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No. 16 Seed Volleyball Ready For Fourth Straight NCAA Appearance
12/1/2015 9:58:00 PM | Volleyball
Creighton meets Coastal Carolina on Friday in Chapel Hill, N.C.
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NCAA Tournament
Dec. 4   3:30 pm CST   Coastal Carolina vs. Creighton    Chapel Hill, N.C. (Carmichael Arena)
Dec. 4   6:00 pm CST   UNC Wilmington at North Carolina   Chapel Hill, N.C. (Carmichael Arena)
Dec. 5   4:00 pm CST   First Round Winners in 2nd Round   Chapel Hill, N.C. (Carmichael Arena)
This Weekend
The 2015 BIG EAST regular-season and tournament champion Creighton Volleyball team makes its fourth straight NCAA Tournament appearance, and fifth in six years, this weekend when continues play in Chapel Hill, N.C.
   Creighton (25-8, 17-1 BIG EAST) is the No. 16 overall seed in the field and opens up on Friday against Coastal Carolina (25-4, 15-0 Big South) in a match scheduled to start at 3:30 pm Central.
   The second match on Friday pits UNC Wilmington (24-7, 12-4 Colonial Athletic Association) taking on host North Carolina (20-9, 17-3 Atlantic Coast), the nation's No. 23 team, at 6 pm Central.
   Saturday's second-round match-up features the two winners from Friday meeting at 4 pm Central.
   Carmichael Arena (6,800) will host the action.
   The team that emerges from Chapel Hill will head to San Diego, Calif., to head to the San Diego Regional next weekend.
Broadcast Information
All matches this weekend will be video webcast at no charge. Fans/media can access the video links by visiting the Tournament Central page at http://tinyurl.com/JaysNC. Please note that they DO NOT work on ios devices (iphone/ipad). They do work on android or windows mobile devices/tablets, and also on desktop computers.
   None of Creighton's matches this weekend will be on radio.
Live Stats Information
All matches this weekend will have free live stats. Visit www.gocreighton.com and navigate to the volleyball schedule page for the exact links to each match.
Scouting Creighton
Creighton has won 20 of its last 21 matches and owns a 25-8 record on the fall, which includes an 17-1 BIG EAST mark and a second consecutive sweep of the league's regular-season and tournament titles.
   The Bluejays enjoyed the success after a rigorous non-conference schedule that featured a nation-leading five top-11 foes. Despite the challenging slate, the Bluejays finished the fall placing second in three straight tournaments. Creighton enters the NCAA Tournament with an RPI of 15 and earned the No. 16 overall seed in the tournament.
   The Bluejays own wins over nine NCAA Tournament teams from a year ago, including a sweep of then-No. 10 Kentucky and a five-set comeback win over Kansas State. Five of Creighton's losses have come against teams that are currently ranked in the top-25, including current No. 2 USC, No. 5 Nebraska, No. 10 Wisconsin, No. 18 Louisville and No. 21 Illinois.
   Jaali Winters (4.04 kps.) and Jess Bird (2.79 kps., 2.75 dps.) lead the Creighton offense on the outside. Winters was named BIG EAST Freshman of the Year and a unanimous First Team All-Conference pick, while Bird was tabbed Preseason BIG EAST Player of the Year and named the MVP of last week's BIG EAST Volleyball Championship.
   Middle blocker Lauren Smith (2.44 kps., 1.29 bps., .332%) excels in the middle and earned All-Tournament Team honors during all four non-conference weekend tournaments. Smith was also named a First Team All-BIG EAST performer.
   Creighton's final All-BIG EAST honoree was senior Maggie Baumert (10.75 aps.), one of four starters at setter the Bluejays have used this year. Libero Kate Elman (4.13 dps.) continues to add to her Creighton-record dig total and is just one shy of 2,000 in her career.
   Creighton averages 13.98 kills, 1.21 aces, 16.47 digs and 2.39 blocks per set while hitting .249 as a team.
Scouting Coastal Carolina
Coastal Carolina is 25-4 and winners of 18 straight matches, including a 15-0 run through the Big South Conference. The Chanticleers then punched their ticket to a second straight Big Dance with three wins at the Big South Tournament, which was held in High Point, N.C.
   Two-time Big South Conference Player of the Year Leah Hardeman (3.91 kps., 2.62 dps., .282%) added to her honors with Tournament MVP recognition last weekend, while Lian Bernett (2.24 kps., 2.65 dps.) and Eszter Nagy (2.35 kps.) were also on the All-Tournament Team.
   Lincoln native Sara Boothe (8.49 aps.) and Dora Lulic (5.00 aps.) handle the setting duties, while Carla Cahill (3.98 dps.) is the libero.
   As a team, CCU averages 13.65 kills, 1.48 aces, 15.70 digs and 2.03 blocks per set on .289 hitting.
The Coaches
Creighton is coached by Kirsten Bernthal Booth (Truman State, 1997), who owns a 260-145 record in 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.
   She was 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. She's also been named 2015 BIG EAST Coach of the Year after leading the Bluejays to the league's regular-season and tournament titles.
   The winningest coach in school history, Booth has led Creighton to its only five NCAA Tournament bids in the program's modern history. She's also led the Jays into the top-25 each of the previous three 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.
   Jozsef Forman (Hungarian University of Physical Education, 1989) is in his fourth season at Coastal Carolina, where he owns a 83-37 record. Forman arrived at Coastal after going 58-39 in three years at New Orleans from 2007-09. He is assisted by Chris Gonzales, Benavia Jenkins and Jenna Orner.
