, Ontario (Sept. 22-23).

Smith, TKR honored by Blue Ribbon Magazine

The top college preview magazine in the country has named Braden Smith its preseason National Player of the Year, while Trey Kaufman-Renn was named a second-team All-America announced today by Blue Ribbon Magazine.

The magazine, compiled by several authors, is 411 pages that features lengthy write-ups on every team, preseason All-America teams and a preseason top-25 listing.

The Boilermakers are ranked second in the top 25 behind Florida and followed by Houston, Duke and Connecticut in the top five. Among Big Ten teams, Michigan is ninth, UCLA is ranked 12^th, and Illinois and Wisconsin are ranked 20^th and 21^st, respectively.

Purdue is scheduled to play ranked teams Kentucky (8^th; exhibition game), Michigan (9^th), Alabama (11^th), UCLA (12^th), Auburn (13^th), Texas Tech (14^th; possible game), Iowa State (17^th), Illinois (20^th) and Wisconsin (21^st).

In addition, Purdue’s backcourt was named the top backcourt in the Big Ten, while the frontcourt was named the second best in the Big Ten behind Michigan’s frontcourt.

Smith, a senior guard from Westfield, Indiana, is the lone returning first-team All-American in the country after averaging 15.8 points, 8.7 assists and 4.5 rebounds a year ago. He won the Cousy Award as the nation’s top point guard last season and has 1,375 points, 758 assists and 535 rebounds in his three seasons at Purdue. He is the only player in Big Ten history, and one of 16 players in NCAA history, to have even 1,300 career points, 700 assists and 500 rebounds, and he has a full season to play.

Smith needs just 125 points and 242 assists to become the first player in NCAA history with 1,500 points, 1,000 assists and 500 rebounds.

Smith was last season’s Big Ten Player of the Year.

Meanwhile, Kaufman-Renn, a senior forward from Sellersburg, Indiana, was named to Blue Ribbon Yearbook’s second team after averaging 20.1 points, 6.5 rebounds and 2.2 assists a year while shooting just under 60 percent the field. Kaufman-Renn, a first-team All-Big Ten honoree a year ago, is the only returning high-major player nationally from last season to average at least 20 points, six rebounds and two assists per game.

Kaufman-Renn has scored in double-figures in eight straight games and finished last year with 723 points, the 10^th-most points scored by a Purdue player in school history. He had 12, 20-point games in the last 15 contests last season.

Purdue opens its exhibition season on Oct. 24, when it travels to Rupp Arena to face Kentucky. The regular-season opener is Nov. 4, when Evansville visits Mackey Arena.

The Boilermakers are ranked in the top three of almost every early top-25 poll ranking released so far

Soccer faces big road test at Wisconsin

West Lafayette, Ind. – Purdue Heads to Madison, Wis. for their first Big Ten match up against the Wisconsin Badgers this Thursday, September 11, at 7:00 p.m. EST.

The Boilermakers head into the match with a 3-3-2 record, while Wisconsin has posted a 6-1 record, tabbing them the No. 12 team in the country by TopDrawerSoccer and the No. 23 team by the United Soccer Coaches and NCAA poll.

SCOUTING THE OPPONENTS

The Wisconsin Badgers are currently 6-1 on the season, defeating Milwaukee, UIC, Central Michigan, to name a few. The Badgers dropped to LSU in a 1-0 loss to put the one blemish on the otherwise perfect resume.

The Badgers are led by Brooke Allen who has two goals and an assist, and Anya Gulbrandsen who has three goals on the season. Ashley Martinez leads the team in assists and has three goals on the season. One other player has two goals, and five other players have one goal so far this season.

SERIES HISTORY

The Badgers lead the series over Purdue 14-11-3, with the matchups dating back to 1999. In the most recent matchups, the Badgers have taken the victory. In 2022 the Badgers won 5-2, and in the most recent match in 2023, the Badgers took the game 2-1. This will be the second matchup in a row that the teams will take each other on in Madison, Wisconsin.

The Boilers look to break the streak and earn their second-consecutive conference opening win since defeating Northwestern 2-0 a year ago.

Purdue All-Quarter Century Wrestling Team: 149 lbs

To commemorate the past 25 years, head coach Tony Ersland and his staff are unveiling Purdue’s All-Quarter Century Team featuring some of the greatest Boilermaker wrestlers since the turn of the 21st century.

