2022 Creighton Volleyball Recap
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A ninth consecutive BIG EAST regular-season title and Eleventh straight NCAA Event bid highlighted the 2022 season for Creighton Volleyball. The Bluejays completed 27-5 total and noticed Norah Sis named BIG EAST Participant of the 12 months, Ava Martin tabbed BIG EAST Freshman of the 12 months and Kendra Wait acknowledged as an Tutorial All-American. Sis and Wait had been additionally named Honorable Point out All-Individuals by the AVCA.
On the heels of a 31-4 season and sweep of BIG EAST regular-season and event titles, the Bluejays entered the autumn ranked 18th nationally and garnered 9-of-11 first place votes within the preseason ballot of league coaches.
CU opened the season with wins over Iowa State, Wichita State and Wyoming on the Rumble within the Rockies Event in Laramie, Wyo., with Sis bringing dwelling MVP honors.
The Bluejays returned dwelling to host the Bluejay Invitational, kicking off its season in D.J. Sokol Enviornment with a 3-1 win over No. 25 USC. A 3-1 setback towards then-No. 16 Kentucky preceded a sweep of eventual Missouri Valley Convention champion Northern Iowa.
Creighton then moved a mile down the road for its annual match-up towards 2021 NCAA runner-up Nebraska. In entrance of a then-record NCAA regular-season volleyball-only crowd of 15,797, the Bluejays and Cornhuskers battled 5 units in entrance of a nationally-televised viewers on FS1 earlier than NU finally prevailed.
Days later CU performed its first matches at Baxter Enviornment for the Omaha Invitational, outlasting each Florida State and host Omaha in 5 units for its second tourney title of the autumn.
Creighton closed out non-conference play with a visit to Houston, Texas. CU knocked off longtime nemesis Kansas State earlier than falling to host Rice in 5 units to drop its report to 8-3.
The Bluejays opened league play with 4 straight sweeps for the primary time earlier than overcoming an 0-2 deficit at UConn to put up its third 3-2 win of the autumn. Throughout that stretch of 3-0 wins Jaela Zimmerman returned to the courtroom in a restricted function after the All-American had suffered an ACL damage final December. One week later after taking down UConn, CU would as soon as once more need to rally from an 0-2 gap to defeat No. 16 Marquette. The Jays picked up a 3-2 win vs. DePaul two days later, enhancing to 16-3 total and 8-0 in BIG EAST motion.
The scares solely appeared to push CU to higher heights, as CU would sweep its subsequent 9 opponents to compile a school-record 29-set win streak. CU’s eighth win in that streak was a memorable Senior Day for seven ladies that noticed senior Keeley Davis set the CU profession report for aces and classmate Zimmerman attain the 1,000-kill milestone in a 3-0 win vs. Seton Corridor.
Creighton’s bid for an ideal 18-0 league report fell brief with a loss at No. 16 Marquette to finish the regular-season, dropping CU to the No. 2 seed after each applications completed with similar 17-1 convention information. Nonetheless, it was nonetheless CU’s unprecedented ninth consecutive BIG EAST regular-season title.
Creighton hosted an expanded BIG EAST Championship over Thanksgiving week. CU swept third-seeded Xavier within the semifinals earlier than yet one more epic 3-2 win over No. 14 Marquette. Sis was named MVP of the BIG EAST Event, and was joined on the All-Event Staff by each Martin and Wait.
The league event title, CU’s eighth up to now 10 years, additionally clinched an Eleventh consecutive NCAA Event bid. Creighton as soon as once more earned a internet hosting function and offered out D.J. Sokol Enviornment, solely to be upset by a freshman-laden Auburn crew with Wait sidelined resulting from damage within the First Spherical of the NCAA Event.
Creighton completed the season with a 27-5 mark and ranked twenty first within the year-end AVCA ballot.
Creighton Coaches
Creighton was coached by Kirsten Bernthal Sales space (Truman State, 1997), who owns a 441-184 report after her twentieth season with the Bluejays. She’s led Creighton to 9 straight BIG EAST titles (2014-21), and 10 league crowns within the final 11 years. Sales space led the Bluejays to their first two Candy 16’s (2015, 2016) and first Elite Eight (2016) in program historical past. In 2016 she was acknowledged as VolleyballMag.com Nationwide Coach of the 12 months, BIG EAST Coach of the 12 months and AVCA East Area Coach of the 12 months. Sales space was tabbed BIG EAST Coach of the 12 months for the third time in 2019.
The winningest coach in class historical past, Sales space has taken Creighton to its solely 12 NCAA Event bids in this system’s fashionable historical past (together with 2022). She’s additionally coached CU into the top-25 every of the final 11 seasons (together with 2022), one other program first.
Sales space got here to Creighton after going 112-41 in three years at Kirkwood Group School in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. A local of Lincoln, Neb., Sales space performed volleyball at Truman State, the place she was named convention MVP, an Tutorial All-American and Missouri’s 1997 NCAA Lady of the 12 months. She ranked third in Division II historical past with 6,077 assists when she graduated.
Sales space was assisted by Angie Oxley Behrens, Brian Rosen and Elise Fulcher.
All-BIG EAST Quartet
4 members of the Creighton Volleyball program earned All-BIG EAST honors, with Norah Sis being chosen as Participant of the 12 months and Ava Martin acknowledged as Freshman of the 12 months.
Sis joined Lydia Dimke (2016) and Jaali Winters (2018) as Creighton ladies named BIG EAST Participant of the 12 months. Sis lived as much as the hype as Preseason BIG EAST Participant of the 12 months as she led the league in kills per set (4.33) and factors per set (4.72). The Papillion, Neb., product was a three-time BIG EAST Offensive Participant of the Week and had single-match highs of 30 kills (vs. Auburn), 19 digs (vs. Florida State and at Rice) and 9 blocks (vs. DePaul). Sis was additionally an All-BIG EAST choice in 2021, when she introduced dwelling Freshman of the 12 months accolades from the BIG EAST.
Martin turns into Creighton’s fourth BIG EAST Freshman of the 12 months, becoming a member of Jaali Winters (2015) in addition to present teammates Keeley Davis (2019) and Norah Sis (2021). A four-time BIG EAST Freshman of the Week this season, Martin ranked ninth within the BIG EAST in hitting share (.309) throughout league play and the Bluejays had been 13-1 when the Overland Park, Kan., native owned eight or extra kills.
One of many league’s most improved gamers, Kiana Schmitt earned her first All-BIG EAST plaudit after an enormous season that noticed her prime the convention in BIG EAST play with 1.23 blocks per set and rating fourth with a .361 hitting share. Creighton is 20-0 all-time when the senior owns 4 or extra blocks and 42-6 when the Waunakee, Wis., center blocker generates six or extra kills. The 2-time BIG EAST Defensive Participant of the Week this fall had her greatest match in a 3-2 win vs. DePaul when she completed with career-highs of 16 kills and 13 blocks.
Kendra Wait was named All-BIG EAST for the second straight season after as soon as once more main the BIG EAST in assists per set. The Gardner, Kan., native was the nation’s solely participant to common a minimum of 11.00 assists and three.00 digs per set. Wait led the Bluejays with 18 double-doubles this fall.
This 12 months marked the Tenth time in as a few years as a member of the BIG EAST that Creighton has had a number of all-conference choices, and eighth straight season with three or extra First Staff choices.
Postseason Honors
Norah Sis and Kendra Wait had been each named Honorable Point out All-Individuals at season’s finish by the American Volleyball Coaches Affiliation.
It is the second straight Honorable Point out accolade for Wait, whereas Sis was a Third Staff All-American final fall. Creighton was the nation’s solely crew with a number of sophomores to be named All-Individuals in 2022.
This 12 months marks the Eleventh straight season that Creighton has had a minimum of one All-American, with a number of All-Individuals in seven of the previous eight campaigns.
Creighton now owns 27 all-time AVCA All-America accolades in program historical past, which have been earned by 15 completely different ladies.
Sis and Wait had been additionally named All-East Area by the AVCA, whereas Kiana Schmitt was an Honorable Point out all-East Area choice.
This 12 months’s awards mark the eighth straight 12 months that Creighton has had two or extra student-athletes earn First Staff All-Area acclaim, placing the Bluejays in elite firm with the likes of Texas (22 straight years), Kentucky (13), Minnesota (13), Nebraska (12), Wisconsin (11), BYU (9) and Pittsburgh (8).
Creighton’s 25 First Staff All-Area choices since 2015 ranks Tenth-most nationally, trailing solely Texas (40), Kentucky (36), Minnesota (35), Nebraska (35), Stanford (30), Florida (29), Wisconsin (28), Pittsburgh (27) and Penn State (26).
Wait An Tutorial All-American
Sophomore Kendra Wait was named a Second Staff Tutorial All-American, as chosen by School Sports activities Communicators.
The 2022 Tutorial All-America® Volleyball Groups, chosen by School Sports activities Communicators (previously often called CoSIDA), acknowledge the nation’s prime student-athletes for his or her mixed performances on the sphere or courtroom and within the classroom.
Creighton is one among six colleges with a Girls’s Volleyball Tutorial All-American in every of the previous two seasons, becoming a member of Arizona State, Pittsburgh, Texas, Texas Tech and UCF, however CU and UCF are the one two colleges with completely different honorees every season. Final fall Creighton’s Abby Bottomley was named a First Staff Tutorial All-American.
Wait is the seventh completely different participant in program historical past to be named an Tutorial All-American, and first sophomore. The Nursing main owns a 4.00 GPA. She was one among 4 Bluejays on the All-America poll after incomes Tutorial All-District accolades together with teammates Kiara Reinhardt, Kiana Schmitt and Norah Sis.
Again For Extra (Awards)
After incomes an analogous honor final fall, Norah Sis was named Most Excellent Participant of the BIG EAST Championship in 2022 as nicely. She was joined on the All-Event Staff by fellow Bluejays Ava Martin and Kendra Wait.
No person had been named Most Excellent Participant of the BIG EAST Championship a number of occasions since Creighton’s Jaali Winters (2016, 2018), and no participant had received the award in back-to-back seasons since Notre Dame’s Jaimie Lee in 1996 and 1997.
Sales space’s Haul
With eight titles, Kirsten Bernthal Sales space is one among two volleyball coaches in league historical past to win six or extra BIG EAST Championship titles.
The one different coach with six or extra was Notre Dame’s Debbie Brown (9).
BIG EAST Event Champions
Creighton Volleyball received the college’s Tenth completely different BIG EAST Event title for since becoming a member of the BIG EAST in the summertime of 2013. All however two of these titles have been received by the volleyball program.
Creighton (2022) joined Notre Dame (1996), Louisville (2010) and Marquette (2013) as the one applications to win the BIG EAST Event in males’s soccer and girls’s volleyball in the identical 12 months.
Creighton’s BIG EAST Event Titles (10)
Baseball (1): 2019
Males’s Soccer (1): 2022
Volleyball (8): 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2021, 2022
9 In A Row
Creighton clinched a share of its ninth straight BIG EAST regular-season title on Nov. 18 with a win at DePaul.
With its 2022 title, Creighton grew to become the primary crew in BIG EAST volleyball historical past to win 9 straight regular-season titles. The earlier report had been seven by Notre Dame from 1999-2005.
The Bluejay volleyball crew can be the primary Creighton program in any sport to win 9 or extra straight league titles, surpassing the 5 in a row by the lads’s soccer program (1992-96).
Champions Amongst Champions
Because the begin of the 2012 season, Creighton, Texas and Western Kentucky are the nation’s solely colleges to have received 10 convention regular-season titles (together with 2022). All however two of Creighton’s 9 crowns (together with 2022) had been outright titles, whereas Texas shared one title and WKU shared 5.
Creighton has additionally received 9 convention event titles since 2012, probably the most within the nation.
Most Convention Titles 2012-2022
Common-Season League Event
10 (2 shared) Creighton 9 Creighton
10 (1) Texas 8 Dayton
10 (5) Western Kentucky 8 Western Kentucky
9 Fairfield 7 Fairfield
8 BYU 6 American
8 (1) Colorado State 6 LIU
Creighton’s NCAA Event Historical past
Creighton made its twelfth look within the NCAA Event up to now 13 years after incomes an Eleventh straight bid to the Huge Dance. The Bluejays made their NCAA debut in 2010 and have been in each event since then aside from 2011.
