Friday, September 21
D.J. Sokol Arena
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Creighton University
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DePaul
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Samantha Bohnet had 11 digs and two aces in Friday's win over DePaul.
Photo by: A.J. Olnes
#10 Volleyball Opens BIG EAST Play With Sweep Over DePaul
9/21/2018 9:07:00 PM | Volleyball
Creighton hits .437 in decisive triumph
OMAHA, Neb. -- The No. 10 Creighton Volleyball team opened defense of its four straight BIG EAST regular-season titles with a decisive 3-0 victory over DePaul on Friday night before 2,041 fans at D.J. Sokol Arena. It was the first match played on Creighton's new Taraflex floor, which was installed earlier in the week thanks to fundraising solicited through private donations.
Scores of the match were 25-13, 25-12, 25-15.
Creighton (9-4, 1-0 BIG EAST) hit a season-high .437 for the match, seventh-best in program history, while walloping the team picked to finish 10th in the BIG EAST by league coaches.
CU hit .517 in the opening frame, which took just 19 minutes to complete. Creighton blitzed the Blue Demons to a 5-0 lead behind two early aces from Samantha Bohnet. An ace during a 4-0 serving run by Taryn Kloth stretched the lead to 13-5, and the margin pushed to double-figures at 18-8 after the first of five kills from Kloth down the stretch in the set.
Jaali Winters served a 9-0 run in the second set as Creighton took an 11-2 lead. Kelsey O'Connell had her first two kills of the season in the set, including the clincher in a 25-12 frame that put CU up 2-0 at the break. Creighton hit .440 in the second set and held DePaul to -.033 hitting in 30 swings.
Creighton pulled away from a 10-10 tie in the third set with an 8-3 run. Consecutive kills by Kloth ended the night after just 71 minutes. Creighton had three blocks in the final set.
Kloth led the offense with 11 kills, while Bohnet and Brittany Witt each recorded 11 digs. CU had 45 kills, seven aces, 47 digs and six blocks.
DePaul (2-10, 0-1 BIG EAST) was paced by five kills from Mattie Norris and Emma Price. DePaul finished with 24 kills, one ace, 31 digs and two blocks on .092 hitting overall.
Creighton hosts No. 21 Marquette on Sunday at 1 p.m. in the first regular-season league match between ranked volleyball teams since 2005.
NOTES: Creighton's senior class improved to 30-0 against BIG EAST teams at D.J. Sokol Arena with tonight's win ... Madelyn Cole had a pair of aces, and her streak of nine straight matches with an ace is tied for fifth-longest in program history, and the best streak since 2010 ... Megan Sharkey had a season-high 12 assists while picking up the first conference win of her collegiate career. She was winless during the league slate at Rutgers in two seasons in the Big Ten ... Creighton improved to 17-8 all-time in conference openers, including a 14-2 mark under Kirsten Bernthal Booth featuring five straight wins. Entering tonight, each of the last five times that Creighton has won its league opener (2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017), it has won both a regular-season and conference tournament title ... Creighton is now 20-5 in conference home openers, with eight straight wins, and a 14-2 mark under Booth ... Brittany Witt had her 16th straight match of 10+ digs (eighth-longest in CU history) and moved into fifth in Creighton history with 1,242 career digs, two more than Creighton Athletics Hall of Famer Melissa Walsh ... Creighton has won 109 straight matches when hitting .300 or better .. Creighton has won 48 straight over unranked teams when winning the first set and 64 straight against BIG EAST foes when winning the third set ... Creighton has won 11 straight meetings with DePaul, including 3-0 sweeps in the last four encounters.
Scores of the match were 25-13, 25-12, 25-15.
Creighton (9-4, 1-0 BIG EAST) hit a season-high .437 for the match, seventh-best in program history, while walloping the team picked to finish 10th in the BIG EAST by league coaches.
CU hit .517 in the opening frame, which took just 19 minutes to complete. Creighton blitzed the Blue Demons to a 5-0 lead behind two early aces from Samantha Bohnet. An ace during a 4-0 serving run by Taryn Kloth stretched the lead to 13-5, and the margin pushed to double-figures at 18-8 after the first of five kills from Kloth down the stretch in the set.
Jaali Winters served a 9-0 run in the second set as Creighton took an 11-2 lead. Kelsey O'Connell had her first two kills of the season in the set, including the clincher in a 25-12 frame that put CU up 2-0 at the break. Creighton hit .440 in the second set and held DePaul to -.033 hitting in 30 swings.
Creighton pulled away from a 10-10 tie in the third set with an 8-3 run. Consecutive kills by Kloth ended the night after just 71 minutes. Creighton had three blocks in the final set.
Kloth led the offense with 11 kills, while Bohnet and Brittany Witt each recorded 11 digs. CU had 45 kills, seven aces, 47 digs and six blocks.
DePaul (2-10, 0-1 BIG EAST) was paced by five kills from Mattie Norris and Emma Price. DePaul finished with 24 kills, one ace, 31 digs and two blocks on .092 hitting overall.
Creighton hosts No. 21 Marquette on Sunday at 1 p.m. in the first regular-season league match between ranked volleyball teams since 2005.
NOTES: Creighton's senior class improved to 30-0 against BIG EAST teams at D.J. Sokol Arena with tonight's win ... Madelyn Cole had a pair of aces, and her streak of nine straight matches with an ace is tied for fifth-longest in program history, and the best streak since 2010 ... Megan Sharkey had a season-high 12 assists while picking up the first conference win of her collegiate career. She was winless during the league slate at Rutgers in two seasons in the Big Ten ... Creighton improved to 17-8 all-time in conference openers, including a 14-2 mark under Kirsten Bernthal Booth featuring five straight wins. Entering tonight, each of the last five times that Creighton has won its league opener (2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017), it has won both a regular-season and conference tournament title ... Creighton is now 20-5 in conference home openers, with eight straight wins, and a 14-2 mark under Booth ... Brittany Witt had her 16th straight match of 10+ digs (eighth-longest in CU history) and moved into fifth in Creighton history with 1,242 career digs, two more than Creighton Athletics Hall of Famer Melissa Walsh ... Creighton has won 109 straight matches when hitting .300 or better .. Creighton has won 48 straight over unranked teams when winning the first set and 64 straight against BIG EAST foes when winning the third set ... Creighton has won 11 straight meetings with DePaul, including 3-0 sweeps in the last four encounters.
Team Stats
DPU
CU
Kills
24
45
Errors
15
7
Attempts
98
87
Hitting %
.092
.437
Points
27.0
58.0
Assists
24
40
Aces
1
7
Blocks
2.0
6.0
Game Leaders
Kills
11
Aces
1
Blocks
1
Kills
8
Aces
1
Blocks
1
Kills
7
Aces
0
Blocks
3
Kills
5
Aces
0
Blocks
1
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