Volleyball Earns Four-Game Win at Iowa State

AMES, Iowa ? Lauren Bloemke had a career-best 18 kills off the bench and served an 11-0 run in game three to lead Creighton (3-1) past host Iowa State (0-2) in volleyball action from Ames, Iowa on Tuesday night. Scores of the victory were 30-24, 27-30, 30-18, 30-21.

A sophomore from Tampa, Fla., Bloemke provided a boost midway through game one, while taking over when all-Valley middle blocker Kelly Goc went down with a leg injury. The Jays led just 15-14 at the time of Goc was helped to the bench, but CU used a 9-3 run to take a 24-17 lead. A solo block by Amanda Cvejdlik ended game one, 30-24.

Game two saw ISU eliminate many of the serving miscues that plagued it in game one and added five blocks while slowing the CU attack. With the score tied at 24-24, ISU scored five of the next seven points to earn three game point opportunities. A kill by Lauren Cummings kill ended game two with the Cyclones ahead 30-27, evening the match at 1-1.

Creighton railed 14-13 in game three before unleashing an 11-0 run to take control of the match. The run included three aces from Bloemke four blocks that Jessica Houts was a part of.The Jays would win game three 30-18 on Sarah Schulze kill. ISU hit -.160 in game three and had trouble defensively as CU collected five aces in the third set.

The Jays broke free from a 15-15 deadlock in game four with a 6-0 run with Korie Lebeda at the service line. CU would close the match with a 15-6 run to close out the victory with a 30-21 win.

Bloemke eclipsed her previous high of 10 kills by eight, hitting .324. After entering the match with three career aces, she had three aces in the game three victory alone. Allie Oelke's 13 kills and nine digs were both career-highs, while Houts finished her first double-double with 14 digs and 10 blocks. CU hit .218 and had 59 kills, 10 aces, 54 digs and 15 blocks.

ISU was paced by honorable-mention All-American Erin Boeve, who had 14 kills and 11 digs but seemed to tire late and finished with 10 errors. The Cyclones had 46 kills, two aces, 54 digs and 13 blocks while hitting .098.

Creighton returns to action on Friday with a match in Lincoln, Neb., against defending national champion and top-ranked Nebraska. The match can be heard on KVSS (88.9 FM) and will start at 7 pm.

NOTES: Korie Lebeda notched her 3,000^th career assist on the first point of the match, a set to Sarah Schulze. It happened in Lebeda's 65^th career match, seven matches fewer than the previous Creighton mark (Kailey Reyes) and eight matches quicker than all-time Valley assist leader Jill Arganbright (Northern Iowa) ...Bianca Rivera became the first player in CU history to open her career with four straight matches of 10 or more digs ...Korie Lebeda had her first double-double of the year ...Creighton's 10 aces were a season-high ...Iowa State played without all-Big 12 setter Kaylee Manns, who is serving a three-match suspension.

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Players Mentioned

Lauren Bloemke

Amanda Cvejdlik

Kelly Goc

Jessica Houts

Korie Lebeda

Allie Oelke

Bianca Rivera

Sarah Schulze