The Creighton Volleyball team set, and accom- plished, many of its lofty goals for the 2015 season. A BIG EAST regular-season title? Check. A BIG EAST Championship title? Cross it off the list. An NCAA Tournament bid? Mission accom- plished. A spot in the Sweet 16? Consider it done. Creighton’s 2015 season didn’t record the most wins in program history, but that’s about the only mark of substance that didn’t fall during a memorable year that saw the Bluejays as one of the final nine teams remaining in the NCAA Tournament. The bar was set high heading into 2015, with 11 letterwinners and four starters (plus its libero) returning from last year’s 25-9 team that won the regular-season and tournament titles in the BIG EAST Conference. In the end, the leadership of the most successful senior class in program his- tory, plus the contributions from the team’s high- est-ranked recruiting class ever, helped make 2015 one for the scrapbook. The season began in Champaign, Ill., where Creighton rallied to defeat Miami (Ohio) in five sets before a five-set defeat against eventual national seed Louisville. The Bluejays rounded out that first weekend with a loss at No. 8 Illinois, one of five top-11 teams that CU would square off against in the first four weeks of the season. Losses to new-No. 8 USC and tournament host Northern Iowa left CU searching for answers after a 1-4 start and several key preseason inju- ries. But the season would turn the afternoon of Sept. 5 as Creighton swept then-No. 10 Kentucky. It was CU’s first win ever over a top-10 foe, and also saw the debut of a new line-up in which Marysa Wilkinson moved to the middle. Creighton rode that momentum to wins over Lipscomb and CSU Bakersfield before a setback against Pacific in the championship match of the Bluejay Invitational. A midweek loss to No. 4 Nebraska before the nation’s largest regular-season crowd of 2015 (10,131) dropped CU to 4-6 after a loss to the eventual national champions. The non-conference gauntlet wrapped up with the Creighton Classic when three more teams with postseason aspirations arrived in Omaha. Creighton swept Arkansas to open play before falling to No. 11 Wisconsin in its second match. One day later, Creighton started a 10-week hot streak with a comeback win over Kansas State. In the victory over the Wildcats, CU overcame an 0-2 deficit at home for the first time in program history, as setter Maggie Baumert came off the bench at intermission to lead the turnaround and freshman Jaali Winters (25 kills) showed fans a glimpse of what was to come. Creighton was near-unbeatable the next two months during a 22-1 stretch that had BIG EAST foes wondering what had hit them. Creighton started league play with a four-set win over 2014 nemesis Seton Hall before fol- lowing with another four-set victory over upstart Villanova. Few could have predicted at the time it’d be a preview of the 2015 BIG EAST Championship title tilt, as ‘Nova was picked sev- enth in the league poll. Creighton won its first nine matches in October, including a sweep of Marquette and a comeback from down 0-2 against DePaul. Villanova snapped the win streak at 12 on Oct. 30th in Pennsylvania, falling 19-17 in the fifth set. Creighton responded from the rare conference loss with a 3-0 win at Seton Hall, its first victory in three tries at Walsh Gymnasium, before sweep- ing Marquette in Milwaukee. The regular-season title was clinched with a 3-0 victory Nov. 13 vs. Xavier, and the seniors celebrated two days later after a sweep of Butler. Creighton closed the regular-season by over- August 21 Fri. BLUE-WHITE SCRIMMAGE (Ex.) Tied 2-2 Illini Classic (Champaign, Ill.) 28 Fri. vs. Miami W 3-2 29 Sat. vs. Louisville L 2-3 29 Sat. at #8 Illinois L 0-3 September UNI Tournament (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 4 Fri. vs. #8 USC L 0-3 5 Sat. at Northern Iowa L 1-3 5 Sat. vs. #10 Kentucky W 3-0 Bluejay Invitational (Omaha, Neb.) 11 Fri. LIPSCOMB W 3-0 12 Sat. CSU BAKERSFIELD W 3-1 12 Sat. PACIFIC L 1-3 15 Tue. #4 NEBRASKA# L 0-3 Creighton Classic (Omaha, Neb.) 18 Fri. ARKANSAS W 3-0 19 Sat. #11 WISCONSIN L 0-3 20 Sun. KANSAS STATE W 3-2 25 Fri. SETON HALL* (BEDN) W 3-1 27 Sun. VILLANOVA* W 3-1 October 2 Fri. at St. John’s* W 3-1 3 Sat. at Providence* W 3-0 6 Tue. GEORGETOWN* W 3-0 9 Fri. DEPAUL* (Pink Out) W 3-2 11 Sun. MARQUETTE* (BEDN) W 3-0 16 Fri. at Butler* W 3-1 17 Sat. at Xavier* W 3-1 23 Fri. PROVIDENCE* W 3-0 25 Sun. ST. JOHN’S* W 3-0 30 Fri. at Villanova* L 2-3 31 Sat. at Seton Hall* W 3-0 November 6 Fri. at Marquette* (BEDN) W 3-0 7 Sat. at DePaul* W 3-1 13 Fri. XAVIER* (BEDN) W 3-0 15 Sun. BUTLER* (Senior Day) W 3-0 20 Fri. at Georgetown* (BEDN) W 3-2 BIG EAST Championship (Omaha, Neb.) 27 Fri. MARQUETTE (BEDN) W 3-2 28 Sat. VILLANOVA (FOX Sports 2) W 3-0 December NCAA Tournament (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 4 Fri. vs. Coastal Carolina W 3-1 5 Sat. at #23 North Carolina W 3-1 NCAA Tournament (San Diego, Calif.) 11 Fri. vs. #2 USC (ESPNU) L 1-3 *Denotes BIG EAST Conference matches. All Times Central. Home matches in BOLD CAPS played at D.J. Sokol Arena unless noted. # Match at CenturyLink Center Omaha. For more information contact Sports Information Director Rob Anderson at (402) 280-5544 2015 Year-End Creighton Volleyball Recap Creighton Volleyball Notes Volleyball SID ............... Rob Anderson Anderson office phone ..... 402-280-5544 (o) Anderson cell phone.......... 402-660-5854 Anderson e-mail . . . [email protected]On The Web ............ GoCreighton.com Creighton Athletics Twitter .... @GoCreighton Creighton Volleyball Twitter . . . @CreightonVB 2015 Volleyball Schedule Creighton (27-9, 17-1 BIG EAST) Most Frequent Starters No. Name (Starts) Ht. Yr. Pos. Hometown KPS Pct. DPS Other 2 Melanie Jereb (20) 6-2 Sr. OH/DS Cary, Ill. .12 .034 2.16 .10 saps. 4 Maggie Baumert (19) 6-2 Sr. S Elkhorn, Neb. .90 .279 2.32 10.96 aps. 5 Jaali Winters (35) 6-2 Fr. OH Ankeny, Iowa 4.07 .232 2.49 .44 bps. 9 Marysa Wilkinson (36) 6-0 So. RS/MB Lincoln, Neb. 2.13 .302 .35 .96 bps. 11 Kate Elman (0) 5-6 Sr. L Omaha, Neb. .01 .000 4.17 .25 saps. 13 Jess Bird (33) 5-11 Jr. OH Bennington, Neb. 2.80 .213 2.77 .31 bps. 16 Lauren Smith (36) 6-4 Jr. MB Lincoln, Neb. 2.47 .343 .39 1.27 bps. Reserves No. Name (Starts) Ht. Yr. Pos. Hometown KPS Pct. DPS Other 1 Ashley Jansen (8) 5-7 Sr. DS/S Omaha, Neb. .03 .091 1.97 1.32 aps. 3 Kelsey O’Connell (3) 6-3 Fr. MB Omaha, Neb. .53 .097 .18 .42 bps. 7 Amanda Foje (0) 5-5 Jr. DS Omaha, Neb. .00 --- .28 .16 saps. 8 Samantha Bohnet (1) 5-7 Fr. DS/S Council Bluffs, Iowa .00 --- 1.18 4.36 aps. 10 Kenzie Crawford (10) 5-9 So. S Grand Rapids, Mich. .80 .354 2.33 8.80 aps. 12 Taryn Kloth (11) 6-4 Fr. RS Sioux Falls, S.D. 1.86 .216 .41 .72 bps. 14 Brittany Lawrence (2) 6-4 Fr. MB North Platte, Neb. .67 .125 .20 .33 bps. 17 Lizzy Stivers (1) 5-11 Sr. OH/DS Pebble Beach, Calif. .14 .111 .14 .04 saps.
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The Creighton Volleyball team set, and accom-plished, many of its lofty goals for the 2015 season. A BIG EAST regular-season title? Check. A BIG EAST Championship title? Cross it off the list. An NCAA Tournament bid? Mission accom-plished. A spot in the Sweet 16? Consider it done. Creighton’s 2015 season didn’t record the most wins in program history, but that’s about the only mark of substance that didn’t fall during a memorable year that saw the Bluejays as one of the final nine teams remaining in the NCAA Tournament. The bar was set high heading into 2015, with 11 letterwinners and four starters (plus its libero) returning from last year’s 25-9 team that won the regular-season and tournament titles in the BIG EAST Conference. In the end, the leadership of the most successful senior class in program his-tory, plus the contributions from the team’s high-est-ranked recruiting class ever, helped make 2015 one for the scrapbook. The season began in Champaign, Ill., where Creighton rallied to defeat Miami (Ohio) in five sets before a five-set defeat against eventual national seed Louisville. The Bluejays rounded out that first weekend with a loss at No. 8 Illinois, one of five top-11 teams that CU would square off against in the first four weeks of the season. Losses to new-No. 8 USC and tournament host Northern Iowa left CU searching for answers after a 1-4 start and several key preseason inju-ries. But the season would turn the afternoon of Sept. 5 as Creighton swept then-No. 10 Kentucky. It was CU’s first win ever over a top-10 foe, and also saw the debut of a new line-up in which Marysa Wilkinson moved to the middle. Creighton rode that momentum to wins over Lipscomb and CSU Bakersfield before a setback
against Pacific in the championship match of the Bluejay Invitational. A midweek loss to No. 4 Nebraska before the nation’s largest regular-season crowd of 2015 (10,131) dropped CU to 4-6 after a loss to the eventual national champions. The non-conference gauntlet wrapped up with the Creighton Classic when three more teams with postseason aspirations arrived in Omaha. Creighton swept Arkansas to open play before falling to No. 11 Wisconsin in its second match. One day later, Creighton started a 10-week hot streak with a comeback win over Kansas State. In the victory over the Wildcats, CU overcame an 0-2 deficit at home for the first time in program history, as setter Maggie Baumert came off the bench at intermission to lead the turnaround and freshman Jaali Winters (25 kills) showed fans a glimpse of what was to come. Creighton was near-unbeatable the next two months during a 22-1 stretch that had BIG EAST foes wondering what had hit them. Creighton started league play with a four-set win over 2014 nemesis Seton Hall before fol-lowing with another four-set victory over upstart Villanova. Few could have predicted at the time it’d be a preview of the 2015 BIG EAST Championship title tilt, as ‘Nova was picked sev-enth in the league poll. Creighton won its first nine matches in October, including a sweep of Marquette and a comeback from down 0-2 against DePaul. Villanova snapped the win streak at 12 on Oct. 30th in Pennsylvania, falling 19-17 in the fifth set. Creighton responded from the rare conference loss with a 3-0 win at Seton Hall, its first victory in three tries at Walsh Gymnasium, before sweep-ing Marquette in Milwaukee. The regular-season title was clinched with a 3-0 victory Nov. 13 vs. Xavier, and the seniors celebrated two days later after a sweep of Butler. Creighton closed the regular-season by over-
August 21 Fri. BLUE-WHITE SCRIMMAGE (Ex.) Tied 2-2
Illini Classic (Champaign, Ill.) 28 Fri. vs. Miami W 3-2 29 Sat. vs. Louisville L 2-3 29 Sat. at #8 Illinois L 0-3
SeptemberUNI Tournament (Cedar Falls, Iowa)
4 Fri. vs. #8 USC L 0-3 5 Sat. at Northern Iowa L 1-3 5 Sat. vs. #10 Kentucky W 3-0
Bluejay Invitational (Omaha, Neb.) 11 Fri. LIPSCOMB W 3-0 12 Sat. CSU BAKERSFIELD W 3-1 12 Sat. PACIFIC L 1-3
15 Tue. #4 NEBRASKA# L 0-3
Creighton Classic (Omaha, Neb.) 18 Fri. ARKANSAS W 3-0 19 Sat. #11 WISCONSIN L 0-3 20 Sun. KANSAS STATE W 3-2
25 Fri. SETON HALL* (BEDN) W 3-1 27 Sun. VILLANOVA* W 3-1
October 2 Fri. at St. John’s* W 3-1 3 Sat. at Providence* W 3-0 6 Tue. GEORGETOWN* W 3-0 9 Fri. DEPAUL* (Pink Out) W 3-211 Sun. MARQUETTE* (BEDN) W 3-016 Fri. at Butler* W 3-117 Sat. at Xavier* W 3-123 Fri. PROVIDENCE* W 3-025 Sun. ST. JOHN’S* W 3-030 Fri. at Villanova* L 2-331 Sat. at Seton Hall* W 3-0
November 6 Fri. at Marquette* (BEDN) W 3-0 7 Sat. at DePaul* W 3-113 Fri. XAVIER* (BEDN) W 3-015 Sun. BUTLER* (Senior Day) W 3-020 Fri. at Georgetown* (BEDN) W 3-2
BIG EAST Championship (Omaha, Neb.)
27 Fri. MARQUETTE (BEDN) W 3-2 28 Sat. VILLANOVA (FOX Sports 2) W 3-0 December
NCAA Tournament (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 4 Fri. vs. Coastal Carolina W 3-1 5 Sat. at #23 North Carolina W 3-1
NCAA Tournament (San Diego, Calif.)
11 Fri. vs. #2 USC (ESPNU) L 1-3
*Denotes BIG EAST Conference matches. All Times Central.Home matches in BOLD CAPS played at D.J. Sokol Arena unless noted.# Match at CenturyLink Center Omaha.
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coming its third 0-2 hole of the fall, this time at Georgetown, to finish league play at 17-1. The BIG EAST Championship visited Omaha on Thanksgiving weekend, and for the second straight year Creighton went on to win it. The Bluejays nearly squandered a 2-0 lead over Marquette in the semifinals, only to hold on to win a wild fifth set 15-10. One day later Creighton avenged its lone BIG EAST defeat of the fall with a 3-0 sweep of Villanova in perhaps the team’s best contest of the fall. Jess Bird was named Tournament MVP after a big champion-ship match. In perhaps the biggest upset of its season, Creighton was awarded the No. 16 overall seed in the 2015 NCAA Tournament when selections were announced on Nov. 29th. However, Creighton was sent on the road to Chapel Hill., N.C., after not submitting a prelimi-nary bid to host. The Bluejays started their 2015 postseason run with a hard-fought 3-1 victory over Big South champion Coastal Carolina. It was the fourth time in five NCAA trips that Creighton had advancd to the Round of 32. One night later, a Creighton program that had been on the brink of national acclaim finally broke through. A decisive 3-1 win at No. 23 North Carolin, on the Tar Heels’ home floor, sent the Bluejays to the program’s first Sweet 16. It was also CU’s first win in 32 tries on the road against a ranked foe. With Bird sidelined by an ankle that was sprained in the first set, a group effort led by Winters keyed the Bluejays. Winters would finish with 21 kills and 21 digs in the win. Creighton tried to carry on its postseason magic with a trip to San Diego for its first Regional Semifinal in program history when it took on top-seeded and second-ranked USC. Things looked promising early as Creighton took the first set of the Women of Troy, but in the end National Player of the Year Samantha Bricio and crew would prove to be too much, ending CU’s season with a 27-9 record. Winters would set Creighton single-season records for kills (546) and attack attempts (1,428). She was named BIG EAST Freshman of the Year and AVCA East Region Freshman of the Year before earning a spot as a Third Team All-American by the AVCA. Joining Winters as a First Team All-BIG EAST pick was junior MB Lauren Smith. Smith led the BIG EAST in blocks per set (1.27) and hitting percentage (.343), and she was also named to the All-Tournament Team to all four preseason events. Smith was also named First Team All-East Region and end the year as an honorable-mention All-American. CU’s final All-BIG EAST First Team choice was Baumert, who played through a partially torn ACL and started 19 matches overall. She led the BIG EAST in assists per set during league play, and helped quarterback a Creighton offense that finished in the top-five nationally in kills and assists. Bird was Creighton’s lone Second Team All-
BIG EAST honoree, but she showed her value to the team at the league championship when she earned MVP honors. Also playing a starring role for CU in 2015 was Kate Elman. The four-year libero ended her career with nearly every digging record in pro-gram history, becoming the first Bluejay to reach 2,000 career digs in the process. Directing the Creighton team in 2015 was Kirsten Bernthal Booth, who guided CU to its third league regular-season title and third league tournament title in the past four years. Booth was recognized as the AVCA’s East Region Coach of the Year, and she and her assistants were named BIG EAST Coaching Staff of the Year for the first time, as well.
TV/Radio/Webcast Broadcast InformationCreighton had 12 matches broadcast on radio this fall, with eight airing on KZOT (1180 AM), three airing on KOIL (1290 AM) and one on KOZN (1620 AM). Brad Burwell (11 matches) and Erin Swanson Russell (10) handled the bulk of the coverage, while Glen Sisk (1) and Rachel Houseman (two) also lended a hand on the broadcasts. Creighton also appeared on television twice in 2015, airing on FS2 in the BIG EAST Tournament title match vs. Villanova and on ESPNU for its Sweet 16 match vs. No. 2 USC. All but two matches (Sept. 4 vs. USC; Sept. 5 vs. Kentucky) in 2015 were also video webcast.
Live Stats InformationAll Creighton matches had free live stats in 2015 at www.gocreighton.com. Live stats from Creighton’s home matches were also available on mobile devices by clicking on www.gocreightonstats.com.
The CoachCreighton was coached by Kirsten Bernthal Booth (Truman State, 1997), who owns a 262-146 record after her 13th season with the Bluejays. She’s led Creighton to back-to-back BIG EAST titles, and three league crowns in the past four years. This year, she also led the Bluejays to their first Sweet 16 in program history after winning the Chapel Hill sub-Regional. Booth was named 2015 BIG EAST Coach of the Year and 2015 AVCA East Region Coach of the Year after leading the Bluejays to the league’s regular-season and tournament titles. She was also named the 2010 CVU.com National Coach of the Year after leading Creighton to the second round during its first NCAA Tournament appearance, and named the CaptainU College Coach of the Year, as well as the MVC Coach of the Year, in 2012 following another run to the second round of the NCAA’s and a school-record 29 victories. The winningest coach in school history, Booth has led Creighton to its only five NCAA Tournament bids in the program’s modern his-tory. She’s also led the Jays into the top-25 each of the last four years, another program first.
Booth came to Creighton after going 112-41 in three years at Kirkwood Community College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. A native of Lincoln, Neb., Booth played volleyball at Truman State, where she was named conference MVP, an Academic All-American and Missouri’s 1997 NCAA Woman of the Year. She ranked third in Division II history with 6,077 assists when she graduated. Booth was helped by associate head coach Tom Mendoza, assistant coach Angie Oxley Behrens and volunteer assistant Kyle South.
NCAA Tournament HistoryCreighton made its fifth appearance in the NCAA Tournament in the past six years after earning a fourth straight bid to the Big Dance. The 2015 campaign marked the program’s first Sweet 16 appearance. The Bluejays are 5-5 in its five appearances, and have knocked off the likes of Iowa State (2010), Marquette (2012), Arkansas (2013), Coastal Carolina (2015) and North Carolina (2015) in those trips. Creighton is 4-1 in first round play, 1-3 in the second round and 0-1 in Regional semifinal round action. The Bluejays are 4-2 at neutral-site matches and 1-3 in true road matches. Kirsten Bernthal Booth is 5-5 all-time in the NCAA Tournament. This year’s No. 16 seed marked Creighton’s first national seed in program history.
Against Ranked FoesCreighton went 2-5 against top-25 foes in 2015, moving to 5-62 all-time against ranked teams. Creighton is also 5-46 at all sites against ranked teams under Kirsten Bernthal Booth. This year marked the first time that Creighton has earned multiple wins over ranked foes, as the Jays defeated No. 10 Kentucky on Sept. 5 in Cedar Falls, Iowa, and No. 23 North Carolina on Dec. 5 in Chapel Hill, N.C. Creighton’s win over No. 10 Kentucky was the program’s first win ever over a top-10 team, and the Dec. 5 win over No. 23 North Carolina was CU’s first win in a true road match against a ranked team in 32 attempts.
Winters Sets Single-Season Kill RecordJaali Winters had 53 kills in the NCAA Tournament and set Creighton’s single-season record for kills. Winters owned 546 kills this fall, besting the old mark of 516 set by Leah Ratzlaff in 2003. Winters, who averaged 4.07 kills per set, also overtook Ratzlaff (4.05 kps.) as CU’s career kills per set leader among players with 350 kills or more. Winters also broke Ratzlaff’s single-season record for points scored. Winters had 595.5 points, while Ratzlaff owned 574.0 points in 2003. Winters ranked 10th nationally in total kills with 546 in 2015, second-most among freshmen.
More Records FallCreighton played a school-record 36 matches, two more than the old mark of 34 that was set last fall in a 25-9 campaign. Creighton also set a single-season record for sets played. The Bluejays played 134 sets this fall, six more than the mark of 128 set last fall.
Winters & Smith Named All-AmericansJaali Winters and Lauren Smith were honored by the American Volleyball Coaches Association with All-America recognition at season’s end. Winters was the nation’s only freshman out-side hitter named to one of the top three All-America teams after a standout season that also saw her be named BIG EAST Freshman of the Year and AVCA East Region Freshman of the Year. Winters set a Creighton single-season record for kills in a season (546), and she led the team with 16 double-doubles. Winters’ 546 kills ranked 10th-most nationally and were second among freshmen. Winters was a six-time BIG EAST Freshman of the Week and became the program’s second freshman to ever earn First Team All-Conference honors in November. Smith earned honorable-mention All-America honors after leading the BIG EAST in hitting per-centage (.343) and blocks per set (1.27) and she was third on the team with 331 kills. Smith’s 170 total blocks ranked 10th nationally.
Winters Among The EliteJaali Winters joined some elite names when she was named a Third Team All-American by the AVCA. She’s just the 16th freshman outside hit-ter in the last 16 years (since 2000) to be named a first, second or third team All-American.Year Name, School Team2000 April Ross, USC 2nd2001 Stacey Gordon, Ohio State 2nd2002 Kim Glass, Arizona 2nd2004 Christal Morrison, Washington 2nd2005 Nicole Fawcett, Penn State 2nd2006 Megan Hodge, Penn State 1st2007 Alix Klineman, Stanford 2nd2007 Juliann Faucette, Texas 1st2008 Kanani Danielson, Hawaii 3rd2010 Deja McClendon, Penn State 2nd2011 Haley Eckerman, Texas 2nd2013 Kadie Rolfzen, Nebraska 3rd2013 Ebony Nwanebu, USC 1st2014 Mary-Kate Marshall, Oregon State 3rd2014 Ali Frantti, Penn State 2nd2015 Jaali Winters, Creighton 3rd
Trio Earns All-Region Honors From AVCAThree women with the Creighton Volleyball pro-gram were honored by the American Volleyball Coaches Association with All-East Region rec-ognition. Kirsten Bernthal Booth was named the East Region Coach of the Year, Jaali Winters was named East Region Freshman of the Year and both Winters and Lauren Smith were named First Team All-East Region. The East Region features 39 teams, includ-ing members of eight different leagues (Atlantic Coast, America East, Atlantic 10, BIG EAST, Colonial, Ivy, Mid-Eastern Athletic and Patriot).
