Friday, November 2
Queens, N.Y.
6:00 PM
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St. John's
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Creighton
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St. John's
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Madelyn Cole
Photo by: A.J. Olnes
#9 Volleyball Sweeps St. John's To Clinch BIG EAST Tourney Berth
11/2/2018 7:08:00 PM | Volleyball
Creighton has won 13 matches in a row, improving to 21-4 overall
QUEENS, N.Y. --Â No. 9 Creighton owned an 8-0 lead in aces and a 14-3 advantage in blocks to complete a 3-0 sweep at third-place St. John's in a battle of 20-win teams on Friday night in Queens, N.Y.
Scores of the match in favor of CU were 25-22, 25-12, 25-22.
Creighton won its 13th straight match to improve to 21-4 overall and 13-0 in BIG EAST play, clinching a spot (as well as a top two seed) in the four-team BIG EAST Championship later this month (Nov. 23-24) in Omaha. St. John's fell to 20-9 (9-5 BIG EAST) after being swept by CU for the second time this fall.
Reigning BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Week Jaali Winters had a match-high 13 kills and added six digs, four blocks and three aces on .291 hitting to lead the Bluejays to victory. Madelyn Cole added 32 assists and three aces, and Kari Zumach contributed six blocks and seven kills on .385 attacking.
"We were fortunate in game one," said Creighton coach Kirsten Bernthal Booth. "They outhit us significantly but our blocking and serving won that game. After that we contained their offense more, and I was pleased with our blocking. Their outsides ate us up and we made adjustments, which was a great to see."
St. John's was led by nine kills by Kayley Wood, but Wood hit just .054 in 37 swings. Reigning BIG EAST Freshman of the Week Efrosini Alexakou was limited to eight kills and .227 hitting. Preseason All-BIG EAST setter Erica Di Maulo, who ranked third nationally in assists entering the contest, had 26 assists. Red Storm libero Amanda Sanabia had 16 digs to become SJU's all-time digs leader.
Creighton took 18-11 lead in the first set before fighting off a Red Storm rally. SJU got within 23-22 before a kill by Winters and a Red Storm attack error to end the frame. CU had four blocks and three aces in the first set while St. John's had none of either category. Kari Zumach, Megan Ballenger, Taryn Kloth and Winters each had three kills to lead a balanced Bluejay attack in the opener.
Creighton cruised in the second set, hitting .545 with 13 kills in 22 swings. Winters had six kills in as many swings for CU, and Zumach had a hand in three stuffs.
The third set saw CU bolt to an 12-6 lead as St. John's quickly burned both timeouts. The Red Storm would even the score at 19-all before a 6-3 Bluejay run to end the contest that was punctuated by kills from Zumach and Winters.
Creighton led all the statistical categories, including a 41-36 lead in kills, 37-35 in assists, 8-0 in aces, 43-42 in digs, 14-3 in blocks and .225 to .139 in hitting percentage.
Creighton plays its final road match of the regular-season on Saturday night with a trip to Seton Hall. First serve from South Orange, N.J., is set for 6 p.m. Central.
NOTES: Jaali Winters made her 100th consecutive start. In program history, only Megan Bober (128), Lauren Smith (125) and Korie Lebeda (119) have longer streaks ... Winters moved from 12th to ninth in BIG EAST history in career kills and now owns 1,734 in her career ... Creighton has made 16 straight conference tournaments ... Creighton did not allow an ace for the first time since Oct. 22, 2017 (Seton Hall) ... Creighton's 14 blocks were a season-high for a three-set match ... Creighton has won 11 straight meetings over St. John's ... Creighton is 24-1 in its last 25 matches in the Eastern time zone .. Creighton is 47-5 in November since the start of 2012 .. Creighton's seven straight road wins are tied for the third-longest stretch in program history ... Creighton has won 74 straight matches against BIG EAST foes when winning the third set and 72 in a row when outdigging the opposition ... Creighton is 18-0 this year when winning the third set ... Taryn Kloth had nine kills and surpassed the 1,300 mark (1,302) ... The victory the 450th of Kirsten Bernthal Booth's coaching career, including 338 wins at Creighton ... Creighton improved to 79-21 while playing in its 100th match in program history as a ranked team.