The Bluejays are 12-12 in its first 12 appearances, and have knocked off the likes of Iowa State (2010 and 2019), Marquette (2012), Arkansas (2013), Coastal Carolina (2015 and 2017), No. 23 North Carolina (2015), Northern Iowa (2016), No. 4 Kansas (2016), No. 17 Michigan (2016), South Dakota (2018) and Ole Miss (2021).
Creighton is 9-3 in First Spherical play, 2-7 within the Second Spherical, 1-1 within the Regional semifinals and 0-1 within the Regional finals. The Bluejays are 3-4 at dwelling, 7-3 in neutral-site matches and 2-5 in true street matches.
Kirsten Bernthal Sales space is 12-12 all-time within the NCAA Event and is the one Bluejay head coach to steer this system into the postseason. Sales space’s twelfth appearances within the NCAA Event as Creighton’s coach are greater than some other coach in some other Bluejay sport ever.
NCAA Tourney Streak
The NCAA Event run for Creighton males’s soccer, in addition to the inclusion of Creighton Volleyball into the 2022 NCAA Event, prolonged a formidable streak for Bluejay athletics.
This 12 months marked the thirty sixth straight tutorial calendar 12 months that Creighton has had a minimum of one NCAA Event crew.
Solely 11 colleges made the NCAA Event in each ladies’s volleyball and males’s soccer this fall.
The group consists of Creighton, Fairleigh Dickinson, Excessive Level, Kentucky, Louisville, Ohio State, Pittsburgh, Quinnipiac, San Diego, Stanford and Washington.
Creighton, Kentucky, Louisville, Pittsburgh and Washington are the one colleges with groups in each occasions every of the previous two seasons.
Towards NCAA Event Groups
Creighton went 6-5 towards groups within the area of 64, together with two victories vs. Marquette and one win every vs. Northern Iowa, Iowa State, USC and Florida State.
In 11 matches this fall towards NCAA Event groups, Norah Sis averaged 4.19 kills per set, Kendra Wait averaged 10.55 assists and three.90 digs per set and Allison Whitten averaged 3.83 digs per set. The Jays hit .221 and averaged 13.81 kills, 1.21 aces, 17.47 digs and 1.62 blocks per set.
vs. NCAA Event Groups
Opponent CU Rating
Auburn L 2-3
Florida State W 3-2
Iowa State W 3-0
Kentucky L 1-3
Marquette W 3-2
Marquette L 0-3
Marquette W 3-2
Nebraska L 2-3
Northern Iowa W 3-0
Rice L 2-3
USC W 3-1
Seed Worth
Creighton was a prime 16 nationwide seed within the NCAA Event for the fifth time up to now eight seasons. Solely 12 colleges within the nation can say that, as seen under:
Rk. College Prime 16 Seeds Since 2015
1. Minnesota 8
Nebraska 8
Texas 8
4. BYU 7
Florida 7
Penn State 7
Wisconsin 7
8. Washington 6
Kentucky 6
Stanford 6
11. Creighton 5
Baylor 5
11 Straight NCAA’s
Creighton Volleyball has made the NCAA Event in every of the final 11 seasons. They’re the primary ladies’s crew in any sport at Creighton to make 11 straight NCAA Event appearances.
The one different sport in Creighton historical past to make 11 straight NCAA Event appearances is the lads’s soccer program, which certified in 17 straight seasons from 1992-2008.
Creighton is one among 9 groups nationally to have appeared in every of the final 11 NCAA Tournaments (2012-22). That group options BYU, Creighton, Florida, Kentucky, Nebraska, Penn State, San Diego, Texas and Washington.
There are additionally 13 colleges which have appeared in 12 of the final 13 NCAA Tournaments, a gaggle that features Creighton, Florida State, Hawai’i, Minnesota, Purdue and Stanford.
Florida, Kentucky, Nebraska, Penn State, San Diego, Texas and Washington have appeared in each NCAA Event since a minimum of 2010.
A Bunch of Winners
Creighton owns 58 wins over the last two seasons, fourth-most within the nation in that span and trailing solely Closing 4 qualifiers Louisville (63), Pitt (61) and Wisconsin (59).
The one groups with 27 or extra wins every of the previous two campaigns are Creighton, Louisville, Pittsburgh, Texas, UCF, Western Kentucky and Wisconsin.
Nation’s Hardest Sub-Regional?
The information of the groups that got here to Omaha for the NCAA Event definitely made a robust case that it is the nation’s hardest sub-Regional.
The 105 mixed wins on Choice Sunday between Creighton, Auburn, South Dakota and Houston are six greater than some other website (Marquette hosted Ball State, Georgia Tech and Wright State).
The 18 mixed losses for the Creighton sub-Regional had been a part of a three-way tie for the fewest together with Pittsburgh (Pittsburgh hosted BYU, Colgate and James Madison) and Penn State (Penn State hosted UCF, UMBC and Yale).
The successful share of the 4 groups (.854) on Choice Sunday was additionally one of the best of any website, topping the Pittsburgh sub-Regional (Pittsburgh hosted BYU, Colgate and James Madison).
Match That!
Solely 10 groups within the nation owned 27 or extra wins on Choice Sunday, and three of them had been within the Omaha sub-Regional. It was the one sub-Regional website with three 27-win groups, whereas 9 of the 16 websites (Stanford, Oregon, Wisconsin, Ohio State, Nebraska, Minnesota, Louisville, Florida and Baylor) did not have a single crew with 27 victories.
Rank W-L College
1. 29-1 Towson
29-3 South Dakota
3. 28-3 Houston
28-3 Western Kentucky
28-3 Wright State
6. 27-1 San Diego
27-1 UCF
27-3 Pittsburgh
27-4 Creighton
Setting The Tempo
Solely 9 groups within the nation had received 86 or extra units by Choice Sunday, and three of them had been in Omaha for the sub-Regional.
South Dakota led the nation with 90 units received. Houston was tied for fifth with 87 units received, whereas Creighton was tied for seventh with 86 units received. For those who’re curious, Auburn had received 68 units by then.
Rank Units Received College
1. 90 South Dakota
2. 89 Wright State
89 Drake
89 Towson
5. 87 UCF
87 Houston
7. 86 Creighton
86 Marquette
86 Western Kentucky
The. Finest.
Regardless of the way you slice it, Creighton and Marquette have dominated BIG EAST Volleyball since 2013.
Stat CU MU Everybody Else
BIG EAST Reg.-Season Titles 9 3 0
BIG EAST Play Win Proportion .917 .830 .408
BIG EAST Tourney Titles 8 1 1
BIG EAST Participant of the 12 months 3 5 3
BIG EAST Libero of the 12 months 2 0 8
BIG EAST Freshman of the 12 months 4 3 4
BIG EAST Coach of the 12 months 3 2 5
AVCA All-Individuals* 6 2 0
AVCA H.M. All-Individuals 16 8 14
AVCA Area Freshman of 12 months 3 1 2
AVCA Area Coach of 12 months 3 0 2
CoSIDA Tutorial All-Individuals 6 3 0
*First/Second/Third Groups solely
Thorn In Marquette’s Facet
Marquette is 237-73 because the begin of the 2013 season, however simply 5-22 in that point towards Creighton.
In different phrases, the Golden Eagles personal a .185 successful share towards Creighton (5-22) in comparison with a .820 mark (233-51) towards everybody else.
No different crew has crushed Marquette greater than 5 occasions up to now decade (2013-22), with in-state rival Wisconsin (5) next-closest. Amongst BIG EAST groups, Xavier owns 4 wins to prime these colleges not named Creighton.
For those who needed to interrupt it down to simply the previous 5 seasons, Marquette is 2-12 towards Creighton (.143) and 119-14 (.895) towards everybody else.
BIG EAST’S Finest
Because the reconfiguration of the BIG EAST within the summer time of 2013, Creighton, Marquette and St. John’s are the one groups to win any type of BIG EAST volleyball title.
Marquette received the regular-season and event title in 2013, whereas Creighton swept each titles in 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2020. CU received the 2019 regular-season crown, whereas St. John’s upset nationally-ranked Creighton and Marquette to carry dwelling the 2019 event title. In 2020, Creighton received the Midwest Division regular-season title, whereas St. John’s claimed the East Division crown. In each 2021 and 2022, Creighton and Marquette shared the regular-season title and CU received the event title.
Beneath is a take a look at the report of every BIG EAST crew since league realignment in 2013:
BIG EAST VB Standings Since 2013
BIG EAST solely All matches
Staff (NCAA Bids) W L W L
Creighton (10) 154 14 254 65
Marquette (9) 137 28 238 73
Xavier 97 69 152 139
Butler 90 78 157 138
Villanova (1) 84 84 155 134
St. John’s (1) 79 89 172 139
Seton Corridor (1) 71 96 143 156
DePaul 45 123 109 173
Georgetown 35 125 86 186
Connecticut# 27 17 45 32
Windfall* 27 125 94 165
*Windfall rejoined the league for volleyball in 2014 and
its 2013 total report (12-20) isn’t included above.
#Connecticut rejoined the league in 2020 and
its report from 2013-19 (96-121) isn’t included above.
The Avengers
Throughout its nine-year run of BIG EAST Event titles from 2014-22, Creighton has simply 10 regular-season league losses. In almost each case, Creighton would avenge that loss with a league event victory over the opponent that beat them beforehand.
This 12 months’s Creighton crew owned one league loss, and avenged that loss towards Marquette within the last.
Date Loss Tourney Rematch Consequence
10/10/14 at Seton Corridor
11/23/14 Seton Corridor W 3-1
10/30/15 at Villanova W 3-0
10/05/17 at Marquette W 3-2
11/17/17 at Villanova W 3-0
11/08/19 at Villanova Did not Meet
02/06/20 Marquette W 3-1
10/01/21 at St. John’s Did not Meet
10/16/21 at Connecticut Did not Meet
11/19/22 at #16 Marquette W 3-2
Not One, Not Two…
With a win on Nov. twenty sixth, Creighton grew to become the sixth completely different program to win three straight league event titles.
The others to do it:
3 Straight BIG EAST Tourney Titles
1988-94 (7) Pittsburgh
1995-98 (4) Notre Dame
2000-02 (3) Notre Dame
2008-10 (3) Louisville
2014-18 (5) Creighton
2020-22 (3) Creighton
JZ Wins Once more
Jaela Zimmerman tied a college report on Nov. twenty sixth when she performed in her fourth BIG EAST Event title match victory.
She is the fifth Bluejay to play in 4 convention event championship wins, becoming a member of Marysa Wilkinson (2014-17), Jaali Winters (2015-18), Taryn Kloth (2015-18) and Naomi Hickman (2017-18, 2020-21).
Creighton received every of the final 21 matches that Zimmerman has appeared in.
No Stoop Right here
Norah Sis and Kendra Wait had been two of the nation’s greatest freshmen final 12 months, and confirmed no signal of a sophomore hunch this fall.
Sis completed final season with 435 kills. With 30 kills within the NCAA Event, she ended with 489 kills. That ranked fourth-most in CU single-season historical past.
Wait had 1,213 assists final season, which ranked Tenth most in CU single-season historical past. This 12 months she owned 1,272 assists, tied for eighth-most in program historical past.
D.J. Sokol Enviornment Data Fall
Three completely different present Bluejays personal D.J. Sokol Enviornment season or profession information.
Keeley Davis owns the profession mark for service aces (66), 13 greater than the earlier mark held by Kate Elman.
Norah Sis owns the profession mark for each kills per set (4.19) and factors per set (4.65), simply forward of Jaali Winters (3.86 kps., 4.24 pps.) in each classes. Sis additionally set the single-season kills per set report (4.25 kps.) this fall.
Kendra Wait tied for the single-season enviornment report with 588 assists, matching Madelyn Cole’s output in 2018 in an similar 53 units performed.
This 12 months is the 14th season of D.J. Sokol Enviornment, which opened in 2009 and has hosted 196 Bluejay matches.