Series History vs. Coastal Carolina
Creighton has never faced Coastal Carolina in volleyball. Neither has Kirsten Bernthal Booth.
Last Weekend Summary
Creighton won its second straight BIG EAST Tournament title with victories over Marquette (3-2) and Villanova (3-0).
   Jess Bird (3.50 kps., 1.50 dps., .263%) was named Tournament MVP and joined Kate Elman (4.38 dps.) and Maggie Baumert (10.50 aps., 3.12 dps.) on the All-Tourney Team.
NCAA Tournament History
Creighton is making its fifth appearance in the NCAA Tournament in the past six years after earning a fourth straight bid to the Big Dance.
   The Bluejays are 3-4 in its previous four appearances, and have knocked off the likes of Iowa State (2010), Marquette (2012) and Arkansas (2013) in those trips.
   Creighton is 3-1 in first round play, but 0-3 in the second round. The Bluejays are also 3-1 at neutral-site games and 0-3 in true road games.
   CU, however, has never won two straight matches in the Tournament and is seeking its first Sweet 16 appearance.
   Kirsten Bernthal Booth is 3-4 all-time in the NCAA Tournament.
   This year's No. 16 seed marks Creighton's first national seed in program history.
Elite Company
Creighton is one of just three schools to have 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 volleyball; while Creighton was 12th in soccer and 16th in volleyball.
History of No. 16 Seeds
The 2015 NCAA Tournament will mark the 15th year of the NCAA Tournament in the rally scoring era.
   In that time, the No. 16 seeds are 13-1 in the opening round. The only upset came last year 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) eight times, with the 2010 Purdue team the only club to advance to the Elite Eight.
   Additionally, it's worth noting that no fewer than 10-of-16 seeds have reached the Sweet 16 in each of the last 14 seasons.
Year   No. 16 Seed   W-L   Seeds to Sweet 16?
2014   Kansas   0-1   13/16
2013   Duke   1-1   11/16
2012   Kentucky   2-1   12/16
2011Â Â Â Texas A&MÂ Â Â 1-1Â Â Â 11/16
2010   Purdue   3-1   11/16
2009   Florida   2-1   12/16
2008   Tulane   1-1   13/16
2007   Cal Poly   2-1   10/16
2006   San Diego   2-1   15/16
2005Â Â Â UCLAÂ Â Â 2-1Â Â Â 13/16
2004   Missouri   1-1   14/16
2003Â Â Â Texas A&MÂ Â Â 2-1Â Â Â 16/16
2002   Notre Dame   1-1   13/16
2001   Northern Iowa   2-1   16/16
Not One, Not Two, Not Three...
Creighton Volleyball is making its fourth consecutive 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.
Just Like Soccer?
Creighton fans are certainly hoping that this weekend's volleyball follows a similar script to how the NCAA Men's Soccer Tournament has played out in recent weeks.
   In the men's soccer tournament, Coastal Carolina faced North Carolina (in Chapel Hill), and the Tar Heels would advance to meet up with Creighton (also in Chapel Hill).
   Last Saturday, Creighton men's soccer eliminated the fifth-seeded Tar Heels, 1-0, on a goal by Timo Pitter. The 12th-seeded Bluejay men's soccer team, which spent eight weeks ranked No. 1 this fall, plays for a spot in the College Cup on Saturday at 3 pm Central at fourth-seeded Akron.
Not The First Seed To Travel
Creighton earned the No. 16 seed, but is headed to Chapel Hill because it did not submit a bid to host. The Bluejays are not the first team to earn a seed but hit the road.
   In 2010, No. 11 Tennessee was sent to Bloomington, Ind., No. 13 LSU was sent to Norman, Okla., and No. 15 Hawai'i was shipped to Seattle, Wash.
   In 2009 five national seeds were shipped out of their home city.
   On a local level, in 2001 Nebraska was the No. 2 overall seed in the NCAA Tournament yet was shipped to their former league rival, Kansas State.
Tough Opener
When Creighton opens the NCAA Tournament with Coastal Carolina on Friday, it'll be one of just five (of 32) match-ups that involve teams with 25 wins or more.
   Here's a look at those pairings:
Creighton (25-8) vs. Coastal Carolina (25-4)
USC (30-2) vs. Cleveland State (26-6)
Washington (28-2) vs. Denver (27-7)
Dayton (26-5) vs. Villanova (25-8)
BYU (26-3) vs. Ohio (25-7)
More From Chapel Hill
The Chapel Hill sub-Regional is one of five sites in which all four teams have 20 or more wins. Strangely, four of those five are in the San Diego Regional.
   It's one of two sites that have three teams from the same state, as the College Station sub-Regional features TCU, Texas A&M and Texas A&M-Corpus Christi.
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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 are the only schools that defeated multiple NCAA Tournament teams in a conference tournament.
   Creighton downed Marquette and Villanova, while Wichita State topped both Northern Iowa and Missouri State.
Battle Tested
Creighton played 15 of its 33 matches this season against teams that reached the NCAA Tournament, going 8-7 in those contests. Of the eight wins, five came via a sweep. The Jays are 6-1 in their last seven matches against such foes.
   Creighton defeated Lipscomb, Kentucky, Kansas State, Marquette (3x) and Villanova (2x), and lost once each to USC, Wisconsin, Louisville, Illinois, Nebraska, UNI and Villanova.
   Creighton was led by Jaali Winters' 4.13 kills per set in those matches, while Kate Elman averaged 4.09 digs per set. Both Maggie Baumert (10.65) and Kenzie Crawford (10.06) averaged more than 10 assists per set in those matches.
