Purdue baseball earns opportunity vs. No. 1 UCLA in Big Ten Tournament
The Boilermakers' 8-1 win over Iowa sent them out of the Big Ten Tournament's double-elimination bracket and into a quarterfinal against the Bruins.
Purdue baseball exacted some revenge on Iowa at the Big Ten Tournament. and the Boilermakers' reward is a game against the No. 1 team in the country.
Purdue defeated Iowa 8-1 to advance out of the double-elimination portion of the tournament in Omaha. The Boilermakers were seemingly in good position to earn a top-four Big Ten tourney seed and maybe secure an NCAA Tournament bid before Iowa swept them in Des Moines last week. Now Purdue advances to face No.
1 UCLA in Friday's 2 p. m. quarterfinals.
It did not face the Bruins in the regular season. Still sitting on the NCAA Tournament bubble with 37 wins, the Boilers would help their regional case significantly with an upset of the team with the top RPI in the nation. "Yesterday, that game was very close, and we fought hard, and that put us in a good mood for today," Dylan Drake said on Big Ten Network, referencing Wednesday's 3-1 late comeback victory over Illinois.