Not A Freshman Anymore
The season-high 22 kills by Creighton’s Ava Martin on Nov. 26 had been probably the most by a freshman within the BIG EAST Event last since Louisville’s Lola Arslanbekova had 25 vs. Cincinnati in 2009.
Martin is Creighton’s fourth BIG EAST Freshman of the 12 months. The opposite three additionally stepped up of their NCAA Event debuts.
Jaali Winters (2015) had 20 kills and 10 digs in a 3-1 win vs. Coastal Carolina. Keeley Davis (2019) had 15 kills and hit .448 in a 3-0 win vs. Iowa State. Norah Sis (2021) had 16 kills and 10 digs on .444 hitting in a 3-0 win vs. Ole Miss. Martin owned 14 kills, 4 assists and three digs in her NCAA Tourney debut vs. Auburn.
Break Out The Brooms
Previous to a Nov. nineteenth 3-0 loss at Marquette, Creighton had received 29 straight units over the course of 33 days.
It was the longest streak of units received in program historical past, 4 greater than the earlier excessive. Three of CU’s longest eight units received streaks have now been snapped by Marquette.
Consecutive Units Received
Set Wins Dates Snapped By
29 Oct. 16, Nov. 18, 2022 at #16 Marquette
25 Oct. 22-Nov. 20, 2016 Villanova
25 Oct. 26-Nov. 23, 2018 #16 Marquette
22 Nov. 7-Dec. 2, 2021 Kansas
19 Oct. 12-Nov. 3, 2019 at Villanova
15 Oct. 7-21, 2016 at Marquette
15 Sept. 28-Oct. 13, 2018 at Villanova
15 Sept. 11-24, 2021 at Butler
Prime 25 Historical past
Creighton is 172-40 all-time when enjoying as a ranked crew, and in addition 18-23 all-time towards ranked groups when ranked itself. That mark improves to 2-1 when each Creighton and its opponent are ranked within the prime 10.
Because the begin of the 2012 season, 38 of Creighton’s 69 losses have come towards ranked groups. In that very same interval, Creighton is 262-31 towards unranked groups. Creighton has received all however three of its previous 94 dwelling matches over unranked groups and all however 10 of its final 121 matches in any respect websites towards unranked groups.
After a complete of three whole top-25 wins from 1994-2014, Creighton has earned a minimum of one top-25 win every of the final eight seasons (2015-22). That features a record-tying 4 top-25 victories in 2019.
Creighton is 23-84 all-time towards ranked groups and 13 of these prime 25 wins all-time have come towards both Marquette (8) or Kentucky (5).
The best ranked groups that Creighton has ever crushed at any website had been No. 3 Washington (8/26/17 in Seattle) and No. 3 Kentucky (9/4/21 in Lexington). CU’s highest-ranked opponent it has defeated at dwelling was a 3-1 win over then-No. 9 Marquette on Nov. 22, 2019.
Ranked vs. Ranked (CU is 18-23)
Residence: 8-9 Away: 5-8 Impartial: 5-6
Date Winner Loser CU Rating
11/19/12 #11 Minnesota #21 Creighton 1-3
08/30/13 #25 Creighton #13 BYU 3-1
09/14/13 #11 UCLA #24 Creighton 1-3
09/16/13 #7 Hawaii #23 Creighton 2-3
08/30/14 #22 Kansas #23 Creighton 1-3
09/03/16 #23 Kentucky #22 Creighton 0-3
12/02/16 #21 Creighton #4 Kansas 3-2
12/09/16 #21 Creighton #17 Michigan 3-2
12/10/16 #5 Texas #21 Creighton 0-3
08/26/17 #9 Creighton #3 Washington 3-1
09/01/17 #7 Creighton #13 Kentucky 3-0
09/02/17 #18 USC #7 Creighton 0-3
09/08/17 #17 Purdue #9 Creighton 1-3
09/09/17 #9 Creighton #7 Kansas 3-0
09/16/17 #19 Iowa State #8 Creighton 2-3
12/12/17 #12 Michigan St. #15 Creighton 1-3
08/24/18 #13 Creighton #5 Kentucky 3-2
08/25/18 #10 USC #13 Creighton 2-3
09/06/18 #7 Nebraska #14 Creighton 2-3
09/15/18 #8 Illinois #10 Creighton 1-3
09/23/18 #10 Creighton #21 Marquette 3-0
10/26/18 #10 Creighton #18 Marquette 3-1
11/24/18 #9 Creighton #16 Marquette 3-1
12/01/18 #22 Washington #9 Creighton 0-3
08/30/19 #2 Nebraska #18 Creighton 1-3
08/31/19 #20 Baylor #18 Creighton 0-3
09/06/19 #23 Creighton #12 Kentucky 3-1
09/07/19 #23 Creighton #15 USC 3-1
09/14/19 #12 Washington #17 Creighton 1-3
10/12/19 #13 Creighton #10 Marquette 3-2
11/22/19 #12 Creighton #9 Marquette 3-1
12/07/19 #7 Minnesota #15 Creighton 2-3
02/05/21 #19 Creighton #25 Marquette 3-2
02/06/21 #25 Marquette #19 Creighton 0-3
09/08/21 #3 Nebraska #19 Creighton 0-3
09/02/22 #17 Creighton #25 USC 3-1
09/03/22 #16 Kentucky #17 Creighton 1-3
09/07/22 #2 Nebraska #17 Creighton 2-3
10/14/22 #21 Creighton #16 Marquette 3-2
11/19/22 #16 Marquette #11 Creighton 0-3
11/26/22 #15 Creighton #14 Marquette 3-2
Block File Falls
Creighton set a school-record for whole blocks and block assists the final time it met DePaul on Oct. 16.
Creighton’s 22.0 blocks broke the report of 21.0 achieved twice earlier than (in 2003 and 2012), and probably the most by any BIG EAST crew since 2018.
Creighton’s 40 block assists had been two greater than the earlier mark set in 2009 and 2012, and eight greater than the earlier mark for a five-set match achieved 3 times.
Individually, Kiana Schmitt’s 13 whole blocks had been probably the most by a Bluejay since Kelli Browning in 2012, and tied for fifth-most ever by a Bluejay.
Most Complete Blocks, Particular person
17 Ashley Williams (3-14) vs. Wichita State (5s) 10-10-03
16 Ashley Williams (4-12) vs. Southern Illinois (5s) 9-19-03
15 Kelli Browning (0-15) vs. Tulsa (4s) 9-8-12
14 Jessica Houts (0-14) vs. Lipscomb (4s) 9-4-09
13 Laurel Sanford (1-12) vs. Southern Illinois (5s) 10-21-11
13 Kiana Schmitt (1-12) vs. DePaul (5s) 10-16-22
Most Complete Blocks, Staff
22 vs. DePaul (2-40) 10-16-22
21 vs. Southern Illinois (8-26) (5s) 9-19-03
21 vs. Tulsa (2-38) (4s) 9-8-12
20 vs. Lipscomb (1-38) (4s) 9-4-09
20 vs. Indiana State (3-34) (3s) 10-24-09
20 at Kansas (4-32) (5s) 9-19-12
Most Block Assists, Staff
40 vs. DePaul (5s) 10-16-22
38 vs. Lipscomb (4s) 9-4-09
38 vs. Tulsa (4s) 9-8-12
36 vs. Southern Illinois (4s) 10-27-12
35 at Bradley (4s) 11-19-05
Towards The BIG EAST
Because the BIG EAST was restructured in 2013, Creighton owns a report higher than .500 towards every of the opposite groups at the moment within the BIG EAST.
The Bluejays personal 171 wins towards BIG EAST competitors (together with BIG EAST Championship play) since 2013, 28 extra wins than Marquette for many within the league.
CU nonetheless has not misplaced to 4 league foes (DePaul, Georgetown, Windfall, Xavier) since becoming a member of the BIG EAST, and Marquette (5), Villanova (3), Seton Corridor (3) and St. John’s (3) are the one BIG EAST applications to prime the Bluejays a number of occasions since 2013.
Opponent Reg. Season BE Tourney Complete
Butler 18-1 – 18-1
Connecticut 2-1 1-0 3-1
DePaul 20-0 1-0 21-0
Georgetown 18-0 – 18-0
Marquette 16-4 6-1 22-5
Windfall 15-0 – 15-0
Seton Corridor 15-3 2-0 17-3
St. John’s 16-2 0-1 16-3
Villanova 15-3 3-0 18-3
Xavier 19-0 4-0 23-0
Complete 154-14 17-2 171-16
X Marks The Spot
Creighton owns 23 straight matches towards Xavier, its greatest streak towards any crew.
Most Consecutive Match Wins Over One Staff
Wins Opponent Dates
23 Xavier 2013-Current
21 DePaul 2013-Current
19 Southern Illinois 2003-11
19 Georgetown 2013-Current
18 Butler 2013-Current
16 Indiana State 2005-Current
5 For Preventing
Creighton received back-to-back 5 set dwelling matches towards Marquette and DePaul on Oct. 14 and Oct. 16. Extremely, it was the primary time in 10 years of regular-season BIG EAST play that Creighton had performed back-to-back 5 setters in convention matches at any website.
The final time it occurred was CU’s last two league matches as a member of the Missouri Valley Convention in 2012 when it received street matches at Wichita State and Missouri State.
Paradoxically, Creighton honored the league champion 2012 Volleyball crew that weekend throughout its victory over Marquette.
Creighton had not received a number of five-set dwelling matches on the identical weekend since October of 2010 when it beat Missouri State and Wichita State on consecutive days.
Depth, Depth and Extra Depth
Solely 9 energetic gamers all through the 11-team BIG EAST had a minimum of 800 profession kills, 500 profession digs and 100 profession blocks, and 5 of these ladies had been Creighton Bluejays.
800 Kills, 500 Digs, 100 Profession Blocks, BIG EAST
Identify, College Kills Digs Blocks
Rachele Rastelli, SJU 1,865 609 401
Caylee Parker, UConn 1,705 1,221 210
Bethany Clapp, CU 1,214 879 166
Brooklyn Cink, XU 1,156 781 230
Jazz Schmidt, CU 1,022 744 212
Jaela Zimmerman, CU 1,000 796 165
Keeley Davis, CU 962 842 155
Norah Sis, CU 924 627 116
Jasmine Davis, UConn 897 830 151
Streak Reached 17
Earlier than Nov. nineteenth, Creighton had received 17 straight matches, its Tenth double-digit successful streak since 2012. The win streak was tied for the third-longest in program historical past.
When Kirsten Bernthal Sales space was employed, the Jays had by no means had a win streak longer than 5. Every of the 17 longest win streaks in program historical past have come below Sales space’s steerage.
Most Consecutive Wins, Creighton Historical past
Wins Dates Snapped By
23 Sept. 23-Dec. 9, 2016 at #5 Texas, 3-0
21 Sept. 21 – Nov. 30, 2018 #22 Washington, 3-0
17 Sept. 29-Nov. 30, 2012 at #11 Minnesota, 3-1
17 Sept. 23 – Nov. 18, 2022 at #16 Marquette, 3-0
14 Sept. 19-Nov. 3, 2019 at Villanova, 3-0
14 Oct. 17-Dec. 2, 2021 Kansas, 3-1
12 Sept. 20-Oct. 25, 2015 at Villanova, 3-2
11 Oct. 11-Nov. 21, 2014 Seton Corridor, 3-0
11 Oct. 6-Nov. 12, 2017 at Villanova, 3-0
10 Oct. 31-Dec. 5, 2015 vs. #2 USC, 3-1
Spectacular Sis
Norah Sis owns 10 or extra kills in every of CU’s final 15 matches. That ranks because the fifth-longest in program historical past, however is barely simply one-quarter of the best way to Leah Ratzlaff’s Beamonesque report.
