Saturday, November 1
D.J. Sokol Arena
6:00 PM
Creighton University
18-7, 11-1BIG EAST
3
vs
0
Georgetown
9-16, 3-9BIG EAST
1
2
3
F
Georgetown
18
22
16
0
Creighton
25
25
25
3
Volleyball Sweeps Georgetown For Sixth Straight Win
11/1/2014 8:05:00 PM | Volleyball
OMAHA, Neb. -- Creighton Volleyball team rolled to its sixth straight win on Saturday night with a 3-0 win over Georgetown. Scores of the match were 25-18, 25-22, 25-16.
Creighton improved to 18-7 on the year with the win and remained 1.5 games in front of its BIG EAST competition with an 11-1 league record. Georgetown fell to 9-16 (3-9 BIG EAST).
Lauren Smith led Creighton with 10 kills on .600 hitting, while fellow middle blocker Kelli Browning owned a match-high seven blocks. Creighton owned 45 kills, seven aces, 36 digs and 10.0 blocks while hitting .337 in the win.
Terese Cannon paced Georgetown with a match-high 11 kills, while Emily Gisolfi owned 15 digs as the Hoya libero. Georgetown finished with 36 kills, no aces, 41 digs and three blocks on .206 hitting.
Smith led Creighton in the first set with five kills on seven swings, including the clincher on set point. Creighton broke free from a 13-13 tie by scoring seven of the next nine points en route to the 25-18 victory. Senior setter Michelle Sicner had 15 of her team-high 30 assists in the opening frame.
Creighton appeared well on its way to a 2-0 intermission lead after building a 21-13 lead late in the second set. But Georgetown fought valiantly, tying the score at 22-all on a kill by Casey Speer. Following a Creighton timeout Bluejay freshman Marysa Wilkinson took over, sandwiching blocks around a kill to help CU earn the 25-22 win. Browning had five blocks in the second set on a night that saw her become the second player in CU history to surpass 500 career block assists.
Creighton got three aces from Ashley Jansen in the third set and would win going away, 25-16, to earn its second straight sweep. Leah McNary had four kills and CU hit .448 in the stanza.
Creighton will play on the road next weekend with matches at Xavier on Friday and at Butler on Saturday, with both contests starting at 6 pm Central.
NOTES: Creighton has won 74 straight matches when up 2-0 at intermission at all sites and 44 straight home matches when taking the first set ... Creighton has won 65 straight contests when hitting .300 or better and 22 straight when hitting .250 or better ... Both teams played without their regular liberos, as both were injured in the second set of different matches last weekend vs. Marquette ... Creighton's six straight wins ties a season-high and is also tied for the fourth-longest win streak in the program's modern history ... Creighton's eight straight home wins is tied for the second-longest streak in program history ... Creighton improved to 14-1 all-time at home in BIG EAST play and has now won 24 straight conference home matches in even-numbered years ... Kelli Browning had her ninth straight match of five or more blocks, tying a program record held by Jessica Houts ... Creighton's 70 wins over the past three seasons (2012-Present) are the most in any three-year stretch in program history.
Creighton improved to 18-7 on the year with the win and remained 1.5 games in front of its BIG EAST competition with an 11-1 league record. Georgetown fell to 9-16 (3-9 BIG EAST).
Lauren Smith led Creighton with 10 kills on .600 hitting, while fellow middle blocker Kelli Browning owned a match-high seven blocks. Creighton owned 45 kills, seven aces, 36 digs and 10.0 blocks while hitting .337 in the win.
Terese Cannon paced Georgetown with a match-high 11 kills, while Emily Gisolfi owned 15 digs as the Hoya libero. Georgetown finished with 36 kills, no aces, 41 digs and three blocks on .206 hitting.
Smith led Creighton in the first set with five kills on seven swings, including the clincher on set point. Creighton broke free from a 13-13 tie by scoring seven of the next nine points en route to the 25-18 victory. Senior setter Michelle Sicner had 15 of her team-high 30 assists in the opening frame.
Creighton appeared well on its way to a 2-0 intermission lead after building a 21-13 lead late in the second set. But Georgetown fought valiantly, tying the score at 22-all on a kill by Casey Speer. Following a Creighton timeout Bluejay freshman Marysa Wilkinson took over, sandwiching blocks around a kill to help CU earn the 25-22 win. Browning had five blocks in the second set on a night that saw her become the second player in CU history to surpass 500 career block assists.
Creighton got three aces from Ashley Jansen in the third set and would win going away, 25-16, to earn its second straight sweep. Leah McNary had four kills and CU hit .448 in the stanza.
Creighton will play on the road next weekend with matches at Xavier on Friday and at Butler on Saturday, with both contests starting at 6 pm Central.
NOTES: Creighton has won 74 straight matches when up 2-0 at intermission at all sites and 44 straight home matches when taking the first set ... Creighton has won 65 straight contests when hitting .300 or better and 22 straight when hitting .250 or better ... Both teams played without their regular liberos, as both were injured in the second set of different matches last weekend vs. Marquette ... Creighton's six straight wins ties a season-high and is also tied for the fourth-longest win streak in the program's modern history ... Creighton's eight straight home wins is tied for the second-longest streak in program history ... Creighton improved to 14-1 all-time at home in BIG EAST play and has now won 24 straight conference home matches in even-numbered years ... Kelli Browning had her ninth straight match of five or more blocks, tying a program record held by Jessica Houts ... Creighton's 70 wins over the past three seasons (2012-Present) are the most in any three-year stretch in program history.
Team Stats
GU
CU
Kills
36
45
Errors
16
11
Attempts
97
101
Hitting %
.206
.337
Points
39.0
62.0
Assists
36
38
Aces
0
7
Blocks
3.0
10.0
Game Leaders
Kills-Aces-Blocks
Kills
10
Aces
0
Blocks
1
Kills
9
Aces
0
Blocks
2
Kills
7
Aces
0
Blocks
3
Players Mentioned
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