Sunday, November 17
Omaha, Neb.
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Creighton University
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Georgetown
10-18,3-13Big East
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Georgetown
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Creighton
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Photo by: Justin Kreutzian
#5 Volleyball Clinches 11th Straight BIG EAST Title and Top Seed in Senior Day Sweep
11/17/2024 3:39:00 PM | Volleyball
Bluejays honor seven seniors following the victory
OMAHA, Neb. -- Fifth-ranked Creighton Volleyball hit a school-record .548 and recognized seven seniors following a 3-0 sweep over Georgetown that clinched the Bluejays 11th straight regular-season title on Sunday, Nov. 17. The victory also secured the top seed in the BIG EAST Tournament Presented by Jeep, which Creighton will also host.
Scores of the Creighton (25-2, 16-0 BIG EAST) win were 25-14, 25-11, 25-11, as Georgetown (10-18, 3-13 BIG EAST) scored the first point of the match but did not lead again.
Norah Sis' final regular-season home match saw the senior pound 15 kills on .636 hitting, adding eight digs and a pair of aces. Classmate Kendra Wait had 32 assists and 11 digs for her 69th career double-double. All six starters, as well as libero Maddy Bilinovic (10 digs, seven assists, two aces), were seniors. That included Elise Goetzinger (six kills, one block) and Abbey Milner, who had career-highs with five kills and three blocks. Katie Maser (3 digs) and Emma Ziegler each made their first starts of the year.
Bluejay junior Ava Martin came off the bench for just the second time all season and supplied 10 kills on .500 hitting while adding four aces. The All-American outside hitter now leads the league in aces per set and is second in kills per set, points per set.
Wait and Sis checked out in the midst of CU's match-ending 11-0 run in the third set with the Bluejays in front 23-11, hugging head coach Kirsten Bernthal Booth while receiving a standing ovation from the crowd of 2,420. The duo improved to 38-0 all-time against BIG EAST opponents inside D.J. Sokol Arena, losing just nine sets.
Creighton's .548 hitting percentage featured 46 kills and just six attack errors in 73 swings, eclipsing the previous mark of .536 vs. Tulsa on Oct. 27, 1995. CU also had nine aces, 40 digs and four blocks.
Georgetown was paced by seven kills from freshman Dionna Mitchell, and setter Emily Wen had 13 assists and six digs. The Hoyas hit .062 and finished with 21 kills, 21 digs, three aces and two blocks.
Creighton closes the regular-season next weekend with road matches at DePaul (Friday, 6 p.m.) and Xavier (Sunday, Noon), needing just one victory to clinch an outright BIG EAST title.
NOTES: Norah Sis surpassed 1,000 career digs early in the first set ... Kiara Reinhardt announced following the match that she would be returning in 2025 as a sixth-year senior ... Creighton is the nation's only team to win 25 or more matches in each of the last 10 non-COVID seasons ... Creighton improved to 101-3 all-time at home in regular-season BIG EAST matches, including 40 straight wins ... Creighton has won 42 straight November home matches, 38 straight matches over unranked teams, 29 straight regular-season BIG EAST matches and 29 straight home contests ... Creighton has now won 18 matches in a row, its third-longest win streak in program history ... Creighton's 112 victories are its most ever in a four-year span ... Creighton has won 28 straight sets over Georgetown and is now 22-0 all-time against the Hoyas.
Scores of the Creighton (25-2, 16-0 BIG EAST) win were 25-14, 25-11, 25-11, as Georgetown (10-18, 3-13 BIG EAST) scored the first point of the match but did not lead again.
Norah Sis' final regular-season home match saw the senior pound 15 kills on .636 hitting, adding eight digs and a pair of aces. Classmate Kendra Wait had 32 assists and 11 digs for her 69th career double-double. All six starters, as well as libero Maddy Bilinovic (10 digs, seven assists, two aces), were seniors. That included Elise Goetzinger (six kills, one block) and Abbey Milner, who had career-highs with five kills and three blocks. Katie Maser (3 digs) and Emma Ziegler each made their first starts of the year.
Bluejay junior Ava Martin came off the bench for just the second time all season and supplied 10 kills on .500 hitting while adding four aces. The All-American outside hitter now leads the league in aces per set and is second in kills per set, points per set.
Wait and Sis checked out in the midst of CU's match-ending 11-0 run in the third set with the Bluejays in front 23-11, hugging head coach Kirsten Bernthal Booth while receiving a standing ovation from the crowd of 2,420. The duo improved to 38-0 all-time against BIG EAST opponents inside D.J. Sokol Arena, losing just nine sets.
Creighton's .548 hitting percentage featured 46 kills and just six attack errors in 73 swings, eclipsing the previous mark of .536 vs. Tulsa on Oct. 27, 1995. CU also had nine aces, 40 digs and four blocks.
Georgetown was paced by seven kills from freshman Dionna Mitchell, and setter Emily Wen had 13 assists and six digs. The Hoyas hit .062 and finished with 21 kills, 21 digs, three aces and two blocks.
Creighton closes the regular-season next weekend with road matches at DePaul (Friday, 6 p.m.) and Xavier (Sunday, Noon), needing just one victory to clinch an outright BIG EAST title.
NOTES: Norah Sis surpassed 1,000 career digs early in the first set ... Kiara Reinhardt announced following the match that she would be returning in 2025 as a sixth-year senior ... Creighton is the nation's only team to win 25 or more matches in each of the last 10 non-COVID seasons ... Creighton improved to 101-3 all-time at home in regular-season BIG EAST matches, including 40 straight wins ... Creighton has won 42 straight November home matches, 38 straight matches over unranked teams, 29 straight regular-season BIG EAST matches and 29 straight home contests ... Creighton has now won 18 matches in a row, its third-longest win streak in program history ... Creighton's 112 victories are its most ever in a four-year span ... Creighton has won 28 straight sets over Georgetown and is now 22-0 all-time against the Hoyas.
Team Stats
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CU
Kills
21
46
Errors
16
6
Attempts
80
73
Hitting %
.063
.548
Points
26.0
59.0
Assists
21
43
Aces
3
9
Blocks
2
4
Game Leaders
Kills-Aces-Blocks
Kills
10
Aces
4
Blocks
1
Kills
6
Aces
0
Blocks
1
Kills
5
Aces
1
Blocks
0
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