Thursday, August 19
Omaha, Neb.
7:00 PM
Creighton University
vs
Montana
Photo by: Stew Milne
Women's Soccer Opens 2021 Season With Montana on Thursday Night
8/18/2021 8:02:00 PM | Women's Soccer
Omaha, Neb. -- Every August Creighton Women's Soccer team has the privilege of kicking off the Bluejay Athletics season. The 2021 season will be no different as the Bluejays welcome 2020 NCAA Tournament team Montana to Morrison Stadium on Thursday, August 19 at 7:00 pm.
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2021 Season Opener
Montana vs. Creighton
Thursday, August 19 @ 7:00 pm
Stats: https://creighton.statbroadcast.com
Live Stream ($): https://gocreighton.com/FloSports
Montana vs. Creighton
Thursday, August 19 @ 7:00 pm
Stats: https://creighton.statbroadcast.com
Live Stream ($): https://gocreighton.com/FloSports
Play-by-play: Donny Baarns   Analyst: Shad Beam
Bluejays in Season Openers
Creighton has a 16-14-2 mark in season openers all-time and are 19-9-4 in its first home match of the season.
Under Paule the Bluejays are 3-3-0 in season openers, but he is 3-0-0 in contests at home to start a season and 4-2-0 in home openers.
The Bluejays dropped its opening contest last season at Missouri (1-0) on Feb. 25, 2021. Creighton also fell in its home opener to Xavier (1-0) on March 7, 2021.
Series History: Creighton leads Montana, 2-0-0
Battling for the first time since 2015, Creighton holds a 2-0-0 lead on the Grizzlies. The Bluejays hold a win over Montana in Morrison Stadium in 2013, 2-1 in overtime on Sept. 15. Creighton also took the meeting in Missoula, Montana in 2015, 1-0.
Date   Location   Score
Sept. 15, 2013   vs. Montana   W, 2-1 (ot)
Sept. 13, 2015   at Montana   W, 1-0
Scouting Montana (0-0-0)
The Grizzlies began a challenging non-conference schedule in Omaha on Thursday night, then host Portland on Sunday.
Montana closed the 2020 season with an impressive 9-2 record, the program's best season winning percentage. The Grizzlies opened their condensed spring schedule with seven straight victories on their way to winning the Big Sky Conference Northwest Division title with a 7-1-0 record.
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Montana won the Big Sky tournament title with a 2-1 overtime victory over Northern Colorado, claiming the automatic bid as the Big Sky Final with Northern Arizona was cancelled.
The season came to a close in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament, falling to No. 18 South Carolina (1-0).
With four Big Sky championships over the last three seasons -- two regular season, two tournament -- the Grizzlies were picked second in the preseason coaches' poll.
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Montana collected four first-place votes, more than any other team, but came in behind Northern Arizona, which had two first-place votes.
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The Grizzlies return six starters and a dozen letterwinners from last year's team that went 9-2-0. Headlining the returners are a pair of seniors: two-time first-team All-Big Sky outside back Taylor Hansen, who was a United Soccer Coaches first-team All-West Region
selection in the spring, and forward Taylor Stoeger, the MVP of April's Big Sky tournament.
Scouting Creighton (0-0-0)
After reaching its first BIG EAST Tournament in 2020, Creighton returns 10 of 11 starters from last season. The heavy dose of experience helped the Bluejays earn a fifth-place prediction in the preseason BIG EAST Coaches Poll.
Leading the way for Creighton is the back line of sophomore goalkeeper Keelan Terrell as well as defenders Jordy Rothwell, Gabby Grimaldi and Peighton Steffen. On the offensive end it will be junior Ansley Atkinson and sophomore Aida Kardovic.
Kardovic led the Bluejays with nine points (four goals and one assist) in eight matches during 2020, earning All-BIG EAST First Team. Atkinson, meanwhile, delivered seven points (three goals and one assist) to earn All-BIG EAST Second Team. Both Atkinson and Kardovic collected more hardware as they were selected to the BIG EAST All-Tournament Team.
Creighton Live Stream Moves To FloSports
The BIG EAST Conference, including Creighton University, has partnered with FloSports in 2021-22 to deliver hundreds of subscription-based events leaguewide. This includes virtually every Creighton-produced home webcast in men's soccer, women's soccer, volleyball, women's basketball, baseball and softball. Here's some key information to be aware of prior to subscribing.
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TIPS FOR CREATING ACCOUNTS:
Step 1: Make sure you are using a school-specific link (https://flosports.link/3yyHbcn)! Otherwise, discounted pricing will not be available, and you could be paying more than three times the lowest available rate.
Step 2: Create your Account
Step 3: Choose a plan
If you register for an account using a "@creighton.edu" email address at https://flosports.link/3yyHbcn, you will see these options, with monthly accounts costing $6.99 monthly but an annual account costing $70.00 for the year ($5.83/month). Please note that these subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled, and at this time Creighton does not anticipate much exclusive FloSports programming from late-May to mid-August when we do not have home events.
