Friday, November 1
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Creighton University
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St. John's
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Creighton
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Photo by: Creighton Athletics
Wait Sets Double-Double Record as #6 Volleyball Sweeps Red Storm
11/1/2024 8:44:00 PM | Volleyball
OMAHA, Neb. -- Kendra Wait broke Creighton's career record for double-doubles and Kiara Reinhardt owned a season-high 10 blocks as No. 6 Creighton Volleyball swept St. John's on Friday night. Scores of the CU's 13th straight win were 25-20, 20-18, 25-18.
Creighton (20-2, 11-0 BIG EAST) achieved its 15th season of 20 or more wins and has now done it 12 of the past 13 campaigns, with the COVID-19 shortened 2020 season the only exception. St. John's fell to 16-9 on the year and is 5-6 in BIG EAST play this fall. The contest was a rematch of CU's 3-0 sweep over the Red Storm in Milwaukee in the title match of the 2023 BIG EAST Volleyball Championship.
St. John's used an 8-1 run early in the match to race to an 8-3 lead and force an early Bluejay timeout. CU countered with a run of its own, taking a 12-11 lead on a kill by Wait and didn't trail again in the game. CU's league-leading block notched five rejections in the opening set, including four by BIG EAST blocks leader Reinhardt, who also had the kill on set point to give CU the 25-20 victory. Maddy Bilinovic topped all players with eight digs in the opener.
CU led wire-to-wire in the second set, as Reinhardt and Norah Sis combined for a pair of blocks during a 5-0 run that staked the hosts to a 10-3 advantage. CU's margin reached double-figures at 17-7, which helped stave off a late Red Storm rally in CU's 25-18 victory. Reinhardt had six more blocks and Sis contributed five kills and four digs during the triumph as the Johnnies were held to -.097 hitting.
Creighton used a 7-0 run on Sydney Breissinger's serve to pull ahead 18-11 in the finale and clinched the contest with a kill on Destiny Ndam-Simpson's lone swing of the evening Ava Martin had seven kills in the last frame, Wait dished 17 assists and had five digs to break the double-double record, and Breissinger and Bilinovic each contributed six of CU's 27 digs in the finale frame.
Martin and Sis each had 13 kills, while Bilinovic had 16 digs. Wait finished with 36 assists and 10 digs and Reinhardt notched 10 blocks. CU recorded 46 kills, 54 digs, 12 blocks and no aces on .297 hitting.
St. John's was paced by eight kills by Erin Jones, while libero Rashanny Solano Smith added 15 digs and an ace. The Red Storm had 29 kills, 42 digs, four blocks and three aces on .051 hitting.
Creighton returns to the court on Sunday at 1 p.m. vs. Villanova in another match that will air on Nebraska Public Media as well as 1180 The Zone.
NOTES: Creighton's 20-2 start is its best ever after 22 matches ... Among the streaks that Creighton extended were 40 straight home wins vs. BIG EAST foes, 36 straight regular-season BIG EAST home wins, 33 straight over unranked teams, 26 in a row against BIG EAST opponents, 24 straight home wins, 24 consecutive BIG EAST regular-season matches, 13 straight victories overall and 926 in a row with at least one block ... Creighton has started 11-0 in BIG EAST play for the sixth time in the last 10 years ... Creighton is now 97-3 all-time in BIG EAST home contests in the regular-season, and 200-18 against BIG EAST opponents since joining the league in 2013 ... Kendra Wait's 66th career double-double is one more than Melissa Weisensee's 65 set from 1994-97 ... Creighton has now won 25 straight sets, tied for its third-longest streak in program history and just six shy of its team record. It is the nation's longest active streak ... During that 25-set win streak, Creighton has allowed 20 points just four times, including once tonight ... Creighton has not trailed in 16 of its 34 BIG EAST sets this fall ... Creighton's 13 straight wins is the program's eighth-longest streak in history ... Creighton's school-record streak of five straight matches with more aces than service errors came to an abrupt end, as CU had 11 serving miscues to accompany its first match without an ace since Nov. 19, 2022 ... Creighton has won 38 straight November home matches, winning 114-of-124 sets.