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Common Opponents?
Creighton and Coastal Carolina share just one common opponent this season, Xavier.
   Creighton went 2-0 against the Musketeers, winning 3-1 in Cincinnati and 3-0 in Omaha.
   Coastal Carolina went 0-1 against the Musketeers, falling in five sets on Sept. 12 in Tallahassee, Fla.
High Five
Kirsten 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 @CU
Bob Warming   Men's Soccer   11
Dana Altman   Men's Basketball   7
Brent Vigness   Softball   7
Kirsten Bernthal Booth   Volleyball   5
Bret Simon   Men's Soccer   5
Elmar Bolowich   Men's Soccer   5
Bruce Erickson   Women's Soccer   5
Mary Higgins   Softball   5
High School Reunion
Creighton's Lauren Smith and Coastal Carolina's Sara Boothe both attended Lincoln Pius X High School in Lincoln, Neb.
   Smith is a First Team All-BIG EAST middle blocker for the Bluejays, where she averages 2.44 kills and 1.29 blocks per set while hitting .332. Smith is a redshirt junior who wrapped up her high school volleyball career in the fall of 2011.
   Boothe leads the Chanticleers in assists per set (8.49 aps.) and also owns 166 digs and 33 kills. She is a true freshman at Coastal Carolina and spent three years on the varsity with the Thunderbolts, meaning she and Smith were never high school teammates. However, Boothe did attend several Creighton Volleyball camps as a kid growing up.
Automatic Bid x 2
Creighton is one of 11 schools nationally to earn an automatic bid into each of the last 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 campaigns have been American, Coastal Carolina, Creighton, Dayton, Denver and New Hampshire.
Back-To-Back Tournament Champs
Creighton just 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 volleyball.
All-Tournament Honors
Creighton had three women earn All-Tournament honors after the BIG EAST Volleyball Championship.
   Jess Bird was named the MVP after averaging 3.50 kills and 1.50 digs per set on .263 hitting.
   Maggie Baumert earned her spot after averaging 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.
Bluejays Collect The Hardware
Creighton 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 is 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 previously won the honor from her BIG EAST peers.
#Winning
Creighton ranks among the national leaders in four key categories as it relates to winning.
   Creighton ranks tied for seventh with 15 home wins.
   Creighton ranks tied for 27th with 25 wins.
   Creighton ranks tied for 39th with eight road victories.
   Creighton is 42nd nationally in winning percentage at .758.
Season Highlights
The 2015 season has been one full of highlights for Creighton. Consider the following...
-Creighton owns an NCAA RPI of 15 in this week's official rankings, and is 26th in the latest AVCA Top 25 poll.
-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, beating a pair of eventual NCAA Tournament teams in the process.
-Creighton has won 20 of its last 21 matches, and is 24-4 since starting the season 1-4.
-Creighton ranks nationally tied for 27th in victories and 39th in road victories this season.
-Creighton was the nation's only team to play five top-11 teams in non-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 owns nine top-50 wins this season, which is tied for ninth in the nation.
-Creighton owns nine wins this fall against teams that made the 2014 NCAA Tournament.
The .700 Club
Creighton 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 for one set in the process.
Best Team Hitting Percentage in a Set
   %   K-E-TA   Opponent (Set #)   Date
   .722   13-0-18   at Georgetown (5)   11/20/15
.714Â Â Â 10-0-14Â Â Â vs. Northern Iowa (5)Â Â Â 9/5/14
   .684   13-0-19   Eastern Illinois (2)   10/15/00
   .682   15-0-22   Tulsa (3)   10/27/95
   .654   18-1-26   Bradley (3)   9/25/10
Select Company
Creighton is one of just 15 schools nationally who have won 23 games or more in each of the previous three seasons. That group consists of BYU, College of Charleston, Creighton, Florida, Florida State, Idaho State, LIU Brooklyn, Marquette, Nebraska, North Carolina, Penn State, Stanford, Texas, Washington and Western Kentucky.
   Creighton is also one of 26 teams to have appeared in each of the previous three NCAA Tournaments. That group features Arizona State, BYU, Colorado State, Creighton, Florida, Florida State, Hawaii, Iowa State, Kansas, Kentucky, LIU Brooklyn, Marquette, Miami (Fla.), Michigan State, Nebraska, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Oregon, Penn State, San Diego, Stanford, Texas, Texas A&M, USC, Washington and Yale.
   Throw in three straight NCAA Tournament bids to that group of teams with three straight 23-win seasons and the group narrows to 12 teams: That group consists of BYU, Creighton, Florida, Florida State, LIU Brooklyn, Marquette, Nebraska, North Carolina, Penn State, Stanford, Texas and Washington.
   Below is how each of those 15 teams with three straight seasons of 23+ wins (entering this year) are doing this year (through Dec. 1):
Team   W-L   NCAA Qualifier?
Western Kentucky   31-3   Yes
Washington   28-2   Yes
BYUÂ Â Â 26-3Â Â Â Yes
Nebraska   26-4   Yes
Penn State   26-5   Yes
Creighton   25-8   Yes
Texas   25-2   Yes
Florida State   24-7   Yes
Idaho State   23-10   No
Florida   22-6   Yes
Stanford   22-6   Yes
Marquette   21-11   Yes
North Carolina   20-9   Yes
College of Charleston   20-13   No
LIU Brooklyn   14-14   No
Senior Day Celebrates Quintet
Creighton'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 has gone 102-30 over the last four seasons, and are the winningest group in program history. They've posted four straight seasons of 23 or more wins and reached an unprecedented four straight NCAA Tournaments. The group has also been part of the program's first three regular-season conference titles (2012, 2014, 2015), and also part of the program's first three postseason conference tournament titles (2012, 2014, 2015).