Consecutive Matches, 10 or Extra Kills
58 Leah Ratzlaff, Sept. 13, 2003-Sept. 9, 2005
21 Jaali Winters, Oct. 6, 2015 – Aug. 28, 2016
19 JoDe Cieloha, Sept. 26-Nov. 21, 1997
18 Jaela Zimmerman, Nov. 16, 2019 – March 27, 2021
15 Norah Sis, Oct. 7, 2022-Current
14 Kelly Goc, Sept. 8-Oct. 19, 2007
13 JoDe Cieloha, Sept. 7-Oct. 18, 1996
13 Jaali Winters, Nov. 12, 2016-Sept. 1, 2017
12 Amanda Cvejdlik, Aug. 25-Sept. 19, 2006
Seniors Main The Approach
Creighton acknowledged seniors Emily Bressman, Bethany Clapp, Keeley Davis, Jazz Schmidt, Allison Whitten and Jaela Zimmerman following its Nov. Thirteenth win vs. Seton Corridor.
Clapp (Incarnate Phrase), Schmidt (Palm Seaside Atlantic) and Whitten (Morehead State) are all graduate transfers of their first 12 months within the Bluejay program.
Bressman missed this season resulting from damage however owns 38 kills, 138 digs and 4 aces in her profession as a defensive specialist and out of doors hitter.
Davis is a two-time All-Area and All-BIG EAST choice who burst onto the scene in 2019 because the league’s Freshman of the 12 months. She owned 962 kills, 842 digs and ranks first in CU historical past with 148 aces.
Zimmerman is a three-time All-BIG EAST selection, two-time AVCA Honorable Point out All-American and a four-time occasion MVP. She closed her profession with 1,000 kills, 796 digs and 77 aces.
All instructed, the group mixed for five,688 digs, 4,255 kills, 2,057 assists, 698 blocks and 558 service aces on the collegiate stage.
NCAA Crowds
Creighton attracted 4,803 followers on the opening weekend of the NCAA Event. That determine ranked Eleventh-best among the many 16 host websites nationally.
NCAA Spherical 1/2 Attendance
Rk. Host Rd. 1 Rd. 2 Complete
1. Nebraska 8062 8235 16297
2. Wisconsin 7229 7229 14458
3. Minnesota 4489 4671 9160
4. Texas 4172 4812 8984
5. Oregon 3474 3014 6488
6. Ohio State 3492 2874 6366
7. Stanford 2866 2797 5663
8. Florida 2563 2936 5499
9. Pittsburgh 2667 2814 5481
10. San Diego 2667 2228 4895
11. Creighton 2653 2150 4803
12. Penn State 2403 2389 4792
13. Kentucky 2293 2387 4680
14. Marquette 2064 2066 4130
15. Baylor 1402 1007 2409
16. Louisville 933 984 1917
Attendance Replace
Creighton ended the 12 months ranked Thirteenth nationally in whole dwelling attendance (41,805) and Sixteenth in followers per dwelling match (2,459).
Creighton has led the BIG EAST in common dwelling attendance in each non-COVID 12 months since becoming a member of the league.
Creighton’s 41,805 dwelling followers this fall had been second-most in program historical past. The two,459 followers per dwelling match had been additionally second-most ever.
Most Residence Followers, Season
Rk. Followers Dates 12 months
1. 47,632 17 2018
2. 41,805 17 2022
3. 30,211 14 2021
4. 29,905 18 2015
5. 25,615 13 2019
Highest Residence Attendance Common, Season
Common Rk. Followers Dates 12 months
1. 2,802 47,632 17 2018
2. 2,459 41,805 17 2022
3. 2,158 30,211 14 2021
4. 1,970 25,615 13 2019
5. 1,873 24,346 13 2017
Come On Down
Whereas the highest seven dwelling crowds in program historical past have occurred at CHI Well being Middle Omaha, D.J. Sokol Enviornment has additionally attracted 33 crowds of two,000 or extra.
Largest Residence Crowds, Creighton Historical past
Att. Opponent Date CU Consequence Facility
15,797 #2 Nebraska 09/07/22 L 2-3 CHI Well being Middle Omaha
14,022 #7 Nebraska 09/06/18 L 2-3 CHI Well being Middle Omaha
13,081 #18 Cal Poly 09/02/07 L 0-3 CHI Well being Middle Omaha
12,112 #1 Nebraska 09/24/06 L 1-3 CHI Well being Middle Omaha
11,279 #3 Nebraska f09/08/21 L 0-3 CHI Well being Middle Omaha
10,131 #4 Nebraska 09/15/15 L 0-3 CHI Well being Middle Omaha
8,037 #2 Nebraska 10/05/08 L 0-3 CHI Well being Middle Omaha
2,653 Auburn 12/02/22 L 2-3 Sokol
2,578 #13 Kentucky 09/01/17 W 3-0 Sokol
2,552 South Dakota 11/30/18 W 3-0 Sokol
2,517 Coastal Carolina 12/01/17 W 3-1 Sokol
2,514 #7 Nebraska 08/31/10 L 0-3 Sokol
2,509 #22 Washington 12/01/18 L 0-3 Sokol
2,504 #9 Marquette 11/22/19 W 3-1 Sokol
2,415 #12 Michigan St. 12/02/17 L 1-3 Sokol
2,389 Kansas 12/03/21 L 1-3 Sokol
2,351 Ole Miss 12/02/21 W 3-0 Sokol
2,325 Northern Iowa 10/05/12 W 3-1 Sokol
2,290 Iowa State 09.07/18 W 3-1 Sokol
2,285 Texas Tech 08/28/09 W 3-0 Sokol
2,242 #16 Marquette 11/24/18 W 3-1 Sokol
2,241 #21 Marquette 09/23/18 W 3-0 Sokol
2,225 Georgetown 11/09/18 W 3-0 Sokol
2,222 Marquette 11/04/17 W 3-0 Sokol
2,206 Xavier 10/18/18 W 3-2 Sokol
2,195 Seton Corridor 10/05/18 W 3-0 Sokol
2,194 Wyoming 09/21/19 W 3-0 Sokol
2,135 Bradley 10/14/11 W 3-1 Sokol
2,134 Nebraska-Omaha 09/13/19 W 3-0 Sokol
2,113 #25 USC 09/02/22 W 3-1 Sokol
2,109 Marquette 10/13/13 W 3-0 Sokol
2,084 #18 USC 09/02/17 L 0-3 Sokol
2,073 Seton Corridor 11/03/19 W 3-0 Sokol
2,067 Villanova 11/21/14 W 3-0 Sokol
2,064 Villanova 09/27/19 W 3-0 Sokol
2,054 #16 Marquette 10/14/22 W 3-2 Sokol
2,041 DePaul 09/21/18 W 3-0 Sokol
2,037 #14 Marquette 11/26/22 W 3-2 Sokol
2,013 Villanova 11/23/18 W 3-0 Sokol
2,006 Butler 10/18/19 W 3-0 Sokol
Crowded Home
Creighton averaged 2,459 followers per dwelling match this season, which ranked Sixteenth-most nationally. That attendance common determine ranks second-most in program historical past, trailing solely 2018 (2,802).
Creighton’s 41,805 whole dwelling followers ranked Thirteenth-most nationally. That determine ranked second-best in program historical past, trailing solely 2018 (47,632).
Common Attendance Leaders
1. Nebraska 8,190
2. Wisconsin 7,761
3. Hawaii 5,963
4. Minnesota 4,758
5. Texas 4,364
6. Ohio State 3,609
7. BYU 3,218
8. Michigan State 3,208
9. Florida 3,138
10. Iowa State 2,991
11. Colorado State 2,885
12. Washington 2,728
13. Penn State 2,699
14. Stanford 2,694
15. Illinois 2,566
16. Creighton 2,459
Complete Residence Attendance Leaders
1. Nebraska 155,618
2. Wisconsin 139,701
3. Hawaii 89,450
4. Minnesota 80,886
5. Texas 74,196
6. Florida 59,623
7. Michigan State 51,320
8. Ohio State 50,530
9. Colorado State 49,052
10. Penn State 48,578
11. BYU 48,277
12. Stanford 43,101
13. Creighton 41,805
14. Kentucky 40,137
15. Iowa State 38,882
Decade of Dominance
Ten years within the BIG EAST offers Creighton a reasonably good set of information to check its yearly efficiency in league matches. Here is how the 2022 marketing campaign compares to earlier seasons:
Creighton’s 12 months-By-12 months BIG EAST Stats
12 months W-L KPS HIT% SAPS DPS BPS
2013 12-4 13.75 .213 1.00 16.20 3.13
2014 16-2 14.89 .242 1.30 17.09 2.86
2015 17-1 15.02 .271 1.33 16.97 2.47
2016 18-0 15.37 .317 1.69 16.08 2.41
2017 16-2 14.81 .302 1.31 16.62 2.05
2018 18-0 14.45 .294 2.13 15.67 2.38
2019 17-1 14.61 .269 2.07 15.80 2.25
2020 7-1 12.93 .249 1.30 14.17 2.75
2021 16-2 13.95 .242 1.82 18.02 2.86
2022 17-1 14.80 .299 1.85 16.10 2.33
Sis Is Rolling
Sophomore Norah Sis owned 489 kills this season and now has 924 in her profession.
The 924 kills is second-most ever by a Bluejay of their first two seasons, trailing solely Jaali Winters’ 994.
The 489 kills this season ranks second-most ever by a Bluejay sophomore. That report of 516 is held by Leah Ratzlaff.
Most Kills, After 2 Seasons at Creighton
Kills Yr1 Yr2 Identify 12 months
994 546 448 Jaali Winters 2015 & 2016
924 435 489 Norah Sis 2021 & 2022
769 341 428 Melissa Walsh 1998 & 1999
733 270 463 Alicia Runge 2009 & 2010 (Jr. & Sr.)
696 180 516 Leah Ratzlaff 2002 & 2003
653 267 386 Jessica Houts 2005 & 2006
640 225 415 Amanda Cvejdlik 2005 & 2006
Most Kills, Creighton Sophomores
Kills Identify 12 months
516 Leah Ratzlaff 2003
489 Norah Sis 2022
448 Jaali Winters 2016
428 Melissa Walsh 1999
415 Amanda Cvejdlik 2006
390 Taryn Kloth 2016
386 Jessica Houts 2006
376 Leah McNary 2012
350 Kelli Browning 2012
No Losers Right here
Creighton has been almost pretty much as good as anybody at avoiding losses in current seasons.
Creighton, Louisville, Marquette, Pittsburgh, Texas, Towson, Western Kentucky and Wisconsin are the nation’s solely groups with 5 losses or much less within the 2020, 2021 and 2022 seasons.
For those who return two years extra, the nation’s solely groups to lose six occasions or much less within the 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022 seasons are Creighton, Pittsburgh and Texas.
President Elect Sales space
Creighton coach Kirsten Bernthal Sales space has been voted the President-Elect of the American Volleyball Coaches Affiliation.
Sales space will start her service on January 1, 2023 then develop into AVCA President in 2024. She is going to be part of the 17-member AVCA Board of Administrators, which incorporates elected representatives, appointed voting members for Range Improvement and Laws, and non-voting members for Schooling and Awards.
Sales space will function President-Elect in 2023, be President in 2024 and 2025, after which end out her time period as Previous President in 2026.
Sales space is in her twentieth season as the top ladies’s volleyball coach at Creighton.
Placing The 0 In October And November
Creighton completed the month of October with an ideal 8-0 report, which included 5 sweeps and three 3-2 victories.
It is the fourth time up to now six fall seasons that Creighton has been unbeaten in October.
All instructed since October of 2014 Creighton is 65-5 within the Tenth month of the 12 months.
Creighton’s been awfully good within the month of November too. Because the begin of 2014, CU is 61-5 within the Eleventh month of the 12 months.
Creighton has received 37 straight October dwelling matches (since 10/15/11) and 33 consecutive dwelling matches in November (since 11/23/14).
20/20 Imaginative and prescient
Creighton earned its Tenth season of 20 or extra wins up to now 11 seasons with a 3-0 win at St. John’s on Oct. thirtieth. The one exception in that span was the COVID-19 shortened 2020 season (when CU solely performed 16 matches).
All 13 of Creighton’s 20-win seasons since its 1994 reinstatement have come below the management of Kirsten Bernthal Sales space. Earlier than her arrival, CU had by no means received greater than 16 matches in a single season.
