Sunday, November 5
Omaha, Neb.
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Creighton University
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Marquette
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#25 Marquette
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#17 Creighton
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Photo by: Andrew Grieve
#17 Volleyball Sweeps #25 Marquette, Moves Into First Place Tie
11/5/2023 3:24:00 PM | Volleyball
Bluejays have swept nine consecutive matches after Sunday's victory
OMAHA, Neb. -- Senior Ellie Bichelmeyer had a season-high 14 kills and No. 17 Creighton picked up its ninth consecutive 3-0 victory with a 25-18, 25-9, 26-24 triumph over No. 25 Marquette on Sunday, Nov. 5. The victory moves the Bluejays into a three-way tie for first place in the BIG EAST standings as Marquette and St. John's are also 12-2 in league play.
Creighton (21-4, 12-2 BIG EAST) hit .387 in the match, doubled up the Golden Eagles in kills (54-27), and owned a 54-38 advantage in digs.
Playing in front of the ninth-largest crowd in D.J. Sokol Arena history (2,356), the Bluejays never trailed in the first set. After the teams traded six straight sideouts to start the contest, freshman libero Sydney Breissinger authored a 5-0 serving run to put CU in front 8-3. The margin grew to 15-8 on a kill from Kendra Wait, and Norah Sis put down a kill on set point to give CU the early 1-0 lead. Creighton dominated the first set on the stat sheet with a 19-7 lead in kills and a 22-12 edge in digs. Bichelmeyer and Kiana Schmitt both had four kills for CU, Wait dished 14 assists and had five digs, and Breissinger owned seven digs.
Marquette (16-9, 12-2 BIG EAST) won the first point of the second set, but Creighton scored seven of the next eight points to take control. Kiara Reinhardt authored back-to-back aces to put CU in front 8-3, and Breissinger later had a 6-0 service run capped by an ace the put the Jays in front 18-5. Once again, a kill from Sis closed out the set. Creighton had a 100 percent sideout percentage in the game while holding MU to -.077 hitting on 39 swings. Schmitt (4) and Bichelmeyer (3) were perfect in seven swings to pace a Bluejay offense that had 12 kills in 24 errorless swings to hit .500.
Creighton built a 5-1 lead early in the third set, but the Golden Eagles battled back to take a 15-14 lead. The teams exchanged the lead four times, with Marquette taking its final lead at 21-20 before three kills from Bichelmeyer in a four point span gave the hosts a 23-22 advantage. With the score knotted at 23-all, Sis had a kill to give CU a match point, only to have Jenna Reitsma answer to tie the score at 24-all. Kills from Schmitt and Martin closed out CU's 26-24 set win with kills, securing that CU will be control its own destiny as it chases the No. 1 seed in the league tournament. Bichelmeyer had seven kills and Sis six terminations in the final set as Wait dished 18 assists on CU's 23 kills in the frame.
Bichelmeyer's 14 kills were three more than her previous season-high and led three Bluejays in double-figures, as Sis and Schmitt also had a dozen each. Reinhardt (7) and Ava Martin (5) also supplemented the offense, combining for 12 kills on 27 errorless attempts. Wait notched her 50th career double-double with 40 assists and 12 digs and Sis added 12 kills and 11 digs. Breissinger paced the defense with 14 digs.
Marquette was led by eight kills from Reitsma and 13 digs by Sara Kushner. Reigning BIG EAST Setter of the Year Yadhira Anchante, who led Iowa Western to a pair of national titles, returned to the court for the first time in six matches and finished with 20 assists and three digs.
Creighton returns to the court on Friday at 5 p.m. Central with a match at Seton Hall.
NOTES: Creighton improved to 26-7 all-time against Marquette and is 22-4 against the Golden Eagles since the start of the 2014 season ... Creighton improved to 26-1 all-time against MU when winning at least one set, including 22 straight victories ... Creighton's 27 straight sets won is two behind its program record, done last year and snapped by then-No. 18 Marquette ... Marquette is 47-7 in the last three seasons against BIG EAST teams, but just 2-6 against Creighton in that span ... Creighton has won 220 straight matches against league teams when going up 2-0 and 73 straight conference matches when taking a 2-0 lead ... Creighton has won 35 straight November home matches since Nov. 23, 2014 ... Creighton has won its last 25 sets when scoring the first point of a set ... Creighton is now 12-5 in sets decided by exactly two points and 8-4 in sets that extend beyond 25 points ... Creighton improved to 18-0 this year when winning the second set ... Creighton improved to 26-85 all-time against ranked teams, with nine of those victories coming over Marquette ... Creighton owns three top-25 wins this year, one shy of a program record ... Creighton is now 21-24 all-time in matches involving a pair of top 25 clubs ... Creighton is now 9-2 this season against teams that qualified for the 2022 NCAA Tournament ... Ellie Bolton missed a sixth straight match due to injury ... Creighton is now 13-1 with Norah Sis this season. Sis missed CU's loss at Marquette last month due to injury ... Marquette had a five-match win streak snapped.