AVCA Division I Coaches Top 25Final Poll • December 21, 2015
Rk School Points W-L LW1 Nebraska (63) 1596 32-4 52 Texas 1535 30-3 33 Minnesota 1460 30-5 44 Kansas 1396 30-3 95 Southern California (1) 1308 33-3 26 Washington 1252 31-3 17 Hawai’i 1193 29-2 78 Florida 1151 25-7 169 Penn State 1056 28-6 810 Wisconsin 1020 26-7 1011 BYU 927 28-4 1112 UCLA 894 25-8 1213 Ohio State 841 25-10 1414 Stanford 748 23-7 615 Illinois 644 21-13 2116 Loyola Marymount 565 24-9 NR17 Purdue 536 23-10 1718 Texas A&M 500 24-7 1519 Creighton 460 27-9 NR20 Florida State 362 25-8 1921 Louisville 311 25-7 1822 Western Kentucky 263 32-4 2023 Colorado State 225 26-4 1324 Michigan 155 20-13 NR25 North Carolina 91 21-10 23Others receiving points and listed on two or more ballots: San Diego 56; Missouri 54; Kentucky 34; Michigan State 32; Arkansas State 27; Arizona 17; American 15; Long Beach State 14; Wichita State 14; Marquette 9; Iowa State 3.
Booth earned Regional Coach of the Year hon-ors for the first time after guiding the Bluejays to a 27-9 record. Creighton qualified for its first Sweet 16 appearance with wins over Coastal Carolina and No. 23 North Carolina. The Bluejays won the BIG EAST Conference regular-season and tour-nament titles for the second consecutive season, and won 22-of-24 matches after September 20. Booth is Creighton’s first volleyball coach to ever be named Regional Coach of the Year. Winters became Creighton’s first volleyball player to earn Regional Freshman of the Year accolades after a standout season that also saw her be named unanimous BIG EAST Freshman of the Year. Winters set a Creighton single-season record for kills in a season (546), and she led the team with 16 double-doubles. Winters’ 546 kills ranked 10th-most nationally and were second among freshmen. Winters was a six-time BIG EAST Freshman of the Week and became the program’s second freshman to ever earn First Team All-Conference honors in November. Smith ascended to All-East Region First Team honors after being named an honorable-mention All-East Region selection in 2013. Smith led the BIG EAST in hitting percentage (.343) and blocks per set (1.27) and she was third on the team with 331 kills. Smith’s 170 total blocks ranked 10th nationally, She is the third player in CU history to earn multiple All-Region recognitions, joining Kelli Browning (3) and Megan Bober (2).
Season HighlightsThe 2015 season was one full of highlights for Creighton. Consider the following...-Creighton won a pair of NCAA Tournament matches for the first time in any year, advancing to its first Sweet 16.-Creighton defeated No. 23 North Carolina to win the Chapel Hill sub-Regional, its first true road victory over a ranked team in 32 tries.-Creighton owned an NCAA RPI of 14 in the year-end official rankings.-Creighton was voted 19th in the final AVCA coaches poll, matching the program’s best week-ly ranking ever. It’s also the fourth straight sea-son CU has been ranked in the top-25 during at least one week.-Creighton won the BIG EAST Conference, the nation’s seventh-best league, by three full games in the standings.-Creighton won the BIG EAST Volleyball Championship for the second straight year, beat-ing a pair of eventual NCAA Tournament teams in the process.
-Creighton won 22 of its last 24 matches, and was 26-5 after starting the season 1-4.-Creighton ranked tied for 15th nationally in victo-ries and 20th in road victories this season.-Creighton was the nation’s only team to play five top-11 teams in pre-conference play. No one else played more than three. Creighton’s non-conference schedule was ranked as the nation’s third-toughest.-Creighton swept the nation’s No. 10 team, Kentucky, on Sept. 5 on a neutral floor.-Creighton owned eight top-50 RPI wins this sea-son, which was tied for 10th in the nation.-Creighton owned 11 wins this fall against teams that made the 2014 NCAA Tournament.-Creighton was honored with the BIG EAST Coaching Staff of the Year, while Jaali Winters was a unanimous pick as BIG EAST Freshman of the Year. -Kirsten Bernthal Booth was named East Region Coach of the Year, while Jaali Winters was named East Region Freshman of the Year.
Seniors Lead The WaySeniors Melanie Jereb, Ashley Jansen and Kate Elman became the first Bluejays to play in three or more NCAA Volleyball Tournament vic-tories and in four different NCAA Tournaments, with two wins in Chapel Hill. When the trio arrived on campus in the fall of 2012, Creighton had never appeared in, or won a match in, the NCAA Tournament.
Elite CompanyCreighton was one of just three schools that had a nationally-seeded team in both men’s soccer and volleyball this fall, joining Stanford and Ohio State. Stanford was seeded eighth in both; Ohio State was seeded ninth in soccer and 12th in vol-leyball; while Creighton was 12th in soccer and 16th in volleyball. Creighton’s soccer team reached the Elite Eight with a win at North Carolina before falling at fourth-seeded Akron in the Elite Eight. Creighton and Ohio State were the nation’s only teams to reach the Sweet 16 in both men’s soccer and volleyball this fall.
History of No. 16 SeedsThe 2015 NCAA Tournament marks the 15th year of the NCAA Tournament in the rally scor-ing era. In that time, the No. 16 seeds are 14-1 in the opening round. The only upset came last year
Creighton’s Record When... 2015 Booth TotalHome 15-3 122-53Away 9-3 95-67Neutral 3-3 45-26Non-Conference 10-8 96-81MVC (League matches) 0-0 122-58BIG EAST (League matches) 17-1 45-7Home MVC League Matches 0-0 66-24Away MVC League Matches 0-0 56-34Home BIG EAST Conf. Matches 9-0 24-2Away BIG EAST Conf. Matches 8-1 21-5
In August 1-2 22-16In September 7-5 90-68In October 10-1 79-35In November 7-0 67-32In December 2-1 4-5
In Set 1 23-13 241-167In Set 2 21-15 238-170In Set 3 24-12 244-164In Set 4 15-4 128-93In Set 5 5-2 44-23
As A Ranked Team 0-0 19-6Against Ranked Teams 2-5 5-46On Creighton Radio 9-3 146-92On CU Web Radio Only 0-0 6-3On TV 1-1 9-10
When Up 1-0 21-2 217-24When Down 0-1 6-7 45-122When Up 2-0 16-0 167-2When Tied 1-1 8-4 85-56When Down 0-2 3-5 10-88When Up 2-1 10-0 112-8When Down 1-2 4-5 22-77When Tied 2-2 5-2 44-23
Creighton Volleyball Streaks of Note Streak What Last Time Not True 653 consecutive matches Creighton has had at least one block Never at CU 94 consecutive matches Creighton has won when leading 2-0 at intermission 9/12/09 at Dayton 76 consecutive matches Creighton has won when hitting .300 or better 10/4/96 vs. Evansville 19 consecutive wins when Marysa Wilkinson hits .400 or better Never lost when that happens 19 consecutive matches Jaali Winters has had 10 or more kills 10/3/15 at Providence 12 consecutive home wins 9/19/19 vs. #11 Wisconsin 4 consecutive NCAA Tournament bids 2011 4 consecutive seasons having spent at least one week in the top-25 2011 2 consecutive BIG EAST regular-season titles 2013 2 consecutive BIG EAST Tournament titles 2013
in Topeka, when Arkansas-Little Rock upset Kansas. Ironically, Creighton was at that site but lost earlier in the afternoon to Oregon State. Since 2001, the No. 16 seed has advanced to the Sweet 16 (or further) nine times, with the 2010 Purdue team the only club to advance to the Elite Eight. That Purdue team swept top-seeded Florida in Austin, Texas, before falling in the Regional final to ninth-seeded Texas. Additionally, it’s worth noting that no fewer than 10-of-16 seeds have reached the Sweet 16 in each of the last 15 seasons.Year No. 16 Seed W-L Seeds to Sweet 16?2015 Creighton 2-1 13/162014 Kansas 0-1 13/162013 Duke 1-1 11/162012 Kentucky 2-1 12/162011 Texas A&M 1-1 11/162010 Purdue 3-1 11/162009 Florida 2-1 12/162008 Tulane 1-1 13/162007 Cal Poly 2-1 10/162006 San Diego 2-1 15/162005 UCLA 2-1 13/162004 Missouri 1-1 14/162003 Texas A&M 2-1 16/162002 Notre Dame 1-1 13/162001 Northern Iowa 2-1 16/16
Not One, Not Two, Not Three...Creighton Volleyball is making its fourth con-secutive appearance in the NCAA Tournament. Though it’s happened in both men’s soccer and men’s basketball, the Volleyball program is the first women’s team in school history to reach the ‘Big Dance’ in four consecutive campaigns.
The Road Less Travelled
There were 22 teams that won a conference tournament to earn an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament, including Creighton. Of those 22 teams, Creighton and Wichita State were the only schools that defeated mul-tiple NCAA Tournament teams in a conference tournament. Creighton downed Marquette and Villanova, while Wichita State topped both Northern Iowa and Missouri State. Creighton was the only team to reach the Sweet 16 that earned an automatic bid after win-ning its conference tournament.
Battle TestedCreighton played 18 of its 36 matches this season against teams that reached the NCAA Tournament, going 10-8 in those contests. Of the 10 wins, five came via a sweep. Creighton defeated Lipscomb, Kentucky, Kansas State, Marquette (3x), Villanova (2x), Coastal Carolina and North Carolina, lost once each to Wisconsin, Louisville, Illinois, Nebraska, UNI and Villanova, and lost twice to USC. Creighton was led by Jaali Winters’ 4.18 kills per set in those matches, while Kate Elman averaged 4.18 digs per set and Lauren Smith has hit .335 on 2.43 kills per set. Both Maggie Baumert (11.02) and Kenzie Crawford (10.06) averaged more than 10 assists per set in those matches.
Television Turns OutCreighton made its second television appear-ance of the season on against USC in the Sweet 16, as ESPNU broadcast the match. In its only
2015 Double DoublesJaali Winters (16)17 kills, 14 digs vs. Miami (Ohio), 8/2813 kills, 12 digs at #8 Illinois, 8/2913 kills, 11 digs vs. Seton Hall, 9/2523 kills, 11 digs vs. Villanova, 9/2711 kills, 10 digs vs. Georgetown, 10/613 kills, 15 digs vs. DePaul, 10/921 kills, 11 digs at Butler, 10/1617 kills, 11 digs at Xavier, 10/1719 kills, 13 digs at Villanova, 10/3018 kills, 14 digs at DePaul, 11/712 kills, 13 digs vs. Xavier, 11/1310 kills, 11 digs vs. Butler, 11/1525 kills, 14 digs at Georgetown, 11/2021 kills, 17 digs vs. Marquette, 11/2720 kills, 10 digs vs. Coastal Carolina, 12/421 kills, 21 digs at #23 North Carolina, 12/5
Jess Bird (10)16 kills, 25 digs vs. Miami (Ohio), 8/2818 kills, 15 digs vs. Louisville, 8/2910 kills, 13 digs vs. #11 Wisconsin, 9/1914 kills, 12 digs at St. John’s, 10/215 kills, 16 digs vs. Georgetown, 10/6 14 kills, 12 digs at Xavier, 10/1713 kills, 11 digs at Marquette, 11/611 kills, 11 digs at DePaul, 11/715 kills, 22 digs at Georgetown, 11/2016 kills, 14 digs vs. Coastal Carolina, 12/4
Maggie Baumert (9)43 assists, 13 digs vs. Villanova, 9/2746 assists, 15 digs at Butler, 10/1652 assists, 16 digs at Villanova, 10/3036 assists, 18 digs at Marquette, 11/634 assists, 10 digs vs. Xavier, 11/1345 assists, 15 digs vs. Marquette, 11/2739 assists, 10 digs vs. Villanova, 11/2855 assists, 16 digs vs. Coastal Carolina, 12/455 assists, 12 digs at #23 North Carolina, 12/5
Kenzie Crawford (4)48 assists, 10 digs vs. Miami (Ohio), 8/2851 assists, 11 digs, 10 kills vs. Louisville, 8/2947 assists, 10 digs vs. CSU Bakersfield, 9/1233 assists, 16 digs vs. Seton Hall, 9/25
Lauren Smith (1)16 kills, 11 blocks at Georgetown, 11/20
Samantha Bohnet (1)41 assists, 13 digs at Georgetown, 11/20
2015 Creighton Volleyball Numerical Roster No. Name Yr. Ht. Pos. Hometown (Last School) 1 Ashley Jansen Sr. 5-7 DS Omaha, Neb. (Marian) 2 Melanie Jereb Sr. 6-2 OH Cary, Ill. (Cary Grove) 3 Kelsey O’Connell Fr. 6-3 MB Omaha, Neb. (Marian) 4 Maggie Baumert Sr. 6-2 S Elkhorn, Neb. (Univ. of Georgia) 5 Jaali Winters Fr. 6-2 OH Ankeny, Iowa (Centennial) 7 Amanda Foje Jr. 5-5 DS Omaha, Neb. (Duchesne) 8 Samantha Bohnet Fr. 5-7 DS Council Bluffs, Iowa (Abraham Lincoln) 9 Marysa Wilkinson So. 6-0 OH/RS Lincoln, Neb. (Southwest) 10 Kenzie Crawford So. 5-9 S Grand Rapids, Mich. (Northview) 11 Kate Elman Sr. 5-5 DS Omaha, Neb. (Marian) 12 Taryn Kloth Fr. 6-4 OH Sioux Falls, S.D. (O’Gorman) 13 Jess Bird Jr. 5-11 OH Bennington, Neb. (Bennington) 14 Brittany Lawrence Fr. 6-4 MB North Platte, Neb. (St. Patrick’s) 16 Lauren Smith Jr. 6-4 MB Lincoln, Neb. (Pius X) 17 Lizzy Stivers Sr. 5-11 OH/DS Pebble Beach, Calif. (Carmel) 19 Megan Ballenger Fr. 6-1 MB/OH Ankeny, Iowa (Ankeny)
Head Coach: Kirsten Bernthal Booth (13th season)Associate Head Coach: Tom MendozaAssistant Coach: Angie Oxley BehrensVolunteer Assistant Coach: Kyle South
other appearance, CU swept Villanova on Nov. 28 to win the BIG EAST Volleyball Championship on FS2. The Jays are 9-10 in 19 appearances on the small screen under Kirsten Bernthal Booth.
Creighton Volleyball on Television, Since 2003Date Opponent TV Coverage W-L09/23/03 at UMKC Mediacom W 3-110/11/05 at #1 Nebraska Time Warner L 0-311/09/07 at Missouri State Mediacom W 3-111/10/07 at #24 Wichita State Cox Wichita L 0-310/05/08 at #2 Nebraska NET/CBSCS L 0-310/03/09 Missouri State NET-HD L 0-310/23/10 at #14 Northern Iowa Mediacom L 0-311/27/10 at #11 Northern Iowa FSN Midwest L 1-309/08/11 at #11 Nebraska NET-HD L 0-311/03/11 Wichita State Cox/Kansas 22 W 3-209/19/12 at Kansas MetroSports/Cox L 2-309/25/12 South Dakota Cox 2 W 3-111/10/12 Illinois State Cox 2 W 3-111/24/12 Wichita State FSN Midwest W 3-009/13/14 Wichita State Cox/Kansas 22 W 3-109/17/14 at #9 Nebraska NET L 1-311/29/14 vs. Seton Hall FS2 W 3-111/28/15 Villanova FS2 W 3-012/11/15 vs. #2 USC ESPNU L 1-3
High FiveKirsten Bernthal Booth joined some select company when she directed her troops to a fifth NCAA Tournament. That puts her in the company of some of the greatest coaches in CU Athletics history. Booth is one of eight head coaches in Creighton history to lead five different NCAA Tournament teams.Name Sport NCAA’s @CUBob Warming Men’s Soccer 11Dana Altman Men’s Basketball 7Brent Vigness Softball 7Kirsten Bernthal Booth Volleyball 5Bret Simon Men’s Soccer 5Elmar Bolowich Men’s Soccer 5Bruce Erickson Women’s Soccer 5Mary Higgins Softball 5
Automatic Bid x 2Creighton is one of 11 schools nationally to earn an automatic bid into each of the last two NCAA Tournaments. That grouping includes New Hampshire, Dayton, Texas, Creighton, Coastal Carolina, Western Kentucky, Colorado State, American, Denver and BYU. Of those teams, the only six schools to win a conference tournament in consecutive cam-paigns have been American, Coastal Carolina, Creighton, Dayton, Denver and New Hampshire.
Back-To-Back Tournament ChampsCreighton won its second straight BIG EAST Championship title, becoming the league’s first back-to-back tourney champ since Louisville won three straight titles from 2008-10. Creighton joined Pittsburgh, Notre Dame and Louisville as the only four schools to ever win back-to-back BIG EAST Championships in vol-leyball.
Offensive ProductionCreighton ranked among the nation’s most potent offensive teams. The Bluejays ranked third in the
nation in kills this season. Creighton also finished second nationally in assists in 2015, fifth in attack attempts and sixth in digs.
All-Tournament HonorsCreighton had three women earn All-Tournament honors after the BIG EAST Volleyball Championship. Jess Bird was named the MVP after averag-ing 3.50 kills and 1.50 digs per set on .263 hitting. Maggie Baumert earned her spot after aver-aging 10.50 assists, 3.12 digs, 0.88 blocks and 0.50 kills per set. Kate Elman earned her spot by averaging 4.38 digs and 0.25 aces per set as CU’s libero.
BIG EAST In The Sweet 16Creighton was the BIG EAST’s first team to reach the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Volleyball Championship since St. John’s made it in 2007. Ironically, the Red Storm played against USC that year, falling in five sets. Creighton’s victory at North Carolina snapped the BIG EAST’s nine-match losing streak in the Round of 32. The BIG EAST has never had a team reach the Regional Final in volleyball.
Bluejays Collect The HardwareCreighton had quite a haul of honors when the BIG EAST named its All-Conference Team on Nov. 23rd. Jaali Winters was a unanimous pick as BIG EAST Freshman of the Year, while Kirsten Bernthal Booth leads a staff named BIG EAST Coaching Staff of the Year. In addition, Winters, Lauren Smith and Maggie Baumert were named First Team All-BIG EAST, while Jess Bird was a Second Team All-BIG EAST honoree. This was the first First Team All-Conference award for Winters, Smith and Baumert. Smith was a Second Team All-BIG EAST pick in 2014, while Bird was a First Team All-BIG EAST choice last fall. Booth was named 2012 Missouri Valley Conference Coach of the Year, but had not previ-ously won the honor from her BIG EAST peers.
#WinningCreighton ranked among the national leaders in four key categories as it relates to winning. Creighton ranked tied for 10th with 15 home wins. Creighton ranked tied for 15th with 27 wins. Creighton ranked tied for 20th with nine road victories. Creighton was 40th nationally in winning per-centage at .750.
The .700 ClubCreighton pulled out a five-set victory over Georgetown in the regular-season finale thanks to a .722 hitting percentage in the fifth set. Creighton had 13 kills and no errors in 18 swings against the Hoyas, establishing a school-record
2015 BIG EAST Standings (Final) BIG EAST only All matchesTeam W L W L#19 Creighton 17 1 27 9Villanova 14 4 25 9Xavier 14 4 18 12Marquette 12 6 22 12St. John’s 8 10 18 15Seton Hall 8 10 14 16Butler 8 10 12 19DePaul 4 14 16 15Georgetown 4 14 10 21Providence 1 17 10 22
Preseason BIG EAST Poll 1. Creighton (9) 81 2. Marquette (1) 69 3. Xavier 62 4. St. John’s 53 5. Butler 52 6. Seton Hall 41 7. Villanova 34 8. Georgetown 28 9. DePaul 20 10. Providence 10
First-place votes in parentheses (#)Points awarded 9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1
Player of the Year: Abbey Bessler, XavierFreshman of the Year: Jaali Winters, CreightonLibero of the Year: Tessa Fournier, Seton HallCoaching Staff of the Year: Creighton
for one set in the process.Best Team Hitting Percentage in a Set
Select CompanyCreighton is one of just 11 schools nationally who have won 23 games or more in each of the last four seasons. That group consists of BYU, Creighton, Florida, Florida State, Idaho State, Nebraska, Penn State, Stanford, Texas, Washington and Western Kentucky. Creighton is also one of 23 teams to have appeared in each of the last four NCAA Tournaments. That group features Arizona State, BYU, Colorado State, Creighton, Florida, Florida State, Hawaii, Iowa State, Kansas, Kentucky, Marquette, Miami (Fla.), Michigan State, Nebraska, North Carolina, Oregon, Penn State, San Diego, Stanford, Texas, Texas A&M, USC and Washington. Throw in four straight NCAA Tournament bids to that group of teams with four straight 23-win seasons and the group narrows to nine teams: That group consists of BYU, Creighton, Florida, Florida State, Nebraska, Penn State, Stanford, Texas and Washington. Below is how each of those 11 teams with four straight seasons of 23+ wins did this year:Team W-L NCAA Qualifier?Western Kentucky 32-4 YesNebraska 32-4 YesWashington 31-3 YesTexas 30-3 YesBYU 28-4 YesPenn State 28-6 YesCreighton 27-9 YesFlorida 25-7 YesFlorida State 25-8 YesStanford 23-7 YesIdaho State 23-10 No
Senior Day Celebrates QuintetCreighton’s five seniors were honored following its Nov. 14 match against Butler, which marked the program’s final regular-season home match of 2015. The senior class went 104-31 over the last four seasons, and were the winningest senior class in program history. They posted four straight sea-sons of 23 or more wins and reached an unprec-edented four straight NCAA Tournaments. The group was part of the program’s first three regu-lar-season conference titles (2012, 2014, 2015), the program’s first three postseason conference tournament titles (2012, 2014, 2015), and the program’s first Sweet 16 appearance. Ashley Jansen ranked ninth in Creighton his-tory with 85 aces and owned 849 digs. Primarily a defensive specialist throughout her career, Jansen made nine career starts at setter and owned 347 career assists, which ranked 10th in CU history. Melanie Jereb appeared in more wins (102) than any player in program history. She arrived on the scene as a first-team all-MVC performer in
2012 and was a regular in the line-up ever since. Jereb ranked eighth in CU history with 1,218 career digs and also owned 590 kills, 169 blocks and 67 aces. Maggie Baumert finished up her second sea-son in the program after transferring to Creighton in the spring of 2014. Baumert owned 1,975 assists as a Bluejay and led the BIG EAST with 11.51 assists per league set this fall. Kate Elman is Creighton’s all-time leader with 2,054 digs, ranked fourth with 105 aces and 11th with 345 career assists. She also set school records for matches with 10 or more digs and 20 or more digs. Lizzy Stivers is a fifth-year senior who owned 39 aces, 72 digs, six kills and one block in her career. She was used primarily as a serving specialist at Creighton.