Most Matches Received, Creighton Season
12 months MP W L Pct. Coach
1. 2021 35 31 4 .886 Sales space
2. 2012 33 29 4 .879 Sales space
2018 34 29 5 .853 Sales space
2016 36 29 7 .806 Sales space
5. 2022 32 27 5 .844 Sales space
2015 36 27 9 .750 Sales space
7. 2017 33 26 7 .788 Sales space
2019 31 25 6 .806 Sales space
2014 34 25 9 .735 Sales space
10. 2013 32 23 9 .719 Sales space
11. 2006 31 21 10 .677 Sales space
2007 31 21 10 .667 Sales space
2010 31 21 12 .636 Sales space
14. 2004 29 18 11 .621 Sales space
2008 27 18 9 .667 Sales space
League Streak Reached 28
Earlier than its Nov. 19 loss at No. 16 Marquette, Creighton had received 28 consecutive regular-season BIG EAST matches. That tied this system’s second-longest win streak ever in league play.
Throughout CU’s 28-match league win streak, the Bluejays received 84-of-92 units.
Consecutive Common-Season League Wins
Wins Dates Snapped By League
31 Nov. 18, 2017 – Nov. 3, 2019 at Villanova, 3-0 BIG EAST
28 Oct. 31, 2015 – Sept. 30, 2017 at Marquette, 3-0 BIG EAST
28 Oct. 17, 2021- Nov. 18, 2022 at #16 Marquette, 3-0 BIG EAST
14 Sept. 29, 2012 – Finish of 2012 By no means (left MVC) MVC
12 Sept. 20-Oct. 25, 2015 at Villanova, 3-2 BIG EAST
11 Oct. 11-Nov. 21, 2014 Seton Corridor, 3-0 BIG EAST
11 Oct. 6-Nov. 12, 2017 at Villanova, 3-0 BIG EAST
9 Nov. 4, 2005-Sept. 30, 2006 Northern Iowa, 3-2 MVC
Dealing Up Aces
Keeley Davis had 9 aces within the last regular-season dwelling weekend of her profession (Nov. 11-13), serving to her break a 21-year old style report for profession aces that had been held by Molly Moran.
Davis reached 100 profession aces in her 82nd profession contest on Aug. 26 vs. Wichita State, which ranked third-fastest in Bluejay historical past.
Davis is the primary participant in Creighton historical past with a number of seasons of fifty or extra service aces.
It is also price noting that three of Davis’ teammates entered the 12 months having owned greater than 100 profession aces, although they’ve achieved so at different colleges. Bethany Clapp owned 103 aces in 97 matches at Incarnate Phrase, Jazz Schmidt had 103 aces in 96 matches at Division II Palm Seaside Atlantic and Allison Whitten had 103 aces in 115 contests at Morehead State.
Service Aces, Profession
Identify Units No. Years
1. Keeley Davis 383 148 2019-22
2. Molly Moran 341 145 1998-01
3. Melissa Weisensee 411 125 1994-97
4. Brittany Witt 471 122 2016-19
5. JoDe Cieloha 398 113 1994-97
6. Kate Elman 464 105 2012-15
7. Shelly Kapler 388 104 1996-99
8. Jaali Winters 494 101 2015-18
9. Madelyn Cole 225 93 2018-19
10. Carolyn Decker 300 89 2004-08
Creighton’s Quickest Gamers To 100 Aces (Profession)
Identify MP Date Opponent
Molly Moran 73 08/31/01 vs. DePaul
Melissa Weisensee 77 11/01/96 Southern Illinois
Keeley Davis 82 08/26/22 vs. Wichita St.
JoDe Cieloha 85 09/06/97 at UNLV
Shelly Kapler 95 10/15/99 Bradley
Brittany Witt 107 10/05/19 Seton Corridor
Kate Elman 120 11/15/15 Butler
Jaali Winters 135 11/17/18 Windfall
Schmitt A Ki Participant
Kiana Schmitt entered the 2022 season with three profession matches (of 60 performed) with 10 or extra kills, however the senior had 12 matches in double-figures this fall.
Schmitt owns a career-high with 16 kills vs. DePaul on Oct. 16.
Creighton is 42-6 all-time when Schmitt has six or extra kills. CU can be 20-0 all-time when she owns 4 or extra blocks.
Ballot Highway Forward
Creighton has been ranked in every of the final 30 AVCA Prime 25 polls. With little motion from week-to-week, nonetheless, CU is one among 18 groups to be ranked every of these polls, a gaggle that features Baylor, BYU, Creighton, Florida, Georgia Tech, Kentucky, Louisville, Minnesota, Nebraska, Ohio State, Oregon, Penn State, Pitt, Purdue, Stanford, Texas, Western Kentucky and Wisconsin.
Creighton has been ranked in all however six of the previous 99 weeks the AVCA has put out a Prime 25 ballot.
107 Weeks As A Ranked Staff
Creighton is ranked in the latest AVCA ballot for the 107th time in program historical past. That is Forty third-most of all applications in NCAA historical past.
All 107 rankings have occurred since 2012 and below the course of Kirsten Bernthal Sales space.
Whitten Finishes At 531
Allison Whitten completed her profession having appeared in 536 profession units, although the primary 417 of these got here at Morehead State from 2018-21.
By comparability, the one Bluejay in historical past to play in 500 or extra units was Lauren Smith, who appeared in a program-record 511 units with the Jays from 2013-16. Final 12 months Abby Bottomley accomplished her profession with 517 units performed, together with 403 at Excessive Level.
Whitten Surpasses 2,000 Digs
Creighton libero Allison Whitten surpassed 2,000 profession digs on Sept. 18 at Rice, as she had 24 digs on the afternoon.
The grad switch had 1,823 digs in 4 seasons at Morehead State and led CU with 466 digs this season, giving her 2,289 in her profession.
By comparability, the highest two ladies in digs at Creighton (solely) are Brittany Witt (2,079 from 2016-19) and Kate Elman (2,054 from 2012-15).
Final 12 months’s Bluejay libero, Abby Bottomley, completed her profession seventh in NCAA historical past with 2,711 profession digs, although the primary 2,158 digs got here whereas at Excessive Level from 2017-20.
Whitten had seven or extra digs in all 32 contests this fall.
Bouncing Again
The Creighton employees is fast to credit score athletic efficiency coach Brad Schmidt for serving to the crew get stronger throughout the low season and preserve that energy throughout the season.
Want proof of that? Creighton has performed eight five-set matches to this point this season. Not solely was Creighton 6-3 in five-setters this fall, however the Jays are additionally 7-1 this 12 months within the contest after a five-setter..
Since Aug. 25, 2018, Creighton is 17-2 within the match following a five-setter since Aug. 25, 2018.
Taking The Fifth
Creighton is 68-36 in five-set matches below Kirsten Bernthal Sales space. That is spectacular since Creighton had by no means completed a season with a successful report in fifth units previous to Sales space’s arrival.
Creighton has received 18 of its final 25 true street matches to go 5 units, together with wins in 2012 over league rivals Northern Iowa, Wichita State and Missouri State, wins in 2013 at Denver and at Wichita State, wins in 2014 at Butler and at St. John’s, a win at Georgetown in 2015, an NCAA Event win at No. 4 Kansas in 2016, 2017 victories at Butler, Georgetown and Marquette, a 2018 win at Butler, wins at UNI and No. 10 Marquette in 2019, at South Dakota within the 2020 marketing campaign and at Omaha and UConn in 2022.
It is also price noting that Creighton is 18-5 all-time in five-set dwelling matches at D.J. Sokol Enviornment.
Creighton’s six victories in five-set matches this season breaks this system report of 5 beforehand achieved in 2003, 2011 and 2015. The 9 five-set matches in 2022 was additionally a report.
Beneath is a listing of Creighton’s report in five-set matches on a yearly foundation:
12 months Set 5 W-L Complete W-L
1994 0-2 5-20
1995 0-2 11-19
1996 2-6 9-19
1997 3-5 15-13
1998 2-3 7-18
1999 3-3 13-15
2000 3-3 16-12
2001 1-1 14-13
2002 1-3 3-23
2003 5-1 12-18
2004 4-0 18-11
2005 3-1 16-14
2006 4-2 21-10
2007 2-0 21-10
2008 2-3 18-9
2009 1-4 14-17
2010 3-3 21-12
2011 5-2 17-14
2012 4-1 29-4
2013 3-2 23-9
2014 3-2 25-9
2015 5-2 27-9
2016 4-3 29-7
2017 4-1 26-7
2018 3-2 29-5
2019 2-1 25-6
2020 4-2 12-4
2021 1-1 31-4
2022 6-3 27-5
Complete 83-64 534-336
2-0 Higher Than 0-2
Creighton is 365-11 (.971) all-time when main a match 2-0, together with a 308-5 mark (.984) below Kirsten Bernthal Sales space. CU is 232-3 when up 2-0 relationship to September of 2009, and 120-1 all-time at D.J. Sokol Enviornment when up 2-0 on the break.
Per RichKern.com, Division I groups that received the primary two units received 95.0 p.c of their matches from 2009-18.
Conversely, the Jays are 17-204 (.077) all-time when trailing a match 0-2, and 15-105 (.125) below Sales space.
A type of comebacks got here on Oct. 7, 2022 at UConn, which was CU’s first comeback win on the street in league play after trailing 0-2 since 2015. CU then overcame an 0-2 dwelling deficit on Oct. 14, vs. No. 16 Marquette, the primary such comeback towards a ranked foe. Mixed, the UConn and Marquette comebacks mark the primary time in program historical past the crew has posted a number of reverse sweeps in the identical month.
These 17 comebacks in program historical past from down 0-2 are listed under.
Date Opponent Units 3-5 scores Coach
09/19/97 at Bradley 15-11, 15-13, 15-8 Wallace
10/01/99 at Drake 15-6, 17-15, 15-11 Wallace
09/03/04 vs. Montana 30-20, 30-21, 15-11 Sales space
10/15/04 at Bradley 30-22, 30-23, 15-11 Sales space
10/15/05 at So. Illinois 30-25, 30-24, 15-8 Sales space
09/21/07 at No. Iowa 31-29, 30-26, 15-12 Sales space
11/16/12 at Wichita St. 25-16, 25-20, 16-14 Sales space
09/05/14 vs. No. Iowa 25-16, 25-22, 15-5 Sales space
11/08/14 at Butler 25-16, 25-20, 15-13 Sales space
09/20/15 Kansas State 25-23, 26-24, 15-13 Sales space
10/09/15 DePaul 25-21, 25-12, 15-11 Sales space
11/20/15 at Georgetown 30-28, 26-24, 15-7 Sales space
10/13/17 Butler 25-21, 25-23, 15-9 Sales space
10/18/18 Xavier 25-17, 25-17, 15-13 Sales space
01/31/21 at So. Dakota 25-20, 25-23, 15-7 Sales space
10/07/22 at UConn 25-15, 25-12, 15-13 Sales space
10/14/22 #16 Marquette 25-19, 25-16, 15-8 Sales space
Did not Have To Wait Lengthy
Creighton sophomore Kendra Wait grew to become the ninth participant in program historical past to succeed in 2,000 profession units when she did so on Oct. 16 vs. DePaul.
Wait wanted 54 matches to succeed in the milestone, sixth-fastest in program historical past. The 5 ladies forward of her mixed to win First Staff All-Convention honors 9 occasions.
Wait reached 1,000 assists this season on Nov. 4 in CU’s twenty fourth match of the autumn.
