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Indiana volleyball player Ella Boersema suffered a leg fracture during a match against Purdue.
Boersema, a middle blocker, was leading the Big Ten in blocks per set at the time of her injury.
INDIANAPOLIS — Ella Boersema has been one of the best middle blockers in the Big Ten this season, and her season is over.
Indiana volleyball coach Steve Aird said Boersema broke her right leg, a fracture he later clarified, during his postgame news conference. The Hoosiers lost 3-1 against Purdue in the Monon Spike rivalry match, the first college volleyball game held at Gainbridge Fieldhouse.
Boersema went out in the second set after she crashed into the stanchion after going on a "wide" slide. Purdue led that set 5-4 off the attack error, but IU rallied to win the s