Win, Win ScenarioWith 104 wins, Creighton’s senior class sur-passed last year’s senior class (94) for the most wins in any four-year span in program history. Individually, Melanie Jereb (102) and Ashley Jansen (101) appeared in the most wins of any players in program history. Prior to this year, that mark had been held by Leah McNary (92).
Most Wins, Appeared In As A Player Wins Player Years 102 Melanie Jereb 2012-15 101 Ashley Jansen 2012-15 95 Kate Elman 2012-15 92 Leah McNary 2011-14 87 Kelli Browning 2011-14 86 Lizzy Stivers 2012-15 82 Michelle Sicner 2011-14
Title HistoryCreighton won its third regular-season title in program history this fall. Creighton’s first league titles in program his-tory came in 2012, when the Bluejays went 17-1 to win the Missouri Valley Conference title. That team went on to win the MVC Tournament title, as well. Last season, Creighton went 16-2 in league play and swept the BIG EAST regular-season and tournament crowns. Since joining the BIG EAST prior to the 2013-14 school year, Creighton has won BIG EAST regular-season titles in baseball (2014), men’s soccer (2014) and volleyball (2014 & 2015), and two BIG EAST Tournament titles in volleyball (2014 & 2015).
Jereb Digs ItMelanie Jereb earned the nod at libero for just the second time in 2015 on Nov. 13 at Georgetown (and first time since Aug. 29 vs. Louisville), and she responded in a big way. Jereb had 30 digs in the victory, eclipsing her previous season-best of 16 digs and her previ-ous career-high of 24 digs in the process. Jereb is the eighth player in Creighton history with a match of 30 or more digs.
30 or More Kill/Dig Club Melanie Jereb (1 digs)30 digs at Georgetown, 11/20
20 or More Kill/Dig ClubJaali Winters (9 kills, 1 digs)28 kills at St. John’s, 10/225 kills vs. Kansas State, 9/2025 kills at Georgetown, 11/2023 kills vs. Villanova, 9/2723 kills vs. Marquette, 10/1121 kills at Butler, 10/16 21 kills vs. Marquette, 11/2721 kills, 21 digs at #23 North Carolina, 12/520 kills vs. Coastal Carolina, 12/4
Kate Elman (9 digs)29 digs at Villanova, 10/3024 digs vs. Butler, 11/1523 digs vs. Marquette, 11/2722 digs vs. Miami (Ohio), 8/2822 digs at Northern Iowa, 9/522 digs vs. Kansas State, 9/2021 digs vs. CSU Bakersfield, 9/1220 digs vs. Coastal Carolina, 12/420 digs at #23 North Carolina, 12/5
Jess Bird (3 digs)25 digs vs. Miami (Ohio), 8/2822 digs at Georgetown, 11/2021 digs vs. Kansas State, 9/20
Melanie Jereb (2 digs)30 digs at Georgetown, 11/2020 digs vs. Marquette, 11/27
10 or More Blocks Club Lauren Smith (1 blocks)11 blocks at Georgetown, 11/20
Samantha Bohnet entered the Nov. 13 match at Georgetown with minimal experience, having played in just six sets all season long and con-tributing seven assists in that time. Bohnet made her first career start a memo-rable one, as she finished with 41 assists, 13 digs and an ace to far surpass to season totals entering the day.
10 Assists x 3Creighton made program history on Nov. 7 at DePaul when Ashley Jansen (12), Maggie Baumert (27) and Kenzie Crawford (12) all had 10 or more assists in a match. It marked the first time Creighton has ever seen three players finish with 10 or more assists in the same match. In fact, prior to 2015, the only other seasons that Creighton has had three players with match-es of 10+ assists in the same fall had come in 2011 (Michelle Sicner, Megan Bober, Julianne Mandolfo) and in 2002 (Jadee Tanabe, Jaden Custer, Liz Hagerman). Creighton had four players record 10 or more assists in a match during this season, as Jansen, Baumert, Crawford and Samantha Bohnet all did so.
Winning TimeAs the season winds down, November often proves to be a key time of year where teams can make or break a season. Creighton went 7-0 in November this fall, con-tinuing an extended run of success in the 11th month of the year. Creighton went 8-1 in November last season, clinching BIG EAST regular-season and tourna-ment titles in the process. In 2013, Creighton was 7-3 in the month of November. In 2012, Creighton was a perfect 9-0 in November. Combined, Creighton went 31-4 in the month of November since this year’s senior class enrolled in 2012. One key factor in Creighton’s November suc-cess the past three years has been junior OH Jess Bird. Bird owns a double-double in 14-of-26 career November matches she’s played in, compared to 15-of-64 matches that haven’t been held in November.
Home Wins Record FallsCreighton went 15-3 at home this season, break-ing a school record for home wins in a season. The previous record was 12, done in both 2012 and 2014. Both those teams won regular-season and conference tournament titles, and played in the NCAA’s, as well. Creighton’s 15 home wins this season ranked tied for 10th nationally.
Attendance Record FallsCreighton attracted 29,905 fans in 18 home matches this season, another record. That’s a single-season record at home, breaking the mark of 24,183 set in 2007.
Creighton’s 29,905 fans were 19th nationally and more than triple the figure of the second-highest drawing team in the BIG EAST, Xavier (9,232). Creighton’s average home crowd of 1,661 ranked 28th-best nationally in 2015. It’s also impressive considering that it often plays at the same time as perennial power Creighton Men’s Soccer, which ranked third nationally in average home attendance (3,298) and also set a school record for total home attendance in a fall with 46,171 fans. That figure finished second in the nation.
Most Home Fans, SeasonYear Home Fans Matches Average 2015 29,905 18 1,6612007 24,183 13 1,8602006 20,940 13 1,6112008 19,645 14 1,4032014 19,239 15 1,283
Freshman SensationJaali Winters led Creighton on offense, and she smashed Allie Oelke’s school record for kills in a season by a freshman. Oelke would go on to be named 2007 MVC Freshman of the Year in her debut campaign. Winters was also named Freshman of the Year in her league (BIG EAST), and shattered Melissa Walsh’s school record for kills per set by a freshman, as well.
Most Kills, Creighton Freshmen Kills Name Year 546 Jaali Winters 2015 352 Allie Oelke 2007 341 Melissa Walsh 1998 306 Melanie Jereb 2012 297 Jess Bird 2013
Most Kills Per Set, Creighton Freshman(min. 100 kills)
Getting Better & BetterNovember 7th was Creighton’s 400th match with Kirsten Bernthal Booth, and it continues to thrive under her direction. Below is a look at Creighton’s record under Booth in 50-match segments.Match # W-L Opponent Date Result50 25-25 Missouri State 10/22/04 L 0-3100 56-44 So. Illinois 09/16/06 W 3-1150 88-62 vs. So. Illinois 11/23/07 W 3-1200 115-85 at Missouri St. 10/30/09 L 0-3250 143-107 at #11 Nebraska 09/08/11 L 0-3300 182-118 Illinois State 11/10/12 W 3-1350 215-135 South Dakota 09/20/14 L 2-3400 255-145 at DePaul 11/07/14 W 3-1
Responding After A LossAfter its 12-match win streak was snapped on Oct. 30th at Villanova, Creighton answered with a 3-0 sweep at Seton Hall just 24 hours later. Creighton has lost just nine times against con-ference competition in the last four years, and responded with a victory each time.Date Loss Next League Foe/Score
2015 Honors & AwardsMaggie BaumertBIG EAST Championship All-Tournament TeamBIG EAST Player of the Week, 11/10First Team All-BIG EAST
Jess BirdBIG EAST Championship All-Tournament TeamBIG EAST Championship Tournament MVPPreseason All-BIG EAST TeamPreseason BIG EAST Player of the YearSecond Team All-BIG EAST
Kirsten Bernthal BoothAVCA East Region Coach of the YearBIG EAST Coaching Staff of the Year
Kate ElmanBIG EAST Championship All-Tournament TeamPreseason All-BIG EAST TeamUNI Tournament All-Tournament Team
Melanie JerebSenior CLASS Award Candidate (30)
Lauren SmithAVCA All-East Region First TeamAVCA Honorable-Mention All-AmericanBIG EAST Player of the Week, 10/5Bluejay Invitational All-Tournament TeamCreighton Classic All-Tournament TeamFirst Team All-BIG EAST Illini Classic All-Tournament TeamPreseason All-BIG EAST TeamUNI Tournament All-Tournament Team
Jaali WintersAVCA All-East Region First Team AVCA East Region Freshman of the YearAVCA Third Team All-AmericanBIG EAST Freshman of the Week, 9/14BIG EAST Freshman of the Week, 9/28BIG EAST Freshman of the Week, 10/5BIG EAST Freshman of the Week, 10/12BIG EAST Freshman of the Week, 11/10BIG EAST Freshman of the Week, 11/16BIG EAST Freshman of the YearBluejay Invitational All-Tournament TeamCreighton Classic All-Tournament TeamFirst Team All-BIG EASTPrepVolleyball.com Freshman All-American
9/28/12 @SIU, L 3-1 @Evansville, W 3-110/4/13 @Butler, L 3-1 @Xavier, W 3-110/25/13 @Marquette, L 3-0 @DePaul, W 3-111/1/13 St. John’s, L 3-2 Seton Hall, W 3-011/16/13 @Seton Hall, L 3-1 Georgetown, W 3-011/30/13 Marquette, L 3-1 @Georgetown, W 3-010/10/14 @Seton Hall, 3-2 @Villanova, W 3-111/23/14 Seton Hall, L 3-0 vs. Xavier, W 3-110/30/15 @Villanova, L 3-2 @Seton Hall, W 3-0
Best Month Ever?Creighton won 10 matches in October, tied for the most successful month in program his-tory. It’s also the best winning percentage for any month in program history with at least 10 matches.
Against NCAA Tournament QualifiersCreighton beat 11 teams that appeared in the 2014 NCAA Tournament. After going 3-35 against teams coming off NCAA Tournament bids prior to Kirsten Bernthal Booth’s arrival, the Jays are 52-77 since, including a 11-5 mark this fall.Year W-L vs. Previous Season NCAA Teams1994 0-41995 0-21996 0-21997 0-31998 0-51999 2-42000 0-42001 1-62002 0-52003 0-32004 2-22005 0-62006 4-62007 4-92008 6-82009 1-112010 4-72011 2-62012 8-32013 6-62014 4-52015 11-5TOTAL 55-112TOTAL Under Booth 52-77
20+ Wins (Again)Creighton owned 27 wins this fall, a total that ranked second-most in program history for one season. Only six previous clubs had won more than 20 matches in one year. In fact, after no seasons with more than 16 wins from 1994-2002 before her arrival, Kirsten Bernthal Booth has led Creighton to 10 different seasons of 16 or more victories.
Matches Won Year MP W L Pct. 1. 2012 33 29 4 .879 2. 2015 36 27 9 .750
Winters’ Double-Digit StreakJaali Winters had 10 or more kills in 22 of her last 23 matches, including the last 19. That established a program record for a freshman, breaking the mark of 11 set by Amanda Cvejdlik in 2005. Winters had 10 or more kills in all but five matches this fall.
Winters Stays BusyJaali Winters had 77 attack attempts on Nov. 27 vs. Marquette, breaking the previous school-record of 72 done in 2000 by Melanie Keolanui. The previous D.J. Sokol Arena record for attacks by a Bluejay had been 59, done by Winters earlier this year vs. Kansas State on Sept. 20.
Booth Reaches 250 Wins At CreightonCreighton’s Oct. 17th win at Xavier was the 250th at Creighton for head volleyball coach Kirsten Bernthal Booth. Booth is one of nine coaches in school history to reach the milestone, and needed fewer games to attain the 250th win than all but Mary Higgins (Softball) and Dana Altman (Men’s Basketball).
Record at Creighton When Reaching 250 WinsW-L-T Coach Sport250-109 Mary Higgins Softball250-136 Dana Altman Men’s Basketball250-144 Kirsten Bernthal Booth* Volleyball250-145 Ed Servais* Baseball250-161 Jim Flanery* Women’s Basketball250-162-2 Jim Hendry Baseball250-217 Brent Vigness* Softball250-227-2 Jack Dahm Baseball250-331 Tom Lilly* Men’s & Women’s Tennis
*still active head coach at Creighton
Charting Booth’s WinsKirsten Bernthal Booth’s 250th win came in her 394th match on the Creighton sideline, com-ing on Oct. 17 at Xavier. Below is a look at her record per each 50 wins she’s earned:
Kirsten Bernthal Booth, By 50 Win MilestonesW-L Date Opponent50-43 9/1/06 Jacksonville State100-71 10/31/08 at Drake150-108 9/30/11 Illinois State200-123 10/18/13 Xavier
250-144 10/17/15 at Xavier
Nearly The Nifty .250Creighton hit a lofty .248 this season, a number that jumped to .271 against BIG EAST competi-tion in league play. Creighton is 147-5 under Kirsten Bernthal Booth when hitting .250 or better, and 69-0 under Booth when hitting .300 or better.
Marysa In The MiddleAfter a 1-4 start to the season, Creighton moved sophomore Marysa Wilkinson to the middle blocker position, and it paid immediate dividends in a 3-0 win over No. 10 Kentucky. Wilkinson finished with six kills and tied her career-high with seven blocks in the win while hitting .214. Creighton’s 11.5 blocks as a team were a season-high, and UK’s .117 hitting per-centage was the lowest by a Bluejay opponent all fall. After moving Wilkinson to the middle Creighton went 26-5 and averaged 2.55 blocks per set while holding teams to .181 hitting. Prior to that CU had been 1-4 with 1.50 blocks per set while teams hit .253 against it. Wilkinson also excelled since the move, aver-aging 2.08 kills per set and 1.06 blocks per set while hitting .325, compared to her 2.45 kills per set and 0.35 blocks and .219 hitting on the right side.
12 In A Row At HomeCreighton won its final 12 home matches. While modest, the figure ranks second-longest since the program’s 1994 reinstatement.
Winters Makes It FourCreighton Volleyball’s Jaali Winters was named BIG EAST Conference Freshman of the Week six times this season (Sept. 14, Sept. 28, Oct. 5, Oct. 12, Nov. 10, Nov. 16). Winters became the third player in program history to earn four Freshman of the Week honors, joining Allie Oelke (2007) and Megan Bober (2009). She is the only one to win six such awards. Oelke would go on to be named Missouri Valley Conference Freshman of the Year in 2007, while Bober would become a three-time First Team All-MVC selection and a two-time AVCA Honorable-Mention All-American.
Can You Dig It?Kate Elman owns a school-record 2,054 career digs. Elman also owns Creighton career marks for matches with 10+ digs (110) and matches with 20+ digs (41). Elman had her 100th career match of 10 or more digs on Oct. 30 at Villanova, when she posted a season-high 29 digs.
Most Career Digs, Creighton History Name Sets No. Years 1. Kate Elman 464 2,054 2012-15 2. Janeen Piller 336 1,392 2001-04
Matches With 10+ Digs, Career 10+D Name Years 110 Kate Elman 2012-15 74 Janeen Piller 2001-04
Matches With 20+ Digs, Career 20+D Name Years 41 Kate Elman 2012-15 32 Julianne Mandolfo 2010-11
Going For The KillJaali Winters had 23 kills in a Oct. 11 victory over Marquette, with 20 of those coming during sets two (9) and three (11). The 23 kills are the most in the BIG EAST this season for a three-set match, well ahead of the 20 that now stands in second place. The 23 kills by Winters ranks as tied for second-most in Creighton history for a three-set match, two behind the mark set by Leah Ratzlaff on Oct. 30, 2004.
Most Kills, Three Set Matches 25 Leah Ratzlaff at Evansville 10-30-04 23 Melissa Walsh vs. Southern Illinois 11-2-01 23 Leah Ratzlaff vs. UC-Riverside 9-2-05 23 Allie Oelke at Bradley 9-22-07 23 Jaali Winters vs. Marquette 10-11-15 21 JoDe Cieloha vs. Indiana State 11-20-97 21 Melissa Walsh at Indiana State 10-22-99 21 Melissa Walsh vs. Drake 9-22-00 21 Leah Ratzlaff vs. Liberty 9-2-05
Among The BestIn Creighton’s Oct. 9 win over DePaul, Lauren Smith hit .722 in 18 swings and Marysa Wilkinson hit .667 in 18 swings. Those two hitting percentages rank as the top two marks for a five-set match in Creighton history, topping the old mark of .560 by Kelli Browning set on Sept. 5, 2014 vs. Northern Iowa. Smith’s performance ranks sixth-best in Creighton history, while Wilkinson’s was tied for ninth-best all-time when it happened.
Best Attack Percentage (Min. 12 kills), All Matches .857 Lauren Smith (12-0-14) vs. Providence 10-19-14 .750 Katy Grady (12-0-16) vs. Auburn 8-30-03 .750 Abby Baumann (12-0-16) at San Diego St. 9-3-05 .737 Lauren Bloemke (14-0-19) vs. Evansville 11-4-07 .733 Lauren Smith (12-1-15) vs. Villanova 11-24-13 .722 Lauren Smith (14-1-18) vs. DePaul 10-9-15 .714 Amanda Cvejdlik (15-0-21) vs. Drake 10-3-08 .684 Kelli Browning (14-1-19) vs. So. Illinois 10-27-12 .667 Katy Grady (12-0-18) at Drake 9-27-03 .667 Kelly Goc (14-0-21) vs. Stephen F. Austin 8-25-07 .667 Marysa Wilkinson (13-1-18) vs. DePaul 10-9-15 .650 Marysa Wilkinson (14-1-20) at Providence 10-3-15 .636 Heather Thorson (14-0-22) vs. Evansville 10-22-11
Best Attack Percentage (Min. 12 kills), Five Set Matches .722 Lauren Smith (14-1-18) vs. DePaul 10-9-15 .667 Marysa Wilkinson (13-1-18) vs. DePaul 10-9-15 .560 Kelli Browning (15-1-25) vs. Northern Iowa 9-5-14 .550 Melissa Weisensee (12-1-20) at Evansville 11-9-97 .545 Shelly Roder (12-0-22) at Evansville 10-4-96
Winters Is Heating UpJaali Winters averaged 3.42 kills per set during Creighton’s pre-conference schedule, but took
her game to another level in league action while averaging 4.38 kills per set. In the BIG EAST and NCAA Tournaments, Winters averaged 4.60 kills and 3.10 digs per set, leading CU in kills in each match. Winters averaged at least 3.67 kills per set every weekend of league play while hitting .237 or better all but three weekends. Her dig num-bers also rose, as seen below:WEEK (Opponents) KPS PCT. DPS1 (Miami/Louisville/Illinois) 3.15 .193 2.462 (USC/UNI/Kentucky) 2.80 .094 1.603 (Lipscomb/CSUB/Pacific) 3.73 .297 1.364 (Nebraska/Ark/Wis/K-State) 3.86 .274 2.075 (Seton Hall/Villanova) 4.50 .321 2.756 (St. John’s/Providence) 5.00 .237 1.007 (G’town/DePaul/Marquette) 4.27 .347 3.098 (Butler/Xavier) 4.75 .267 2.759 (Providence/St. John’s) 4.17 .190 2.8310 (Villanova/Seton Hall) 3.75 .194 2.2511 (Marquette/DePaul) 4.57 .266 3.0012 (Xavier/Butler) 3.67 .213 4.0013 (Georgetown) 5.00 .266 2.8014 (Marquette/Villanova) 4.88 .175 2.8815 (C. Carolina/N. Carolina) 5.12 .265 3.8816 (USC) 3.00 2.67 .065
Bold indicates BIG EAST Freshman of the Week
Baumert To The RescueSenior setter Maggie Baumert played in 24 of Creighton’s 36 matches this season, including 19 starts. While the Bluejays are 15-4 in those starts, it’s what she’s did as a reserve that has our atten-tion. Each of the last four times that Baumert came off the bench, she helped turn around a match that led to a Creighton victory. She helped engineer comebacks from 0-2 deficits against both Kansas State (Sept. 20) and DePaul (Oct. 9), and also played the final two sets in CU’s 3-1 wins over Seton Hall (Sept. 25) and DePaul (Nov. 7). In league play this season, Baumert averaged a BIG EAST-best 11.51 assists per set, well ahead of second-place Emma Pettit (11.07) from Villanova. Baumert’s 48 assists in the Oct. 11 3-0 win over Marquette were the most by a Bluejay in a three-set match since Korie Lebeda had 52 helpers on Nov. 4, 2007 vs. Evansville
Elman Aces This TestKate Elman led Creighton with 32 aces this sea-son, which gives her 105 career aces. Elman’s 105 aces rank fourth in Creighton his-tory, and are more than any other Bluejay in the rally-scoring era. Elman’s high school and college teammate, Ashley Jansen, finished with 85 aces, ninth-most all-time.
Winters Having A Great FallFreshman Jaali Winters led Creighton in kills with 546 after just 36 career matches. Winters was the second-fastest player in pro-gram history (by matches played) to 100 career kills, and the fastest ever to 200, 300, 400 and 500 kills. Winters joined JoDe Cieloha (1994) and Melissa Walsh (1998) as the only players to lead Creighton in kills during their first campaign with the Bluejays.
Creighton’s Quickest Players To 100 Kills (Career)Name MP Date OpponentJoDe Cieloha 8 09/23/94 at DrakeJaali Winters 9 09/12/15 PacificMelissa Walsh 10 09/26/98 at BradleyCarolyn Decker 10 09/18/04 Illinois State
Creighton’s Quickest Players To 200 Kills (Career)Name MP Date OpponentJaali Winters 15 09/27/15 VillanovaMelissa Walsh 16 10/16/98 at Indiana State
Creighton’s Quickest Players To 300 Kills (Career)Name MP Date OpponentJaali Winters 21 10/16/15 at ButlerMelissa Walsh 23 11/08/98 at UMKC
Creighton’s Quickest Players To 400 Kills (Career)Name MP Date OpponentJaali Winters 28 11/07/15 at DePaulMelissa Walsh 30 09/10/99 Southern Illinois
Creighton’s Quickest Players To 500 Kills (Career)Name MP Date OpponentJaali Winters 34 12/04/15 vs. Coastal CarolinaMelissa Walsh 37 09/25/99 Indiana StateJoDe Cieloha 43 10/15/95 at Indiana State
Blue October Creighton played 11 matches in the month of October, more than any other October in pro-gram history. The Bluejays went 10-1 in the month, which improves their record to 30-4 in October since the start of the 2012 season.
Let’s Get It StartedCreighton started 11-0 in league play for the first time ever. The program’s best previous start had come in 2007 as members of the Missouri Valley Conference, when the Bluejays opened 7-0. Below is a list of Creighton’s best starts in conference play all-time:Start League Year Final W-L Final Place11-0 BIG EAST 2015 17-1 1st7-0 MVC 2007 14-4 T-2nd5-0 MVC 2006 12-6 4th5-0 MVC 2011 12-6 4th5-0 BIG EAST 2014 16-2 1st
12 Straight Sounds Good, “Dozen” It?Creighton had its 12-match win streak snapped at Villanova on Oct. 30th. In those 12 wins, the Bluejays were ‘just’ 16-8 in the first two sets of matches, but 20-1 in sets three, four and five. In the setback against Villanova, the Wildcats won sets three and five.