Creighton’s Quickest Gamers To 2,000 Assists (Profession)
Identify MP Date Opponent
Korie Lebeda 43 09/22/06 Drake
Brittany Coleman 45 10/02/04 Southern Illinois
Kailey Reyes 49 09/01/00 at Iowa State
Lydia Dimke 52 10/13/17 Butler
Madelyn Cole 53 10/25/19 at Windfall
Kendra Wait 54 10/16/22 DePaul
Megan Bober 55 11/05/10 at Wichita State
Melissa Weisensee 66 09/15/96 at UMKC
Michelle Sicner 109 11/23/14 Seton Corridor
Single-Season Matches to 1,000 Assists
Identify MP Opponent 12 months
Korie Lebeda 21 at Drake 2006
Brittany Coleman 22 at Southern Illinois 2004
Korie Lebeda 23 Missouri State 2005
Brittany Coleman 23 Northern Iowa 2003
Kailey Reyes 23 at Southern Illinois 1999
Melissa Weisensee 23 at Evansville 1996
Kailey Reyes 24 at Wichita State 2000
Melissa Weisensee 24 at Evansville 1997
Kendra Wait 24 Windfall 2022
Kailey Reyes 25 Wichita State 2001
Korie Lebeda 25 Southern Illinois 2007
Korie Lebeda 26 Bradley 2008
Lydia Dimke 26 Xavier 2016
Madelyn Cole 26 at Seton Corridor 2018
Megan Bober 27 Evansville 2010
Lydia Dimke 27 Georgetown 2017
Madelyn Cole 27 #9 Marquette 2019
Megan Bober 28 at Northern Iowa 2009
Megan Bober 28 at Wichita State 2012
Michelle Sicner 28 Xavier 2013
Kendra Wait 29 at Villanova 2021
Maggie Baumert 32 vs. Seton Corridor 2014
Not A lot Center Floor
Of Creighton’s final 26 matches, there’s been 9 five-set matches and 16 sweeps. Solely a kind of contests has been precisely 4 units.
Creighton was 6-3 this 12 months in five-set matches, 4-1 in four-setters and 16-1 in sweeps.
Creighton averaged 17.96 digs per set and 14.04 kills per set in contests to go 5 units this season. Kiara Reinhardt hit .318 in these matches, whereas Norah Sis averaged 4.40 kills per set and Kendra Wait averaged 11.05 assists and three.97 digs per set.
Creighton is 46-2 in its final 48 matches to final precisely three units.
Welcome Again Jaela
Jaela Zimmerman made her 2022 debut on Sept. 30 when she checked in to serve set level in Creighton’s 25-15 set one victory over Butler.
She made her second look on Oct. 8 on match level at Windfall, and promptly dialed up her first ace of the season.
The strain stage upped a notch on Oct. 16 when she was inserted into the fifth set with the rating tied at 7-all. She earned her first dig of the season instantly and served a 3-0 run because the Jays took the lead for good within the 15-11 win.
Zimmerman noticed her first entrance row motion of the season on Oct. 22 at Georgetown and earned her first kill of 2022 on Oct. 28 at Seton Corridor, the 998th of her profession.
A two-time AVCA Honorable Point out All-American and three-time All-BIG EAST choice, Zimmerman tore the anterior cruciate ligament in her left knee in Creighton’s NCAA Event win vs. Ole Miss on Dec. 2, 2021 and underwent surgical procedure 5 weeks later.
Jae-Z Performs The Hits
Jaela Zimmerman owns 1,000 kills, good for a tie for 14th in Creighton historical past. She reached the milestone in her 111th profession match on Nov. 13 on her Senior Day vs. Seton Corridor.
Profession Kills
Identify Units No. Years
1. Jaali Winters 494 1,843 2015-18
2. Leah Ratzlaff 409 1,622 2002-05
3. Melissa Walsh 394 1,596 1998-01
4. Taryn Kloth 462 1,427 2015-18
5. Kelly Goc 394 1,414 2004-07
6. Jessica Houts 451 1,385 2005-09
7. JoDe Cieloha 398 1,375 1994-97
8. Leah McNary 458 1,257 2011-14
9. Marysa Wilkinson 499 1,183 2014-17
10. Lauren Smith 511 1,160 2013-16
11. Allie Oelke 445 1,126 2007-10
12. Kelli Browning 424 1,104 2011-14
13. Amanda Cvejdlik 343 1,029 2005-08
14. Shelly Kapler 388 1,000 1996-99
Jaela Zimmerman 357 1,000 2018-Pr.
Creighton’s Quickest Gamers To 1,000 Profession Kills
Identify MP Date Opponent
Melissa Walsh 70 10/15/00 Jap Illinois
Jaali Winters 73 08/25/17 vs. Saint Mary’s
Leah Ratzlaff 76 10/22/04 Missouri State
JoDe Cieloha 83 09/13/97 at Drake
Kelly Goc 87 11/24/06 vs Northern Iowa
Jessica Houts 90 11/08/08 Illinois State
Leah McNary 96 09/12/14 Pepperdine
Amanda Cvejdlik 99 11/15/08 at Evansville
Shelly Kapler 103 11/18/99 vs. Missouri St.
Taryn Kloth 103 08/31/18 vs. NC State
Allie Oelke 107 10/09/10 Wichita State
Kelli Browning 110 10/26/14 DePaul
Jaela Zimmerman 111 11/13/22 Seton Corridor
Lauren Smith 119 10/07/16 at Villanova
Marysa Wilkinson 120 09/30/17 at St. John’s
Residence Candy Residence
Creighton is in its Tenth season as a member of the BIG EAST since becoming a member of the league in the summertime of 2013.
Since then, the Bluejays are 92-4 in dwelling matches towards BIG EAST groups (83-3 within the regular-season, 9-1 within the BIG EAST Event).
Since November of 2014, Creighton is 76-1 inside D.J. Sokol Enviornment towards BIG EAST groups, which features a 68-1 league mark and a 8-0 mark within the convention event. The one setback (on Feb. 6, 2021 vs. Marquette) was performed as a non-conference match, solely to be flipped to a league contest 19 days later.
Put one other method, since enrolling at Creighton in 2018, Bluejay fifth-year senior Jaela Zimmerman went 47-1 in dwelling matches towards BIG EAST groups, and 141-24 in units.
Corridor Name
Megan (Bober) Varasteh entered the Creighton Athletics Corridor of Fame on Saturday, Oct. fifteenth, at a banquet at Hilton Omaha.
Varasteh was a part of the 54th class of inductees (together with Renae Sinkler-O’Gorman and Carol Ketcham) and provides the Creighton Athletics Corridor of Fame 94 inductees, plus the 1991 Creighton Baseball Staff. The Athletics Corridor of Fame began in 1968 with the induction of Bluejay nice Bob Gibson.
Varasteh starred as a member of the Creighton Volleyball program from 2008-12, changing into this system’s first participant in earn AVCA All-America honors a number of occasions. She grew to become the volleyball program’s first lady named Missouri Valley Convention Participant of the 12 months in addition to MVC Event MVP, serving to the Bluejays to their first regular-season and convention event titles and a then-record 29 victories. She closed her profession with a school-record 15 triple-doubles (second in MVC historical past) and because the solely participant in league historical past with a minimum of 4,000 assists, 1,000 digs, 800 kills and 400 blocks.
She joined Melissa Walsh (2009), Korie Lebeda (2014) and Kelli Browning (2021) as the one Creighton Volleyball gamers to be inducted.
Along with being named Creighton’s Feminine Athlete of the 12 months, she was additionally acknowledged because the Carl M. Reinert, S.J., Feminine Scholar-Athlete of the 12 months, repeated her spot on the MVC Scholar-Athlete First Staff and was named a CoSIDA Tutorial All-American Second Staff choice as a senior.
The final win of Bober’s profession was a 3-0 sweep over Marquette within the 2012 NCAA Event.
Down For The Rely
Creighton outscored groups 1,443-1,031 in league play this season and allowed a BIG EAST opponent rating greater than 18 factors in simply 20 of the 60 units performed.
20 Kills At A Time For Sis
Norah Sis had a career-high 30 kills within the NCAA Event match vs. Auburn.
Sis is one among 5 gamers in program historical past with three or extra matches of 25 or extra kills. Her 13 profession matches of 20 or extra kills ranks tied for fourth-most.
Most Matches With 25+ Kills, Creighton Profession
25+Okay Identify Years
8 Melissa Walsh 1998-01
6 Leah Ratzlaff 2002-05
6 Jaali Winters 2015-18
3 Taryn Kloth 2015-18
3 Norah Sis 2021-Current
2 Jessica Houts 2005-09
1 Michelle Prorock 1994-96
1 JoDe Cieloha 1994-97
1 Shelly Kapler 1996-99
1 Melanie Keolanui 1997-00
1 Kelly Goc 2004-07
1 Alicia Runge 2009-10
1 Keeley Davis 2019-22
Matches With 20+ Kills, Profession
20+Okay Identify Years
23 Melissa Walsh 1998-01
20 Leah Ratzlaff 2002-05
18 Jaali Winters 2015-18
13 Kelly Goc 2004-07
13 Norah Sis 2021-Current
10 JoDe Cieloha 1994-97
7 Taryn Kloth 2015-18
5 Jessica Houts 2005-09
5 Leah McNary 2011-14
Matches With 20+ Kills, Season
20+Okay Identify 12 months
11 Leah Ratzlaff 2003
9 Leah Ratzlaff 2004
9 Jaali Winters 2015
9 Norah Sis 2022
8 Melissa Walsh 2000
7 Melissa Walsh 1999
6 Kelly Goc 2006
6 Jaali Winters 2016
5 Kelly Goc 2007
5 Taryn Kloth 2018
Wait, How Is That Doable?
Solely 17 gamers within the nation averaged 11.00 assists per set. Of these 17, solely Creighton’s Kendra Wait averaged greater than 3.00 digs per set.
Wait averaged 11.16 assists and three.23 digs per set this fall.
Let’s Get It Began
Creighton received its first 17 league matches in 2022 and has now began 11-0 (or higher) in league play in 5 of the previous eight seasons.
Throughout 5 of the final eight seasons, Creighton began BIG EAST play 11-0 or higher.
12 months League Wins Earlier than First Loss Misplaced To
2013 0 at Butler
2014 5 at Seton Corridor
2015 11 at Villanova
2016 18 —
2017 4 at Marquette
2018 18 —
2019 12 at Villanova
2020 1 #25 Marquette
2021 2 at St. John’s
2022 17 at #16 Marquette
Set Streaks
How typically had Creighton beforehand received every of its first 12 units of a BIG EAST season earlier than this 12 months? How about by no means?
Solely as soon as beforehand had Creighton even received its first six units in league play, and that got here throughout the 2018 season the place CU went 18-0 and dropped simply 6-of-60 units in league play all season. Probably the most league units received in a row to start out a season had are available in 2011, when Creighton received its first eight units performed. That crew completed 12-6 in Missouri Valley Convention motion.
12 months Set Wins Earlier than First Set Loss Set Misplaced To
2013 1 at Butler
2014 5 Butler
2015 1 Seton Corridor
2016 4 DePaul
2017 2 Georgetown
2018 7 at Butler
2019 5 Georgetown
2020 1 #25 Marquette
2021 2 at Butler
2022 12 at Connecticut
BIG EAST Preseason Ballot
Creighton Volleyball was picked to win the BIG EAST in a preseason ballot of league coaches.
Creighton earned 9-of-11 first place votes and 99 of a attainable 100 factors. That was simply forward of Marquette’s 90 factors and the opposite two votes for first place.
DePaul (72) was picked third, simply forward of UConn (71) and St. John’s (66). Rounding out the underside half of the ballot had been Villanova (54), Butler (47), Xavier (42), Georgetown (25), Windfall (25) and Seton Corridor (14).
Creighton additionally had three ladies among the many 12 members on the BIG EAST’s preseason all-conference crew in Jaela Zimmerman and Kendra Wait in addition to unanimous choice Norah Sis. Sis was additionally tabbed the BIG EAST’s Preseason Participant of the 12 months.
Creighton has completed within the spot predicted of it or higher within the preseason ballot in 18 of 20 years below Kirsten Bernthal Sales space (together with 2022) together with 11 years the place it is completed precisely the place it was picked.