   Ashley Jansen ranks ninth in Creighton history with 84 aces and owns 838 digs. Primarily a defensive specialist throughout her career, Jansen has made nine career starts at setter and owns 343 career assists, which ranks 10th in CU history.
   Melanie Jereb has appeared in more wins (100) than any player in program history. She arrived on the scene as a first-team all-MVC performer in 2012 and has been a regular in the line-up ever since. Jereb ranks eighth in CU history with 1,188 career digs and also owns 586 kills, 169 blocks and 67 aces.
   Maggie Baumert is finishing up her second season in the program after transferring to Creighton in the spring of 2014. Baumert owns 1,828 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 1,999 digs, ranks fifth with 103 aces and 11th with 337 career assists. She also owns school records for matches with 10 or more digs and 20 or more digs.
   Lizzy Stivers is a fifth-year senior who owns 39 aces, 72 digs, six kills and one block in her career. She's been used primarily as a serving specialist since enrolling at Creighton.
Win, Win Scenario
With 102 wins to date, Creighton's senior class has surpassed last year's senior class (94) for the most wins in any four-year span in program history.
   The 102 wins are just one less victory in that time of CU's neighbor to the southwest at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
   Individually, Melanie Jereb (100) and Ashley Jansen (99) have played 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
   100   Melanie Jereb   2012-Pres.
   99   Ashley Jansen   2012-Pres.
   93   Kate Elman   2012-Pres.
   92   Leah McNary   2011-14
   87   Kelli Browning   2011-14
   86   Lizzy Stivers   2012-Pres.
   82   Michelle Sicner   2011-14
Title History
Creighton won its third regular-season title in program history this fall.
   Creighton's first league titles in program history 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 a BIG EAST Tournament title in volleyball (2014).
Jereb Digs It
Melanie 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 and her previous career-high of 24 in the process.
   Jereb is the eighth player in Creighton history with a match of 30 or more digs.
Bravo, Bohnet!
Samantha Bohnet entered the Nov. 13 match at Georgetown with minimal experience, having played in just six sets all season long and contributing seven assists in that time.
   Bohnet made her first career start a memorable one, as she finished with 41 assists, 13 digs and an ace to far surpass to season totals entering the day.
10 Assists x 3
Creighton 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 matches 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 has had four players record 10 or more assists in a match during this season, as Jansen, Baumert, Crawford and Samantha Bohnet have all done so.
Winning Time
As 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, continuing 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 tournament 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 success the past three years is junior OH Jess Bird. Bird owns a double-double in 14-of-26 career November matches she's played in, compared to 14-of-61 matches that haven't been held in November.
Home Wins Record Falls
Creighton went 15-3 at home this season, breaking 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 rank tied for seventh nationally.
Attendance Record Falls
Creighton 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 are 18th nationally and more than triple the figure of the second-highest drawing team in the BIG EAST, Xavier (9,232).
   It's also impressive considering that it often plays at the same time as perennial power Creighton Men's Soccer, which ranks 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 leads the nation.
Most Home Fans, Season
Year   Home Fans   Matches   Average
2015Â Â Â 29,905Â Â Â 18Â Â Â 1,661
2007Â Â Â 24,183Â Â Â 13Â Â Â 1,860
2006Â Â Â 20,940Â Â Â 13Â Â Â 1,611
2008Â Â Â 19,645Â Â Â 14Â Â Â 1,403
2014Â Â Â 19,239Â Â Â 15Â Â Â 1,283
Freshman Sensation
Jaali Winters continues to lead Creighton on offense, and she has 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) is also on pace to break Melissa Walsh's school record for kills per set by a freshman.
Most Kills, Creighton Freshmen
   Kills   Name   Year
   493   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)
   KPS   Name   Year
   4.04   Jaali Winters   2015
   3.75   Melissa Walsh   1998
   3.39   JoDe Cieloha   1994
   3.29   Allie Oelke   2007
   2.85   Amanda Cvejdlik   2005
Game Four Is Ours
Creighton is an impressive 13-3 in game four this season, and has won 10 of its last 11 fourth sets.
   Due in large part to that fourth-set success, Creighton is 10-1 in its last 11 matches to go four or more sets.
   Friday's foe, Coastal Carolina, is 7-1 in matches that go four or more sets.
Getting Better & Better
November 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   Result
50   25-25   Missouri State   10/22/04   L 0-3
100   56-44   So. Illinois   09/16/06   W 3-1
150   88-62   vs. So. Illinois   11/23/07   W 3-1
200   115-85   at Missouri St.   10/30/09   L 0-3
250   143-107   at #11 Nebraska   09/08/11   L 0-3
300   182-118   Illinois State   11/10/12   W 3-1
350   215-135   South Dakota   09/20/14   L 2-3
400   255-145   at DePaul   11/07/14   W 3-1
Responding After A Loss
After 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 conference competition in the last four years, and responded with a victory each time.
