Sunday, October 11
D.J. Sokol Arena
1:00 PM
Creighton University
13-7, 7-0BIG EAST
3
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Marquette
12-7, 4-3BIG EAST
1
2
3
F
Marquette
19
21
16
0
Creighton
25
25
25
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Volleyball Sweeps Marquette For Best League Start Ever
10/11/2015 4:24:00 PM | Volleyball
OMAHA, Neb. -- Jaali Winters had 23 kills on .541 hitting as the Creighton Volleyball team swept Marquette on Sunday afternoon in a battle between the teams picked atop the BIG EAST preseason poll.
Scores of the match were 25-19, 25-21, 25-16.
The victory for Creighton (13-7, 7-0 BIG EAST) was its eighth straight, and improves the Bluejays to 7-0 in conference play for the first time ever. Marquette fell to 12-7 on the year and is 4-3 in BIG EAST play.
Unlike Friday, when it lost the first two sets to DePaul, Creighton started fast. Lauren Smith had three kills as the Bluejays bolted to a 4-0 start and prompt a quick Marquette timeout. The Bluejays extended the lead to 14-5 to force MU's second timeout and the Golden Eagles never got any closer than four the rest of the set. Smith had five kills in the first set, while Maggie Baumert dished 13 assists in her first start since October 2nd.
Winters would dominate the final two sets of the match, with nine kills in the second set and 11 kills in the third frame.
The teams traded five lead changes and were tied 15 times in the second set. With the score knotted at 21-all late, Winters had three straight kills to get CU to set point, which the Bluejays won when Taryn Kloth and Marysa Wilkinson combined to stuff a Joy Miley attack. Baumert dished 17 assists in the set while adding four digs and a kill.
The Bluejays took the final set wire-to-wire, hitting .447 with Baumert distributing an assist on 18 of CU's 20 kills. Winters had 11 kills in 12 swings in the set, including kills for CU's final two points to complete the sweep.
Baumert had 48 assists and eight digs in the match while quarterbacking a CU offense that hit .356. Winters was the main target, putting down 23 kills in 37 swings while hitting a season-high .541. The 23 kills by Winters were tied for second-most in a three-set match in Creighton history. Kate Elman topped the defense with 13 digs, while Wilkinson and Kloth both had three blocks.
Marquette was led by nine kills from Taylor Louis, who entered the weekend second nationally with 5.11 kills per set. Sara Blasier had 24 assists for the Golden Eagles, while Lauren Houg tied for match-high honors with 13 digs.
Creighton controlled the statistical categories, owning a lead in kills (57-33), hitting percentage (.356 - .208) and digs (51-41). Both teams owned five blocks and two aces.
NOTES: Jaali Winters now owns four matches this season with 20+ kills, tying her with Melissa Walsh for most in program history among freshmen ... In three matches played on Sunday's, Jaali Winters has 71 kills in 12 sets (5.92 kps.) while hitting .381 in 147 swings. Creighton won all three contests ... The only Bluejay with more kills in a three-set match than Winters' 23 today was Leah Ratzlaff at Evansville on Oct. 30, 2004. Winters is the fourth person with 23 in a three-set match ... Creighton's eight straight wins tie the program's third-longest win streak since its 1994 reinstatement ... Creighton is now 52-1 in its last 53 home matches when it wins the first set ... Creighton improved to 20-2 in regular-season BIG EAST play at D.J. Sokol Arena ... Marquette entered the week with an RPI of 25 ... The nine kills by Taylor Louis tied a season-low for Marquette's redshirt freshman.
Scores of the match were 25-19, 25-21, 25-16.
The victory for Creighton (13-7, 7-0 BIG EAST) was its eighth straight, and improves the Bluejays to 7-0 in conference play for the first time ever. Marquette fell to 12-7 on the year and is 4-3 in BIG EAST play.
Unlike Friday, when it lost the first two sets to DePaul, Creighton started fast. Lauren Smith had three kills as the Bluejays bolted to a 4-0 start and prompt a quick Marquette timeout. The Bluejays extended the lead to 14-5 to force MU's second timeout and the Golden Eagles never got any closer than four the rest of the set. Smith had five kills in the first set, while Maggie Baumert dished 13 assists in her first start since October 2nd.
Winters would dominate the final two sets of the match, with nine kills in the second set and 11 kills in the third frame.
The teams traded five lead changes and were tied 15 times in the second set. With the score knotted at 21-all late, Winters had three straight kills to get CU to set point, which the Bluejays won when Taryn Kloth and Marysa Wilkinson combined to stuff a Joy Miley attack. Baumert dished 17 assists in the set while adding four digs and a kill.
The Bluejays took the final set wire-to-wire, hitting .447 with Baumert distributing an assist on 18 of CU's 20 kills. Winters had 11 kills in 12 swings in the set, including kills for CU's final two points to complete the sweep.
Baumert had 48 assists and eight digs in the match while quarterbacking a CU offense that hit .356. Winters was the main target, putting down 23 kills in 37 swings while hitting a season-high .541. The 23 kills by Winters were tied for second-most in a three-set match in Creighton history. Kate Elman topped the defense with 13 digs, while Wilkinson and Kloth both had three blocks.
Marquette was led by nine kills from Taylor Louis, who entered the weekend second nationally with 5.11 kills per set. Sara Blasier had 24 assists for the Golden Eagles, while Lauren Houg tied for match-high honors with 13 digs.
Creighton controlled the statistical categories, owning a lead in kills (57-33), hitting percentage (.356 - .208) and digs (51-41). Both teams owned five blocks and two aces.
NOTES: Jaali Winters now owns four matches this season with 20+ kills, tying her with Melissa Walsh for most in program history among freshmen ... In three matches played on Sunday's, Jaali Winters has 71 kills in 12 sets (5.92 kps.) while hitting .381 in 147 swings. Creighton won all three contests ... The only Bluejay with more kills in a three-set match than Winters' 23 today was Leah Ratzlaff at Evansville on Oct. 30, 2004. Winters is the fourth person with 23 in a three-set match ... Creighton's eight straight wins tie the program's third-longest win streak since its 1994 reinstatement ... Creighton is now 52-1 in its last 53 home matches when it wins the first set ... Creighton improved to 20-2 in regular-season BIG EAST play at D.J. Sokol Arena ... Marquette entered the week with an RPI of 25 ... The nine kills by Taylor Louis tied a season-low for Marquette's redshirt freshman.
Team Stats
MU
CU
Kills
33
57
Errors
12
15
Attempts
101
118
Hitting %
.208
.356
Points
40.0
64.0
Assists
29
55
Aces
2
2
Blocks
5.0
5.0
Game Leaders
Kills
23
Aces
0
Blocks
0
Kills
9
Aces
0
Blocks
2
Kills
8
Aces
1
Blocks
3
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