If you register for an account from a non- "@creighton.edu" account using your school link (https://flosports.link/3yyHbcn), you will see these options. Monthly accounts cost $12.50 monthly, with an annual account costing $95.88 for the year ($7.99/month). Please note that these subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled, and at this time Creighton does not anticipate much exclusive FloSports programming from late-May to mid-August when we do not have home events.
If a fan or student uses the main FloSports URL (www.flosports.com) and NOT their BIG EAST school link (https://flosports.link/3yyHbcn), you will see these options. Monthly accounts cost $29.99 monthly, with an annual account costing $359.88 for the year ($12.50/month). Please note that these subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled, and at this time Creighton does not anticipate much exclusive FloSports programming from late-May to mid-August when we do not have home events.
if you already have a subscription and just want to go right to the list of upcoming Creighton games...
Creighton Volleyball - https://www.flovolleyball.tv/collections/tag/creighton-womens-volleyball?view=live-and-upcoming
Creighton Women's Soccer - https://www.flofc.com/collections/tag/creighton-womens-soccer?view=live-and-upcoming
Creighton Men's Soccer - https://www.flofc.com/collections/tag/creighton-mens-soccer?view=live-and-upcoming
BIG EAST Women's Basketball - (to come)
BIG EAST Baseball - (to come)
BIG EAST Softball - (to come)
Cancellation Policy
ALL SUBSCRIPTION PACKAGES RENEW AUTOMATICALLY UNLESS YOU CANCEL. Step-by-step instructions for canceling a subscription can be found here. This is regardless of subscription type (monthly or annual). When someone cancels their subscription they will lose premium access at the end of their billing period, and the renewal process is stopped. After they cancel, they can see the exact date their subscription will end by clicking "Manage" on the subscription page in account settings. However, if someone accidentally selected an annual subscription, and doesn't want an annual subscription, the FloSports Customer Support team can downgrade them to a monthly subscription and refund the difference by reaching out to the FloSports Customer Support team here.
Bluejay Group Gathers Eight Countries
The impact of an additional year of eligibility due to Covid (the 2020 season), every team in collegiate soccer has larger than typical rosters. The Bluejays, however, have more than a robust roster. Creighton head coach Ross Paule has gathered a group from eight different countries.
The Bluejays have 25 players from the United States, but the remaining nine players represent seven additional countries.
United States   25
Australia       2 (Ayana Aoyagi & Renée Pountney)
Canada      1 (Paityn Bretzer)
Germany   1 (Aida Kardovic)
Iceland      1 (Hildur Björg Kristjánsdóttir)
Japan      1 (Hitomi Yamaue)
Netherlands   1 (Daphne Nierop)  Â
Spain      1 (Cristina Garriga)
Switzerland   1 (Nicole Tiller)  Â
Creighton has a 16-14-2 mark in season openers all-time and are 19-9-4 in its first home match of the season.
Under Paule the Bluejays are 3-3-0 in season openers, but he is 3-0-0 in contests at home to start a season and 4-2-0 in home openers.
The Bluejays dropped its opening contest last season at Missouri (1-0) on Feb. 25, 2021. Creighton also fell in its home opener to Xavier (1-0) on March 7, 2021.
Series History: Creighton leads Montana, 2-0-0
Battling for the first time since 2015, Creighton holds a 2-0-0 lead on the Grizzlies. The Bluejays hold a win over Montana in Morrison Stadium in 2013, 2-1 in overtime on Sept. 15. Creighton also took the meeting in Missoula, Montana in 2015, 1-0.
Date   Location   Score
Sept. 15, 2013   vs. Montana   W, 2-1 (ot)
Sept. 13, 2015   at Montana   W, 1-0
Scouting Montana (0-0-0)
The Grizzlies began a challenging non-conference schedule in Omaha on Thursday night, then host Portland on Sunday.
Montana closed the 2020 season with an impressive 9-2 record, the program's best season winning percentage. The Grizzlies opened their condensed spring schedule with seven straight victories on their way to winning the Big Sky Conference Northwest Division title with a 7-1-0 record.
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Montana won the Big Sky tournament title with a 2-1 overtime victory over Northern Colorado, claiming the automatic bid as the Big Sky Final with Northern Arizona was cancelled.
The season came to a close in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament, falling to No. 18 South Carolina (1-0).
With four Big Sky championships over the last three seasons -- two regular season, two tournament -- the Grizzlies were picked second in the preseason coaches' poll.
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Montana collected four first-place votes, more than any other team, but came in behind Northern Arizona, which had two first-place votes.
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The Grizzlies return six starters and a dozen letterwinners from last year's team that went 9-2-0. Headlining the returners are a pair of seniors: two-time first-team All-Big Sky outside back Taylor Hansen, who was a United Soccer Coaches first-team All-West Region
selection in the spring, and forward Taylor Stoeger, the MVP of April's Big Sky tournament.