Creighton (20-2, 11-0 BIG EAST) achieved its 15th season of 20 or more wins and has now done it 12 of the past 13 campaigns, with the COVID-19 shortened 2020 season the only exception. St. John's fell to 16-9 on the year and is 5-6 in BIG EAST play this fall. The contest was a rematch of CU's 3-0 sweep over the Red Storm in Milwaukee in the title match of the 2023 BIG EAST Volleyball Championship.
St. John's used an 8-1 run early in the match to race to an 8-3 lead and force an early Bluejay timeout. CU countered with a run of its own, taking a 12-11 lead on a kill by Wait and didn't trail again in the game. CU's league-leading block notched five rejections in the opening set, including four by BIG EAST blocks leader Reinhardt, who also had the kill on set point to give CU the 25-20 victory. Maddy Bilinovic topped all players with eight digs in the opener.
CU led wire-to-wire in the second set, as Reinhardt and Norah Sis combined for a pair of blocks during a 5-0 run that staked the hosts to a 10-3 advantage. CU's margin reached double-figures at 17-7, which helped stave off a late Red Storm rally in CU's 25-18 victory. Reinhardt had six more blocks and Sis contributed five kills and four digs during the triumph as the Johnnies were held to -.097 hitting.
Creighton used a 7-0 run on Sydney Breissinger's serve to pull ahead 18-11 in the finale and clinched the contest with a kill on Destiny Ndam-Simpson's lone swing of the evening Ava Martin had seven kills in the last frame, Wait dished 17 assists and had five digs to break the double-double record, and Breissinger and Bilinovic each contributed six of CU's 27 digs in the finale frame.
Martin and Sis each had 13 kills, while Bilinovic had 16 digs. Wait finished with 36 assists and 10 digs and Reinhardt notched 10 blocks. CU recorded 46 kills, 54 digs, 12 blocks and no aces on .297 hitting.
St. John's was paced by eight kills by Erin Jones, while libero Rashanny Solano Smith added 15 digs and an ace. The Red Storm had 29 kills, 42 digs, four blocks and three aces on .051 hitting.
Creighton returns to the court on Sunday at 1 p.m. vs. Villanova in another match that will air on Nebraska Public Media as well as 1180 The Zone.
NOTES: Creighton's 20-2 start is its best ever after 22 matches ... Among the streaks that Creighton extended were 40 straight home wins vs. BIG EAST foes, 36 straight regular-season BIG EAST home wins, 33 straight over unranked teams, 26 in a row against BIG EAST opponents, 24 straight home wins, 24 consecutive BIG EAST regular-season matches, 13 straight victories overall and 926 in a row with at least one block ... Creighton has started 11-0 in BIG EAST play for the sixth time in the last 10 years ... Creighton is now 97-3 all-time in BIG EAST home contests in the regular-season, and 200-18 against BIG EAST opponents since joining the league in 2013 ... Kendra Wait's 66th career double-double is one more than Melissa Weisensee's 65 set from 1994-97 ... Creighton has now won 25 straight sets, tied for its third-longest streak in program history and just six shy of its team record. It is the nation's longest active streak ... During that 25-set win streak, Creighton has allowed 20 points just four times, including once tonight ... Creighton has not trailed in 16 of its 34 BIG EAST sets this fall ... Creighton's 13 straight wins is the program's eighth-longest streak in history ... Creighton's school-record streak of five straight matches with more aces than service errors came to an abrupt end, as CU had 11 serving miscues to accompany its first match without an ace since Nov. 19, 2022 ... Creighton has won 38 straight November home matches, winning 114-of-124 sets.
Team Stats
SJU
CU
Kills
29
46
Errors
23
13
Attempts
117
111
Hitting %
.051
.297
Points
36.0
58.0
Assists
25
43
Aces
3
0
Blocks
4.0
12.0
Game Leaders
Kills
13
Aces
0
Blocks
1
Kills
8
Aces
0
Blocks
2
Kills
4
Aces
0
Blocks
10
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