It was the program’s second win streak of 10 or longer since the program’s 1994 reinstate-ment, as seen below. Last year’s team had a 11-match win streak snapped by Seton Hall. Creighton’s 10-match win streak that was snapped in the season-ending loss to USC was the program’s fourth-longest ever. Consecutive Wins Wins Dates Snapped By 17 Sept. 29-Nov. 30, 2012 at #11 Minnesota, 3-1 12 Sept. 20-Oct. 25, 2015 at Villanova, 3-2 11 Oct. 11-Nov. 21, 2014 Seton Hall, 3-0 10 Oct. 31 - Dec. 5, 2015 vs. #2 USC, 3-1 8 Oct. 25-Nov. 22, 2008 vs. Northern Iowa, 3-2
Home Sweet HomeCreighton is 24-2 all-time (.923) in regular-season BIG EAST play at D.J. Sokol Arena, falling once each to St. John’s (2013) and Seton Hall (2014). Since D.J. Sokol Arena opened in 2009, Creighton is 55-7 (.887) all-time in regular-sea-son conference matches in the facility.
Jaali Carries The Jays Against JohnniesJaali Winters had a career-high 28 kills on Oct. 2 in a four-set win at St. John’s. The 28 kills were tied for the third-most in Creighton history for a single-match, and the most by any Bluejay since Leah Ratzlaff had 28 in a 2003 contest at Southern Illinois. Winters is one of eight freshmen in Creighton history with 20 or more kills in a match, and the only one with five or more such contests:
Most Kills, Match Kills Name, Opponent Date 32 Michelle Prorock vs. Evansville (4s) 11-2-96 30 Melissa Walsh at Indiana State (5s) 10-16-98 28 Melissa Walsh vs. Drake (5s) 10-10-98 28 Melissa Walsh at Drake (5s) 10-1-99 28 Melissa Walsh vs. Northern Iowa (4s) 10-27-00 28 Leah Ratzlaff at Southern Illinois (4s) 11-22-03 28 Jaali Winters at St. John’s (4s) 10-2-15
Creighton Freshmen With 20+ Kills in a Match Times Name (High) Year 9 Jaali Winters (28) 2015 4 Melissa Walsh (30) 1998 3 JoDe Cieloha (23) 1994 1 Michelle Prorock (23) 1994 1 Shelly Kapler (22) 1996 1 Jodi Bjoin (21) 1999 1 Kelly Goc (20) 2004 1 Carolyn Decker (22) 2004 1 Allie Oelke (23) 2007
Winters is the second player (of any class) to have 20 or more kills in nine different matches during the same season, joining Leah Ratzlaff had two such seasons with 20 or more kills at least nine times.
Winters is ComingJaali Winters had 20+ kills in each of Creighton’s first two NCAA Tournament matches this fall, giving her nine such contests this season. That ranked tied for second-most in CU history for a single campaign.
Matches With 20+ Kills, Season 20+K Name Year 11 Leah Ratzlaff 2003
Winters’ 20/20 VisionJaali Winters had 21 kills and 21 digs in the Dec. 5 win at No. 23 North Carolina. She’s just the fourth player in Bluejay history with at least 20 kills and 20 digs in the same match, joining Melissa Walsh (5x), Leah Ratzlaff and Jess Bird.
20 Kills, 20 Digs In A MatchK D Name Opp. Date28 30 Melissa Walsh at Drake (5s) 10/10/9830 22 Melissa Walsh at Indiana St. (5s) 10/16/9822 24 Melissa Walsh Wichita St. (4s) 11/5/9920 26 Melissa Walsh at Indiana St. (5s) 10/14/0023 22 Melissa Walsh vs. Evansville (4s) 11/24/0023 21 Leah Ratzlaff Evansville (4s) 10/1/0422 23 Jess Bird at Butler (5s) 11/08/1421 21 Jaali Winters at N. Carolina (4s) 12/5/15
First Set Is KeyCreighton went 21-2 when it won the first set this fall, compared to a 6-7 mark when it drops the opener. Creighton is 58-1 in its last 59 home matches when winning the first set, losing only to Pacific (on Sept. 12, 2015) in that span.
Marysa’s Monster NightMarysa Wilkinson had the best offensive night of her young college career at Providence on Oct. 3rd, finishing with 14 kills on .650 hitting. Her 14 kills tied her career-high, while her .650 hitting percentage was her best mark ever. Wilkinson exceeded that mark on Oct. 9 when she hit .667 vs. DePaul. Wilkinson’s .650 hitting percentage ranked as the 10th-best single-match performance (at the time) in Creighton history, and fifth among those players with 14 or more kills in a contest. Creighton is 14-2 all-time when Wilkinson has 10 or more kills, and 19-0 all-time when she hits .400 or better. In her career against the Friars, Wilkinson owns 31 kills and two attack errors in 44 swings for a healthy .659 hitting percentage.
AVCA Poll UpdateCreighton finished 19th in the year-end AVCA poll, matching the best weekly mark in program history. It was the first time all season CU was ranked, though the team did receive votes on 12 different occasions and were as high as 26th entering the NCAA Tournament. Creighton has now been ranked inside the top-25 of the poll 12 times, all in the last four years. CU’s year-end slotting matched the high-est rank ever of No. 19 on Sept. 7, 2013. Creighton’s No. 19 ranking marked the second time its finished the season in the top-25, joining the 2012 club that ended up 24th.
BIG EAST Preseason PollFor the third straight season, Creighton was picked to win the BIG EAST Conference in a preseason poll of league coaches.
CU was a unanimous choice and received 81 points in the poll and all nine possible first-place votes. Marquette was picked second while Xavier, St. John’s and Butler rounded out the top half of the poll. Creighton also had three women named to the 13 member on the BIG EAST’s preseason all-conference team, as Jess Bird, Lauren Smith and Kate Elman were all honored, with Bird selected as Preseason BIG EAST Player of the Year. Creighton has finished in the spot predicted of them or better in the preseason poll in 11 of the past 13 years, including six years where it’s finished exactly where it was predicted.Year Preseason Pick Finish Move1994 11th 9th #21995 9th 7th #21996 9th 6th #31997 8th 3rd #51998 6th 8th i21999 T-7th 5th #22000 4th T-4th - -2001 2nd 4th i22002 7th 9th i22003 9th T-5th #42004 5th 5th - -2005 5th 5th - -2006 4th 4th - -2007 3rd T-2nd #12008 3rd 2nd #12009 4th T-4th - -2010 4th 3rd #12011 3rd 4th i12012 4th 1st #32013 1st T-2nd i12014 1st 1st - -2015 1st 1st - -
Survival of the FittestCreighton has won eight matches under Kirsten Bernthal Booth after surviving an opponent’s match point, including a Sept. 20 win over Kansas State that saw the Wildcats squander a 24-23 lead in the fourth set, and a Nov. 20 win at Georgetown where Creighton overcame 24-23 and 27-26 deficits in the fourth set. Three of those comeback wins have come against Wichita State. On the other hand, Creighton is 262-2 under Booth when it reaches a match point opportunity, falling only when it wasted two match points on Sept. 4, 2010 to Iowa in an eventual 20-18 fifth set loss, and two other match points on Nov. 1, 2013 in a 17-15 fifth set loss to St. John’s.
Surviving Match Points, Under BoothDate Opponent MP(s) Faced Final Set 508/30/03 vs. McNeese State 13-14, 15-16 18-1610/10/03 Wichita State 13-14 16-1410/13/06 at Wichita State 12-14, 13-14, 14-15 17-1509/11/07 at Drake 13-14, 14-15 17-1508/26/11 vs. UTSA 12-14, 13-14 16-1411/16/12 at Wichita State 13-14 16-1409/20/15 Kansas State 23-24 (4th set) 15-1311/20/15 at Georgetown 23-24, 26-27 (4th set) 15-7
2-0 Better Than 0-2Creighton is 224-8 (.966) all-time when leading a match 2-0, including a 167-2 mark under Kirsten Bernthal Booth. They own an 110-4 all-time mark in home matches they lead 2-0 in. Conversely, the Jays are 12-186 (.061) all-
time when trailing a match 0-2, including a 2-65 mark in those home matches. The only such home comebacks came this fall on Sept. 20 vs. Kansas State and again on Oct. 9 vs. DePaul. Those 12 comebacks from down 0-2 are listed below. Notably, this year’s team joined the 2004 and 2014 clubs as the only one to win multiple matches in the same season when trailing 0-2 at intermission, and is the first with three such comebacks.Date Opponent Sets 3-5 scores Coach09/19/97 at Bradley 15-11, 15-13, 15-8 Wallace10/01/99 at Drake 15-6, 17-15, 15-11 Wallace09/03/04 vs. Montana 30-20, 30-21, 15-11 Booth10/15/04 at Bradley 30-22, 30-23, 15-11 Booth10/15/05 at So. Illinois 30-25, 30-24, 15-8 Booth09/21/07 at No. Iowa 31-29, 30-26, 15-12 Booth11/16/12 at Wichita St. 25-16, 25-20, 16-14 Booth09/05/14 vs. No. Iowa 25-16, 25-22, 15-5 Booth11/08/14 at Butler 25-16, 25-20, 15-13 Booth09/20/15 Kansas State 25-23, 26-24, 15-13 Booth10/09/15 DePaul 25-21, 25-12, 15-11 Booth11/20/15 at Georgetown 30-28, 26-24, 15-7 Booth
Winters Arrives At End Of SummerJaali Winters came through in a big way on Sept. 20 in CU’s comeback win over Kansas State. Winters had seven kills in both the fourth set and the fifth set, including CU’s final five termina-tions of the 15-13 win. As if that weren’t enough, Winters added three digs and two blocks in the fifth set. Winters 25 kills were the most by any Creighton player since Alicia Runge had 26 vs. Iowa on Sept. 4, 2010, and second-most in the rally scoring era to 25 points that started in 2008. Winters 25 kills and 59 attacks were the most by any Creighton player at D.J. Sokol Arena, which opened in 2009. The previous high for kills was 21 (by Leah McNary and Kelli Browning), while the previous high for attack attempts was 53 (by Allie Oelke). Winters 25 kills were third-most by a Creighton freshman in history, and the most since Melissa Walsh in 1998. Walsh had matches of 30 (at Indiana State on Oct. 16, 1998) and 28 (on Oct. 10, 1998) during her standout freshman cam-paign.
Creighton’s GauntletCreighton faced five different top-11 teams (at time of the match) during its 13-match non-conference schedule. Creighton faced then-No. 8 Illinois, No. 8 USC and No. 10 Kentucky in the first three weeks of the 2015 season, then added No. 4 Nebraska and No. 11 Wisconsin in mid-September. Creighton, with five, was the nation’s only team that played four or more top-11 teams through the first four weeks of the season, as seen below:
Most Matches vs. Top 11 Teams (Thru 9/20)# Team Opponents5 Creighton Illinois, USC, Kentucky, Nebraska, Wisconsin3 USC BYU, North Carolina, Kentucky3 Oklahoma Florida State, USC, Washington3 Colorado Illinois, Penn State, Florida State
Nation’s Largest Crowd on Sept. 15thCreighton’s crowd of 10,131 on September 15th vs. No. 4 Nebraska was the nation’s largest regular-season crowd this season, 26th-largest in NCAA regular-season history and 57th-largest all-time (now 59th after the NCAA Tournament). Creighton was one of four schools to have hosted more than 7,000 for a regular-season match this season along with Hawaii, Nebraska and Boise State. Below is a list of the nation’s regular-season crowds over 8,500 this fall: Rk. Crowd Match Date 1. 10,131 Nebraska at Creighton 9/15 2. 8,667 UCLA at Hawaii 9/6 3. 8,515 Minnesota at Nebraska 10/23
One More On WintersJaali Winters had 15 kills and hit .414 in the Sept. 15 match vs. Nebraska. Per White and Blue Review writer Matt DeMarinis, Winters is just the second freshman since 2000 to have 15 or more kills and hit .400 or better against Nebraska. The only other player to do so was Penn State’s Ali Frantti, who did it twice last season en route to being named National Freshman of the Year and a Second Team All-American.
Largest Crowds To See The JaysA crowd of 10,131 fans was on hand for the Sept. 15th tilt at CenturyLink Center Omaha. It marked the fourth time in Creighton’s history that more than 5,000 fans attended a home volleyball match. In four volleyball matches at CenturyLink Center Omaha, Creighton has now played before an average of 10,840 fans. Below is a list of the largest crowds (and home crowds) in Creighton Volleyball history:
Largest Home Crowds Att. Opponent Date CU Result Facility 13,081 #18 Cal Poly 09/02/07 L 0-3 CenturyLink 12,112 #1 Nebraska 09/24/06 L 1-3 CenturyLink 10,131 #4 Nebraska 09/15/15 L 0-3 CenturyLink 8,037 #2 Nebraska 10/05/08 L 0-3 CenturyLink 2,514 #7 Nebraska 08/31/10 L 0-3 Sokol
Largest Crowds (All Sites) Att. Opponent Date CU Result Facility 13,081 #18 Cal Poly 09/02/07 L 0-3 CenturyLink 12,112 #1 Nebraska 09/24/06 L 1-3 CenturyLink 10,131 #4 Nebraska 09/15/15 L 0-3 CenturyLink 8,627 at #5 Nebraska 09/29/02 L 0-3 Devaney Ctr. 8,060 at #9 Nebraska 09/17/14 L 1-3 Devaney Ctr. 8,037 #2 Nebraska 10/05/08 L 0-3 CenturyLink 6,297 at #6 Hawaii 09/08/00 L 0-3 Sheriff Ctr. 5,967 vs. Northwestern 09/07/00 W 3-1 Sheriff Ctr.
Jereb Ex-Candidate For Senior CLASS AwardCreighton Volleyball’s Melanie Jereb was one of 30 candidates for the Senior CLASS Award, though she did not survive the cut down to the 10 finalists. Jereb hailed from Cary, Ill., and was the sec-ond among the team’s active leaders in starts (95) and digs (1,218). Jereb was the only student-athlete that plays in Nebraska on the list, and also the only BIG
EAST representative. Jereb owns a 3.98 GPA while majoring in Environmental Science and Biology. She’s been on the Dean’s List every semester, including a 4.00 GPA last spring, and has twice been named to the BIG EAST All-Academic Team. Jereb has also served more than 175 hours of community service during her first three years as a Bluejay, most on the team in that span. On the floor, Jereb remains the only player in program history to be named first-team all-conference as a freshman, has been named to a pair of all-tournament teams, was a three-time MVC Freshman of the Week in 2012, and has twice been named to an all-tournament team in her career. The award, chosen by a nationwide vote of Division I volleyball coaches, national volleyball media and fans, is given annually to the most outstanding senior student-athlete in Division I volleyball. To be eligible for the award, a student-athlete must be classified as an NCAA Division I senior and have notable achievements in four areas of excellence – classroom, community, character and competition. Jereb was trying to become the third Creighton student-athlete to win a Senior CLASS Award, joining men’s soccer alum Brian Holt in the fall of 2011 and men’s basketball standout Doug McDermott in 2014.
Hometown FlavorCreighton’s 2015 roster boasts nine players from the state of Nebraska, the second-most in program history. CU’s 2014 team had 10 Nebraskans on the roster, while the 2004, 2005 and now 2015 teams have each had nine homestate natives.
Kentucky Win Ranks As Program’s BestCreighton’s 3-0 sweep over No. 10 Kentucky on September 5 was notable for multiple reasons. The 10th-ranked Wildcats were the highest-ranked foe that CU has ever beaten. The pre-vious high had been No. 13 BYU on Aug. 30, 2013. The match was the 23rd in program history against a top-10 team. The sweep over Kentucky also marked Creighton’s first sweep ever over a top-25 foe in 63 all-time meetings (at the time) vs. ranked teams. At the time, Creighton improved to 4-59 all-time against top-25 opposition with the win over Kentucky. All four victories have come under the direction of Kirsten Bernthal Booth. Creighton would pick up its fifth win ever against a ranked team against No. 23 North Carolina in the NCAA Tournament.
Jereb Reaches 1,000 DigsSenior Melanie Jereb finished the season with 1,218 career digs after she became the 13th Bluejay to reach 1,000 digs on September 12 vs. CSU Bakersfield. Her classmate Kate Elman reached the mark late in the 2013 season. Below is a list of how long it has taken each
Bluejay to reach that milestone.Creighton’s Quickest Players To 1,000 Digs (Career)
Name MP Date OpponentBianca Rivera 53 11/08/08 Illinois StateJulianne Mandolfo 56 10/22/11 EvansvilleKate Elman 59 11/16/13 at Seton HallNayka Benitez 60 11/27/10 at Northern IowaKailey Reyes 77 09/01/01 vs. UTSAJaneen Piller 80 09/25/04 at Missouri StateMelissa Walsh 85 09/08/01 at #24 Santa ClaraAllie Oelke 95 09/04/10 vs. IowaMelissa Weisensee 97 10/04/97 at Missouri StateSarah Schulze 101 11/13/09 Southern IllinoisMelanie Jereb 105 09/12/15 CSU BakersfieldKorie Lebeda 108 10/17/08 EvansvilleMegan Bober 118 10/27/12 Southern Illinois
Winters Wows ‘EmFreshman OH Jaali Winters couldn’t have done much better at the Illini Classic, opening her career with a team-best 41 kills. Her 17 kills vs. Miami (Ohio) were the most in Bluejay history for a debut, three more than the previous mark set by Jess Bird in 2013. In addition, Winters’ four blocks were tied for second-most in a debut (something Kelsey O’Connell also did) and her 14 digs were tied for fourth-most in a debut (Kate Elman set that record with 22 in 2012). Winters also became the fifth player to debut with a double-double, and joined Bird as just the second outside hitter to accomplish the feat. Last but not least, Winters became just CU’s second player with 10 or more kills in each of the team’s first three matches of a season, joining JoDe Cieloha (1994) who did it in the first eight contests of CU’s first year back.
Crawford Goes 3DKenzie Crawford made a bit of history on Aug. 29 when she turned in a triple-double (51 assists, 11 digs, 10 kills) against Louisville. Crawford is the seventh player in Creighton history to record a triple-double, and her perfor-mance was the 30th overall in Bluejay annals. Some more notes about Crawford’s special night... - Crawford was making just her third career start. She’s the first Bluejay to ever record a triple-double within her first three career starts. - Crawford earned her triple-double while also hitting .600. The .600 hitting was the best in Creighton history for any five-set match. - Crawford’s .600 was the second-best mark by a Bluejay in a match with a triple-double, trail-ing only Megan Bober’s .636 hitting vs. Bradley on Oct. 6, 2012. - Crawford had just the fifth performance in CU history of a “50-10-10” match. Kailey Reyes did it twice, while Bober and Melissa Weisensee had each done it once.
Coaching Them UpWhen Kenzie Crawford earned the starting nod on Aug. 28, she became Creighton’s fourth different starting setter on Opening Day in as many years. The revolving door at setter hasn’t hurt the
team in that time, as each of the previous three seasons ended in the NCAA Tournament, and two of them saw Creighton win conference titles. Megan Bober was CU’s Opening Day setter in 2012 vs. UCF before Michelle Sicner took over in the 2013 lid-lifter vs. BYU. Last season, Maggie Baumert started the opener at setter against Lipscomb.
High FiveCreighton rallied from a 2-1 deficit to defeat Miami (Ohio) in the Aug. 28 season-opener. The victory improved the Bluejays to 3-0 all-time in five-set matches to open the season, joining victories in 2011 (UTSA) and 2004 (New Mexico). CU trailed 2-1 after three sets in all three victories. Creighton then made history when it also played a five-set match in the second match of the season, the first time it had ever played two straight five-setters to open a season.
Magnificent MarysaMarysa Wilkinson had four matches during her entire freshman season with 10 or more kills, and never had two in a row. Now a sophomore, Wilkinson opened her second season with three straight matches of double-figure putaways as she had 11 vs. Miami (Ohio), 13 vs. Louisville and 10 kills on .391 hit-ting in three sets at No. 8 Illinois. Wilkinson had 12 matches this fall with 10 or more kills, including 14 at Providence on Oct. 3.
Set 1 Result = Match ResultCreighton is 217-24 overall under Kirsten Bernthal Booth when it wins set one. In that same time span, CU is just 45-122 under Booth when it drops the first set. Since Aug. 29, 2010, Creighton has gone 58-1 in its last 59 home matches when taking a 1-0 lead, losing only on Sept. 12, 2015 to Pacific. Last year Creighton was 20-2 when winning the first set and 5-7 when dropping the opener. This year’s team was 21-2 when winning the first set but 6-7 when it fell behind after the first set.
Taking The FifthCreighton is 44-23 in five-set matches under Kirsten Bernthal Booth, including a 5-2 mark this year and a 15-6 home record in five-setters. That’s impressive since Creighton had never fin-ished a season with a winning record in fifth sets prior to Booth’s arrival. Creighton has won eight of its last 10 true road matches to go five sets, including wins in 2012 over league rivals Northern Iowa, Wichita State and Missouri State, wins in 2013 at Denver and at Wichita State, wins last year at Butler and at St. John’s, and a win at Georgetown in 2015. It’s also worth noting that Creighton is 9-2 all-time in five-set home matches at D.J. Sokol Arena. Below is a list of Creighton’s record in five-set matches on a yearly basis:Year Set 5 W-L Total W-L1994 0-2 5-20
Some Fab FreshmenCreighton has started seven different true fresh-men in a season opener in the previous six years, and 13 such players since 2000. Since 2000, the only true freshmen to start 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 Bird (2013) and Jaali Winters (2015). In addition, CU also started redshirt freshmen Lauren Smith (2013) and Brittany Lawrence (2015), as well as and transfer Maggie Baumert (2014) in season-openers. Seven of those women (Coleman, Decker, Lebeda, Oelke, Mandolfo, Sicner and Jereb) went on to land a spot on the MVC’s All-Freshman Team, an award that Bird likely would’ve received strong consideration for if the BIG EAST had such a team. Winters was named BIG EAST Freshman of the Year in 2015.
Highly-Touted Recruiting ClassCreighton Volleyball’s recruiting class was named the nation’s 11th-best by PrepVolleyball.com in May. The website annually ranks the nation’s top recruiting classes, and this is the first time in the 13-year history of the rankings that Creighton has cracked the top-30. The site had previously named Taryn Kloth the nation’s 18th-best pros-pect on its Senior Aces list, while Jaali Winters was tabbed the 41st-best. Creighton previously had earned “high-est honorable-mention” four times (2008, 2009, 2011, 2014), “high honorable-mention” twice (2010, 2012), “honorable-mention” once (2005) and “best of the rest” once (2004) in the PrepVolleyball.com recruiting rankings.
