Saturday, October 20
D.J. Sokol Arena
5:00 PM
Creighton University
18-4, 10-0BIG EAST
3
vs
0
Butler
7-16, 4-7BIG EAST
1
2
3
F
Butler
11
15
8
0
Creighton
25
25
25
3
Jaali Winters
Photo by: Corey Solotorovsky
#10 Volleyball Wins 10th Straight With Sweep of Butler
10/20/2018 6:38:00 PM | Volleyball
Jaali Winters hits .545 and finishes with 13 kills in tune-up for Marquette
OMAHA, Neb. -- Jaali Winters had 13 kills on .545 hitting and the No. 10 Creighton Volleyball team won its 10th straight match with a 3-0 sweep of Butler that took just 68 minutes to complete on Saturday afternoon. The Bluejays never trailed in the match, and the only tie scores came at 3-3 and 4-4 in the opening set.
Scores of the match were 25-11, 25-15, 25-8 in favor of the Bluejays, who improved to 18-4 (10-0 BIG EAST) in its final tune-up before Friday's showdown at No. 18 Marquette (18-4, 9-1 BIG EAST).
Creighton served a season-high 14 aces, including five from Madelyn Cole, as seven different Bluejays authored at least one service winner. The Bluejays hit .439 in the contest, the seventh-best mark in program history. The win was also the 100th for Creighton's senior class, which is now a perfect 35-0 at home at D.J. Sokol Arena against BIG EAST foes. CU had 36 kills, 29 digs, eight blocks and 14 aces.
Natalie Ravenell and Brooke Gregory each had six kills for Butler, which hit .013 and had 21 kills, 19 digs, five blocks and a lone ace.
Brittany Witt served an ace on the opening point of the match in a harbinger of things to come. Six different Bluejays recorded an ace in the opening game, including the first one of the season from Grace Nelson on set point. CU hit .423, including six kills by Winters in the first set.
CU took control of the second set by blitzing the Bulldogs to take a quick 11-4 advantage. BU did draw within 18-13 in the second set to prompt a Bluejay timeout, but CU responded with a 7-2 run to take a 2-0 lead into intermission after four straight attack errors from Butler ended the frame. The Bluejays hit .450 in the second set.
Consecutive aces by Cole started the third set in CU's most lopsided set win since an identical 25-8 win over Lipscomb in the second set on Sept. 11, 2015. The Bluejays hit .450 in the final set and added six aces and three blocks while also holding the Bulldogs to -.091 hitting in 22 swings.
League-leading Creighton visits second-place and 18th-ranked Marquette on Friday at 7 p.m. That match from the Al McGuire Center will air on BEDN.
NOTES: The win improved Creighton's senior class to 100-27, just the fourth group to reach the century mark in victories ... Jaali Winters became the fifth player to appear in 100 career victories, joining Marysa Wilkinson (106), Lauren Smith (104), Melanie Jereb (102) and Ashley Jansen (101) ... Creighton has won 11 straight matches against Butler ... Each of the previous three Creighton/Butler meetings had gone five sets, all won by the Bluejays ... The team with more kills and more digs has won each of the 12 all-time Creighton/Butler encounters ... Creighton has won 69 straight meetings over BIG EAST teams when winning the dig battle ... Creighton has started 10-0 in league play for the third time ever, joining the 2015 and 2016 clubs ... Creighton has won 113 straight matches when hitting .300 or better ... Creighton has won 72 straight over BIG EAST teams when winning the third set ... Creighton owns 42 straight home wins over unranked teams ... Creighton has won 29 straight October home matches ... Creighton broke its single-season home attendance record, and has now drawn 30,716 fans this season. The old mark was 29,905 in 2015 ... Taryn Kloth had six kills and moved into seventh in program history with 1,262 career kills, passing Leah McNary (1,257) ... Jaali Winters moved past Pittsburgh's Wendy Hatlestad (1,681) and Notre Dame's Christy Peters (1,683) and into 15th place in BIG EAST history with 1,689 career kills ... This is Creighton's 10th straight win streak of 10 or longer in program history ... Creighton's 11 straight league wins (dating to last season) are tied for the program's fourth-longest streak ... Creighton improved to 48-2 at home in BIG EAST play all-time ... Creighton had 24 aces and just 10 serving errors this week, and its 14 aces versus Butler are second-most in program history for a three-set contest.