Scores of the match in favor of CU were 25-22, 25-12, 25-22.
Creighton won its 13th straight match to improve to 21-4 overall and 13-0 in BIG EAST play, clinching a spot (as well as a top two seed) in the four-team BIG EAST Championship later this month (Nov. 23-24) in Omaha. St. John's fell to 20-9 (9-5 BIG EAST) after being swept by CU for the second time this fall.
Reigning BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Week Jaali Winters had a match-high 13 kills and added six digs, four blocks and three aces on .291 hitting to lead the Bluejays to victory. Madelyn Cole added 32 assists and three aces, and Kari Zumach contributed six blocks and seven kills on .385 attacking.
"We were fortunate in game one," said Creighton coach Kirsten Bernthal Booth. "They outhit us significantly but our blocking and serving won that game. After that we contained their offense more, and I was pleased with our blocking. Their outsides ate us up and we made adjustments, which was a great to see."
St. John's was led by nine kills by Kayley Wood, but Wood hit just .054 in 37 swings. Reigning BIG EAST Freshman of the Week Efrosini Alexakou was limited to eight kills and .227 hitting. Preseason All-BIG EAST setter Erica Di Maulo, who ranked third nationally in assists entering the contest, had 26 assists. Red Storm libero Amanda Sanabia had 16 digs to become SJU's all-time digs leader.
Creighton took 18-11 lead in the first set before fighting off a Red Storm rally. SJU got within 23-22 before a kill by Winters and a Red Storm attack error to end the frame. CU had four blocks and three aces in the first set while St. John's had none of either category. Kari Zumach, Megan Ballenger, Taryn Kloth and Winters each had three kills to lead a balanced Bluejay attack in the opener.
Creighton cruised in the second set, hitting .545 with 13 kills in 22 swings. Winters had six kills in as many swings for CU, and Zumach had a hand in three stuffs.
The third set saw CU bolt to an 12-6 lead as St. John's quickly burned both timeouts. The Red Storm would even the score at 19-all before a 6-3 Bluejay run to end the contest that was punctuated by kills from Zumach and Winters.
Creighton led all the statistical categories, including a 41-36 lead in kills, 37-35 in assists, 8-0 in aces, 43-42 in digs, 14-3 in blocks and .225 to .139 in hitting percentage.
Creighton plays its final road match of the regular-season on Saturday night with a trip to Seton Hall. First serve from South Orange, N.J., is set for 6 p.m. Central.
NOTES: Jaali Winters made her 100th consecutive start. In program history, only Megan Bober (128), Lauren Smith (125) and Korie Lebeda (119) have longer streaks ... Winters moved from 12th to ninth in BIG EAST history in career kills and now owns 1,734 in her career ... Creighton has made 16 straight conference tournaments ... Creighton did not allow an ace for the first time since Oct. 22, 2017 (Seton Hall) ... Creighton's 14 blocks were a season-high for a three-set match ... Creighton has won 11 straight meetings over St. John's ... Creighton is 24-1 in its last 25 matches in the Eastern time zone .. Creighton is 47-5 in November since the start of 2012 .. Creighton's seven straight road wins are tied for the third-longest stretch in program history ... Creighton has won 74 straight matches against BIG EAST foes when winning the third set and 72 in a row when outdigging the opposition ... Creighton is 18-0 this year when winning the third set ... Taryn Kloth had nine kills and surpassed the 1,300 mark (1,302) ... The victory the 450th of Kirsten Bernthal Booth's coaching career, including 338 wins at Creighton ... Creighton improved to 79-21 while playing in its 100th match in program history as a ranked team.
Team Stats
CU
SJU
Kills
41
36
Errors
16
21
Attempts
111
108
Hitting %
.225
.139
Points
63.0
39.0
Assists
37
35
Aces
8
0
Blocks
14.0
3.0
Game Leaders
Kills-Aces-Blocks
Kills
13
Aces
3
Blocks
4
Kills
9
Aces
0
Blocks
2
Kills
7
Aces
0
Blocks
6
Kills
7
Aces
0
Blocks
5
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