The Votes Add UpCreighton had five non-conference matches scheduled against teams that are in the pre-season AVCA Top 25 poll, tied for the most in
the nation. Creighton played matches against teams that were preseason ranked No. 5 (Wisconsin), No. 5 (Nebraska), No. 8 (Illinois), No. 15 (Kentucky) and No. 22 (USC). Besides Creighton, the only other school to play five different non-conference teams that are in the preseason top-25 is North Carolina. Of the nine teams that play four non-conference match-es against preseason top-25 teams, Creighton will meet three of them (Illinois, UNI, Louisville). Creighton is 5-62 all-time against top-25 foes, including an 1-31 mark in true road matches. CU’s Sept. 12 win over No. 10 Kentucky was the highest-ranked team that Creighton has ever beaten. Since the start of the 2012 season, 16 of Creighton’s 31 losses have come against ranked teams. In that same period, Creighton is 101-15 against unranked teams.
Marian PipelineThis is the 13th straight season that Creighton Volleyball had at least one product of Omaha Marian High School on the roster, as seniors Kate Elman and Ashley Jansen remain in the program and joined by freshman Kelsey O’Connell. The Bluejays also signed libero Brittany Witt to a letter-of-intent in early November. Witt is the state’s all-time digs leader and helped the Crusaders to three straight state titles. Interestingly, the Bluejays had never had a volleyball player from Marian between 1994-2002. Here’s a look at Creighton’s pipeline of players from Marian.2015: Kate Elman, Ashley Jansen, Kelsey O’Connell2014: Kate Elman, Ashley Jansen 2013: Kate Elman, Ashley Jansen2012: Kate Elman, Ashley Jansen2011: Julianne Mandolfo2010: Lisa Greisch, Julianne Mandolfo2009: Lisa Greisch2008: Emily Crowley, Korie Lebeda2007: Korie Lebeda, Katie Mehal2006: Korie Lebeda, Katie Mehal, Emily Greisch2005: Korie Lebeda, Katie Mehal2004: Katie Mehal, Emily Greisch2003: Emily Greisch
Production ReturningCreighton returns 11-of-16 letterwinners to the court from last season, including four starters. Below is a breakdown of the production that returns:Stat Returners DeparturesDigs 1625 (76.4%) 502 (23.6%)Assists 1682 (74.7%) 426 (25.3%)Aces 105 (71.9%) 41 (28.1%)Matches Started 105 (61.8%) 65 (38.2%)Blocks 175.5 (51.5%) 165.0 (48.5%)Points 1192.5 (51.9%) 1105.0 (48.1%)Kills 911 (50.3%) 900 (49.7%)
Last Year SummaryLast year’s Creighton team finished 25-9 and won the BIG EAST regular-season and tourna-ment titles.
Jess Bird and Kelli Browning were named First Team All-BIG EAST, with Browning also being named a Third-Team All-American by the AVCA. Lauren Smith was a second-team all-league choice and was named MVP of the BIG EAST Championship. Defensively, Kate Elman led Creighton in digs and became the school’s all-time leader in the category.
Radio Broadcast InformationBrad Burwell and former Bluejay volleyball player Erin (Swanson) Russell broadcasted 12 home matches this season. The matches aired on KZOT (1180 AM), KOIL (1290 AM) and KOZN (1620 AM) and be webcast online at www.gocreighton.com as well. The pre-match show started approximately 5-15 minutes before first serve. The post-match show also lasted about 15 minutes and includes post-match interviews.
Rank Date Opponent ResultWeek of November 5, 2012 25 11/09/12 Indiana State W 3-025 11/10/12 Illinois State W 3-1
Week of November 12, 201223 11/16/12 at Wichita State W 3-223 11/17/12 at Missouri State W 3-2
Week of November 19, 201221 11/23/12 vs. Illinois State W 3-121 11/24/12 vs. Wichita State W 3-021 11/30/12 vs. Marquete W 3-021 12/01/12 at #11 Minnesota L 1-3
Week of December 18, 2012(Ranked 24th in year-end poll, but no matches played)
Preseason Poll, August 12, 201325 08/30/13 vs. #13 BYU W 3-125 08/31/13 at Bowling Green W 3-0
Week of September 2, 201319 09/06/13 Northern Colorado W 3-019 09/07/13 South Florida W 3-019 09/07/13 California L 0-3
Week of September 9, 201324 09/10/13 Kansas W 3-124 09/13/13 vs. Cal State Northridge W 3-024 09/13/13 at Denver W 3-224 09/14/13 vs. #11 UCLA L 1-3
Week of September 16, 201323 09/20/13 vs. #7 Hawai’i L 2-323 09/21/13 vs. South Dakota W 3-023 09/22/13 at Wichita State W 3-2
Week of September 23, 2013(Ranked 23rd, but no matches played)
Week of September 30, 201322 10/04/13 at Butler L 1-322 10/05/13 at Xavier W 3-1
Preseason Poll, August 11, 201423 08/29/14 vs. Lipscomb W 3-123 08/29/14 vs. Utah Valley W 3-023 08/30/14 at #22 Kansas L 1-3
Week of December 21, 2015(Ranked 19th in year-end poll, but no matches played)
Notes About The AVCA Poll• The AVCA poll started in 1982.• No. 10 Kentucky is the highest-ranked team Creighton has ever beaten (9/5/15).• Creighton snapped a 35-match losing streak to ranked teams before breaking through with a 3-1 win over No. 25 Wichita State on Oct. 2, 2009.• Creighton is 1-4 vs. ranked teams while ranked itself.• Creighton lost its first 31 true road matches to ranked teams before a Dec. 5, 2015 win at No. 23 North Carolina.
All-Time Record As A Ranked Team (19-6)* *AVCA Poll only
Event Date Opponent ResultNCAA 12/03/10 vs. #16 Iowa State W 3-2NCAA 12/04/12 at #12 Minnesota L 0-3NCAA 12/01/12 at #11 Minnesota L 1-3NCAA 12/07/13 at #23 Kansas L 1-3NCAA 12/05/15 at #23 North Carolina W 3-1NCAA 12/11/15 vs. #2 USC L 1-3
Record vs. Ranked Teams in Postseason Play (2-4)Coach All Home Away Neut.Guiliano 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0Wallace 0-16 0-3 0-10 0-3Booth 5-46 1-18 1-21 3-7Total 5-62 1-21 1-31 3-10
Coach vs. Top 10 vs. Top 11-25Guiliano 0-0 0-0Wallace 0-7 0-9Booth 1-17 4-29Total 1-24 4-38
CU Coaches vs. Ranked Teams
Creighton Volleyball AVCA Poll History
Date Opponent Result09/01/98 at #5 Nebraska L 0-309/04/98 vs. #19 Texas A&M (Stockton, Calif.) L 0-309/05/98 at #11 Pacific L 0-3
09/14/99 at #24 Kansas State L 0-310/16/99 #19 Northern Iowa L 0-3
09/08/00 at #6 Hawai’i L 0-310/03/00 at #1 Nebraska L 0-3
09/08/01 at #24 Santa Clara L 1-309/09/01 vs. #13 UC Santa Barbara (Santa Clara, Calif.) L 0-309/25/01 at #1 Nebraska L 0-310/13/01 #16 Northern Iowa L 0-311/09/01 at #18 Northern Iowa L 0-3
09/06/02 vs. #13 Pacific (Columbia, S.C.) L 0-309/21/02 at #7 Northern Iowa L 1-309/29/02 at #5 Nebraska L 0-310/18/02 #10 Northern Iowa L 0-3
10/03/03 at #10 Northern Iowa L 1-311/01/03 #12 Northern Iowa L 1-3
10/10/04 vs. #5 Nebraska (North Platte, Neb.) L 0-3
09/06/05 at #24 Kansas State L 0-309/10/05 vs. #3 Stanford (Boulder, Colo.) L 0-310/11/05 at #1 Nebraska L 0-310/29/05 at #25 Wichita State L 1-3
09/24/06 #1 Nebraska L 1-3
08/31/07 at #1 Nebraska L 0-309/02/07 #18 Cal Poly L 0-309/15/07 at #13 Minnesota L 1-311/10/07 at #24 Wichita State L 0-3
08/29/08 #16 Minnesota L 0-308/30/08 #21 LSU L 2-309/27/08 #14 Wichita State L 1-310/05/08 #2 Nebraska L 0-310/24/08 at #12 Wichita State L 0-3
08/29/09 #10 Illinois L 0-309/01/09 at #6 Nebraska L 0-310/02/09 #25 Wichita State W 3-111/10/09 #20 Saint Louis L 0-311/20/09 at #21 Northern Iowa L 1-311/27/09 #20 Northern Iowa L 0-3
08/31/10 #7 Nebraska L 0-309/24/10 #16 Northern Iowa L 1-310/23/10 at #14 Northern Iowa L 0-311/27/10 at #11 Northern Iowa L 1-312/03/10 vs. #16 Iowa State (Minneapolis, Minn.) W 3-212/04/10 at #12 Minnesota L 0-3
09/08/11 at #11 Nebraska L 0-310/15/11 #12 Northern Iowa L 0-311/11/11 at #12 Northern Iowa L 1-3
09/01/12 #21 Kansas State L 0-312/01/12 at #11 Minnesota L 1-3
08/30/13 vs. #13 BYU (Bowling Green, Ohio) W 3-109/14/13 vs. #11 UCLA (Denver, Colo.) L 1-309/20/13 vs. #7 Hawai’i (Wichita, Kan.) L 2-311/30/13 #24 Marquette L 1-312/07/13 at #23 Kansas L 1-3
08/30/14 at #22 Kansas L 1-309/06/14 vs. #6 USC L 1-309/06/14 at #16 Kentucky L 0-309/17/14 at #9 Nebraska L 1-309/19/14 #16 Illinois L 1-3
08/29/15 at #8 Illinois L 0-309/04/15 vs. #8 USC L 0-309/05/15 vs. #10 Kentucky W 3-009/15/15 #4 Nebraska L 0-309/19/15 #11 Wisconsin L 0-312/05/15 at #23 North Carolina W 3-112/11/15 vs. #2 USC (San Diego, Calif.) L 1-3
All-Time Record vs. Ranked Opponents (5-62)* *AVCA Poll only
Match totals displayed in the format Creighton/Opponent for each categoryCreighton home matches listed in bold ALL CAPS
2015 Team Match-By-Match Comparisons
• Primarily a defensive specialist, she also made five starts at setter (all wins) in a 6-2 offense this fall.• Had a season-high of 27 assists vs. Georgetown on Oct. 6 in a 3-0 victory.• Owned eight matches this fall of 10 or more digs, with a high of 15 at Villanova (Oct. 30) and vs.
Marquette (Nov. 27).• Served up five aces in Creighton’s 3-0 sweep of No. 10 Kentucky (Sept. 5).• Produced kills this season versus Villanova (Sept. 27), Butler (Oct. 16), Seton Hall (Oct. 31) and DePaul (Nov. 7).• Nearly had a double-double vs. Providence (Oct. 23), finishing with 15 assists and nine digs.• Helped CU to road win at Georgetown with 22 assists and nine digs (Nov. 20).• Ranked ninth on Creighton’s career list with 85 career aces.
• Reached 1,000 career digs on Sept. 12 vs. CSU Bakersfield, becoming the 13th player in program history to reach that mark.• Finished career ranked eighth in CU history with 1,218 career digs.• One of 30 candidates nationally that was up for the Senior CLASS Award, though she didn’t make the cut for the top-10.
• Nominated for CoSIDA Academic All-District honors, as well.• Played outside hitter, right side hitter, libero and defensive specialist this season, and also played libero for an extended stretch last fall when Kate Elman broke her wrist.• Owned eight matches this season of 10 or more digs, including 16 digs in a win over Kansas State (Sept. 20).• Led team in digs for the first time all year when she played libero and had a career-high 30 digs at Georgetown (Nov. 20).• Dug 20 balls in BIG EAST Tourney win vs. Marquette (Nov. 27).• Moved into front row in NCAA Tournament win at No. 23 North Carolina after Jess Bird got hurt, finishing with a season-high four kills (Dec. 5).• Played in 102 wins as a Bluejay, more than any other player in program history.• Before Jaali Winters this fall, had remained the only player in Creighton history to be named first-team all-conference as a fresh-man, having done so in 2012 in the Missouri Valley Conference.
#2 Melanie JerebSEASON Highs Category CAREER Highs4 at #23 North Carolina, 12/5 ......... Kills . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 at Evansville, 9/29/1213 vs. #4 Nebraska, 9/15 ........... Attempts . . . . . . 56 at Wichita State, 11/16/12.250 at #23 North Carolina, 12/5 Hitting Pct. . . . . .550 vs. Indiana State, 11/9/1230 at Georgetown, 11/20 ................Digs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Same3 (2x), last Seton Hall, 9/25 ............Aces . . . . . . . 3 (3x), last Seton Hall, 9/25/153 vs. #10 Kentucky, 9/5 ................ Blocks . . . . . . . . 7 vs. Missouri State, 9/14/126.0 vs. Seton Hall, 9/25 .................Points. . . . . . . . . . .22.0 at Evansville, 9/29/12
• Freshman walk-on who started three matches, all against teams that finished the season in the top-25 (Illinois, USC, Louisville).• Saw playing time decrease after Taryn Kloth got healthy and Marysa Wilkinson moved from right side to the middle blocker position.• Split time at middle blocker early in the fall with
Brittany Lawrence.• Put down a season-high five kills vs. Villanova on Sept. 27.• Finished with two kills, two digs and a block in win over Providence (Oct. 23).• Delivered three kills and three blocks in 3-0 win at Seton Hall (Oct. 31).• Collected two kills and a block at DePaul (Nov. 7).• Helped CU’s comeback from 0-2 down at Georgetown with a block on set point to end third frame (Nov. 20).• Opened her career with four blocks vs. Miami (Ohio), the second-most amount of blocks in a debut in Creighton history.• Made NCAA Tournament debut vs. No. 23 Coastal Carolina, check-ing with the score tied at 24-all late in the first set.
#3 Kelsey O’Connell6-3 • Fr. • MB • Omaha, Neb.
#3 Kelsey O’Connell Match-by-MatchDate Opponent SP K E TA Pct. A SA Dig BS-A PTS08-28 Miami (Ohio) 3 1 0 4 .250 0 0 0 0-4 3.008-29 Louisville• 5 1 1 3 .000 0 0 1 0-1 1.508-29 #8 Illinois• 3 3 2 7 .143 0 0 0 0-2 4.009-04 #8 USC• 2 2 2 8 .000 0 0 0 0-1 2.509-05 Northern Iowa Did Not Play09-05 #10 Kentucky Did Not Play09-11 LIPSCOMB 1 0 0 0 --- 0 0 0 0-0 0.009-12 CSU BAKERSFIELD Did Not Play09-12 PACIFIC Did Not Play09-15 #4 NEBRASKA Did Not Play09-18 ARKANSAS 1 0 0 0 --- 0 0 0 0-0 0.009-19 #11 WISCONSIN Did Not Play09-20 KANSAS STATE Did Not Play09-25 SETON HALL 2 1 1 2 .000 0 0 0 0-2 2.009-27 VILLANOVA 4 5 3 13 .154 0 0 2 0-1 5.510-02 St. John’s 2 0 0 0 --- 0 0 0 0-0 0.010-03 Providence 1 0 0 0 --- 0 0 1 0-0 0.010-06 GEORGETOWN 3 2 0 4 .500 0 0 1 0-0 2.010-09 DEPAUL 2 1 2 4 .-250 0 0 0 0-0 1.010-11 MARQUETTE Did Not Play10-16 Butler Did Not Play10-17 Xavier Did Not Play10-23 PROVIDENCE 3 2 2 6 .000 0 0 2 0-1 2.510-25 ST. JOHN’S Did Not Play10-30 Villanova DId Not Play10-31 Seton Hall 3 3 2 9 .111 0 0 0 0-3 4.511-06 Marquette Did Not Play11-07 DePaul 2 2 2 5 .000 0 0 0 0-1 2.511-13 XAVIER 1 0 0 0 --- 0 0 0 0-0 0.011-15 BUTLER 1 0 0 0 --- 0 0 0 0-0 0.011-20 Georgetown 5 1 0 7 .143 0 0 1 0-3 2.511-27 MARQUETTE Did Not Play11-28 VILLANOVA Did Not Play12-04 Coastal Carolina Did Not Play12-05 #23 No. Carolina 1 0 0 0 --- 0 0 0 0-0 0.012-11 #2 USC Did Not Play -- Injured
#3 Kelsey O’ConnellSEASON Highs Category CAREER Highs5 vs. Villanova, 9/27 ................................ Kills ............................................. Same13 vs. Villanova, 9/27 .......................... Attempts ......................................... Same.154 vs. Villanova, 9/27 ......................Hitting Pct. ........................................ Same2 (2x), last vs. Providence, 10/23 ............Digs .. 2 (2x), last Providence, 10/23/15.................................................................Aces .......................................................4 vs. Miami (Ohio), 8/28 ........................ Blocks ........................................... Same5.5 vs. Villanova, 9/27 ............................Points ............................................ Same
• A First Team All-BIG EAST performer in 2015.• Led the BIG EAST with 11.51 assists per set in conference play and second in all matches with 10.96 assists per set.• Also 21st in the BIG EAST in aces per set and 22nd in digs per set.• Started 19 matches at setter, with team going 15-4 in those matches.• Also came off the bench to turn around several matches, most notably 0-2 deficits in eventual wins vs. Kansas State
(Sept. 20) and DePaul (Oct. 9).• Dug 15 balls vs. Butler to go with 46 assists for her second double-double this fall (Oct. 16).• Tallied 33 assists, season-high nine blocks and added five kills on .500 hitting in 3-0 sweep of St. John’s (Oct. 25).• Turned in 52 assists, 16 digs, six kills, four blocks and hit .600 vs. Villanova (Oct. 30).• In 3-0 sweep of Marquette, had 36 assists, career-high 18 digs and five kills (Nov. 6).• Named BIG EAST Player of the Week on Nov. 10 after averaging 12.60 assists, 4.20 digs, 0.80 blocks and 1.20 kills per set on .333 hitting in wins over Marquette and DePaul.• Had a double-double with 34 assists and 10 digs vs. Xavier in Nov. 13 win that clinched the BIG EAST title.• Compiled 45 assists, 15 digs and seven blocks in 3-2 win over Marquette (Nov. 27) in BIG EAST Tournament semifinal.• Posted a 39-assist, 10-dig double-double in BIG EAST Finals win over Villanova (Nov. 28) and was named to the BIG EAST All-Tournament Team.• Tied season-high with 55 assists while digging 16 balls in NCAA Tournament win over Coastal Carolina (Dec. 4).• Tied season-high with 55 assists, adding 12 digs and three aces, in 3-1 win at No. 23 North Carolina in NCAA Tournament (Dec. 5) to help team to Sweet 16.
#4 Maggie BaumertSEASON Highs Category CAREER Highs (includes UGA)6 (3x), last Xavier, 11/13 ................ Kills . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 at Marquette, 10/4/1415 vs. Marquette, 11/27 ............. Attempts . . . . . . . 18 vs. Northern Iowa, 9/5/14.600 at Villanova, 10/30 .............Hitting Pct.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Same18 at Marquette, 11/6 .....................Digs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Same3 (2x), last at #23 N. Carolina, 12/5 Aces . . .3 (3x), last at #23 N. Carolina, 12/59 vs. St. John’s, 10/25 .................. Blocks . . . . . . . . . . . 10 at Marquette, 10/4/1455 (3x), last #23 N. Carolina, 12/5 Assists . . . . . . 62 vs. South Dakota, 9/20/1410.5 at #23 North Carolina, 12/5 ...Points. . . . . . . . . . .15.0 at Marquette, 10/4/14
• Third Team All-American, one of three freshmen honored on the first three teams, and the only outside hitter. She’s the 16th fresh-man OH since 2000 to be on the 1st/2nd/3rd All-America Team.• Was a unanimous selection as the 2015 BIG EAST Freshman of the Year and First Team All-BIG EAST.• AVCA East Region Freshman of the Year and First Team All-East Region.• Ranked 10th nationally in kills (second-best among freshmen). and 44th in kills per set.• Set Creighton single-season records for kills and attack attempts.
• Six-time BIG EAST Freshman of the Week.• First freshman in CU history with 400 or more kills, and reached 200, 300, 400 and 500 career kills in fewest matches in program history.• Named to the All-Tournament Team at the Bluejay Invitational and the Creighton Classic.• In BIG EAST play, ranked second in kills per set and second in points per set, and in all matches ranked second in kills per set, second in points per set, 19th in digs per set and 20th in hitting percentage.• Led the team in kills, points and double-doubles.• Her 17 kills against Miami (Ohio) on Aug. 28 are a Creighton record for a debut, and her 14 digs make her one of five players to debut with a double-double.• Had 25 kills in five-set win over Kansas State (Sept. 20), including seven in the final set and CU’s last five kills. The 25 kills were a D.J. Sokol Arena record by a Bluejay.• Put down 23 kills vs. Villanova on Sept. 27, then followed that up with 28 kills vs. St. John’s on Oct. 2. The 28 kills were tied for third-most in CU history, and most since 2003.• Had 23 kills in 3-0 sweep of Marquette (Oct. 11), including 21 in the final two frames.• Had 21 kills on Oct. 16 in road victory at Butler.• Finished with 25 kills and 14 digs in five-set win at Georgetown (Nov. 20).• Had 21 kills and 17 digs in 3-2 win over Marquette (Nov. 27), setting a CU record with 77 attack attempts.• Led all players with 18 kills in BIG EAST Championship final vs. Villanova (Nov. 28).• Posted 20 kills and 10 digs in NCAA Tourney win over Coastal Carolina (Dec. 4).• Led Creighton to first Sweet 16 with 21 kills and 21 digs in win at No. 23 North Carolina (Dec. 5), setting CU’s single-season kills record in the process.• Led CU with 12 kills vs. No. 2 USC in Sweet 16 match (Dec. 11).• Set CU’s freshman record with 19 straight matches of double-figure kills.
• Played almost exclusively as a serving specialist, and owned 18 aces and 18 service errors.• Five of her aces this season came against nation-ally-ranked competition.• Owned two aces each against No. 8 USC (Sept. 4), Arkansas (Sept. 18) and DePaul (Oct. 9).• Served a career-best three aces on Oct. 30 at
Villanova.• Dug three balls in five-set road win at Georgetown (Nov. 20).
#7 Amanda FojeSEASON Highs Category CAREER Highs.......................................................Kills .......................... 1 vs. #11 UCLA, 9/14/13...................................................Attempts ...................... 1 vs. #11 UCLA, 9/14/13................................................. Hitting Pct. ............................................................5 vs. #11 Wisconsin, 9/19 ............ Digs ........................................................Same3 at Villanova, 10/30 .....................Aces ........................................................Same.....................................................Blocks ................................................................3.0 at Villanova, 10/30 .................Points .......................................................Same
• Played in six matches, with one start.• In her first five matches, she had seven assists, no aces and no digs.• Her sixth appearance, a start at Georgetown, saw her finish with 41 assists and 13 digs while setting CU to a five-set road win (Nov. 20).• Dished three assists vs. Providence (Oct. 23).
