Tuesday, October 1
Omaha, Neb.
6:00 PM
Creighton University
12-2,3-0Big East
3
vs
1
Marquette
6-6,2-1Big East
1
2
3
4
F
Marquette
20
18
25
12
1
Creighton
25
25
23
25
3
Ava Martin and Norah Sis
Photo by: Xavier Rincon
#6 Volleyball Aces BIG EAST Test vs. Marquette
10/1/2024 9:00:00 PM | Volleyball
Bluejays move into first place in the BIG EAST
OMAHA, Neb. -- All-Americans Ava Martin, Norah Sis and Kendra Wait had double-doubles to lead No. 6 Creighton Volleyball to a 3-1 win over rival Marquette on Tuesday night in front of a national television audience on FS1. Scores of CU's victory were 25-20, 25-18, 23-25, 25-12.
Creighton is now 12-2 on the year and 3-0 in BIG EAST play after its fifth straight victory, while Marquette dropped to 6-6 overall and is 2-1 in league action.
Martin had 15 kills and 10 digs, Sis added 14 kills and 13 digs while Wait contributed 47 assists and 11 digs for the Bluejays, which also got huge efforts from Wisconsin natives Elise Goetzinger (12 kills, 6 blocks) and Kiara Reinhardt (9 kills, 5 blocks). Maddy Bilinovic's first taste of the BIG EAST's best rivalry saw the fifth-year libero collect 20 digs. Creighton finished the night leading the Golden Eagles in kills (60-38), hitting percentage (.278 - .116), assists (55-36), aces (9-8), digs (70-65) and blocks (13-5).
Goetzinger had two kills and a block in an early 5-0 run as the Bluejays took a 6-4 lead to open the match. CU would gradually grow its lead to 20-14, then held off a Marquette comeback that was too little, too late. Goetzinger had six kills and three blocks in the opener and Bilinovic upped eight digs.
Creighton raced to an 11-4 lead in the second set as Wait authored a 6-0 run behind the service line. The Golden Eagles again drew within three at 13-10, 17-14 and 20-17 but got no closer as the Bluejays closed out the 25-18 set win to take a 2-0 lead in the match. Sis had five kills and Reinhardt owned four kills and a pair of blocks as CU held the Golden Eagles to .098 hitting.
Marquette became the first BIG EAST visitor to win a regular-season set in Omaha since October 16, 2022 when it rallied for a 25-23 set three triumph, snapping CU's 46-set home win streak in league play. The Bluejays were in control 22-19 and eyeing a sweep before the Golden Eagles closed the set with a 6-1 flourish to extend the match. Yadhira Anchante served a late 5-0 run, including an ace out of a timeout at 23-22, to lead MU. Creighton hit .281 in the set and had four blocks, but lost the service game by being aced five times and owning five service miscues itself.
The Bluejays wasted no time closing out the match, bolting to a 13-4 lead in the fourth frame and moving the lead into double-figures at 15-5. A kill from Jaya Johnson ended the match in just over two hours. Creighton hit .500 in the fourth set with 17 kills in 32 swings. Sis had six kills and five digs while Martin had five kills, two aces and a solo stuff to close out MU for the 23rd time in the last 27 meetings.
Marquette got nine kills each from Carsen Murray and Ella Foti, who also had 11 digs. Anchante had 32 assists and 12 digs and Jenna Reitsma owned four aces and 14 digs despite being held to -.133 hitting.
Creighton returns to action on Friday at 6 p.m. Central with a match at Butler.
NOTES: Creighton entered the match having played the nation's No. 2 schedule, while Marquette had faced the No. 3 strength of schedule ... Creighton and Marquette have shared the last three BIG EAST regular-season titles, though Creighton has won the last three BIG EAST Tournaments ... Creighton has won 41 straight home matches played in the month of October, last losing in the 10th month in 2011 ... Creighton improved to 94-3 all-time in BIG EAST home matches ... Creighton is now 8-0 at home this year and extended its program-record home win streak to 21 matches in a row ... Creighton has won 54 of its last 56 sets at home ... Creighton is now 11-0 when winning the first set this year ... Creighton is now 5-0 in the fourth set this year, but did lose the third set for the first time all fall ... Maddy Bilinovic had her ninth straight match with 10+ digs and now stands just eight digs of 1,000 in her career ... Elise Goetzinger's 12 kills give her exactly 700 in her career ... Ava Martin moved over 400 career digs with 10 tonight ... Kendra Wait (4,229) moved past Kailey Reyes (4,207) for third-most assists in program history ... Creighton has won 228 straight matches vs. conference teams when taking a 2-0 lead ... Creighton has won 119 straight sets when owning a set point ... Ava Martin had her 56th straight match with five or more kills ... Creighton has won 37 straight home matches against league teams.