Date   Loss   Next League Foe/Score
9/28/12Â Â Â @SIU, L 3-1Â Â Â @Evansville, W 3-1
10/4/13Â Â Â @Butler, L 3-1Â Â Â @Xavier, W 3-1
10/25/13Â Â Â @Marquette, L 3-0Â Â Â @DePaul, W 3-1
11/1/13Â Â Â St. John's, L 3-2Â Â Â Seton Hall, W 3-0
11/16/13Â Â Â @Seton Hall, L 3-1Â Â Â Georgetown, W 3-0
11/30/13Â Â Â Marquette, L 3-1Â Â Â @Georgetown, W 3-0
10/10/14Â Â Â @Seton Hall, 3-2Â Â Â @Villanova, W 3-1
11/23/14Â Â Â Seton Hall, L 3-0Â Â Â vs. Xavier, W 3-1
10/30/15Â Â Â @Villanova, L 3-2Â Â Â @Seton Hall, W 3-0
Best Month Ever?
Creighton won 10 matches in October, tied for the most successful month in program history. It's also the best winning percentage for any month in program history with at least 10 matches.
Most Wins, Month
   W-L   Month, Year
   10-1   October, 2015
   10-3   September 2006
   9-0   November, 2012
   9-3   September, 2012
   9-4   September, 2004
   8-1   November, 2014
   8-3   September, 2007
   8-4   September, 2011
   8-5   September, 2014
Against NCAA Tournament Qualifiers
Creighton has already beaten nine teams that appeared in the 2014 NCAA Tournament, with a chance for that number to grow this weekend when it takes on Coastal Carolina and potentially North Carolina.
   After going 3-35 against teams coming off NCAA Tournament bids prior to Kirsten Bernthal Booth's arrival, the Jays are 50-76 since, including a 9-4 mark this fall.
Year   W-L vs. Previous Season NCAA Teams
1994Â Â Â 0-4
1995Â Â Â 0-2
1996Â Â Â 0-2
1997Â Â Â 0-3
1998Â Â Â 0-5
1999Â Â Â 2-4
2000Â Â Â 0-4
2001Â Â Â 1-6
2002Â Â Â 0-5
2003Â Â Â 0-3
2004Â Â Â 2-2
2005Â Â Â 0-6
2006Â Â Â 4-6
2007Â Â Â 4-9
2008Â Â Â 6-8
2009Â Â Â 1-11
2010Â Â Â 4-7
2011Â Â Â 2-6
2012Â Â Â 8-3
2013Â Â Â 6-6
2014Â Â Â 4-5
2015Â Â Â 9-4
TOTALÂ Â Â 53-111
TOTAL Under Booth   50-76
20+ Wins (Again)
Creighton owns 25 wins this fall, a total that ranks tied for 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.   2014   34   25   9   .735
      2015   33   25   8   .758
   4.   2013   32   23   9   .719
   5.   2006   31   21   10   .677
      2007   31   21   10   .677
      2010   33   21   12   .636
   8.   2008   27   18   9   .667
      2004   29   18   11   .621
   10.   2011   31   17   14   .548
Winters' Double-Digit Streak
Jaali Winters has 10 or more kills in 19 of her last 20 matches, including the last 16. That establishes a program record for a freshman, breaking the mark of 11 set by Amanda Cvejdlik in 2005.
Consec. Matches, 10 or More Kills, CU Freshmen
   16   Jaali Winters, Oct. 6, 2015-Present
   11   Amanda Cvejdlik, Oct. 14-Nov. 19, 2005
   9   Allie Oelke, Sept. 8-29, 2007
   8   Melissa Walsh, Oct. 3-30, 1998
   8   JoDe Cieloha, Sept. 2-23, 1994
   8   Melanie Jereb, Nov. 2-24, 2012
Consecutive Matches, 10 or More Kills
   58   Leah Ratzlaff, Sept. 13, 2003-Sept. 9, 2005
   19   JoDe Cieloha, Sept. 26-Nov. 21, 1997
   16   Jaali Winters, Oct. 6, 2015-Present
   14   Kelly Goc, Sept. 8-Oct. 19, 2007
   13   JoDe Cieloha, Sept. 7-Oct. 18, 1996
Winters Stays Busy
Jaali Winters had 77 attack attempts last Friday 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 Creighton
Creighton'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 Wins
W-L-T   Coach   Sport
250-109   Mary Higgins   Softball
250-136   Dana Altman   Men's Basketball
250-144Â Â Â Kirsten Bernthal Booth*Â Â Â Volleyball
250-145Â Â Â Ed Servais*Â Â Â Baseball
250-161Â Â Â Jim Flanery*Â Â Â Women's Basketball
250-162-2   Jim Hendry   Baseball
250-217Â Â Â Brent Vigness*Â Â Â Softball
250-227-2   Jack Dahm   Baseball
250-331Â Â Â Tom Lilly*Â Â Â Men's & Women's Tennis
*still active head coach at Creighton
Charting Booth's Wins
Kirsten Bernthal Booth's 250th win came in her 394th match on the Creighton sideline, coming 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 Milestones
W-L   Date   Opponent
50-43Â Â Â 9/1/06Â Â Â Jacksonville State
100-71Â Â Â 10/31/08Â Â Â at Drake
150-108Â Â Â 9/30/11Â Â Â Illinois State
200-123Â Â Â 10/18/13Â Â Â Xavier
250-144Â Â Â 10/17/15Â Â Â at Xavier
The Nifty .250
Creighton is hitting a lofty .249 this season, a number that jumped to .271 against BIG EAST competition in league play.
   Creighton is 145-5 under Kirsten Bernthal Booth when hitting .250 or better, and 68-0 under Booth when hitting .300 or better.
Marysa In The Middle
After 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 percentage was the lowest by a Bluejay opponent all fall.
