Butler is set to take on the Purdue Boilermakers Tuesday night at Hinkle Fieldhouse. The Dawgs will enter the match against Purdue 4-2 and 3-0 on their home floor. After sweeping the Big Dawg Kickoff, Butler went 1-2 last weekend at the Kwik Star Klassic. 

Butler vs Purdue 
Tuesday's match will begin at 7:00pm ET. The match will be broadcast on ESPN+ Watch. Butler and Purdue have previously met 4 times with the most recent matchup being in 2005. Butler's lone win in the all time history came in 2003. 

Ticketing information for the match can be found here. Live Sats can be found here.

Shondell Showdown 
Purdue head coach Dave Shondell who is in his 23rd season at the helm of the Boilermakers is the father of Butler's head coach Kyle Shondell. During Kyle's time as a student at Purdue he served as a manager on his fathers staff. Tomorrow evening's match will be the first time in Division 1 women's volleyball history where a father and son will compete against each other as head coaches.    

More about the Shondells 
Kyle Shondell is the grandson of Don Shondell, who started Ball State's men's and women's volleyball programs, co-founded the Midwest Intercollegiate Volleyball Association (MIVA) and is currently second in NCAA history in career wins. Additionally, Kyle's uncle John Shondell was an assistant coach at Purdue for many seasons and was just hired as an assistant coach for the Wisconsin Badgers.  

About Butler 
The Butler Bulldogs enter this match up with a record of 4-2 and are undefeated 3-0 at Hinkle Fieldhouse. Butler has wins over Evansville, Purdue Fort Wayne, Middle Tennessee State at Hinkle. This past weekend at the Kwik Star Klassic the Dawgs went 1-2 picking up a win over Loyola Chicago who won an NCAA tournament match a season ago. 

Bulldog Bites

• Kaylee Finnegan, Butler's setter, leads the Big East in assists with 237. 
• Finnegan was awarded Big East Setter of the Week on 9/1. 
• Alaleh Tolliver leads the team in kills so far this season, she has tallied 87 so far on the young season which is good for 4th in the conference. 
• Elise Ward has accounted for 62 kills so far this season. 
• Ward has picked up 56 digs on the season which is second on the team. 
• Lauren Evans leads the Dawgs in digs with 98. 
• Zoe McDonald leads the team in blocks with 26. 

About Purdue
The Boilermakers entered the season ranked #15 in the AVCA preseason poll and now sit at #17. Purdue sits at 4-1 on the season and 2-0 in matches away from home. Recently, the Boilermakers took down #15 Kansas is 5 sets which saw Ryan McAleer who leads the team in digs with 80, pick up 30 during the match which was the most by a Boilermaker since 2021. Kenna Wollard leads the team in kills with 98, while Taylor Anderson sets everything up offensively for Purdue, she has 235 assists on the season. 

Up Next
Butler will compete in the Refreshment Services Pepsi Sycamores Volleyball Invite hosted by Indiana State, this weekend.