12 months Preseason Decide End Transfer
1994 Eleventh ninth #2
1995 ninth Seventh #2
1996 ninth sixth #3
1997 eighth third #5
1998 sixth eighth i2
1999 T-Seventh Fifth #2
2000 4th T-4th – –
2001 2nd 4th i2
2002 Seventh ninth i2
2003 ninth T-Fifth #4
2004 Fifth Fifth – –
2005 Fifth Fifth – –
2006 4th 4th – –
2007 third T-2nd #1
2008 third 2nd #1
2009 4th T-4th – –
2010 4th third #1
2011 third 4th i1
2012 4th 1st #3
2013 1st T-2nd i1
2014 1st 1st – –
2015 1st 1st – –
2016 1st 1st – –
2017 1st 1st – –
2018 2nd 1st #1
2019 2nd 1st #1
2020 1st (MW) 1st (MW) – –
2021 1st T-1st – –
2022 1st T-1st – –
Wait Making Historical past
Simply 9 days after she had 59 assists and 36 digs towards Florida State, Kendra Wait had 56 assists and 24 digs on Sept. 18 at Rice. On Nov. twenty sixth, she had a career-high 60 assists in addition to 20 digs in a 3-2 win vs. No. 14 Marquette.
Wait is the primary Bluejay with a match of a minimum of 50 assists and 20 digs in a match since Korie Lebeda in 2006, and first Bluejay ever to put up three matches of a minimum of 50 assists and 20 digs in the identical season.
50 Assists, 20 Digs In A Match
A D Identify Opp. Date
51 21 Melissa Weisensee at Wichita State (5s) 9/14/96
53 24 Melissa Weisensee at Indiana State (5s) 10/18/96
65 22 Melissa Weisensee at Evansville (5s) 11/8/97
55 28 Kailey Reyes Evansville (5s) 9/11/99
65 24 Kailey Reyes Illinois State (4s) 9/24/99
64 23 Kailey Reyes at Evansville (5s) 11/4/00
54 22 Brittany Coleman at Illinois State (4s) 10/18/03
62 21 Brittany Coleman at So. Illinois (4s) 10/29/04
71 20 Korie Lebeda at Evansville (5s) 11/18/06
59 36 Kendra Wait vs. Florida State (5s) 9/9/22
56 24 Kendra Wait at Rice (5s) 9/18/22
60 20 Kendra Wait #14 Marquette (5s) 11/27/22
All That Jazz
Jazz Schmidt had simply 25 kills in Creighton’s first 10 matches of the season earlier than she erupted for a season-high 17 kills on Sept. 18 at Rice.
Schmidt’s 17 kills had been probably the most by a left-handed Bluejay since Megan Bober owned 19 kills at Southern Illinois on Oct. 21, 2011.
Sis Swings Away
Norah Sis obliterated Creighton’s school-record of 77 assault makes an attempt in a match (held by Jaali Winters) when she had 93 swings in CU’s 3-2 win vs. Florida State on Sept. 9.
Sis’ 93 assaults had been the third-most within the nation by a participant in a match this season.
Sis completed her season with 77 assault makes an attempt vs. Auburn, tying the D.J. Sokol Enviornment report.
Extra From Sept. 9
Creighton’s 129 digs vs. Florida State had been two shy of its college report and second-most within the nation this 12 months for a single match. CU’s solely match with extra was 131 vs. Illinois State on Oct. 13, 2000.
Creighton’s 254 assault makes an attempt rank as its second-most in program historical past. The one match with extra got here Oct. 14, 2000 vs. Indiana State (296).
Norah Sis’ 28 kills vs. Florida State had been tied for fourth-most in program historical past, and 4 away from Michelle Prorock’s college report set in 1996.
My Favourite Martin
Ava Martin opened her BIG EAST profession with 10 kills (Sept. 23 vs. Georgetown), 11 kills (Sept. 25 vs. Villanova), 14 kills (Sept. 28 vs. Xavier) and 14 kills (Sept. 30 vs. Butler), serving to her earn back-to-back BIG EAST Freshman of the Week accolades.
She was the primary Bluejay freshman to open her BIG EAST profession with 4 straight matches of 10 or extra kills, and simply the third in program historical past to take action in any convention.
Martin had her first profession double-double vs. No. 16 Marquette when she had 18 kills and 12 digs on Oct. 14.
Allie Oelke did it in 4 straight matches in 2007 and JoDe Cieloha set the report that also stands with 5 straight matches in 1994. Each of these got here within the Missouri Valley Convention.
CU Freshmen With 10+ Kills to Begin League Play
Streak Identify 12 months
5 JoDe Cieloha 1994
4 Allie Oelke 2007
4 Ava Martin 2022
3 Rachelle Von 1997
3 Melissa Walsh 1998
3 Jaali Winters 2015
2 Michelle Prorock 1994
2 Carolyn Decker 2004
2 Jessica Houts 2005
2 Melanie Jereb 2012
15,797 Followers!
No. 17 Creighton hosted 15,797 followers on Sept. 7 towards No. 2 Nebraska, setting a report for the most important regular-season volleyball-only crowd in NCAA historical past. The mark stood for all of 9 days earlier than Wisconsin hosted 16,833 followers for a match vs. Florida.
Here is a take a look at the highest volleyball-only regular-season crowds in NCAA historical past. Of observe, 13 of the highest 14 figures of 11,000 or extra have been within the state of Nebraska.
Largest Common-Season Volleyball-Solely Crowds in NCAA Historical past
Att. Opponent, Consequence Date Web site
16,833 Florida def. Wisconsin 9/16/22 Madison, WI
15,797 Nebraska def. Creighton, 3-2 9/7/22 Omaha, NE
14,022 Nebraska def. Creighton, 3-2 9/6/18 Omaha, NE
13,870 UCLA def. Nebraska, 3-2 9/13/09 Lincoln, NE
13,412 Nebraska def. LSU, 3-0 9/12/08 Lincoln, NE
13,396 Nebraska def. Hawai’i, 3-0 10/21/07 Lincoln, NE
13,081 Cal Poly def. Creighton, 3-0 9/2/07 Omaha, NE
Nebraska def. Penn State, 3-0
12,504 Nebraska def. Colorado, 3-0 11/4/00 Lincoln, NE
12,112 Nebraska def. Creighton, 3-1 9/24/06 Omaha, NE
11,892 Dayton def. W. Michigan, 3-0 9/11/10 Lincoln, NE
Nebraska def. Illinois, 3-2
11,529 Nebraska def. Colorado, 3-0 10/22/95 Lincoln, NE
11,279 Nebraska def. Creighton, 3-0 09/08/21 Omaha, NE
11,076 Nebraska def. UCLA, 3-1 8/25/07 Omaha, NE
Tennessee def. Utah, 3-2
11,032 UCLA def. Nebraska, 3-1 9/14/91 Lincoln, NE
10,927 Minnesota def. Illinois, 3-1 10/16/04 Minneapolis, MN
10,645 Purdue def. W. Michigan, 3-1 10/29/85 W. Lafayette, IN
10,576 Penn St. def. Hawai’i, 3-0 8/27/05 Omaha, NE
Nebraska def. Stanford, 3-0
10,570 Purdue def. Wisconsin, 3-2 10/17/08 W. Lafayette, IN
Sis Races Previous 500, 600, 700, 800 & 900 Kills
Sophomore Norah Sis is without doubt one of the quickest gamers in CU historical past to 500, 600, 700, 800 and 900 profession kills.
She’s acquired 924 kills in 65 matches, changing into the second-fastest ever to 900 throughout the NCAA Event..
Creighton’s Quickest Gamers To 500 Kills (Profession)
Identify MP Date Opponent
Jaali Winters 34 12/04/15 vs. Coastal Carolina
Melissa Walsh 37 09/25/99 Indiana State
Norah Sis 40 09/03/22 #16 Kentucky
JoDe Cieloha 43 10/15/95 at Indiana State
Keeley Davis 43 03/28/21 Xavier
Amanda Cvejdlik 44 10/13/06 at Wichita State
Creighton’s Quickest Gamers To 600 Kills (Profession)
Identify MP Date Opponent
Jaali Winters 41 09/03/16 at USC
Melissa Walsh 42 10/09/99 at Wichita State
Norah Sis 45 09/17/22 vs. Kansas State
Leah Ratzlaff 52 11/14/03 Illinois State
JoDe Cieloha 53 08/30/96 Murray State
Amanda Cvejdlik 53 11/17/06 at Southern Illinois
Creighton’s Quickest Gamers To 700 Kills (Profession)
Identify MP Date Opponent
Melissa Walsh 49 11/06/99 Missouri State
Jaali Winters 50 09/25/16 DePaul
Norah Sis 53 10/14/22 #16 Marquette
Leah Ratzlaff 57 09/03/04 vs. Montana
JoDe Cieloha 61 09/14/96 at Wichita State
Alicia Runge 62 11/27/10 at Northern Iowa
Creighton’s Quickest Gamers To 800 Kills (Profession)
Identify MP Date Opponent
Melissa Walsh 56 09/02/00 vs. UNCG
Jaali Winters 59 10/28/16 at Seton Corridor
Norah Sis 59 11/04/22 Windfall
Leah Ratzlaff 64 09/14/04 at Iowa
JoDe Cieloha 68 10/11/96 Bradley
Creighton’s Quickest Gamers To 900 Kills (Profession)
Identify MP Date Opponent
Melissa Walsh 63 09/29/00 at Bradley
Norah Sis 65 12/02/22 Auburn
Jaali Winters 68 11/26/16 vs. Xavier
Leah Ratzlaff 70 10/01/04 Evansville
JoDe Cieloha 76 11/09/96 at Bradley
Preseason Rating
Creighton was ranked 18th within the AVCA preseason ballot. It is the eighth time up to now 10 years that the Jays have been ranked within the preseason.
The No. 18 slotting was tied for the fourth-best preseason rating in program historical past.
Over the past 15 seasons (together with 2022), 275-of-375 groups (73.3 p.c) of groups have been in each the preseason and last polls, and since 2008 340-of-375 groups (90.7 p.c) within the preseason top-25 polls would go on to succeed in the NCAA Event (together with 2022), as all however No. 12 UCLA, No. 17 Illinois and No. 22 Utah reached the 2022 NCAA Event.
This 12 months marked the Eleventh straight season that CU has been ranked a minimum of one week, extending a program report.
12 months Preseason Rank Closing W-L Closing Rank
2013 twenty fifth 23-9 NR
2014 twenty third 25-9 NR
2016 18th 27-9 ninth
2017 ninth 26-7 Sixteenth
2018 Thirteenth 29-5 Thirteenth
2019 18th 25-6 Sixteenth
2020 Sixteenth 12-4 NR
2022 18th 27-5 twenty first
Some Fab Freshmen
Together with Sky McCune on Aug. 26 vs. Iowa State, Creighton has began 15 completely different true freshmen in its season opener since 2009, and 19 such gamers since 2000.
Since 2000, the one true freshmen to start out CU’s season-opener have been Brittany Coleman (2003), Carolyn Decker (2004), Korie Lebeda (2005), Allie Oelke (2007), Brooke Boggs (2009), Heather Thorson (2009), Julianne Mandolfo (2010), Katie Neisler (2011), Michelle Sicner (2011), Melanie Jereb (2012), Ashley Jansen (2012), Jess Chook (2013), Jaali Winters (2015), Naomi Hickman (2017), Emily Bressman (2019), Kiara Reinhardt (2020), Kendra Wait (2021), Norah Sis (2021) and Sky McCune (2022), with Coleman, Lebeda and Wait the one freshmen to start out at setter within the season-opener.
As well as, CU additionally began redshirt freshmen Lauren Smith (2013) and Brittany Lawrence (2015), in addition to transfers Maggie Baumert (2014), Lydia Dimke (2016), Madelyn Cole (2018), Erica Kostelac (2019) and Mahina Pua’a (2020) in season-openers.
Eleven of these ladies (Martin, Sis, Wait, Reinhardt, Coleman, Decker, Lebeda, Oelke, Mandolfo, Sicner and Jereb) went on to land a spot on the MVC or BIG EAST’s All-Freshman Staff (although the BIG EAST had no such crew from 2013-19). Winters was named BIG EAST Freshman of the 12 months in 2015, Dimke was named BIG EAST Participant of the 12 months in 2016, Davis was BIG EAST Freshman of the 12 months in 2019, Sis acknowledged as BIG EAST Freshman of the 12 months in 2021 and Martin named BIG EAST Freshman of the 12 months in 2022.
Final 12 months marked the primary time that Creighton began a number of true freshmen in a season-opener since 2012, when Ashley Jansen and Melanie Jereb each incomes a beginning nod. The 2012 and 2021 groups are the 2 winningest single-season groups in program historical past.