Scouting Creighton (0-0-0)
After reaching its first BIG EAST Tournament in 2020, Creighton returns 10 of 11 starters from last season. The heavy dose of experience helped the Bluejays earn a fifth-place prediction in the preseason BIG EAST Coaches Poll.
Leading the way for Creighton is the back line of sophomore goalkeeper Keelan Terrell as well as defenders Jordy Rothwell, Gabby Grimaldi and Peighton Steffen. On the offensive end it will be junior Ansley Atkinson and sophomore Aida Kardovic.
Kardovic led the Bluejays with nine points (four goals and one assist) in eight matches during 2020, earning All-BIG EAST First Team. Atkinson, meanwhile, delivered seven points (three goals and one assist) to earn All-BIG EAST Second Team. Both Atkinson and Kardovic collected more hardware as they were selected to the BIG EAST All-Tournament Team.
Creighton Live Stream Moves To FloSports
The BIG EAST Conference, including Creighton University, has partnered with FloSports in 2021-22 to deliver hundreds of subscription-based events leaguewide. This includes virtually every Creighton-produced home webcast in men's soccer, women's soccer, volleyball, women's basketball, baseball and softball. Here's some key information to be aware of prior to subscribing.
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| Discounted Creighton Sign-up URL: |
https://flosports.link/3yyHbcn |
TIPS FOR CREATING ACCOUNTS:
Step 1: Make sure you are using a school-specific link (https://flosports.link/3yyHbcn)! Otherwise, discounted pricing will not be available, and you could be paying more than three times the lowest available rate.
Step 2: Create your Account
Step 3: Choose a plan
If you register for an account using a "@creighton.edu" email address at https://flosports.link/3yyHbcn, you will see these options, with monthly accounts costing $6.99 monthly but an annual account costing $70.00 for the year ($5.83/month). Please note that these subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled, and at this time Creighton does not anticipate much exclusive FloSports programming from late-May to mid-August when we do not have home events.
If you register for an account from a non- "@creighton.edu" account using your school link (https://flosports.link/3yyHbcn), you will see these options. Monthly accounts cost $12.50 monthly, with an annual account costing $95.88 for the year ($7.99/month). Please note that these subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled, and at this time Creighton does not anticipate much exclusive FloSports programming from late-May to mid-August when we do not have home events.
If a fan or student uses the main FloSports URL (www.flosports.com) and NOT their BIG EAST school link (https://flosports.link/3yyHbcn), you will see these options. Monthly accounts cost $29.99 monthly, with an annual account costing $359.88 for the year ($12.50/month). Please note that these subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled, and at this time Creighton does not anticipate much exclusive FloSports programming from late-May to mid-August when we do not have home events.
if you already have a subscription and just want to go right to the list of upcoming Creighton games...
Creighton Volleyball - https://www.flovolleyball.tv/collections/tag/creighton-womens-volleyball?view=live-and-upcoming
Creighton Women's Soccer - https://www.flofc.com/collections/tag/creighton-womens-soccer?view=live-and-upcoming
Creighton Men's Soccer - https://www.flofc.com/collections/tag/creighton-mens-soccer?view=live-and-upcoming
BIG EAST Women's Basketball - (to come)
BIG EAST Baseball - (to come)
BIG EAST Softball - (to come)
Cancellation Policy
ALL SUBSCRIPTION PACKAGES RENEW AUTOMATICALLY UNLESS YOU CANCEL. Step-by-step instructions for canceling a subscription can be found here. This is regardless of subscription type (monthly or annual). When someone cancels their subscription they will lose premium access at the end of their billing period, and the renewal process is stopped. After they cancel, they can see the exact date their subscription will end by clicking "Manage" on the subscription page in account settings. However, if someone accidentally selected an annual subscription, and doesn't want an annual subscription, the FloSports Customer Support team can downgrade them to a monthly subscription and refund the difference by reaching out to the FloSports Customer Support team here.
Bluejay Group Gathers Eight Countries
The impact of an additional year of eligibility due to Covid (the 2020 season), every team in collegiate soccer has larger than typical rosters. The Bluejays, however, have more than a robust roster. Creighton head coach Ross Paule has gathered a group from eight different countries.
The Bluejays have 25 players from the United States, but the remaining nine players represent seven additional countries.
United States   25
Australia       2 (Ayana Aoyagi & Renée Pountney)
Canada      1 (Paityn Bretzer)
Germany   1 (Aida Kardovic)
Iceland      1 (Hildur Björg Kristjánsdóttir)
Japan      1 (Hitomi Yamaue)
Netherlands   1 (Daphne Nierop)  Â
Spain      1 (Cristina Garriga)
Switzerland   1 (Nicole Tiller)  Â
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