   Since moving Wilkinson to the middle Creighton has gone 24-4 and averaged 2.57 blocks per set while holding teams to .174 hitting. Prior to that CU had been 1-4 with 1.50 blocks per set while teams hit .253 against it.
   Wilkinson has also excelled since the move, averaging 2.11 kills per set and 1.06 blocks per set while hitting .335, compared to her 2.45 kills per set and 0.35 blocks and .219 hitting on the right side.
12 In A Row At Home
Creighton has won 12 straight home matches. While modest, the figure ranks second-longest since the program's 1994 reinstatement.
   Creighton will also host the BIG EAST Championship at the end of the month.
Creighton's Longest Home Win Streaks
Wins   Dates   Snapped By
   13   Sept. 1, 2012 - Sept. 7, 2013   California, 3-0
   12   Sept. 20, 2015-Present   ???
   9   Sept. 20, 2014-Nov. 21, 2014   Seton Hall, 3-0
   8   Sept. 25-Nov. 20, 2010   Northern Illinois, 3-0
   7   Oct. 17, 2008-Aug. 28, 2009   #10 Illinois, 3-0
Winters Makes It Four
Creighton 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 already owns a school-record 1,999 career digs. Elman also owns Creighton career marks for matches with 10+ digs and matches with 20+ digs.
   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   452   1,999   2012-Pr.
   2.   Janeen Piller   336   1,392   2001-04
Matches With 10+ Digs, Career
   10+D   Name   Years
   107   Kate Elman   2012-Pres.
   74   Janeen Piller   2001-04
Matches With 20+ Digs, Career
   20+D   Name   Years
   39   Kate Elman   2012-Pres.
   32   Julianne Mandolfo    2010-11
Going For The Kill
Jaali 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 Best
In 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 is tied for ninth-best all-time.
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 Up
Jaali Winters averaged 3.42 kills per set during Creighton's non-conference schedule, but took her game to another level in league action while averaging 4.38 kills per set.
   Winters has averaged at least 3.67 kills per set every weekend of league play while hitting .237 or better all but three weekends. Her dig numbers are also on the rise, as seen below:
WEEK (Opponents)   KPS   PCT.   DPS
1 (Miami/Louisville/Illinois)Â Â Â 3.15Â Â Â .193Â Â Â 2.46
2 (USC/UNI/Kentucky)Â Â Â 2.80Â Â Â .094Â Â Â 1.60
3 (Lipscomb/CSUB/Pacific)Â Â Â 3.73Â Â Â .297Â Â Â 1.36
4 (Nebraska/Ark/Wis/K-State)Â Â Â 3.86Â Â Â .274Â Â Â 2.07
5 (Seton Hall/Villanova)Â Â Â 4.50Â Â Â .321Â Â Â 2.75
6 (St. John's/Providence)Â Â Â 5.00Â Â Â .237Â Â Â 1.00
7 (G'town/DePaul/Marquette)Â Â Â 4.27Â Â Â .347Â Â Â 3.09
8 (Butler/Xavier)Â Â Â 4.75Â Â Â .267Â Â Â 2.75
9 (Providence/St. John's)Â Â Â 4.17Â Â Â .190Â Â Â 2.83
10 (Villanova/Seton Hall)Â Â Â 3.75Â Â Â .194Â Â Â 2.25
11 (Marquette/DePaul)Â Â Â 4.57Â Â Â .266Â Â Â 3.00
12 (Xavier/Butler)Â Â Â 3.67Â Â Â .213Â Â Â 4.00
13 (Georgetown)Â Â Â 5.00Â Â Â .266Â Â Â 2.80
14 (Marquette/Villanova)Â Â Â 4.88Â Â Â .175Â Â Â 2.88
Bold indicates BIG EAST Freshman of the Week
Baumert To The Rescue
Senior setter Maggie Baumert has played in 22 of Creighton's 33 matches this season, including 16 starts.
   While the Bluejays are 13-3 in those starts, it's what she's done as a reserve that has our attention.
   Each of the last four times that Baumert has come off the bench, she's 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 Test
Kate Elman leads Creighton with 30 aces this season, which gives her 103 career aces.
   Elman's 103 aces rank fifth in Creighton history, and are more than any other Bluejay in the rally-scoring era.
   Elman's high school and college teammate, Ashley Jansen, enters this weekend with 84 aces, ninth-most all-time.
Service Aces, Career
      Name   Sets   No.   Years
   1.   Molly Moran   341   145   1998-01
   2.   Melissa Weisensee   411   125   1994-97
   3.   JoDe Cieloha   398   113   1994-97
   4.   Shelly Kapler   388   104   1996-99
   5.   Kate Elman   452   103   2012-Pr.
   6.   Carolyn Decker   300   89   2004-08
   7.   Allie Oelke   445   86   2007-10
      Megan Bober   480   86   2009-12
   9.   Ashley Jansen   418   84   2012-Pr.
   10.   Nayka Benitez   233   82   2009-10
Winters Having A Great Fall
Freshman Jaali Winters continues to lead Creighton in kills, and heads into Friday with 493 after just 33 career matches.
   Winters was the second-fastest player in program history (by matches played) to 100 career kills, and the fastest ever to 200, 300 and 400 kills. She is well on her way to becoming the quickest to 500, too.
