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VOLLEYBALL RETURNS HOME FOR WEEKEND MATCHES GnBmanager@GoldandBlack.com BY BRANDAN ALFORD No.21 Purdue wrapped stretch with a 3-1 loss on the road to No. 10 Minnesota (17-4 overall, 8-2 in the Big Ten) Saturday. The Boilers (14-7, 5-5) were up a difficult on the night. "Ariel has had some really good matches lately," Coach Dave Shondell said. "Her last three or four performances, she has really been solid for us. "Now we need to establish led in the four-set defeat by se- nior Ariel Turner, who posted 22 kills and 11 digs. Junior Rachel Davis also posted a double-dou- ble against the Golden Gophers, dishing out 37 assists and 10 digs Nov. 10 Nov. 16 Nov. 17 Nov. 21 Nov. 23 Oct. 26 Oct. 27 Oct. 31 Nov. 3 Nov. 8 Date REMAINING VOLLEYBALL SCHEDULE Opponent MICHIGAN Time WISCONSIN at Nebraska OHIO STATE PENN STATE INDIANA at Northwestern at Iowa MICHIGAN STATE at Illinois 8 p.m. 7 p.m. 8 p.m. 8 p.m. 8 p.m. 8 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m. 6 p.m. 7 p.m. better offense in that other left- side outside hitting spot. paced by junior Carly Cramer and freshman Amanda Neill. Cramer led the way with 14 digs while Neill added 11. While the Boilers have Defensively, Purdue was " Carly Cramer continues to play well despite the Boilermakers' struggles of late. dropped five of their last six matches, Shondell has no- ticed development in several areas, most notably in the team's blocking. "The focus for us has been blocking, Shondell said. "I think lately, we have been the best in the Big Ten. We have aver- aged about four blocks per set, and we have been as good as any team in the league. "There are three things Purdue that we have to do well if we are going to be successful moving forward. We need to pass/serve receive better, we need to estab- lish better depth in our outside hitters and we need to get more consistency from our setting. If we do those three things we will be all right" Purdue now turns its atten- tion to a pair of home matches this weekend. The Boilers host Michigan (16-8, 4-6) on Friday before Michigan State (16-6, 4-6) instant impact in her first year with the women's soccer program. The forward/ midfielder has showed an exceptional scoring touch, leading the way for the Boilers in a season where Purdue has seen countless attacking players go down with injury. Pawlik continued her impressive Junior Jordan Pawlik has made an OLYMPIC SPORTS PLAYER-OF-THE-WEEK: JORDAN PAWLIK season with a pair of goals over the weekend, scoring once against both Wisconsin and Minnesota. She now has nine goals on the season in only 16 games. Pawlik is eighth in the Big Ten in points scored as well as points per game, while ranking tenth individually in goals scored. "Jordan is a player who has the confidence to step up and take the shots when needed, the toughness to step back up and take those shots after misses. "She will be the first to tell you that she could have scored more this season. She has a high standard she sets for herself." After spending her first two seasons at Louisville, Pawlik has " Coach Rob Klatte said. "And she has emerged as a leading goal-getter for Klatte's squad. Even while missing two games in the middle of the season due to injury, Pawlik has been an effective player both from the midfield and forward positions. "We have had to move Jordan around a little bit this season due to injury," Klatte said. "She has had to adjust playing both up top at forward and in an attacking midfield position. She has han- dled that extremely well and has been effective. " visits West Lafayette on Saturday. "Those are both good teams that are in a similar spot as us," Shondell said. "We are all fighting for our NCAA Tournament lives and we need to really fight and battle. " GOLDANDBLACK EXPRESS • VOLUME 23, EXPRESS 8 • 40