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Purdue volleyball coach Dave Shondell earned his 500th career victory with a sweep against Rutgers, in part due to one of the returning players who stepped up.

Right side hitter Grace Heaney led the Boilermakers with a career-best hitting percentage and a match-high 18 kills.

Heaney has returned to a starting role after recovering from bicep reconstruction and a torn labrum.

WEST LAFAYETTE — Dave Shondell contests he was unaware he was on the cusp of winning his 500th match as Purdue's volleyball coach.

What he did know Sunday at Jersey Mike's Arena in Piscataway, New Jersey, was that his Boilermakers were playing well against Rutgers, and at the forefront of that was right side hitter Grace Heaney.

Heaney hit a career best .581 and had a match-high 18 kil

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