   Winters is a virtual lock to join 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   Opponent
JoDe Cieloha   8   09/23/94   at Drake
Jaali Winters   9   09/12/15   Pacific
Melissa Walsh   10   09/26/98   at Bradley
Carolyn Decker   10   09/18/04   Illinois State
Creighton's Quickest Players To 200 Kills (Career)
Name   MP   Date   Opponent
Jaali Winters   15   09/27/15   Villanova
Melissa Walsh   16   10/16/98   at Indiana State
Creighton's Quickest Players To 300 Kills (Career)
Name   MP   Date   Opponent
Jaali Winters   21   10/16/15   at Butler
Melissa Walsh   23   11/08/98   at UMKC
Creighton's Quickest Players To 400 Kills (Career)
Name   MP   Date   Opponent
Jaali Winters   28   11/07/15   at DePaul
Melissa Walsh   30   09/10/99   Southern Illinois
Creighton's Quickest Players To 500 Kills (Career)
Name   MP   Date   Opponent
Melissa Walsh   37   09/25/99   Indiana State
JoDe Cieloha   43   10/15/95   at Indiana State
Amanda Cvejdlik   44   10/13/06   at Wichita State
Leah Ratzlaff   46   10/18/03   at Illinois State
Alicia Runge   47   10/02/10   at Indiana State
Blue October
Creighton played 11 matches in the month of October, more than any other October in program 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 Started
Creighton 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 Place
11-0Â Â Â BIG EASTÂ Â Â 2015Â Â Â 17-1Â Â Â 1st
7-0Â Â Â MVCÂ Â Â 2007Â Â Â 14-4Â Â Â T-2nd
5-0Â Â Â MVCÂ Â Â 2006Â Â Â 12-6Â Â Â 4th
5-0Â Â Â MVCÂ Â Â 2011Â Â Â 12-6Â Â Â 4th
5-0Â Â Â BIG EASTÂ Â Â 2014Â Â Â 16-2Â Â Â 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 reinstatement, as seen below. Last year's team had a 11-match win streak snapped by Seton Hall.
   Creighton's current eight-match win streak is tied for 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
      8   Oct. 25-Nov. 22, 2008   vs. Northern Iowa, 3-2
      8   Oct. 31, 2015 - Present   ? ? ?
Home Sweet Home
Creighton 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-season conference matches in the facility.
Jaali Carries The Jays Against Johnnies
Jaali 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
   7   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 third player (of any class) to have 20 or more kills in seven different matches during the same season, joining Leah Ratzlaff and Melissa Walsh who both had two such seasons with 20 or more kills at least seven times.
First Set Is Key
Creighton is 20-1 when it wins the first set this fall, compared to a 5-7 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) in that span.
   Friday's foe, Coastal Carolina, is 22-0 when it wins the first set and 3-4 when it falls behind 0-1.
Marysa's Monster Night
Marysa 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 13-2 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 Update
Creighton earned 81 points in this week's AVCA poll, good enough to move to 26th place in the poll, CU's season-best mark.
   Creighton has been ranked inside the top-25 of the poll 11 times, all in the last four years. CU's highest rank ever was No. 19 on Sept. 7, 2013 and it last was in the top-25 in the AVCA's 2014 Preseason Poll that was announced on Aug. 11, 2014.
BIG EAST Preseason Poll
For 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   Move
1994   11th   9th   #2
1995   9th   7th   #2
1996   9th   6th   #3
1997   8th   3rd   #5
1998   6th   8th   i2
1999   T-7th   5th   #2
2000   4th   T-4th   - -
2001   2nd   4th   i2
2002   7th   9th   i2
2003   9th   T-5th   #4
2004   5th   5th   - -
2005   5th   5th   - -
2006   4th   4th   - -
2007   3rd   T-2nd   #1
2008   3rd   2nd   #1
2009   4th   T-4th   - -
2010   4th   3rd   #1
2011   3rd   4th   i1
2012   4th   1st   #3
2013   1st   T-2nd   i1
2014   1st   1st   - -
2015   1st   1st   - -
Survival of the Fittest
Creighton 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 260-2 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 Booth
Date   Opponent   MP(s) Faced   Final Set 5
08/30/03   vs. McNeese State   13-14, 15-16   18-16
10/10/03   Wichita State   13-14   16-14
10/13/06   at Wichita State   12-14, 13-14, 14-15   17-15
09/11/07   at Drake   13-14, 14-15   17-15
08/26/11Â Â Â vs. UTSAÂ Â Â 12-14, 13-14Â Â Â 16-14
11/16/12   at Wichita State   13-14   16-14
09/20/15   Kansas State   23-24 (4th set)   15-13
11/20/15   at Georgetown   23-24, 26-27 (4th set)   15-7
2-0 Better Than 0-2
Creighton 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 on Sept. 20 vs. Kansas State and again on Oct. 9 vs. DePaul. Those 10 comebacks from down 0-2 are listed below.
   Notably, this year's team has 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   Coach
09/19/97   at Bradley   15-11, 15-13, 15-8   Wallace
10/01/99   at Drake   15-6, 17-15, 15-11   Wallace
09/03/04   vs. Montana   30-20, 30-21, 15-11   Booth
10/15/04   at Bradley   30-22, 30-23, 15-11   Booth
10/15/05   at So. Illinois   30-25, 30-24, 15-8   Booth
09/21/07   at No. Iowa   31-29, 30-26, 15-12   Booth
11/16/12   at Wichita St.   25-16, 25-20, 16-14   Booth
09/05/14   vs. No. Iowa   25-16, 25-22, 15-5   Booth
11/08/14   at Butler   25-16, 25-20, 15-13   Booth
09/20/15   Kansas State   25-23, 26-24, 15-13   Booth
10/09/15   DePaul   25-21, 25-12, 15-11   Booth
11/20/15   at Georgetown   30-28, 26-24, 15-7   Booth
Winters Arrives At End Of Summer
Jaali 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 terminations 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 campaign.