Recognizing wrestlers who competed for Purdue between 2000-2025, the list is being revealed with 10 separate releases leading up to the 2025-26 season, one for each weight class, continuing on Monday with 149 pounds.

The selection criteria for any All-Quarter Century Team is unavoidably subjective, but wrestlers who earned All-America honors, NCAA qualifiers, multiple-time Big Ten placewinners and others with outstanding career accomplishments were among the key points of consideration.

Some of the wrestlers on the All-Quarter Century Team excelled at multiple weights while donning the Old Gold & Black. Most of the honorees will be presented among the weight classes in which they finished their careers, though some liberties were taken for the sake of keeping the number of wrestlers relatively even at each weight.

JAKE PATACSIL (2005-09)

A member of one of the all-time great Boilermaker wrestling families, Jake Patacsil is the son of Frank Patacsil, nephew of Ted Patacsil, and grandson of Joe Patacsil, all of whom wrestled at Purdue.

His grandfather, Joe, was the 1950 national champion at 128 lbs, one of Purdue’s three NCAA wrestling champions.

Jake was a three-year starter, captain and NCAA Championships qualifier in the late 2000s. As a senior in 2009, he capped his career with a fifth-place All-American finish at 149 lbs. He is tied for the sixth-most NCAA tournament wins in school history (10).Play

Patacsil was a three-time Most Valuable Wrestler award winner at Purdue and recorded a 120-41 career record. He is Purdue’s all-time leader in back points with 803, which is head and shoulders above the rest; the next closest is Devin Schroder (2018-22) with 522.

Patacsil also ranks third on Purdue’s all-time win list (120), second in reversals (51) and 10th in falls (25). After graduating, he went on to coach at Central College, Notre Dame College, Duke, Hofstra, Mount Olive and St. Thomas.

IVAN LOPOUCHANSKI (2011-13)

Wrestling just two years as a Boiler after transferring from UNC-Greensboro, Ivan Lopouchanski put together an impressive resume in a relatively short amount of time.

Hailing from Hollywood, Florida, he broke a three-year Purdue All-American drought when he placed seventh at the 2013 NCAA Championships. Lopouchanski won five matches in the national tournament that year, putting an exclamation point on his 32-4 senior season.

With a 48-12 (.800) career record, he still holds the seventh-best win percentage in Boilermaker wrestling history.Play

Lopouchanski, now a soldier in the U.S. Army, holds a second-degree black belt in judo and a first-degree in jiu-jitsu. In judo, he captured the Junior National Championship in 2006. He’s also prolific in sambo, another form of wrestling, and competed and won the 65 kg title in the All-Armed Forces Freestyle Championship in 2020 while representing the U.S. Army.

Lopouchanski went on to coach at UIndy and The Citadel before joining the Army in 2018.

GRIFFIN PARRIOTT (2016-21)

A dual-weight standout between 149 and 157 pounds, Griffin Parriott made three trips to the national tournament, twice at 149 pounds.

The 2020 NWCA Honorable Mention All-American improved his national seeding each year, entering the 2019 NCAA Championships at No. 19, 2020 at No. 16 (canceled due to COVID-19) and 2021 at No. 15.

Parriott is one of 35 Boilermakers to win five-plus matches in the NCAA tournament.

He was one of the unfortunate few who missed out on a chance to make waves in the 2020 NCAA Championships since it was cancelled for the pandemic. The 2019-20 Boilermakers were arguably the most talented team yet of the Ersland era.Play

DAN JANKOWSKI (2001-04)

Dan Jankowski was a two-time NCAA qualifier in the early 2000s, qualifying at 149 in 2003 and 2004.

He placed eighth in the conference as a redshirt sophomore, sixth as a redshirt junior and sixth as a redshirt senior.

Jankowski still holds the No. 11 spot in school history for takedowns (272) and is tied for 17th with 31 reversals.

DOUG WITHSTANDLEY (2002-06)

Doug Withstandley shined his brightest at tournaments throughout his Purdue tenure. He was Purdue’s first 149-pound placewinner at the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational, taking eighth place as a redshirt junior in 2004.

He twice qualified for the NCAA Championships, first at 141 in 2004 before jumping to 149 in 2005.

Withstandley most notably won the Big Ten silver medal in 2004, helping Purdue to a sixth-place conference finish which was the highest since 1992.

The Jackson, New Jersey native remains tied for 11th on the Purdue charts for back points (203).