• Got the nod off the bench late in second set vs. DePaul with the Jays trailing 19-16, and came in and notched a then-career-high four assists (Nov. 7).• Was a standout setter in high school but was utilized as a defensive specialist and as a setter at Creighton.• Only freshman to enroll a semester early at Creighton under Kirsten Bernthal Booth, as she graduated high school last December and enrolled at Creighton in January.
#8 Samantha Bohnet Match-by-MatchDate Opponent SP K E TA Pct. A SA Dig BS-A PTS08-28 Miami (Ohio) Did Not Play08-29 Louisville Did Not Play08-29 #8 Illinois Did Not Play09-04 #8 USC Did Not Play09-05 Northern Iowa Did Not Play09-05 #10 Kentucky Did Not Play09-11 LIPSCOMB 1 0 0 0 --- 0 0 0 0-0 0.009-12 CSU BAKERSFIELD Did Not Play09-12 PACIFIC Did Not Play09-15 #4 NEBRASKA Did Not Play09-18 ARKANSAS 1 0 0 0 --- 0 0 0 0-0 0.009-19 #11 WISCONSIN Did Not Play09-20 KANSAS STATE Did Not Play09-25 SETON HALL Did Not Play09-27 VILLANOVA 1 0 0 0 --- 0 0 0 0-0 0.010-02 St. John’s Did Not Play10-03 Providence Did Not Play10-06 GEORGETOWN Did Not Play10-09 DEPAUL Did Not Play10-11 MARQUETTE Did Not Play10-16 Butler Did Not Play10-17 Xavier Did Not Play10-23 PROVIDENCE 2 0 0 0 --- 3 0 0 0-0 0.010-25 ST. JOHN’S Did Not Play10-30 Villanova Did Not Play10-31 Seton Hall Did Not Play11-06 Marquette Did Not Play11-07 DePaul 1 0 0 0 --- 4 0 0 0-0 0.011-13 XAVIER Did Not Play -- Sick11-15 BUTLER Did Not Play11-20 Georgetown• 5 0 0 0 --- 41 1 13 0-0 1.011-27 MARQUETTE Did Not Play11-28 VILLANOVA Did Not Play12-04 Coastal Carolina Did Not Play12-05 #23 No. Carolina Did Not Play12-11 #2 USC Did Not Play
• Started every match in 2015, beginning the year as the right-side hitter and moving to middle block-er on Sept. 5 for the match vs. Kentucky.• Team started 1-4 this year with her on the out-side, but was 26-5 after moving her to the middle.• Ranked fourth in BIG EAST play with a .339 hit-ting percentage, and in all matches ranked 10th in hitting percentage.
• Was also eighth in blocks per set in league play and 21st in points per set.• Had 14 kills and .650 hitting -- both career highs at the time -- in Oct. 3 win at Providence.• Team is 19-0 all-time when she hits .400 or better as a Bluejay.• Collected double-figure kills in 12 matches this season.• Pounded 13 kills on .429 hitting in comeback win over Kansas State (Sept. 20).• Hit .667 with 13 kills in 18 swings in comeback victory over DePaul (Oct. 9).• Served up three aces vs. Providence (Oct. 23) after entering the contest with two career aces in the first 55 matches of her career.• Put down 13 kills in 3-1 win at DePaul (Nov. 7).• Hit .556 with 11 kills in 18 swings and added five blocks in road win at Georgetown (Nov. 20).• Had six blocks in the first set to set the tone in CU’s 3-0 sweep of Villanova in the 2015 BIG EAST Championships final (Nov. 28).• Put down 11 kills and four blocks in NCAA Tournament win over No. 23 North Carolina (Dec. 5).
#9 Marysa WilkinsonSEASON Highs Category CAREER Highs14 at Providence, 10/3 ..................Kills ..........14 (2x), last at Providence, 10/3/1540 (2x), last vs. Louisville, 8/29 .Attempts ....... 40 (2x), last vs. Louisville, 8/29/15.667 vs. DePaul, 10/9 .............. Hitting Pct. ...................................................Same5 vs. CSU Bakersfield, 9/12 ......... Digs ........................... 8 at Villanova, 10/11/143 vs. Providence, 10/23 ................Aces ........................................................Same7 (2x), last at Villanova, 10/30 .....Blocks ........... 7 (2x), last at Villanova, 10/30/1516.5 at Providence, 10/3 .............Points .....16.5 (2x), last at Providence, 10/3/15
• Was Creighton’s starting setter the first five matches of the season, and 11 times overall, with the team going 6-5 in those contests.• Averaged 8.80 assists per set, an impressive fig-ure considering all the playing time in her final five appearances came when running a 6-2 offense along with Ashley Jansen.
• First Creighton player with a triple-double in one of her first three career starts when she had 51 assists, 11 digs and 10 kills vs. Louisville (Aug. 29).• Also produced double-doubles this fall against 2014 NCAA Tournament teams CSU Bakersfield (Sept. 12) and Seton Hall (Sept. 25).• Finished with 19 assists and nine digs in 3-0 victory at Seton Hall (Oct. 31).• Tied for 11th nationally in triple-doubles.
#10 Kenzie Crawford5-9 • So. • S • Grand Rapids, Mich.
#10 Kenzie Crawford Match-by-MatchDate Opponent SP K E TA Pct. A SA Dig BS-A PTS08-28 Miami (Ohio)• 5 6 1 13 .385 48 1 10 0-0 7.008-29 Louisville• 5 10 1 15 .600 51 0 11 0-5 12.508-29 #8 Illinois• 3 4 0 5 .800 31 0 9 0-2 5.009-04 #8 USC• 3 1 1 7 .000 28 0 8 0-0 1.009-05 Northern Iowa• 1 0 0 0 --- 9 0 3 0-0 0.009-05 #10 Kentucky Did Not Play09-11 LIPSCOMB Did Not Play09-12 CSU BAKERSFIELD• 4 3 1 9 .222 47 0 10 0-4 5.009-12 PACIFIC Did Not Play09-15 #4 NEBRASKA Did Not Play09-18 ARKANSAS• 3 3 0 5 .600 32 0 7 0-2 4.009-19 #11 WISCONSIN• 3 3 2 9 .111 30 0 7 0-3 4.509-20 KANSAS STATE• 2 4 1 6 .500 22 1 4 0-0 5.009-25 SETON HALL• 4 4 2 9 .222 33 0 16 0-1 4.509-27 VILLANOVA Did Not Play10-02 St. John’s Did Not Play10-03 Providence• 3 1 1 4 .000 32 0 8 0-1 1.010-06 GEORGETOWN 3 0 0 0 --- 16 0 3 0-0 0.010-09 DEPAUL 2 0 0 0 --- 7 0 2 0-0 0-010-11 MARQUETTE Did Not Play10-16 Butler Did Not Play10-17 Xavier Did Not Play10-23 PROVIDENCE 3 0 0 0 --- 14 0 3 0-0 0.010-25 ST. JOHN’S Did Not Play10-30 Villanova Did Not Play10-31 Seton Hall 3 0 0 0 --- 19 0 9 0-0 0.011-06 Marquette Did Not Play11-07 DePaul 2 0 0 0 --- 12 0 4 0-0 0.011-13 XAVIER Did Not Play -- Injured11-15 BUTLER Did Not Play -- Injured11-20 Georgetown Did Not Play -- Injured11-27 MARQUETTE Did Not Play11-28 VILLANOVA Did Not Play12-04 Coastal Carolina Did Not Play12-05 #23 No. Carolina Did Not Play12-11 #2 USC Did Not Play
#10 Kenzie CrawfordSEASON Highs Category CAREER Highs10 vs. Louisville, 8/29 ....................Kills .........................................................Same15 vs. Louisville, 8/29 ................Attempts .....................................................Same.600 vs. Louisville, 8/29 ........... Hitting Pct. ...................................................Same16 vs. Seton Hall, 9/25 ................. Digs ........................................................Same1 (2x), last vs. Kansas St., 9/20 ...Aces ......1 (2x), last vs. Kansas State, 9/20/155 vs. Louisville, 8/29 ....................Blocks .......................................................Same51 vs. Louisville, 8/29 ................. Assists ......................................................Same12.5 vs. Louisville, 8/29 ...............Points .......................................................Same
• Preseason All-BIG EAST honoree.• Finished her career as Creighton’s all-time leader in career digs, matches with 10+ digs and matches with 20+ digs.• Became first player in CU history to reach 2,000 career digs against Coastal Carolina (Dec. 4) with a first set dig.• Owned 20 or more digs in four of her last six matches.• Ranked fourth in the BIG EAST in digs per set for all
matches, and fourth in league matches only in digs per set and fourth in aces per set.• Honored with a spot on the All-Tournament Team at the UNI Tournament.• Senior who played libero in all but two matches this fall.• Finished her career ranked eighth nationally among active Division I play-ers with 2,054 career digs.• Led the team in aces this fall, and ranked fourth in Creighton history for a career.• Is the only Bluejay with 100 or more aces in the rally scoring (since 2001) era.• Had a season-best 29 digs at Villanova (Oct. 30).• Dug 23 balls in 3-2 win over Marquette in BIG EAST Tournament semi-finals (Nov. 27).• Dug 20 balls in NCAA win over No. 23 North Carolina (Dec. 5), adding two aces.• Owned 10 or more digs in all but one of the last 23 matches she played in.• Twin brother, Taylor, is a pitcher on the Creighton baseball team and younger sister Lexi is a star outside hitter for Pacific’s volleyball team who was named Bluejay Invitational MVP earlier this year in Omaha.
#11 Kate ElmanSEASON Highs Category CAREER Highs1 vs. Butler, 11/15 .........................Kills ...................... 1 (7x), last Butler, 11/15/151 (7x), last vs. #2 USC, 12/11 ...Attempts ................ 5 vs. Missouri State, 9/14/12................................................. Hitting Pct. ............................................................29 at Villanova, 10/30 ................... Digs .................. 35 at Wichita State, 11/16/124 vs. Villanova, 9/27 .....................Aces .............4 (2x), last vs. Villanova, 9/27/15.....................................................Blocks ................................................................4.0 vs. Villanova, 9/27 .................Points .........4.0 (3x), last vs. Villanova, 9/27/15
• Owned four matches with 10 or more kills this fall.• Collected 11 kills and five blocks vs. Seton Hall on Sept. 25.• Pounded a career-high 16 kills in comeback vic-tory over DePaul on Oct. 9.• Finished the match at Villanova with 11 kills and four blocks (Oct. 30).
• Earned 10 kills in four-set victory at DePaul (Nov. 7).• Blocked career-high nine attacks and added eight kills in a 3-2 win at Georgetown (Nov. 20).• Hit .400 with nine kills in 20 swings in NCAA Tournament debut vs. Coastal Carolina (Dec. 4).• Finished with nine kills and four blocks as team clinched NCAA Tournament win at No. 23 North Carolina (Dec. 5).• Team was 11-0 when she started.• Team was 18-1 when she hit .168 or better this fall.• Team was 19-2 when she owned five or more kills.• Missed the first two weekends of the year with a broken foot suffered in late July as team went 2-4 without her (and 25-5 with her).• Arrived at Creighton as the nation’s No. 18 recruit per PrepVolleyball.com.
• Selected as MVP of the 2015 BIG EAST Championships after 28 kills, 12 digs and six blocks in CU’s two victories.• Preseason BIG EAST Player of the Year after being a First Team All-BIG EAST choice last fall.• Named a Second Team All-BIG EAST selection in 2015.• Owned 18 matches with 10 or more kills this season,
and ranked second on the team with 10 double-doubles.• One of two players in the BIG EAST, along with Xavier’s Abbey Bessler, who ranked in the top-13 in both kills per set and digs per set.• Had 14 kills, 12 digs and three aces in win at St. John’s (Oct. 2).• Opened the season with 16 kills and career-best 25 digs vs. Miami (Ohio) on Aug. 28.• Put down a season-high 18 kills in Aug. 29 win over Louisville.• Hit season-best .474 and slammed nine kills in 3-0 win over Providence (Oct. 23).• Had double-doubles in wins at both Marquette (13 kills, 11 digs on Nov. 6) and DePaul (11 kills, 11 digs on Nov. 7).• Posted a double-double with 15 kills and 22 digs at Georgetown (Nov. 20).• Owned 14 kills in BIG EAST Tournament victory over Marquette (Nov. 27).• Slammed 14 kills and had eight digs while hitting .375 in BIG EAST Championship game match vs. Villanova (Nov. 28).• Produced a double-double with 16 kills and 14 digs in NCAA Tournament win over Coastal Carolina (Dec. 4).• Sprained her ankle late in first set at No. 23 North Carolina and did not return (Dec. 5).• Finished with nine kills and 10 digs vs. No. 2 USC in Sweet 16 (Dec. 11).
#13 Jess Bird18 vs. Louisville, 8/29 ....................Kills ................................. 22 at Butler, 11/8/1454 vs. Louisville, 8/29 ................Attempts .....................................................Same.474 vs. Providence, 10/23 ...... Hitting Pct. ...................... .625 at DePaul, 10/3/1425 vs. Miami (Ohio), 8/28 ............. Digs ........................................................Same3 at St. John’s, 10/2 .....................Aces .............3 (2x), last at St. John’s, 10/2/154 vs. Villanova, 11/28 ..................Blocks ...................... 6 vs. Seton Hall, 11/29/1419.5 vs. Louisville, 8/29 ...............Points ............................ 23.5 at Butler, 11/8/14
• Redshirt freshman middle blocker who started Creighton’s season-opener on Aug. 28 vs. Miami (Ohio).• Also started on Sept. 5 at Northern Iowa and had three blocks and three kills against the Panthers.• Playing time diminished with the healthy return of Taryn Kloth and the move to the middle blocker
#14 Brittany Lawrence Match-by-MatchDate Opponent SP K E TA Pct. A SA Dig BS-A PTS08-28 Miami (Ohio)• 3 3 2 10 .100 0 0 2 0-1 3.508-29 Louisville Did Not Play08-29 #8 Illinois Did Not Play09-04 #8 USC 2 2 0 4 .500 0 0 0 0-0 2.009-05 Northern Iowa• 4 3 4 12 .83 0 0 1 0-3 4.509-05 #10 Kentucky Did Not Play09-11 LIPSCOMB 1 2 0 2 1.000 0 0 0 0-0 2.009-12 CSU BAKERSFIELD Did Not Play09-12 PACIFIC Did Not Play09-15 #4 NEBRASKA Did Not Play09-18 ARKANSAS Did Not Play09-19 #11 WISCONSIN Did Not Play09-20 KANSAS STATE Did Not Play09-25 SETON HALL 2 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0-0 0.009-27 VILLANOVA Did Not Play10-02 St. John’s Did Not Play10-03 Providence Did Not Play10-06 GEORGETOWN 1 0 0 0 --- 0 0 0 0-1 0.510-09 DEPAUL Did Not Play10-11 MARQUETTE Did Not Play10-16 Butler Did Not Play10-17 Xavier Did Not Play10-23 PROVIDENCE Did Not Play -- Injured10-25 ST. JOHN’S Did Not Play -- Injured10-30 Villanova Did Not Play -- Injured10-31 Seton Hall Did Not Play -- Injured11-06 Marquette Did Not Play11-07 DePaul Did Not Play11-13 XAVIER 1 0 0 0 --- 0 0 0 0-0 0.011-15 BUTLER Did Not Play11-20 Georgetown 1 0 0 3 .000 0 0 0 0-0 0.011-27 MARQUETTE Did Not Play11-28 VILLANOVA Did Not Play12-04 Coastal Carolina Did Not Play12-05 #23 No. Carolina Did Not Play12-11 #2 USC Did Not Play
• Named First Team All-BIG EAST and Honorable-Mention All-American in 2015.• Preseason All-BIG EAST pick started every match.• Named to All-Tournament Team at all four pre-season events this fall.• Recognized as BIG EAST Player of the Week on Oct. 5th after helping Creighton to wins at St.
John’s and Providence.• Led the BIG EAST in hitting percentage (.343) and blocks per set (1.27) in all matches.• In league play only, ranked eighth in hitting percentage and first in blocks per set.• Ranks eighth nationally in total blocks and 42nd in blocks per set.• Hit .722 in five-set win over DePaul (Oct. 9), a Bluejay record for a five-set match.• Posted her first double-double of the season with season-high 11 blocks and career-high 16 kills in 3-2 win at Georgetown (Nov. 20).• Owned eight blocks in 3-0 win over St. John’s (Oct. 25).• Hit .550 with 11 kills in 20 swings vs. Coastal Carolina (Dec. 4) in NCAA Tournament victory.• Finished with 15 kills, five blocks and hit .452 as team clinched first Sweet 16 bid with 3-1 win at No. 23 North Carolina (Dec. 5).• Hit .500 or better 12 different times this fall.• Had 10 or more kills in 15 different matches this fall.
#16 Lauren SmithSEASON Highs Category CAREER Highs16 at Georgetown, 11/20 ...............Kills .........................................................Same36 at Georgetown, 11/20 ...........Attempts .....................................................Same.722 vs. DePaul, 10/9 .............. Hitting Pct. ............ .857 vs. Providence, 10/19/147 vs. Miami (Ohio), 8/28 ............... Digs ........................................................Same1 vs. Miami (Ohio), 8/28 ...............Aces ........................................................Same11 at Georgetown, 11/20 .............Blocks ..................... 12 at Georgetown, 11/9/1322.0 at Georgetown, 11/20 ..........Points .......................................................Same
• Serving specialist who owned her lone ace this season on Sept. 27 vs. Villanova.• Picked up a dig and her first two kills of 2015 in Creighton’s 3-0 win over Providence (Oct. 23).• Had a kill and her first career block in Creighton’s sweep over Xavier to clinch the BIG EAST title (Nov. 13).
• Put down a kill on match point of Senior Day to seal a sweep vs. Butler (Nov. 15).• Regulary starred on the scout team as an outside hitter against CU’s starting line-up.