Creighton (21-4, 12-2 BIG EAST) hit .387 in the match, doubled up the Golden Eagles in kills (54-27), and owned a 54-38 advantage in digs.
Playing in front of the ninth-largest crowd in D.J. Sokol Arena history (2,356), the Bluejays never trailed in the first set. After the teams traded six straight sideouts to start the contest, freshman libero Sydney Breissinger authored a 5-0 serving run to put CU in front 8-3. The margin grew to 15-8 on a kill from Kendra Wait, and Norah Sis put down a kill on set point to give CU the early 1-0 lead. Creighton dominated the first set on the stat sheet with a 19-7 lead in kills and a 22-12 edge in digs. Bichelmeyer and Kiana Schmitt both had four kills for CU, Wait dished 14 assists and had five digs, and Breissinger owned seven digs.
Marquette (16-9, 12-2 BIG EAST) won the first point of the second set, but Creighton scored seven of the next eight points to take control. Kiara Reinhardt authored back-to-back aces to put CU in front 8-3, and Breissinger later had a 6-0 service run capped by an ace the put the Jays in front 18-5. Once again, a kill from Sis closed out the set. Creighton had a 100 percent sideout percentage in the game while holding MU to -.077 hitting on 39 swings. Schmitt (4) and Bichelmeyer (3) were perfect in seven swings to pace a Bluejay offense that had 12 kills in 24 errorless swings to hit .500.
Creighton built a 5-1 lead early in the third set, but the Golden Eagles battled back to take a 15-14 lead. The teams exchanged the lead four times, with Marquette taking its final lead at 21-20 before three kills from Bichelmeyer in a four point span gave the hosts a 23-22 advantage. With the score knotted at 23-all, Sis had a kill to give CU a match point, only to have Jenna Reitsma answer to tie the score at 24-all. Kills from Schmitt and Martin closed out CU's 26-24 set win with kills, securing that CU will be control its own destiny as it chases the No. 1 seed in the league tournament. Bichelmeyer had seven kills and Sis six terminations in the final set as Wait dished 18 assists on CU's 23 kills in the frame.
Bichelmeyer's 14 kills were three more than her previous season-high and led three Bluejays in double-figures, as Sis and Schmitt also had a dozen each. Reinhardt (7) and Ava Martin (5) also supplemented the offense, combining for 12 kills on 27 errorless attempts. Wait notched her 50th career double-double with 40 assists and 12 digs and Sis added 12 kills and 11 digs. Breissinger paced the defense with 14 digs.
Marquette was led by eight kills from Reitsma and 13 digs by Sara Kushner. Reigning BIG EAST Setter of the Year Yadhira Anchante, who led Iowa Western to a pair of national titles, returned to the court for the first time in six matches and finished with 20 assists and three digs.
Creighton returns to the court on Friday at 5 p.m. Central with a match at Seton Hall.
NOTES: Creighton improved to 26-7 all-time against Marquette and is 22-4 against the Golden Eagles since the start of the 2014 season ... Creighton improved to 26-1 all-time against MU when winning at least one set, including 22 straight victories ... Creighton's 27 straight sets won is two behind its program record, done last year and snapped by then-No. 18 Marquette ... Marquette is 47-7 in the last three seasons against BIG EAST teams, but just 2-6 against Creighton in that span ... Creighton has won 220 straight matches against league teams when going up 2-0 and 73 straight conference matches when taking a 2-0 lead ... Creighton has won 35 straight November home matches since Nov. 23, 2014 ... Creighton has won its last 25 sets when scoring the first point of a set ... Creighton is now 12-5 in sets decided by exactly two points and 8-4 in sets that extend beyond 25 points ... Creighton improved to 18-0 this year when winning the second set ... Creighton improved to 26-85 all-time against ranked teams, with nine of those victories coming over Marquette ... Creighton owns three top-25 wins this year, one shy of a program record ... Creighton is now 21-24 all-time in matches involving a pair of top 25 clubs ... Creighton is now 9-2 this season against teams that qualified for the 2022 NCAA Tournament ... Ellie Bolton missed a sixth straight match due to injury ... Creighton is now 13-1 with Norah Sis this season. Sis missed CU's loss at Marquette last month due to injury ... Marquette had a five-match win streak snapped.
Team Stats
Marq
CU
Kills
27
54
Errors
15
11
Attempts
108
111
Hitting %
.111
.387
Points
35.0
62.0
Assists
24
51
Aces
6
5
Blocks
2.0
3.0
Game Leaders
Kills-Aces-Blocks
Kills
14
Aces
0
Blocks
0
Kills
12
Aces
0
Blocks
0
Kills
7
Aces
2
Blocks
1
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