Sunday, October 15
Omaha, Neb.
1 PM
Creighton University
15-4,6-2Big East
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Villanova
12-8,3-5Big East
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Villanova
21
18
14
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#17 Creighton
25
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Ellie Bichelmeyr
Photo by: Mac Johnson
#17 Volleyball Stays Perfect at Home; Sweeps Villanova
10/15/2023 3:14:00 PM | Volleyball
Ellie Bichelmeyer leads CU with season-high 11 kills
OMAHA, Neb. -- Ellie Bichelmeyer and Kiara Reinhardt had season-highs in kills to pace the No. 17 Creighton Volleyball team to a 3-0 win over visiting Villanova on Sunday.
Creighton (15-4, 6-2 BIG EAST) moved into a tie for third place with the 25-21, 25-18, 25-14 victory, while Villanova fell to 12-8 (3-5 BIG EAST) on the season. The Bluejays are now 7-0 at home this season and have won 40 straight home matches in the month of October.
Bichelmeyer notched 11 kills on .500 hitting while Reinhardt had nine kills and a career-best six digs on .571 hitting for the Bluejays. CU had another robust night offensively, hitting .340 with 46 kills. CU also served six aces, had 50 digs and eight blocks.
The first set featured 14 ties and five lead changes before Creighton finally pulled away down the stretch. With the score knotted at 20-all, a kill from setter Kendra Wait, an ace by Ellie Bolton and an Ava Martin gave the Bluejays a 23-20 cushion. The teams traded sideouts the next three points as CU took a 1-0 lead on Bichelmeyer's fifth kill of the set.
Creighton hit .440 in the second set and held the Wildcats to -031 hitting to bolt to a 2-0 lead at intermission. CU trailed 10-9 before a 5-0 run on Wait's serve. Creighton led 18-15 before a Nova service error started a 5-0 Bluejay run on Sky McCune's serve. CU closed out the set with Kiana Schmitt's third kill of the set. Schmitt also had a hand in two of CU's three blocks during the frame.
Creighton raced to a 5-0 lead on McCune's serve to open the third set and never trailed, though the Wildcats did claw back to tie the set at 9-9 and 10-10. CU led 14-13 before closing the match on an 11-1 run, capped by a 6-0 serving run from Wait that included two of her season-best three aces. Martin, Bichelmeyer and Destiny Ndam-Simpson all registered four kills in the last game as CU hit .308.
Villanova had 25 kills, 41 digs, three blocks and nine aces on .076 hitting. Aby Harrell had 11 kills and three aces, while Taryn Whittingham notched a match-leading 17 digs for the Wildcats.
Creighton will play its next four matches on the road, starting with Friday's 5 p.m. Central match at Connecticut.
NOTES: Creighton is now one game behind St. John's and Marquette in the league standings after the Red Storm defeated the Golden Eagles on Saturday in Queens ... Creighton improved to 12-0 all-time at home against Villanova, and the Bluejays have won 20 straight sets over the Wildcats inside D.J. Sokol Arena ... Creighton has won 67 straight matches when leading 2-0 and 214 straight matches against league teams when leading 2-0 ... Sunday marked the 12th anniversary of Creighton's last home loss in the month of October ... Creighton hit .405 in two 3-0 victories this weekend ... Creighton is now 96-4 in home matches against BIG EAST teams since joining the conference in 2013 ... Creighton has played 34 straight matches against a league team without a match ending in exactly four sets ... Ellie Bolton has had at least one ace in 16 of her last 17 matches ... Creighton is 12-0 this year when winning the second set ... Creighton improved to 7-0 at home this season, dropping just three sets ... Ellie Bichelmeyer's previous season-high in kills was seven (at Xavier and vs. Duke), but her career-high from her days at Rice is 21 vs. Charlotte on Oct. 6, 2022 ... Kendra Wait had her team-leading 12th double-double of the fall ... Creighton is now 87-13 all-time in home matches when playing as a top-25 team.
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Creighton (15-4, 6-2 BIG EAST) moved into a tie for third place with the 25-21, 25-18, 25-14 victory, while Villanova fell to 12-8 (3-5 BIG EAST) on the season. The Bluejays are now 7-0 at home this season and have won 40 straight home matches in the month of October.
Bichelmeyer notched 11 kills on .500 hitting while Reinhardt had nine kills and a career-best six digs on .571 hitting for the Bluejays. CU had another robust night offensively, hitting .340 with 46 kills. CU also served six aces, had 50 digs and eight blocks.
The first set featured 14 ties and five lead changes before Creighton finally pulled away down the stretch. With the score knotted at 20-all, a kill from setter Kendra Wait, an ace by Ellie Bolton and an Ava Martin gave the Bluejays a 23-20 cushion. The teams traded sideouts the next three points as CU took a 1-0 lead on Bichelmeyer's fifth kill of the set.
Creighton hit .440 in the second set and held the Wildcats to -031 hitting to bolt to a 2-0 lead at intermission. CU trailed 10-9 before a 5-0 run on Wait's serve. Creighton led 18-15 before a Nova service error started a 5-0 Bluejay run on Sky McCune's serve. CU closed out the set with Kiana Schmitt's third kill of the set. Schmitt also had a hand in two of CU's three blocks during the frame.
Creighton raced to a 5-0 lead on McCune's serve to open the third set and never trailed, though the Wildcats did claw back to tie the set at 9-9 and 10-10. CU led 14-13 before closing the match on an 11-1 run, capped by a 6-0 serving run from Wait that included two of her season-best three aces. Martin, Bichelmeyer and Destiny Ndam-Simpson all registered four kills in the last game as CU hit .308.
Villanova had 25 kills, 41 digs, three blocks and nine aces on .076 hitting. Aby Harrell had 11 kills and three aces, while Taryn Whittingham notched a match-leading 17 digs for the Wildcats.
Creighton will play its next four matches on the road, starting with Friday's 5 p.m. Central match at Connecticut.
NOTES: Creighton is now one game behind St. John's and Marquette in the league standings after the Red Storm defeated the Golden Eagles on Saturday in Queens ... Creighton improved to 12-0 all-time at home against Villanova, and the Bluejays have won 20 straight sets over the Wildcats inside D.J. Sokol Arena ... Creighton has won 67 straight matches when leading 2-0 and 214 straight matches against league teams when leading 2-0 ... Sunday marked the 12th anniversary of Creighton's last home loss in the month of October ... Creighton hit .405 in two 3-0 victories this weekend ... Creighton is now 96-4 in home matches against BIG EAST teams since joining the conference in 2013 ... Creighton has played 34 straight matches against a league team without a match ending in exactly four sets ... Ellie Bolton has had at least one ace in 16 of her last 17 matches ... Creighton is 12-0 this year when winning the second set ... Creighton improved to 7-0 at home this season, dropping just three sets ... Ellie Bichelmeyer's previous season-high in kills was seven (at Xavier and vs. Duke), but her career-high from her days at Rice is 21 vs. Charlotte on Oct. 6, 2022 ... Kendra Wait had her team-leading 12th double-double of the fall ... Creighton is now 87-13 all-time in home matches when playing as a top-25 team.
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Team Stats
VU
CU
Kills
25
46
Errors
17
11
Attempts
105
103
Hitting %
.076
.340
Points
37.0
60.0
Assists
24
38
Aces
9
6
Blocks
3.0
8.0
Game Leaders
Kills-Aces-Blocks
Kills
11
Aces
0
Blocks
2
Kills
9
Aces
0
Blocks
3
Kills
8
Aces
0
Blocks
1
Kills
8
Aces
0
Blocks
2
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