#17 Lizzy Stivers Match-by-MatchDate Opponent SP K E TA Pct. A SA Dig BS-A PTS08-28 Miami (Ohio) 2 0 0 0 --- 0 0 1 0-0 0.008-29 Louisville 1 0 0 0 --- 0 0 0 0-0 0.008-29 #8 Illinois Did Not Play09-04 #8 USC Did Not Play09-05 Northern Iowa Did Not Play09-05 #10 Kentucky 2 0 0 0 --- 0 0 0 0-0 0.009-11 LIPSCOMB 1 0 0 0 --- 0 0 0 0-0 0.009-12 CSU BAKERSFIELD 1 0 0 0 --- 0 0 1 0-0 0.009-12 PACIFIC 1 0 0 0 --- 0 0 0 0-0 0.009-15 #4 NEBRASKA 1 0 0 0 --- 0 0 0 0-0 0.009-18 ARKANSAS 2 0 0 0 --- 0 0 0 0-0 0.009-19 #11 WISCONSIN Did Not Play09-20 KANSAS STATE Did Not Play09-25 SETON HALL 1 0 0 0 --- 0 0 0 0-0 0.009-27 VILLANOVA 1 0 0 0 --- 0 1 0 0-0 1.010-02 St. John’s Did Not Play10-03 Providence 1 0 0 0 --- 0 0 0 0-0 0.010-06 GEORGETOWN 1 0 0 0 --- 0 0 0 0-0 0.010-09 DEPAUL 1 0 0 0 --- 0 0 0 0-0 0.010-11 MARQUETTE 1 0 0 0 --- 0 0 0 0-0 0.010-16 Butler 1 0 0 0 --- 0 0 0 0-0 0.010-17 Xavier Did Not Play10-23 PROVIDENCE 2 2 0 3 .667 0 0 1 0-0 0.010-25 ST. JOHN’S Did Not Play10-30 Villanova Did Not Play10-31 Seton Hall Did Not Play11-06 Marquette Did Not Play11-07 DePaul 1 0 0 0 --- 0 0 1 0-0 0.011-13 XAVIER 2 1 1 3 .000 0 0 0 0-1 1.511-15 BUTLER• 3 1 2 3 -.333 0 0 0 0-0 1.011-20 Georgetown Did Not Play11-27 MARQUETTE Did Not Play11-28 VILLANOVA 1 0 0 0 --- 0 0 0 0-0 0.012-04 Coastal Carolina Did Not Play12-05 #23 No. Carolina Did Not Play12-11 #2 USC 1 0 0 0 --- 0 0 0 0-0 0.0
#17 Lizzy StiversSEASON Highs Category CAREER Highs2, Providence, 10/23 .....................Kills .........................................................Same3 (3x), last vs. Butler, 11/15 ......Attempts ..................3 (3x), last vs. Butler, 11/15................................................. Hitting Pct. ............................................................1 (4x), last at DePaul, 11/7 .......... Digs ........................4 at Providence, 11/14/141 vs. Villanova, 9/27 .....................Aces .......... 3 (2x), last vs. #7 Hawai’i, 9/20/131 vs. Xavier, 11/13 ......................Blocks .......................................................Same1.5 vs. Xavier, 11/13 ...................Points ...... 3.0 (2x), last vs. #7 Hawai’i, 9/20/13
Individual, Single MatchKills (3 sets) 14 Leah McNary vs. Marquette 11-30-12 12 Laurel Sanford at Minnesota 12-04-10 12 Kelli Browning vs. Marquette 11-30-12 8 Heather Thorson at Minnesota 12-04-10 7 Allie Oelke at Minnesota 12-04-10 7 Karisa Almgren at Minnesota 12-04-10 7 Michelle Sicner vs. Marquette 11-30-12
Kills (4 sets) 21 Jaali Winters at North Carolina 12-05-15 20 Jaali Winters vs. Coastal Carolina 12-04-15 17 Leah McNary vs. Oregon State 12-05-14 16 Jess Bird vs. Coastal Carolina 12-04-15 15 Kelli Browning vs. Arkansas 12-06-13 15 Jess Bird vs. Oregon State 12-05-14 15 Lauren Smith at North Carolina 12-05-15
Kills (5 sets) 17 Alicia Runge vs. Iowa State 12-03-10 14 Karisa Almgren vs. Iowa State 12-03-10 12 Heather Thorson vs. Iowa State 12-03-10 9 Laurel Sanford vs. Iowa State 12-03-10 7 Allie Oelke vs. Iowa State 12-03-10
Total Attacks (3 sets) 34 Leah McNary vs. Marquette 11-30-12 30 Alicia Runge at Minnesota 12-04-10 29 Melanie Jereb vs. Marquette 11-30-12 25 Laurel Sanford at Minnesota 12-04-10 24 Karisa Almgren at Minnesota 12-04-10
Total Attacks (4 sets) 63 Jaali Winters vs. Coastal Carolina 12-04-15 50 Leah McNary vs. Oregon State 12-05-14 50 Jaali Winters at North Carolina 12-05-15 47 Jaali Winters vs. USC 12-11-15
46 Jess Bird at Kansas 12-07-13
Total Attacks (5 sets) 55 Alicia Runge vs. Iowa State 12-03-10 37 Allie Oelke vs. Iowa State 12-03-10 34 Karisa Almgren vs. Iowa State 12-03-10 32 Heather Thorson vs. Iowa State 12-03-10 27 Megan Bober vs. Iowa State 12-03-10
Hitting Percentage (3 sets, min. 12 kills) .600 Kelli Browning vs. Marquette 11-30-12 .320 Laurel Sanford at Minnesota 12-04-10 .294 Leah McNary vs. Marquette 11-30-12
Hitting Percentage (4 sets, min. 12 kills) .522 Kelli Browning vs. Arkansas 12-06-13 .452 Lauren Smith at North Carolina 12-05-15 .312 Leah McNary vs. Arkansas 12-06-13 .302 Jess Bird vs. Coastal Carolina 12-04-15
Creighton’s All-Time NCAA Tournament ResultsAll-Time Record: 5-5 in 5 appearances
Home: 0-0 Away: 1-3 Neutral: 4-2 First Round: 4-1 Second Round: 1-3 Regional Semi: 0-1
Date Site Round CU Seed Opp. Seed Opponent Result Scores Attendance12/03/10 Minneapolis, Minn. 1st - - vs. #16 Iowa State W 3-2 27-25, 16-25, 25-23, 19-25, 15-11 2,38512/04/10 Minneapolis, Minn. 2nd - 13 at #12 Minnesota L 0-3 19-25, 28-30, 20-25 2,586 11/30/12 Minneapolis, Minn. 1st - - vs. Marquette W 3-0 25-22, 25-23, 28-26 2,18112/01/12 Minneapolis, Minn. 2nd - 8 at #11 Minnesota L 1-3 25-20 ,17-25, 23-25, 17-25 2,331 12/06/13 Lawrence, Kan. 1st - - vs. Arkansas W 3-1 22-25, 25-14, 25-22, 26-24 4,01712/07/13 Lawrence, Kan. 2nd - 14 at #23 Kansas L 1-3 20-25, 25-22, 22-25, 21-25 3,052 12/05/14 Topeka, Kan. 1st - - vs. Oregon State L 1-3 21-25, 24-26, 25-19, 21-25 558 12/04/15 Chapel Hill, N.C. 1st 16 - vs. Coastal Carolina W 3-1 29-27, 23-25, 25-22, 25-22 1,36712/05/15 Chapel Hill, N.C. 2nd 16 - at #23 North Carolina W 3-1 30-32, 25-18, 25-18, 25-14 71212/11/15 San Diego, Calif. Regional Semi 16 1 vs. #2 USC L 1-3 27-25, 16-25, 16-25, 18-25 2,681
.270 Jaali Winters vs. Coastal Carolina 12-04-15
Hitting Percentage (5 sets, min. 12 kills) .375 Heather Thorson vs. Iowa State 12-03-10 .324 Karisa Almgren vs. Iowa State 12-03-10 .236 Alicia Runge vs. Iowa State 12-03-10
Assists (3 sets) 41 Megan Bober vs. Marquette 11-30-12 31 Megan Bober at Minnesota 12-04-10 5 Nayka Benitez at Minnesota 12-04-10 3 Melanie Jereb vs. Marquette 11-30-12 2 Brooke Boggs at Minnesota 12-04-10
Assists (4 sets) 55 Maggie Baumert vs. Coastal Carolina 12-04-15 55 Maggie Baumert at North Carolina 12-05-15 47 Maggie Baumert vs. Oregon St. 12-05-14 45 Michelle Sicner vs. Arkansas 12-06-13 38 Michelle Sicner at Kansas 12-07-13
Assists (5 sets) 46 Megan Bober vs. Iowa State 12-03-10 6 Nayka Benitez vs. Iowa State 12-03-10 3 Brooke Boggs vs. Iowa State 12-03-10 1 Allie Oelke vs. Iowa State 12-03-10 1 Julianne Mandolfo vs. Iowa State 12-03-10
Service Aces (3 sets) 3 Laurel Sanford at Minnesota 12-04-10 2 Kate Elman vs. Marquette 11-30-12 1 Kelli Browning vs. Marquette 11-30-12 1 Megan Bober vs. Marquette 11-30-12 1 Brooke Boggs vs. Marquette 11-30-12
Service Aces (4 sets) 3 Maggie Baumert at North Carolina 12-05-15 2 Katie Neisler at Minnesota 12-01-12 2 Kate Elman vs. Arkansas 12-06-13 2 Maggie Baumert vs. Oregon St. 12-05-14 2 Kelli Browning vs. Oregon State 12-05-14 2 Kate Elman at North Carolina 12-05-15
Service Aces (5 sets) 2 Laurel Sanford vs. Iowa State 12-03-10 1 Allie Oelke vs. Iowa State 12-03-10 1 Julianne Mandolfo vs. Iowa State 12-03-10 1 Brooke Boggs vs. Iowa State 12-03-10
Digs (3 sets) 19 Nayka Benitez at Minnesota 12-04-10 15 Melanie Jereb vs. Marquette 11-30-12 14 Kate Elman vs. Marquette 11-30-12 12 Allie Oelke at Minnesota 12-04-10 12 Megan Bober vs. Marquette 11-30-12
Digs (4 sets) 22 Kate Elman at Kansas 12-07-13 21 Jaali Winters at North Carolina 12-05-15 20 Kate Elman vs. Coastal Carolina 12-04-15 20 Kate Elman at North Carolina 12-05-15 17 Katie Neisler vs. Oregon State 12-05-14
Digs (5 sets) 34 Nayka Benitez vs. Iowa State 12-03-10 16 Allie Oelke vs. Iowa State 12-03-10 16 Brooke Boggs vs. Iowa State 12-03-10
11 Megan Bober vs. Iowa State 12-03-10 4 Julianne Mandolfo vs. Iowa State 12-03-10
Block Solos (3 sets) 2 Megan Bober vs. Marquette 11-30-12 1 Allie Oelke at Minnesota 12-04-10 1 Megan Bober at Minnesota 12-04-10 1 Melanie Jereb vs. Marquette 11-30-12 1 Leah McNary vs. Marquette 11-30-12
Block Solos (4 sets) 2 Marysa Wilkinson at North Carolina 12-05-15 2 Lauren Smith vs. USC 12-11-15 1 Megan Bober at Minnesota 12-01-12 1 Lauren Smith vs. Arkansas 12-06-13 1 Kelli Browning at Kansas 12-07-13 1 Michelle Sicner at Kansas 12-07-13 1 Maggie Baumert vs. Oregon St. 12-05-14 1 Maggie Baumert at North Carolina 12-05-15 1 Taryn Kloth at North Carolina 12-05-15
Block Solos (5 sets) 1 Laurel Sanford vs. Iowa State 12-03-10 1 Megan Bober vs. Iowa State 12-03-10
Block Assists (3 sets) 5 Lauren Smith at North Carolina 12-05-15 4 Heather Thorson vs. Marquette 11-30-12 4 Kelli Browning vs. Marquette 11-30-12 3 Laurel Sanford at Minnesota 12-04-10 3 Megan Bober at Minnesota 12-04-10 3 Maggie Baumert at North Carolina 12-05-15 3 Taryn Kloth at North Carolina 12-05-15
Block Assists (4 sets) 11 Kelli Browning vs. Arkansas 12-06-13 7 Heather Thorson at Minnesota 12-01-12 6 Michelle Sicner at Minnesota 12-01-12 6 Kelli Browning at Kansas 12-07-13 6 Michelle Sicner vs. Arkansas 12-06-13
Block Assists (5 sets) 6 Laurel Sanford vs. Iowa State 12-03-10 6 Megan Bober vs. Iowa State 12-03-10 3 Heather Thorson vs. Iowa State 12-03-10 1 Allie Oelke vs. Iowa State 12-03-10 1 Karisa Almgren vs. Iowa State 12-03-10 1 Alicia Runge vs. Iowa State 12-03-10
Total Blocks (3 sets) 4 Megan Bober at Minnesota 12-04-10 4 Heather Thorson vs. Marquette 11-30-12 4 Kelli Browning vs. Marquette 11-30-12 4 Megan Bober vs. Marquette 11-30-12 3 Laurel Sanford at Minnesota 12-04-10 3 Melanie Jereb vs. Marquette 11-30-12 3 Leah McNary vs. Marquette 11-30-12
Total Blocks (4 sets) 11 Kelli Browning vs. Arkansas 12-06-13 7 Heather Thorson at Minnesota 12-01-12 7 Kelli Browning at Kansas 12-07-13 6 Michelle Sicner at Minnesota 12-01-12 6 Michelle Sicner vs. Arkansas 12-06-13 6 Lauren Smith vs. Arkansas 12-06-13
Total Blocks (5 sets)
7 Laurel Sanford vs. Iowa State 12-03-10 7 Megan Bober vs. Iowa State 12-03-10 3 Heather Thorson vs. Iowa State 12-03-10 1 Allie Oelke vs. Iowa State 12-03-10 1 Karisa Almgren vs. Iowa State 12-03-10 1 Alicia Runge vs. Iowa State 12-03-10
Points (3 sets) 16.5 Laurel Sanford at Minnesota 12-04-10 16.0 Leah McNary vs. Marquette 11-30-12 15.0 Kelli Browning vs. Marquette 11-30-12 10.0 Megan Bober vs. Marquette 11-30-12 9.0 Heather Thorson at Minnesota 12-04-10
Points (4 sets) 22.0 Jaali Winters at North Carolina 12-05-15 21.0 Jaali Winters vs. Coastal Carolina 12-04-15 20.5 Kelli Browning vs. Arkansas 12-06-13 17.5 Lauren Smith at North Carolina 12-05-15 17.0 Leah McNary vs. Oregon State 12-05-14
Points (5 sets) 17.5 Alicia Runge vs. Iowa State 12-03-10 15.0 Laurel Sanford vs. Iowa State 12-03-10 14.5 Karisa Almgren vs. Iowa State 12-03-10 13.5 Heather Thorson vs. Iowa State 12-03-10 10.0 Megan Bober vs. Iowa State 12-03-10
Double-Doubles 46a, 11d - Megan Bober vs. Iowa State 12-03-1041a, 12d - Megan Bober vs. Marquette 11-30-1235a, 11k - Megan Bober at Minnesota 12-01-1245a, 10d - Michelle Sicner vs. Arkansas 12-06-1315k, 11b - Kelli Browning vs. Arkansas 12-06-1347a, 16d - Maggie Baumert vs. Oregon St. 12-05-1415k, 15d - Jess Bird vs. Oregon State 12-05-1455a, 16d - Maggie Baumert vs. Coastal Carolina 12-04-1520k, 10d - Jaali Winters vs. Coastal Carolina 12-04-1516k, 14d - Jess Bird vs. Coastal Carolina 12-04-1521k, 21d - Jaali Winters at North Carolina 12-05-1555a, 12d - Maggie Baumert at North Carolina 12-05-15
Total Attacks (5 sets) 68 Victoria Henson, Iowa State 12-03-10 51 Carly Jenson, Iowa State 12-03-10 35 Jamie Straube, Iowa State 12-03-10 19 Debbie Stadick, Iowa State 12-03-10 18 Kelsey Petersen, Iowa State 12-03-10
Hitting Percentage (5 sets, min. 12 kills) .314 Jamie Straube, Iowa State 12-03-10 .235 Victoria Henson, Iowa State 12-03-10 .157 Carly Jenson, Iowa State 12-03-10
Assists (4 sets) 51 Erin McNorton, Kansas 12-07-13 51 Sara Boothe, Coastal Carolina 12-04-15 48 Alexandra Palmer, Minnesota 12-01-12 44 Tayla Woods, Oregon State 12-05-14 42 Raymariely Santos, Arkansas 12-06-13
Assists (5 sets) 62 Alison Landwehr, Iowa State 12-03-10 7 Ashley Mass, Iowa State 12-03-10 2 Caitlin Mahoney, Iowa State 12-03-10 1 Victoria Henson, Iowa State 12-03-10 1 Jamie Straube, Iowa State 12-03-10 1 Kristen Hahn, Iowa State 12-03-10 1 Kelsey Petersen, Iowa State 12-03-10
Digs (4 sets) 29 Emily Helm, Arkansas 12-06-13 26 Hannah Troutman, Oregon State 12-05-14 25 Sheila Doyle, North Carolina 12-05-15 23 Darby Reeder, Oregon State 12-05-14 22 Leah Hardeman, Coastal Carolina 12-04-15 22 Taylor Whittingham, USC 12-11-15
Digs (5 sets) 35 Ashley Mass, Iowa State 12-03-10 21 Carly Jenson, Iowa State 12-03-10 21 Victoria Henson, Iowa State 12-03-10 11 Alison Landwehr, Iowa State 12-03-10 10 Kristen Hahn, Iowa State 12-03-10
Block Solos (3 sets) 4 Tori Dixon, Minnesota 12-04-10
Block Solos (4 sets) 1 Caroline Jarmoc, Kansas 12-07-13 1 Amanda Brown, Oregon State 12-05-14 1 Arica Nassar, Oregon State 12-05-14 1 Eszter Nagy, Coastal Carolina 12-04-15 1 Taylor Leath, North Carolina 12-05-15 1 Alicia Ogoms, USC 12-11-15 1 Alyse Ford, USC 12-11-15
4 Katelyn Driscoll, Oregon State 12-05-14 4 Victoria McPherson, North Carolina 12-05-15
Block Assists (5 sets) 3 Jamie Straube, Iowa State 12-03-10 2 Carly Jenson, Iowa State 12-03-10 2 Debbie Stadick, Iowa State 12-03-10 2 Kelsey Petersen, Iowa State 12-03-10 1 Victoria Henson, Iowa State 12-03-10
Total Blocks (3 sets) 4 Tori Dixon, Minnesota 12-04-10 3 Lauren Gibbemeyer, Minnesota 12-04-10 2 Mia Tabberson, Minnesota 12-04-10 2 Danielle Carlson, Marquette 11-30-12 2 Elizabeth Koberstein, Marquette 11-30-12
Total Blocks (4 sets) 8 Alicia Ogoms, USC 12-11-15 6 Arica Nassar, Oregon State 12-05-14 5 Dana Knudsen, Minnesota 12-01-12 5 Tayler Soucie, Kansas 12-07-13 4 Caroline Jarmoc, Kansas 12-07-13 4 Katelyn Driscoll, Oregon State 12-05-14 4 Victoria McPherson, North Carolina 12-05-15
Total Blocks (5 sets) 3 Jamie Straube, Iowa State 12-03-10 2 Carly Jenson, Iowa State 12-03-10 2 Debbie Stadick, Iowa State 12-03-10 2 Kelsey Petersen, Iowa State 12-03-10 1 Victoria Henson, Iowa State 12-03-10
Team, Single MatchKills (3 sets) 48 vs. Marquette 11-30-12 42 at Minnesota 12-04-10
Kills (4 sets) 66 at North Carolina 12-05-15 64 vs. Coastal Carolina 12-04-15 52 vs. Arkansas 12-06-13 51 vs. Oregon State 12-05-14 49 at Kansas 12-07-13
Kills (5 sets) 65 vs. Iowa State 12-03-10
Total Attacks (3 sets) 137 at Minnesota 12-04-10 131 vs. Marquette 11-30-12
Total Attacks (4 sets) 177 vs. Oregon State 12-05-14 172 vs. Coastal Carolina 12-04-15 168 at North Carolina 12-05-15 165 at Kansas 12-07-13 153 vs. USC 12-11-15
Total Attacks (5 sets) 211 vs. Iowa State 12-03-10
Hitting Percentage (3 sets) .267 vs. Marquette 11-30-12 .175 at Minnesota 12-04-10
Hitting Percentage (4 sets) .308 vs. Coastal Carolina 12-04-15 .286 at North Carolina 12-05-15 .250 vs. Arkansas 12-06-13 .233 at Minnesota 12-01-12 .192 vs. Oregon State 12-05-14
Hitting Percentage (5 sets) .237 vs. Iowa State 12-03-10
Assists (3 sets) 47 vs. Marquette 11-30-12 41 at Minnesota 12-04-10
Assists (4 sets) 65 at North Carolina 12-05-15 61 vs. Coastal Carolina 12-04-15 52 vs. Arkansas 12-06-13 47 at Minnesota 12-01-12 47 at Kansas 12-07-13
Assists (5 sets) 57 vs. Iowa State 12-03-10
Service Aces (3 sets) 5 vs. Marquette 11-30-12 3 at Minnesota 12-04-10
Service Aces (4 sets) 8 vs. Oregon State 12-05-14 6 at North Carolina 12-05-15 4 at Minnesota 12-01-12 3 at Kansas 12-07-13 2 vs. Arkansas 12-06-13
Service Aces (5 sets) 5 vs. Iowa State 12-03-10
Digs (3 sets) 54 vs. Marquette 11-30-12 53 at Minnesota 12-04-10
Digs (4 sets) 92 vs. Oregon State 12-05-14 79 at North Carolina 12-05-15 76 vs. Coastal Carolina 12-04-15 69 at Kansas 12-07-13 60 vs. Arkansas 12-06-13
Digs (5 sets) 89 vs. Iowa State 12-03-10
Block Solos (3 sets) 4 vs. Marquette 11-30-12 2 at Minnesota 12-04-10
Block Solos (4 sets) 4 at North Carolina 12-05-15 2 at Kansas 12-07-13 2 vs. Oregon State 12-05-14 2 vs. USC 12-11-15 1 at Minnesota 12-01-12 1 vs. Arkansas 12-06-13
Block Solos (5 sets) 2 vs. Iowa State 12-03-10
Block Assists (3 sets) 16 vs. Marquette 11-30-12 10 at Minnesota 12-04-10
Block Assists (4 sets) 33 vs. Arkansas 12-06-13 24 at Minnesota 12-01-12 19 at Kansas 12-07-13 16 vs. Coastal Carolina 12-04-15 15 at North Carolina 12-05-15
Block Assists (5 sets) 18 vs. Iowa State 12-03-10
Total Blocks (3 sets) 12.0 vs. Marquette 11-30-12 7.0 at Minnesota 12-04-10
Total Blocks (4 sets) 17.5 vs. Arkansas 12-06-13 13.0 at Minnesota 12-01-12 11.5 at Kansas 12-07-13 11.5 at North Carolina 12-05-15 9.0 vs. Oregon State 12-05-14 9.0 vs. USC 12-11-15
Total Blocks (5 sets) 11.0 vs. Iowa State 12-03-10
Points (3 sets) 65.0 vs. Marquette 11-30-12 52.0 at Minnesota 12-04-10
Points (4 sets) 83.5 at North Carolina 12-05-15 72.0 vs. Coastal Carolina 12-04-15 71.5 vs. Arkansas 12-06-13 68.0 vs. Oregon State 12-05-14 65.0 at Minnesota 12-01-12
Points (5 sets) 81.0 vs. Iowa State 12-03-10
Ties (3 sets) 38 vs. Marquette 11-30-12 34 at Minnesota 12-04-10
Ties (4 sets) 29 vs. Oregon State 12-05-14 25 vs. Coastal Carolina 12-04-15 20 at North Carolina 12-05-15 18 at Minnesota 12-01-12
18 at Kansas 12-07-13
Ties (5 sets) 18 vs. Iowa State 12-03-10
Lead Changes (3 sets) 19 vs. Marquette 11-30-12 17 at Minnesota 12-04-10
Lead Changes (4 sets) 19 vs. Oregon State 12-05-14 11 at North Carolina 12-05-15 8 at Minnesota 12-01-12 7 vs. USC 12-11-15 6 vs. Arkansas 12-06-13 6 at Kansas 12-07-13
Individual, Single MatchKills (3 sets) 18 Jaali Winters vs. Villanova 11-28-15 14 Jess Bird vs. Villanova 11-28-15 5 Taryn Kloth vs. Villanova 11-28-15 5 Lauren Smith vs. Villanova 11-28-15 3 Maggie Baumert vs. Villanova 11-28-15 3 Marysa Wilkinson vs. Villanova 11-28-15