Consider The Hype
Creighton’s recruiting class of freshmen Morgan Colangelo, Ava Martin, Sky McCune and Ann Marie Remmes was acknowledged because the nation’s No. 24 class by PrepVolleyball.
Martin was listed because the nation’s No. 47 recruit, whereas McCune was tabbed 52nd-best. Creighton now owns eight gamers on its 2022 roster who had been Prime 100 recruits.
Prime-100 PrepVolleyball.com Senior Aces
(listing began in 2004)
Rank 12 months Participant
68 2004 Carolyn Decker
55 2008 Laurel Sanford
60 2011 Michelle Sicner
73 2013 Jess Chook
50 2014 Lydia Dimke*
18 2015 Taryn Kloth
41 2015 Jaali Winters
77 2016 Erica Kostelac#
98 2017 Naomi Hickman
99 2017 Steph Gaston
49 2018 Jaela Zimmerman
42 2018 Keeley Davis
46 2020 Kiara Reinhardt
97 2020 Ellie Bolton
7 2021 Kendra Wait
28 2021 Norah Sis
31 2021 Eve Magill
47 2022 Ava Martin
52 2022 Sky McCune
* signed with Purdue and later transferred to Creighton
# signed with Cincinnati and later transferred to Creighton
PrepVolleyball.com Recruiting Rankings
(listing began in 2004)
12 months Rank Freshman Recruits
2004 Better of the Relaxation (Baumann, Decker, Goc, Lahm, Mehal)
2005 Honorable-Point out (Cvejdlik, Houts, Lebeda)
2006 None (Bloemke, Schulze, Workman)
2007 None (Feldman, Oelke, Vrbicky)
2008 Highest Honorable-Point out (Almgren, Bober, Sanford)
2009 Highest HM Boggs, Greisch, Moon, Templeton, Thorson)
2010 Excessive HM (Fliss, Hackbarth, Malm, Mandolfo, S. Smith)
2011 Highest HM (Browning, McNary, Neisler, Sicner, Stivers)
2012 Excessive Honorable-Point out (Elman, Jansen, Jereb, L. Smith)
2013 None (Chook, Crawford, Foje)
2014 Highest Honorable-Point out (Lawrence, Tupper, Wilkinson)
2015 Eleventh (Ballenger, Bohnet, Kloth, O’Connell, Winters)
2016 Excessive Honorable-Point out (Conlon, Taylor, Witt)
2017 twenty fifth (Gaston, Hickman, Roumeliotis)
2018 Tenth (Davis, Welty, Zimmerman, Zumach)
2019 Highest HM (Bressman, Krause, Schmitt, Van Eekeren)
2020 twenty seventh (Bolton, Maser, Reinhardt, Skovsende)
2021 Fifth (Magill, Milner, Sis, Wait)
2022 twenty fourth (Colangelo, Martin, McCune, Remmes)
Set 1 Consequence A Sturdy Indicator
Creighton is 372-34 (.916) total below Kirsten Bernthal Sales space when it wins set one. In that very same time span, CU is simply 69-150 (.315) below Sales space when it drops the primary set.
Per RichKern.com, Division I groups that misplaced the primary set in 2018 received simply 20.7 p.c of their matches that season, and 20.2 p.c of their matches from 2009-18.
Since Aug. 29, 2010, Creighton has gone 136-5 in its final 141 dwelling matches when taking a 1-0 lead, shedding solely on Sept. 12, 2015 to Pacific, on Sept. 6, 2018 to No. 7 Nebraska and on Jan. 29, 2021 to South Dakota, on Sept. 3, 2022 to No. 16 Kentucky and on Dec. 2, 2022 to Auburn.
Creighton has gone 104-4 in its final 108 matches in any respect websites when successful the primary set, in comparison with an 12-16 report in that very same span when dropping the opener.
Creighton has gone 145-3 in its final 148 matches towards unranked foes when successful the opening set.
Eleventh Heaven
Kirsten Bernthal Sales space is in some choose firm, as she has directed her crew to 12 NCAA Tournaments. That is greater than some other coach in Creighton historical past.
Identify Sport NCAA’s @CU
Kirsten Bernthal Sales space Volleyball 12
Bob Warming Males’s Soccer 11
Dana Altman Males’s Basketball 7
Greg McDermott Males’s Basketball 7
Brent Vigness Softball 7
Elmar Bolowich Males’s Soccer 6
Towards NCAA Event Qualifiers
Final season Creighton performed 4 matches towards 2020 NCAA Event qualifiers, going 3-1 towards such groups.
This 12 months’s crew performed 9 matches (Iowa State, Kentucky, Nebraska, Florida State, Kansas State, Rice and Marquette 3x) scheduled towards groups that made the 2021 NCAA Event, and CU went 5-4 towards these foes.
After going 3-35 towards groups coming off NCAA Event bids previous to Kirsten Bernthal Sales space‘s arrival, the Jays are 94-105 since.
12 months W-L vs. Earlier Season NCAA Groups
1994 0-4
1995 0-2
1996 0-2
1997 0-3
1998 0-5
1999 2-4
2000 0-4
2001 1-6
2002 0-5
2003 0-3
2004 2-2
2005 0-6
2006 4-6
2007 4-9
2008 6-8
2009 1-11
2010 4-7
2011 2-6
2012 8-3
2013 6-6
2014 4-5
2015 11-5
2016 10-7
2017 8-6
2018 8-5
2019 5-4
2020 3-1
2021 3-1
2022 5-4
TOTAL 97-140
TOTAL Below Sales space 94-105
Marian Pipeline
That is the twentieth straight season that Creighton Volleyball had a minimum of one product of Omaha Marian Excessive College on the roster, as senior Emily Bressman retains the streak alive.
Apparently, the Bluejays had by no means had a volleyball participant from Marian between 1994-2002. Here is a take a look at Creighton’s pipeline of gamers from Marian.
2022: Emily Bressman
2021: Emily Bressman
2020: Emily Bressman
2019: Emily Bressman, Brittany Witt
2018: Kelsey O’Connell, Brittany Witt
2017: Kelsey O’Connell, Brittany Witt
2016: Kelsey O’Connell, Brittany Witt
2015: Kate Elman, Ashley Jansen, Kelsey O’Connell
2014: Kate Elman, Ashley Jansen
2013: Kate Elman, Ashley Jansen
2012: Kate Elman, Ashley Jansen
2011: Julianne Mandolfo
2010: Lisa Greisch, Julianne Mandolfo
2009: Lisa Greisch
2008: Emily Crowley, Korie Lebeda
2007: Korie Lebeda, Katie Mehal
2006: Korie Lebeda, Katie Mehal, Emily Greisch
2005: Korie Lebeda, Katie Mehal
2004: Katie Mehal, Emily Greisch
2003: Emily Greisch
Survival of the Fittest
Creighton has received 9 matches below Kirsten Bernthal Sales space after surviving an opponent’s match level, together with season-opening wins over No. 5 Kentucky in 2018 and vs. UTSA in 2011. Three of these different comeback wins have come towards Wichita State.
Alternatively, Creighton is 441-3 below Sales space when it reaches a match level alternative, falling solely when it wasted two match factors on Sept. 4, 2010 to Iowa, two match factors on Nov. 1, 2013 in a loss to St. John’s, and two match factors on Dec. 7, 2019 in an NCAA Event loss at No. 7 Minnesota.
Surviving Match Factors, Below Sales space
Date Opponent MP(s) Confronted Closing Set 5
08/30/03 vs. McNeese State 13-14, 15-16 18-16
10/10/03 Wichita State 13-14 16-14
10/13/06 at Wichita State 12-14, 13-14, 14-15 17-15
09/11/07 at Drake 13-14, 14-15 17-15
08/26/11 vs. UTSA 12-14, 13-14 16-14
11/16/12 at Wichita State 13-14 16-14
09/20/15 Kansas State 23-24 (4th set) 15-13
11/20/15 at Georgetown 23-24, 26-27 (4th set) 15-7
08/24/18 vs. #5 Kentucky 16-15, 19-18 22-20
Climbing The Listing
Kirsten Bernthal Sales space grew to become Creighton Volleyball’s winningest coach in this system’s fashionable historical past on August 26, 2007, and hasn’t let up. Sales space owns 441 victories on the Bluejay sideline to rank fifth in class historical past throughout all sports activities.
Coach, Sport Victories (via 12/31/22)
Brent Vigness, Softball 819
Ed Servais, Baseball 618*
Mary Higgins, Softball 564
Tom Lilly, Males’s & Girls’s Tennis 498*
Kirsten Bernthal Sales space, Volleyball 441*
Jim Flanery, Girls’s Basketball 388*
Ed Hubbs, Males’s & Girls’s Tennis 347
Dana Altman, Males’s Basketball 327
*nonetheless energetic teaching at Creighton
League Opener Histories
Together with its Sept. 23 sweep of Georgetown, Creighton owns a 21-8 report all-time in convention openers, together with an 18-2 report below Kirsten Bernthal Sales space. That features a 9-1 mark in BIG EAST lid-lifters, and 9 straight wins.
Together with 2022, every of the final 10 occasions that Creighton received its league opener (2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022), the Bluejays went on to win the regular-season title, going a mixed 161-11 in regular-season league motion. Creighton additionally received 9 of the ten convention event titles (together with 2022) throughout these years, going 18-1 in these seasons.
Within the 20 seasons that Creighton has received its convention opener, it has by no means completed worse than .500 in league play and it owns a mixed .775 (290-84) successful share (together with 2022) in league matches.
Within the eight years by which Creighton misplaced its league opener, the Bluejays have had a shedding report on 5 events and owns a mixed .363 (53-93) successful share throughout league contests.
In convention dwelling openers, Creighton is 24-5 total and 18-2 below Sales space, with 12 straight wins.
In league street openers, Creighton is 20-9 total and 17-3 below Sales space, with 9 straight wins.
12 months-By-12 months In Non-Convention Play
Regardless of yearly going through one of many nation’s hardest non-conference schedules, Creighton has continued to excel towards elite competitors.
Creighton is 8-12 towards ranked non-conference foes during the last 5 seasons after going 2-43 all-time vs. ranked groups in regular-season non-conference matches.
Creighton owned 12 non-conference wins final season to set a program report for a regular-season. It is really additionally the primary season with 10 wins previous to league play.
Non-Convention Data, By 12 months, Below Sales space
12 months Non-Con W-L vs. Ranked Non-Con Closing W-L
2003 3-8 0-0 12-18
2004 8-2 0-1 18-11
2005 6-5 0-3 16-14
2006 8-3 0-1 21-10
2007 6-5 0-3 21-10
2008 3-5 0-3 18-9
2009 3-8 0-3 14-17
2010 5-5 0-1 21-12
2011 5-7 0-1 17-14
2012 9-2 0-1 29-4
2013 9-3 1-2 23-9
2014 7-6 0-5 25-9
2015 6-7 1-4 27-9
2016 6-6 0-4 29-7
2017 7-4 3-3 26-7
2018 8-4 1-3 29-5
2019 7-3 2-3 25-6
2020 3-2 0-0 12-4
2021 12-1 1-1 31-4
2022 8-3 1-2 27-5
Manufacturing Returns
Creighton returns 11-of-16 letterwinners to the courtroom from final season, together with 4 starters
From final 12 months’s crew, solely Abby Bottomley, Naomi Hickman, Eve Magill, Ally Van Eekeren, Annika Welty should not again.
All instructed, of the seven classes listed under, Creighton returns 511.8 of a attainable 700% again (73.1 p.c).
Beneath is a breakdown of the manufacturing that’s again:
Stat Returners Departures
Assists 1,331 (87.4%) 192 (12.6%)
Kills 1,307 (80.2%) 323 (19.8%)
Factors 1,627.0 (75.6%) 526.0 (24.4%)
Matches Began 154 (73.3%) 56 (26.7%)
Digs 1,460 (70.6%) 607 (29.4%)
Aces 128 (66.7%) 64 (33.3%)
Blocks 192 (58.0%) 139.0 (42.0%)
