Volleyball beats MTSU, but loses to Purdue in NCAAs

 The U of L volleyball team’s 2010 season ended in West Lafayette, Ind. on Saturday, Dec. 4 with a loss to eighth-seeded Purdue University in the NCAA second round.

“We got beat by a better team tonight,” said U of L head coach Leonid Yelin on uoflsports.com. “That is all there is to it. But, overall, I cannot complain. Purdue did what they had to do. And my young team will take away a great lesson from this. I would like to do research on how many teams starting three freshmen advanced this far.” 

The Cardinals advanced to the second round by beating Middle Tennessee State University on Friday, Dec. 3. It was the team’s ninth appearance in the second round.

Junior middle hitter Gwen Rucker had a season high of 13 kills, giving her 204 for the season.  

The Cards finished the season 23-8 and won the Big East tournament.