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"She should take some of the pressure off of Turner, dell said. "Sometimes, I think we still set Turner too many times during the course of a match. That's only natural that you will have a ten- dency to set your best player when you need to get something done. But we need to contin- ue to develop trust between our setters and those other hitters. As Purdue gets into the heart " Shon- " of its conference schedule, it now turns its attention to two straight home weekends with four match- es in that span. First up is North- western (11-2, 0-2) Friday, then No. 21 Illinois (7-5, 1-1) Saturday. Big Ten Tournament Bloomington, Ind. Oct. 31 Nov. 2 Nov. 4 Oct. 21 MINNESOTA Oct. 26 Oct. 11 Oct. 14 Oct. 19 at Michigan WISCONSIN Semifinals Finals PENN STATE Quarterfinals Sept. 28 NORTHWESTERN Sept. 30 Oct. 7 Date at Ohio State at Indiana Opponent ILLINOIS REMAINING SOCCER SCHEDULE home," Shondell said. "We have to win at Annie Drews at a time, and Northwestern is a good volleyball team." SOCCER SPLITS ROAD WEEKEND 7 p.m. 1 p.m. 3 p.m. 8 p.m. 2 p.m. 7 p.m. 1 p.m. 7 p.m. Time TBA TBA TBA game road trip to begin Big Ten play this past weekend with a split of conference matches against Nebraska and Iowa. The Boilermakers (6-4- 1, 1-2-0) opened with a 2-1 double-overtime win over the Cornhuskers (5-5-1, 2-1-0) be- fore dropping a 3-2 result to the Hawkeyes (11-1-0, 2-1-0). "Getting three points out Purdue completed its three- of this weekend was essen- tial, The injury bug has bitten " "But it's disappointing when the team is capable and in games, that we didn't come away with more. " Coach Rob Klatte said. Taylor Niewoit's goal in the second overtime lifted Purdue past Nebraska last week. the Boilers lately, as the starting lineup has become a revolving door of sorts as Purdue looks for consistency out of its starting 11. "We have lost some players to "If you have any aspira- tion of finishing in the top three of the con- ference as we do, you have to be very suc- cessful at home. In this conference, we are go- ing to host a lot of top- 25 teams. "We are going to take this one match braska match. So we are moving up some players and we've got some young players that need some time to develop, and we understand that. ceived some good injury news, too, as freshman Emma Lancaster returns from a concussion suf- fered against Central Michigan. Lancaster will provide some However, Purdue has re- " game experience to the starting lineup, Klatte said. The Boilers were led by goal- scorers Taylor Niewoit and Alex Hairston against Nebraska while goalkeeper Clara Kridler tallied nine saves while allowing only a single goal in the victory. In the loss to Iowa, Hadley Stuart netted her fourth goal of the season off assists by Jordan Pawlik and Nicole Hively. Purdue now returns home for a pair of matches against North- western (4-5-2, 0-3-0) and Illinois (5-4-1, 2-1-0). "We need to get three points Purdue injury in the last few weeks," Klatte said. "We have lost a starting cen- tral midfielder and two starting defenders that are out, and now we lost Marta Lynch in the Ne- against Northwestern and go from there, key to making the Big Ten Tourna- ment. We have three weekends left and we need to maintain our energy level. " Klatte said. "That's the " j GOLDANDBLACK EXPRESS • volume 23, express 4 • 40

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