Kills (4 sets) 18 Jess Bird vs. Seton Hall 11-29-14 13 Kelli Browning vs. Xavier 11-29-13 13 Marysa Wilkinson vs. Xavier 11-28-14 12 Lauren Smith vs. Xavier 11-29-13 12 Leah McNary vs. Marquette 11-30-13
Kills (5 sets) 21 Jaali Winters vs. Marquette 11-27-15 14 Jess Bird vs. Marquette 11-27-15 9 Marysa Wilkinson vs. Marquette 11-27-15 7 Lauren Smith vs. Marquette 11-27-15 4 Taryn Kloth vs. Marquette 11-27-15
Total Attacks (3 sets) 37 Jaali Winters vs. Villanova 11-28-15 32 Jess Bird vs. Villanova 11-28-15 17 Taryn Kloth vs. Villanova 11-28-15 13 Lauren Smith vs. Villanova 11-28-15 8 Marysa Wilkinson vs. Villanova 11-28-15
Total Attacks (4 sets) 47 Jess Bird vs. Seton Hall 11-29-14 40 Leah McNary vs. Xavier 11-29-13 40 Jess Bird vs. Marquette 11-30-13 40 Jess Bird vs. Xavier 11-28-14 37 Leah McNary vs. Marquette 11-30-13
Total Attacks (5 sets) 77 Jaali Winters vs. Marquette 11-27-15 44 Jess Bird vs. Marquette 11-27-15 23 Taryn Kloth vs. Marquette 11-27-15 22 Marysa Wilkinsonv vs. Marquette 11-27-15 18 Lauren Smith vs. Marquette 11-27-15
Hitting Percentage (3 sets, min. 12 kills) .375 Jess Bird vs. Villanova 11-28-15 .243 Jaali Winters vs. Villanova 11-28-15
Hitting Percentage (4 sets, min. 12 kills) .440 Kelli Browning vs. Xavier 11-29-13 .417 Michelle Sicner vs. Xavier 11-29-13 .360 Lauren Smith vs. Xavier 11-29-13 .355 Marysa Wilkinson vs. Xavier 11-28-14 .300 Kelli Browning vs. Marquette 11-30-13
Hitting Percentage (5 sets, min. 12 kills) .182 Jess Bird vs. Marquette 11-27-15 .143 Jaali Winters vs. Marquette 11-27-15
Assists (3 sets) 39 Maggie Baumert vs. Villanova 11-28-15
4 Kate Elman vs. Villanova 11-28-15 3 Melanie Jereb vs. Villanova 11-28-15 1 Taryn Kloth vs. Villanova 11-28-15
Assists (4 sets) 54 Maggie Baumert vs. Seton Hall 11-29-14 44 Michelle Sicner vs. Xavier 11-29-13 40 Maggie Baumert vs. Xavier 11-28-14 39 Michelle Sicner vs. Marquette 11-30-13 4 Kate Elman vs. Marquette 11-30-13 4 Ashley Jansen vs. Marquette 11-30-13 4 Jess Bird vs. Xavier 11-29-13
Assists (5 sets) 45 Maggie Baumert vs. Marquette 11-27-15 3 Ashley Jansen vs. Marquette 11-27-15 3 Kate Elman vs. Marquette 11-27-15 1 Melanie Jereb vs. Marquette 11-27-15 1 Jess Bird vs. Marquette 11-27-15
Service Aces (3 sets) 1 Maggie Baumert vs. Villanova 11-28-15 1 Amanda Foje vs. Villanova 11-28-15 1 Kate Elman vs. Villanova 11-28-15
Service Aces (4 sets) 3 Ashley Jansen vs. Xavier 11-28-14 1 Lizzie Stivers vs. Xavier 11-29-13 1 Kate Elman vs. Xavier 11-29-13 1 Jess Bird vs. Xavier 11-29-13 1 Ashley Jansen vs. Xavier 11-29-13
Creighton’s All-Time BIG EAST Tournament ResultsAll-Time Record: 5-1 in 3 appearances
Home: 3-1 Away: 0-0 Neutral: 2-0
Quarterfinals: 0-0 Semifinals: 3-0 Finals: 2-1
Date Site Round CU Seed Opp Seed Opponent Result Scores Attendance11/29/13 Omaha, Neb. Semifinals 2 3 Xavier W 3-1 25-20, 25-19, 22-25, 25-17 1,34311/30/13 Omaha, Neb. Finals 2 1 #24 Marquette L 1-3 18-25, 27-25, 21-25, 16-25 1,336 11/28/14 Milwaukee, Wis. Semifinals 1 4 Xavier W 3-1 26-28, 25-18, 25-18, 25-21 90711/29/14 Milwaukee, Wis. Finals 1 2 Seton Hall W 3-1 25-12, 17-25, 26-24, 25-12 402 11/27/15 Omaha, Neb. Semifinals 1 4 Marquette W 3-2 25-19, 25-16, 21-25, 20-25, 15-10 1,22111/28/15 Omaha, Neb. Finals 1 2 Villanova W 3-0 25-18, 25-18, 25-17 1,583
1 Kate Elman vs. Marquette 11-30-13 1 Katie Neislervs. Xavier 11-28-14 1 Maggie Baumert vs. Xavier 11-28-14 1 Melanie Jereb vs. Xavier 11-28-14 1 Kelli Browning vs. Seton Hall 11-29-14 1 Melanie Jereb vs. Seton Hall 11-29-14
Service Aces (5 sets) 1 Maggie Baumert vs. Marquette 11-27-15 1 Jaali Winters vs. Marquette 11-27-15 1 Kate Elman vs. Marquette 11-27-15
Digs (3 sets) 12 Kate Elman vs. Villanova 11-28-15 10 Maggie Baumert vs. Villanova 11-28-15 8 Jess Bird vs. Villanova 11-28-15 6 Jaali Winters vs. Villanova 11-28-15 6 Melanie Jereb vs. Villanova 11-28-15
Digs (4 sets) 24 Kate Elman vs. Xavier 11-29-13 22 Jess Bird vs. Xavier 11-29-13 21 Michelle Sicner vs. Xavier 11-29-13 21 Kate Elman vs. Marquette 11-30-13 17 Melanie Jereb vs. Seton Hall 11-29-14
Digs (5 sets) 23 Kate Elman vs. Marquette 11-27-15 20 Melanie Jereb vs. Marquette 11-27-15 17 Jaali Winters vs. Marquette 11-27-15 15 Maggie Baumert vs. Marquette 11-27-15 15 Ashley Jansen vs. Marquette 11-27-15
Block Solos (3 sets) 1 Marysa Wilkinson vs. Villanova 11-28-15 1 Jess Bird vs. Villanova 11-28-15
Block Solos (4 sets) 2 Leah McNary vs. Marquette 11-30-13 1 Melanie Jereb vs. Marquette 11-30-13 1 Lauren Smith vs. Marquette 11-30-13 1 Kelli Browning vs. Xavier 11-29-13 1 Michelle Sicner vs. Xavier 11-29-13 1 Kelli Browning vs. Xavier 11-28-14 1 Marysa Wilkinson vs. Seton Hall 11-29-14 1 Jess Bird vs. Seton Hall 11-29-14
Block Solos (5 sets) 1 Lauren Smith vs. Marquette 11-27-15
Block Assists (3 sets) 5 Marysa Wilkinson vs. Villanova 11-28-15 4 Taryn Kloth vs. Villanova 11-28-15 4 Lauren Smith vs. Villanova 11-28-15 3 Jess Bird vs. Villanova 11-28-15 2 Jaali Winters vs. Villanova 11-28-15
Block Assists (4 sets) 11 Lauren Smith vs. Seton Hall 11-29-14 5 Kelli Browning vs. Seton Hall 11-29-14 5 Marysa Wilkinson vs. Seton Hall 11-29-14 5 Jess Bird vs. Seton Hall 11-29-14 4 Kelli Browning vs. Marquette 11-30-13
4 Kelli Browning vs. Xavier 11-28-14
Block Assists (5 sets) 7 Maggie Baumert vs. Marquette 11-27-15 6 Lauren Smith vs. Marquette 11-27-15 5 Marysa Wilkinson vs. Marquette 11-27-15 2 Jess Bird vs. Marquette 11-27-15 1 Jaali Winters vs. Marquette 11-27-15 1 Taryn Kloth vs. Marquette 11-27-15
Total Blocks (3 sets) 6 Marysa Wilkinson vs. Villanova 11-28-15 4 Taryn Kloth vs. Villanova 11-28-15 4 Jess Bird vs. Villanova 11-28-15 4 Lauren Smith vs. Villanova 11-28-15 2 Jaali Winters vs. Villanova 11-28-15
Total Blocks (4 sets) 12 Lauren Smith vs. Seton Hall 11-29-14 6 Marysa Wilkinson vs. Seton Hall 11-29-14 6 Jess Bird vs. Seton Hall 11-29-14 5 Kelli Browning vs. Xavier 11-28-14 5 Kelli Browning vs. Seton Hall 11-29-14
Total Blocks (5 sets) 7 Maggie Baumert vs. Marquette 11-27-15 7 Lauren Smith vs. Marquette 11-27-15 5 Marysa Wilkinson vs. Marquette 11-27-15 2 Jess Bird vs. Marquette 11-27-15 1 Jaali Winters vs. Marquette 11-27-15 1 Taryn Kloth vs. Marquette 11-27-15
Points (3 sets) 19.0 Jaali Winters vs. Villanova 11-28-15 16.5 Jess Bird vs. Villanova 11-28-15 7.0 Taryn Kloth vs. Villanova 11-28-15 7.0 Lauren Smith vs. Villanova 11-28-15 6.5 Marysa Wilkinson vs. Villanova 11-28-15 Points (4 sets) 21.5 Jess Bird vs. Seton Hall 11-29-14 16.5 Lauren Smith vs. Seton Hall 11-29-14 15.0 Kelli Browning vs. Xavier 11-29-13 14.5 Leah McNary vs. Marquette 11-30-13 13.5 Lauren Smith vs. Marquette 11-30-13
Points (5 sets) 22.5 Jaali Winters vs. Marquette 11-27-15 15.0 Jess Bird vs. Marquette 11-27-15 11.5 Marysa Wilkinson vs. Marquette 11-27-15 11.0 Lauren Smith vs. Marquette 11-27-15 5.5 Maggie Baumert vs. Marquette 11-27-15
Double-Doubles 44a, 11k, 21d Michelle Sicner vs. Xavier 11-29-1310k, 22d Jess Bird vs. Xavier 11-29-1339a, 11d Michelle Sicner vs. Marquette 11-30-1311k, 15d Jess Bird vs. Marquette 11-30-1340a, 13d Maggie Baumert vs. Xavier 11-28-1410k, 11d Jess Bird vs. Xavier 11-28-1454a, 15d Maggie Baumert vs. Seton Hall 11-29-1411k, 11b Lauren Smith vs. Seton Hall 11-29-1445a, 15d Maggie Baumert vs. Marquette 11-27-15
21k, 17d Jaali Winters vs. Marquette 11-27-1539a, 10d Maggie Baumert vs. Villanova 11-28-15
Triple-Doubles 44a, 11k, 21d Michelle Sicner vs. Xavier 11-29-13
Team Statistics CU OPPATTACK K i l l s 1878 1650 E r r o r s 657 711 Total Attacks 4921 4924 Attack Pct . 2 4 8 . 1 9 1 K i l l s / S e t 14.0 12.3SET A s s i s t s 1774 1530 A t t e m p t s 4956 4981 Assist Pct . 3 5 8 . 3 0 7 A s s i s t s / S e t 13.2 11.4SERVE A c e s 155 131 E r r o r s 240 259 A t t e m p t s 3052 2803 Serve Pct . 9 2 1 . 9 0 8 A c e s / S e t 1.2 1.0SERVE RECEPTIONS E r r o r s 131 155 E r r o r s / S e t 1.0 1.2 A t t e m p t s 2541 2811 Reception Pct . 9 4 8 . 9 4 5DEFENSE D i g s 2221 2062 D i g s / S e t 16.6 15.4BLOCKING Block Solo 42 49 Block Assist 557 434 Total Blocks 320.5 266.0 B l o c k s / S e t 2.4 2.0 Block Errors 55 99Ball handling errors 57 43ATTENDANCE T o t a l 29905 9682 Dates/Avg Per Date 18/1661 12/807 Neutral site #/Avg 6/2543 Current win streak 0 - Home win streak 12 -
Date Opponent Score Score by set Att.IAug 28 vs Miami (Ohio) W 3-2 25-20,25-27,20-25,25-13,15-12 3344IAug 29 vs Louisville L 2-3 18-25,25-18,21-25,25-23,11-15 3005IAug 29 at #8 Illinois L 0-3 22-25,20-25,17-25 3005
USep 04 vs #8 USC L 0-3 17-25,16-25,8-25 2784USep 05 at UNI L 1-3 18-25,21-25,25-8,19-25 2075USep 05 vs #10 Kentucky W 3-0 25-23,25-17,25-18 2075BSep 11 LIPSCOMB W 3-0 25-19,25-8,25-18 1043BSep 12 CSU BAKERSFIELD W 3-1 25-9,25-18,17-25,25-15 745BSep 12 PACIFIC L 1-3 25-16,21-25,16-25,24-26 1166Sep 15 #4 NEBRASKA L 0-3 17-25,19-25,22-25 10131
CSep 18 ARKANSAS W 3-0 25-19,25-19,25-18 1198CSep 19 #11 WISCONSIN L 0-3 19-25,21-25,23-25 1262CSep 20 KANSAS STATE W 3-2 22-25,22-25,25-23,26-24,15-13 1011*Sep 25 SETON HALL W 3-1 25-13,14-25,25-18,25-22 1116*Sep 27 VILLANOVA W 3-1 25-23,17-25,25-19,25-13 855*Oct 02 at St. John's W 3-1 20-25,25-20,25-14,25-20 462*Oct 03 at Providence W 3-0 25-23,25-19,25-20 211*Oct 06 GEORGETOWN W 3-0 25-17,25-22,25-19 746*Oct 09 DEPAUL W 3-2 21-25,23-25,25-21,25-12,15-11 1471*Oct 11 MARQUETTE W 3-0 25-19,25-21,25-16 1062*Oct 16 at Butler W 3-1 25-14,25-22,22-25,25-17 266*Oct 17 at Xavier W 3-1 21-25,25-18,25-21,25-21 649*Oct 23 PROVIDENCE W 3-0 25-19,25-15,25-17 1101*Oct 25 ST. JOHN'S W 3-0 25-20,27-25,25-19 1144*Oct 30 at Villanova L 2-3 25-27,25-22,23-25,25-19,17-19 437*Oct 31 at Seton Hall W 3-0 25-22,25-18,25-20 137*Nov 06 at Marquette W 3-0 27-25,25-19,25-19 1234*Nov 07 at DePaul W 3-1 25-22,22-25,25-23,25-19 323*Nov 13 XAVIER W 3-0 25-20,25-22,25-15 1913*Nov 15 BUTLER W 3-0 26-24,25-14,25-18 1137*Nov 20 at Georgetown W 3-2 23-25,26-28,30-28,26-24,15-7 171ENov 27 MARQUETTE W 3-2 25-19,25-16,21-25,20-25,15-10 1221ENov 28 VILLANOVA W 3-0 25-18,25-18,25-17 1583NDec 04 vs Coastal Carolina W 3-1 29-27,23-25,25-22,25-22 1367NDec 05 at #23 North Carolina W 3-1 30-32,25-18,25-18,25-14 712RDec 11 vs #2 USC L 1-3 27-25,16-25,16-25,18-25 2681
I = Illini Classic (Champaign, Ill.); * BIG EAST regular-season playU = UNI Tournament (Cedar Falls, Iowa); E = BIG EAST TourneyB = Bluejay Invitational (Omaha, Neb.); N = NCAA TournamentC = Creighton Classic (Omaha, Neb.); R = NCAA Regionals
Record in 3-set matches:13-4 • Record in 4-set matches:9-3 • Record in 5-set matches:5-2
2015 Creighton VolleyballCreighton Overall Individual Statistics (as of Dec 15, 2015)
Team Statistics CU OPPATTACK K i l l s 991 781 E r r o r s 328 345 Total Attacks 2442 2448 Attack Pct . 2 7 1 . 1 7 8 K i l l s / S e t 15.0 11.8SET A s s i s t s 928 727 A s s i s t s / S e t 14.1 11.0SERVE A c e s 88 63 E r r o r s 119 125 A c e s / S e t 1.3 1.0SERVE RECEPTIONS E r r o r s 63 88 E r r o r s / S e t 1.0 1.3DEFENSE D i g s 1120 972 D i g s / S e t 17.0 14.7BLOCKING Block Solo 18 20 Block Assist 290 218 Total Blocks 163.0 129.0 B l o c k s / S e t 2.5 2.0 Block Errors 23 45Ball handling errors 23 19ATTENDANCE T o t a l 10545 3890 Dates/Avg Per Date 9/1172 9/432 Neutral site #/Avg 0/0 Current win streak 6 - Home win streak 9 -
Date Opponent Score Score by set Att.*Sep 25 SETON HALL W 3-1 25-13,14-25,25-18,25-22 1116*Sep 27 VILLANOVA W 3-1 25-23,17-25,25-19,25-13 855*Oct 02 at St. John's W 3-1 20-25,25-20,25-14,25-20 462*Oct 03 at Providence W 3-0 25-23,25-19,25-20 211*Oct 06 GEORGETOWN W 3-0 25-17,25-22,25-19 746*Oct 09 DEPAUL W 3-2 21-25,23-25,25-21,25-12,15-11 1471*Oct 11 MARQUETTE W 3-0 25-19,25-21,25-16 1062*Oct 16 at Butler W 3-1 25-14,25-22,22-25,25-17 266*Oct 17 at Xavier W 3-1 21-25,25-18,25-21,25-21 649*Oct 23 PROVIDENCE W 3-0 25-19,25-15,25-17 1101*Oct 25 ST. JOHN'S W 3-0 25-20,27-25,25-19 1144*Oct 30 at Villanova L 2-3 25-27,25-22,23-25,25-19,17-19 437*Oct 31 at Seton Hall W 3-0 25-22,25-18,25-20 137*Nov 06 at Marquette W 3-0 27-25,25-19,25-19 1234*Nov 07 at DePaul W 3-1 25-22,22-25,25-23,25-19 323*Nov 13 XAVIER W 3-0 25-20,25-22,25-15 1913*Nov 15 BUTLER W 3-0 26-24,25-14,25-18 1137*Nov 20 at Georgetown W 3-2 23-25,26-28,30-28,26-24,15-7 171
I = Illini Classic (Champaign, Ill.); * BIG EAST regular-season playU = UNI Tournament (Cedar Falls, Iowa); E BIG EAST TourneyB = Bluejay Invitational (Omaha, Neb.)C = Creighton Classic (Omaha, Neb.);
Record in 3-set matches:9-0 • Record in 4-set matches:6-0 • Record in 5-set matches:2-1
2015 Creighton VolleyballCreighton Individual Season/Career Statistics (as of Dec 15, 2015)
2015 Creighton VolleyballCreighton Match Results (as of Dec 15, 2015)
All matches
Date Opponent Score Score-by-set Overall Conf Time Att.I Aug 28 vs Miami (Ohio) W 3-2 25-20,25-27,20-25,25-13,15-12 1-0 0-0 2:22 3344I Aug 29 vs Louisville L 2-3 18-25,25-18,21-25,25-23,11-15 1-1 0-0 2:25 3005I Aug 29 at #8 Illinois L 0-3 22-25,20-25,17-25 1-2 0-0 1:30 3005U Sep 04 vs #8 USC L 0-3 17-25,16-25,8-25 1-3 0-0 1:30 2784U Sep 05 at UNI L 1-3 18-25,21-25,25-8,19-25 1-4 0-0 1:58 2075U Sep 05 vs #10 Kentucky W 3-0 25-23,25-17,25-18 2-4 0-0 1:36 2075B Sep 11 LIPSCOMB W 3-0 25-19,25-8,25-18 3-4 0-0 1:19 1043B Sep 12 CSU BAKERSFIELD W 3-1 25-9,25-18,17-25,25-15 4-4 0-0 1:50 745B Sep 12 PACIFIC L 1-3 25-16,21-25,16-25,24-26 4-5 0-0 1:55 1166
Sep 15 #4 NEBRASKA L 0-3 17-25,19-25,22-25 4-6 0-0 1:30 10131C Sep 18 ARKANSAS W 3-0 25-19,25-19,25-18 5-6 0-0 1:27 1198C Sep 19 #11 WISCONSIN L 0-3 19-25,21-25,23-25 5-7 0-0 1:32 1262C Sep 20 KANSAS STATE W 3-2 22-25,22-25,25-23,26-24,15-13 6-7 0-0 2:31 1011* Sep 25 SETON HALL W 3-1 25-13,14-25,25-18,25-22 7-7 1-0 1:57 1116* Sep 27 VILLANOVA W 3-1 25-23,17-25,25-19,25-13 8-7 2-0 1:57 855* Oct 02 at St. John's W 3-1 20-25,25-20,25-14,25-20 9-7 3-0 1:57 462* Oct 03 at Providence W 3-0 25-23,25-19,25-20 10-7 4-0 1:32 211* Oct 06 GEORGETOWN W 3-0 25-17,25-22,25-19 11-7 5-0 1:32 746* Oct 09 DEPAUL W 3-2 21-25,23-25,25-21,25-12,15-11 12-7 6-0 2:24 1471* Oct 11 MARQUETTE W 3-0 25-19,25-21,25-16 13-7 7-0 1:27 1062* Oct 16 at Butler W 3-1 25-14,25-22,22-25,25-17 14-7 8-0 2:00 266* Oct 17 at Xavier W 3-1 21-25,25-18,25-21,25-21 15-7 9-0 2:09 649* Oct 23 PROVIDENCE W 3-0 25-19,25-15,25-17 16-7 10-0 1:18 1101* Oct 25 ST. JOHN'S W 3-0 25-20,27-25,25-19 17-7 11-0 1:32 1144* Oct 30 at Villanova L 2-3 25-27,25-22,23-25,25-19,17-19 17-8 11-1 2:34 437* Oct 31 at Seton Hall W 3-0 25-22,25-18,25-20 18-8 12-1 1:29 137* Nov 06 at Marquette W 3-0 27-25,25-19,25-19 19-8 13-1 1:33 1234* Nov 07 at DePaul W 3-1 25-22,22-25,25-23,25-19 20-8 14-1 1:58 323* Nov 13 XAVIER W 3-0 25-20,25-22,25-15 21-8 15-1 1:27 1913* Nov 15 BUTLER W 3-0 26-24,25-14,25-18 22-8 16-1 1:30 1137* Nov 20 at Georgetown W 3-2 23-25,26-28,30-28,26-24,15-7 23-8 17-1 2:22 171E Nov 27 MARQUETTE W 3-2 25-19,25-16,21-25,20-25,15-10 24-8 17-1 2:18 1221E Nov 28 VILLANOVA W 3-0 25-18,25-18,25-17 25-8 17-1 1:21 1583N Dec 04 vs Coastal Carolina W 3-1 29-27,23-25,25-22,25-22 26-8 17-1 2:13 1367N Dec 05 at #23 North Carolina W 3-1 30-32,25-18,25-18,25-14 27-8 17-1 1:58 712R Dec 11 vs #2 USC L 1-3 27-25,16-25,16-25,18-25 27-9 17-1 2:04 2681
I = Illini Classic (Champaign, Ill.); * BIG EAST regular-season playU = UNI Tournament (Cedar Falls, Iowa); E = BIG EAST TourneyB = Bluejay Invitational (Omaha, Neb.); N = NCAA TournamentC = Creighton Classic (Omaha, Neb.); R = NCAA Regionals
Team Record W-L-TOverall: 27-9
Conference: 17-1Home: 15-3Away: 9-3
Neutral: 3-33 sets: 13-44 sets: 9-35 sets: 5-2
Attend Dates Total Avg.Total: 36 54843 1523
Home: 18 29905 1661Away: 12 9682 807
Neutral: 6 15256 2543
Individual Career History
BALLENGER,Megan
BAUMERT,Maggie
Season sp-mp k k/s e ta pct a a/s sa sa/s se dig d/s re bs ba tb b/s be bhe pts pts/s2014 107-33 72 0.67 30 199 . 2 1 1 1054 9.85 16 0.15 18 224 2.09 1 5 63 68 0.64 5 11 124.5 1.162015 84-25 76 0.90 20 201 . 2 7 9 921 10.96 18 0.21 15 195 2.32 1 5 69 74 0.88 3 14 133.5 1.58TOTAL 191-58 148 0.77 50 400 . 2 4 5 1975 10.34 34 0.18 33 419 2.19 2 10 132 142 0.74 8 25 258.0 1.35
Team Statistics CU OPPATTACK K i l l s 173 177 E r r o r s 54 64 Total Attacks 493 488 Attack Pct . 2 4 1 . 2 3 2 K i l l s / S e t 14.4 14.8SET A s s i s t s 166 166 A t t e m p t s 474 487 Assist Pct . 3 5 0 . 3 4 1 A s s i s t s / S e t 13.8 13.8SERVE A c e s 7 17 E r r o r s 21 28 A t t e m p t s 283 279 Serve Pct . 9 2 6 . 9 0 0 A c e s / S e t 0.6 1.4SERVE RECEPTIONS E r r o r s 17 7 E r r o r s / S e t 1.4 0.6 A t t e m p t s 251 262 Reception Pct . 9 3 2 . 9 7 3DEFENSE D i g s 212 231 D i g s / S e t 17.7 19.2BLOCKING Block Solo 6 4 Block Assist 45 28 Total Blocks 28.5 18.0 B l o c k s / S e t 2.4 1.5 Block Errors 4 16Ball handling errors 8 10ATTENDANCE T o t a l 0 712 Dates/Avg Per Date 0/0 1/712 Neutral site #/Avg 2/2024 Current win streak 0 - Home win streak 0 -
Date Opponent Score Score by set Att.NDec 04 vs Coastal Carolina W 3-1 29-27,23-25,25-22,25-22 1367NDec 05 at #23 North Carolina W 3-1 30-32,25-18,25-18,25-14 712RDec 11 vs #2 USC L 1-3 27-25,16-25,16-25,18-25 2681
I = Illini Classic (Champaign, Ill.); * BIG EAST regular-season playU = UNI Tournament (Cedar Falls, Iowa); E = BIG EAST TourneyB = Bluejay Invitational (Omaha, Neb.); N = NCAA TournamentC = Creighton Classic (Omaha, Neb.); R = NCAA Regionals
Record in 3-set matches: 0-0Record in 4-set matches: 2-1Record in 5-set matches: 0-0