Scores of the match were 25-11, 25-15, 25-8 in favor of the Bluejays, who improved to 18-4 (10-0 BIG EAST) in its final tune-up before Friday's showdown at No. 18 Marquette (18-4, 9-1 BIG EAST).
Creighton served a season-high 14 aces, including five from Madelyn Cole, as seven different Bluejays authored at least one service winner. The Bluejays hit .439 in the contest, the seventh-best mark in program history. The win was also the 100th for Creighton's senior class, which is now a perfect 35-0 at home at D.J. Sokol Arena against BIG EAST foes. CU had 36 kills, 29 digs, eight blocks and 14 aces.
Natalie Ravenell and Brooke Gregory each had six kills for Butler, which hit .013 and had 21 kills, 19 digs, five blocks and a lone ace.
Brittany Witt served an ace on the opening point of the match in a harbinger of things to come. Six different Bluejays recorded an ace in the opening game, including the first one of the season from Grace Nelson on set point. CU hit .423, including six kills by Winters in the first set.
CU took control of the second set by blitzing the Bulldogs to take a quick 11-4 advantage. BU did draw within 18-13 in the second set to prompt a Bluejay timeout, but CU responded with a 7-2 run to take a 2-0 lead into intermission after four straight attack errors from Butler ended the frame. The Bluejays hit .450 in the second set.
Consecutive aces by Cole started the third set in CU's most lopsided set win since an identical 25-8 win over Lipscomb in the second set on Sept. 11, 2015. The Bluejays hit .450 in the final set and added six aces and three blocks while also holding the Bulldogs to -.091 hitting in 22 swings.
League-leading Creighton visits second-place and 18th-ranked Marquette on Friday at 7 p.m. That match from the Al McGuire Center will air on BEDN.
NOTES: The win improved Creighton's senior class to 100-27, just the fourth group to reach the century mark in victories ... Jaali Winters became the fifth player to appear in 100 career victories, joining Marysa Wilkinson (106), Lauren Smith (104), Melanie Jereb (102) and Ashley Jansen (101) ... Creighton has won 11 straight matches against Butler ... Each of the previous three Creighton/Butler meetings had gone five sets, all won by the Bluejays ... The team with more kills and more digs has won each of the 12 all-time Creighton/Butler encounters ... Creighton has won 69 straight meetings over BIG EAST teams when winning the dig battle ... Creighton has started 10-0 in league play for the third time ever, joining the 2015 and 2016 clubs ... Creighton has won 113 straight matches when hitting .300 or better ... Creighton has won 72 straight over BIG EAST teams when winning the third set ... Creighton owns 42 straight home wins over unranked teams ... Creighton has won 29 straight October home matches ... Creighton broke its single-season home attendance record, and has now drawn 30,716 fans this season. The old mark was 29,905 in 2015 ... Taryn Kloth had six kills and moved into seventh in program history with 1,262 career kills, passing Leah McNary (1,257) ... Jaali Winters moved past Pittsburgh's Wendy Hatlestad (1,681) and Notre Dame's Christy Peters (1,683) and into 15th place in BIG EAST history with 1,689 career kills ... This is Creighton's 10th straight win streak of 10 or longer in program history ... Creighton's 11 straight league wins (dating to last season) are tied for the program's fourth-longest streak ... Creighton improved to 48-2 at home in BIG EAST play all-time ... Creighton had 24 aces and just 10 serving errors this week, and its 14 aces versus Butler are second-most in program history for a three-set contest.
Team Stats
BU
CU
Kills
21
36
Errors
20
7
Attempts
75
66
Hitting %
.013
.439
Points
27.0
58.0
Assists
21
35
Aces
1
14
Blocks
5.0
8.0
Game Leaders
Kills-Aces-Blocks
Kills
13
Aces
1
Blocks
1
Kills
6
Aces
3
Blocks
1
Kills
6
Aces
0
Blocks
3
Kills
5
Aces
0
Blocks
2
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