Creighton is now 12-2 on the year and 3-0 in BIG EAST play after its fifth straight victory, while Marquette dropped to 6-6 overall and is 2-1 in league action.
Martin had 15 kills and 10 digs, Sis added 14 kills and 13 digs while Wait contributed 47 assists and 11 digs for the Bluejays, which also got huge efforts from Wisconsin natives Elise Goetzinger (12 kills, 6 blocks) and Kiara Reinhardt (9 kills, 5 blocks). Maddy Bilinovic's first taste of the BIG EAST's best rivalry saw the fifth-year libero collect 20 digs. Creighton finished the night leading the Golden Eagles in kills (60-38), hitting percentage (.278 - .116), assists (55-36), aces (9-8), digs (70-65) and blocks (13-5).
Goetzinger had two kills and a block in an early 5-0 run as the Bluejays took a 6-4 lead to open the match. CU would gradually grow its lead to 20-14, then held off a Marquette comeback that was too little, too late. Goetzinger had six kills and three blocks in the opener and Bilinovic upped eight digs.
Creighton raced to an 11-4 lead in the second set as Wait authored a 6-0 run behind the service line. The Golden Eagles again drew within three at 13-10, 17-14 and 20-17 but got no closer as the Bluejays closed out the 25-18 set win to take a 2-0 lead in the match. Sis had five kills and Reinhardt owned four kills and a pair of blocks as CU held the Golden Eagles to .098 hitting.
Marquette became the first BIG EAST visitor to win a regular-season set in Omaha since October 16, 2022 when it rallied for a 25-23 set three triumph, snapping CU's 46-set home win streak in league play. The Bluejays were in control 22-19 and eyeing a sweep before the Golden Eagles closed the set with a 6-1 flourish to extend the match. Yadhira Anchante served a late 5-0 run, including an ace out of a timeout at 23-22, to lead MU. Creighton hit .281 in the set and had four blocks, but lost the service game by being aced five times and owning five service miscues itself.
The Bluejays wasted no time closing out the match, bolting to a 13-4 lead in the fourth frame and moving the lead into double-figures at 15-5. A kill from Jaya Johnson ended the match in just over two hours. Creighton hit .500 in the fourth set with 17 kills in 32 swings. Sis had six kills and five digs while Martin had five kills, two aces and a solo stuff to close out MU for the 23rd time in the last 27 meetings.
Marquette got nine kills each from Carsen Murray and Ella Foti, who also had 11 digs. Anchante had 32 assists and 12 digs and Jenna Reitsma owned four aces and 14 digs despite being held to -.133 hitting.
Creighton returns to action on Friday at 6 p.m. Central with a match at Butler.
NOTES: Creighton entered the match having played the nation's No. 2 schedule, while Marquette had faced the No. 3 strength of schedule ... Creighton and Marquette have shared the last three BIG EAST regular-season titles, though Creighton has won the last three BIG EAST Tournaments ... Creighton has won 41 straight home matches played in the month of October, last losing in the 10th month in 2011 ... Creighton improved to 94-3 all-time in BIG EAST home matches ... Creighton is now 8-0 at home this year and extended its program-record home win streak to 21 matches in a row ... Creighton has won 54 of its last 56 sets at home ... Creighton is now 11-0 when winning the first set this year ... Creighton is now 5-0 in the fourth set this year, but did lose the third set for the first time all fall ... Maddy Bilinovic had her ninth straight match with 10+ digs and now stands just eight digs of 1,000 in her career ... Elise Goetzinger's 12 kills give her exactly 700 in her career ... Ava Martin moved over 400 career digs with 10 tonight ... Kendra Wait (4,229) moved past Kailey Reyes (4,207) for third-most assists in program history ... Creighton has won 228 straight matches vs. conference teams when taking a 2-0 lead ... Creighton has won 119 straight sets when owning a set point ... Ava Martin had her 56th straight match with five or more kills ... Creighton has won 37 straight home matches against league teams.
Team Stats
Marq
CU
Kills
38
60
Errors
21
18
Attempts
146
151
Hitting %
.116
.278
Points
51.0
82.0
Assists
36
55
Aces
8
9
Blocks
5
13
Game Leaders
Kills
15
Aces
3
Blocks
2
Kills
12
Aces
0
Blocks
6
Kills
9
Aces
0
Blocks
5
Players Mentioned
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