Purdue begins their tournament run in Salt Lake City at the University of Utah. The Boilers face High Point (24-7, 16-0) in the first round. The Panthers earned an at-large bid after winning the Big South regular season title, but fell in the tournament championship to Radford in four sets.
The match will be Thursday at 6:30 ET and can be streamed on the Pac-12 Utah website.
The other match-up in the Utah sub-regional is the No. 11 Utes versus Cleveland State at 9:00 ET Thursday.
This is Purdue’s 19th NCAA Tournament appearance and 12th in 14 years; the Boilers are 20-11 in the tournament under Shondell and no team in program history has lost in the first round.