Creighton's Gauntlet
Creighton 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   Opponents
5   Creighton   Illinois, USC, Kentucky, Nebraska, Wisconsin
3Â Â Â USCÂ Â Â BYU, North Carolina, Kentucky
3   Oklahoma   Florida State, USC, Washington
3   Colorado   Illinois, Penn State, Florida State
Nation's Largest Crowd on Sept. 15th
Creighton's crowd of 10,131 on September 15th vs. No. 4 Nebraska was the nation's largest crowd this season, 26th-largest in NCAA regular-season history and 57th-largest all-time.
   Creighton is one of four schools to have hosted more than 7,000 for any match this season along with Hawaii, Nebraska and Boise State.
   Below is a list of the nation's 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 Winters
Jaali 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 Jays
A 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 Award
Creighton 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 hails from Cary, Ill., and is the second among the team's active leaders in starts (93) and digs (1,162).
   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 Flavor
Creighton'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 Best
Creighton'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 previous 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 vs. ranked teams.
   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.
Jereb Reaches 1,000 Digs
Senior Melanie Jereb enters Friday's match with 1,188 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   Opponent
Bianca Rivera   53   11/08/08   Illinois State
Julianne Mandolfo   56   10/22/11   Evansville
Kate Elman   59   11/16/13   at Seton Hall
Nayka Benitez   60   11/27/10   at Northern Iowa
Kailey Reyes   77   09/01/01   vs. UTSA
Janeen Piller   80   09/25/04   at Missouri State
Melissa Walsh   85   09/08/01   at #24 Santa Clara
Allie Oelke   95   09/04/10   vs. Iowa
Melissa Weisensee   97   10/04/97   at Missouri State
Sarah Schulze   101   11/13/09   Southern Illinois
Melanie Jereb   105   09/12/15   CSU Bakersfield
Korie Lebeda   108   10/17/08   Evansville
Megan Bober   118   10/27/12   Southern Illinois
Winters Wows 'Em
Freshman 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 3D
Kenzie 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 performance 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, trailing 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 Up
When 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 Five
Creighton 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 Marysa
Marysa 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 hitting in three sets at No. 8 Illinois.
   Wilkinson has 11 matches this fall with 10 or more kills, including 14 at Providence on Oct. 3.
Set 1 Result = Match Result
Creighton is 216-23 overall under Kirsten Bernthal Booth when it wins set one. In that same time span, CU is just 44-122 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 to Pacific.
   Last year Creighton was 20-2 when winning the first set and 5-7 when dropping the opener. This year's team is 20-1 when winning the first set but 5-7 when it falls behind after the first set.
Taking The Fifth
Creighton 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 finished 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-L
1994Â Â Â 0-2Â Â Â 5-20
1995Â Â Â 0-2Â Â Â 11-19
1996Â Â Â 2-6Â Â Â 9-19
1997Â Â Â 3-5Â Â Â 15-13
1998Â Â Â 2-3Â Â Â 7-18
1999Â Â Â 3-3Â Â Â 13-15
2000Â Â Â 3-3Â Â Â 16-12
2001Â Â Â 1-1Â Â Â 14-13
2002Â Â Â 1-3Â Â Â 3-23
2003Â Â Â 5-1Â Â Â 12-18
2004Â Â Â 4-0Â Â Â 18-11
2005Â Â Â 3-1Â Â Â 16-14
2006Â Â Â 4-2Â Â Â 21-10
2007Â Â Â 2-0Â Â Â 21-10
2008Â Â Â 2-3Â Â Â 18-9
2009Â Â Â 1-4Â Â Â 14-17
2010Â Â Â 3-3Â Â Â 21-12
2011Â Â Â 5-2Â Â Â 17-14
2012Â Â Â 4-1Â Â Â 29-4
2013Â Â Â 3-2Â Â Â 23-9
2014Â Â Â 3-2Â Â Â 25-9
2015Â Â Â 5-2Â Â Â 25-8
Total   59-51   353-297
Some Fab Freshmen
Creighton has started seven different true freshmen 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 Class
Creighton 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 prospect on its Senior Aces list, while Jaali Winters was tabbed the 41st-best.
   Creighton previously had earned "highest 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 Up
Creighton had five non-conference matches scheduled against teams that are in the preseason 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 matches against preseason top-25 teams, Creighton will meet three of them (Illinois, UNI, Louisville).
   Creighton is 4-61 all-time against top-25 foes, including an 0-31 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, 15 of Creighton's 30 losses have come against ranked teams. In that same period, Creighton is 100-15 against unranked teams.
Marian Pipeline
This 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'Connell
2014: Kate Elman, Ashley Jansen
2013: Kate Elman, Ashley Jansen
2012: Kate Elman, Ashley Jansen
2011: Julianne Mandolfo
2010: Lisa Greisch, Julianne Mandolfo
2009: Lisa Greisch
2008: Emily Crowley, Korie Lebeda
2007: Korie Lebeda, Katie Mehal
2006: Korie Lebeda, Katie Mehal, Emily Greisch
2005: Korie Lebeda, Katie Mehal
2004: Katie Mehal, Emily Greisch
2003: Emily Greisch
Production Returning
Creighton 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   Departures
Digs   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 Summary
Last year's Creighton team finished 25-9 and won the BIG EAST regular-season and tournament 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 Information
Brad 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 starts approximately 5-15 minutes before first serve. The post-match show also lasts about 15 minutes and includes post-match interviews.
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