Friday, September 20
Lawrence, Kan.
4 PM
Creighton University
8-2,0-0Big East
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#6 Purdue
8-2,0-0Big Ten
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Purdue
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Creighton
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Ava Martin
Photo by: Joey Kurtz
#9 Volleyball Takes Down #6 Purdue at Jayhawk Classic
9/20/2024 6:21:00 PM | Volleyball
#9 Bluejays close non-conference play Saturday at #10 Kansas
LAWRENCE, Kan. -- The No. 9 Creighton Volleyball team picked up its first Top 10 win of the season with a 3-1 win over No. 6 Purdue to open play at the Jayhawk Classic on Friday afternoon in Lawrence, Kan.
Scores of the match in Creighton's favor were 25-21, 17-25, 25-16, 27-25. Both teams are now 8-2.
Ava Martin and Norah Sis each had 15 kills as part of a balanced Bluejay attack that also saw Elise Goetzinger (10 kills, 6 blocks), Jaya Johnson (10 kills, .412%) and Kiara Reinhardt (8 kills, 6 blocks, .429%) have a big night. Kendra Wait distributed 51 assists and added 11 digs, six blocks and five kills for her 60th career double-double, and Maddy Bilinovic contributed 16 digs. Creighton won all the statistical battles, beating the Boilermakers in kills (63-51), assists (57-50), aces (4-2), digs (59-55), blocks (12.0 - 9.0) and hitting percentage (.274 - .209).
Creighton hit a blistering .488 in the opening set, finishing with 22 kill as six different Bluejays had multiple kills. Sis shook of a bloody nose that saw her miss several points in the middle of the set to amass six kills, including the putaway on set point. Kansas natives Martin and Johnson combined for nine kills on 15 errorless swings as a Purdue block ranked second nationally went without a stuff. Eva Hudson and Chloe Chicoine combined for nine kills and Purdue hit .417, but it wasn't enough against the high-powered Bluejay attack.
Purdue evened the match with a 25-17 win in the second set, closing the game on a 10-3 run. Creighton hit -.105 in the set and was blocked five times, while Purdue got four kills by Hudson in the set.
Creighton flipped the momentum in the third set on Martin's serve. The junior had a pair of kills during a 6-0 surge as the Bluejays took a 12-7 lead and never looked back. Creighton hit .538 in the third frame with 16 kills in 26 swings as Wait dished 15 assists. Five different Bluejays had three or more kills in the third frame, including three kills on three swings by both Reinhardt and Goetzinger.
Back-to-back aces by Sydney Breissinger helped push the Bluejays in front 8-2 to open the fourth frame. The Boilermakers didn't relent, fighting back to get within one at 16-15, 17-16 and 18-17 before finally knotting the score at 18-all. Purdue won a challenge to take its first lead of the set at 21-20 when the Bluejays were ruled to be in the net on a kill. After Creighton retook the lead at 22-21, Purdue won another challenge to flip the score in their favor. Creighton held off two set points and got one of their own, only to serve it into the net. But a kill from Martin gave CU another chance, and Reinhardt and Wait stuffed Hudson on match point for the win. Creighton had four blocks in the finale, while both Sis and Martin added five kills.
Purdue was paced by 19 kills from Hudson, while Chicoine had 14 kills. Raven Colvin led Purdue with six blocks and hit .467 with eight kills in 15 swings.
Creighton closes non-conference play on Saturday at 3 p.m. with a match at No. 10 Kansas to close out play at the Jayhawk Classic. The contest will be streamed on ESPN+.
NOTES: Today was the second of three straight matches against a Top 10 opponent (No. 4 Louisville, No. 6 Purdue, No. 10 Kansas), a Creighton Volleyball first ... Kendra Wait (4,067) passed Melissa Weisensee (4,018) for fourth in Creighton history in career assists ... Norah Sis surpassed 900 career digs with her first dig of the match ... Kiara Reinhardt reached 300 career blocks in the third set ... Kendra Wait notched her 60th career double-double ... .Creighton improved to 2-1 all-time against Purdue, also sweeping a nationally-ranked Purdue squad last year in West Lafayette, Ind. ... Creighton has now owns multiple Top 25 wins for the third straight season, and eighth time overall ... Creighton is now 23-27 all-time in matches involving Top 25 teams and 3-3 in battles between Top 10 teams ... Creighton is now 9-36 all-time against Top 10 teams, with eight of those victories coming away from home ... Creighton has won 24 straight matches following a loss and hasn't lost back-to-back matches since 2019, the nation's oldest such stretch without back-to-back losses ... Creighton has won 16 straight matches in the contest following a five-set loss and 25 straight matches overall following a loss.
Scores of the match in Creighton's favor were 25-21, 17-25, 25-16, 27-25. Both teams are now 8-2.
Ava Martin and Norah Sis each had 15 kills as part of a balanced Bluejay attack that also saw Elise Goetzinger (10 kills, 6 blocks), Jaya Johnson (10 kills, .412%) and Kiara Reinhardt (8 kills, 6 blocks, .429%) have a big night. Kendra Wait distributed 51 assists and added 11 digs, six blocks and five kills for her 60th career double-double, and Maddy Bilinovic contributed 16 digs. Creighton won all the statistical battles, beating the Boilermakers in kills (63-51), assists (57-50), aces (4-2), digs (59-55), blocks (12.0 - 9.0) and hitting percentage (.274 - .209).
Creighton hit a blistering .488 in the opening set, finishing with 22 kill as six different Bluejays had multiple kills. Sis shook of a bloody nose that saw her miss several points in the middle of the set to amass six kills, including the putaway on set point. Kansas natives Martin and Johnson combined for nine kills on 15 errorless swings as a Purdue block ranked second nationally went without a stuff. Eva Hudson and Chloe Chicoine combined for nine kills and Purdue hit .417, but it wasn't enough against the high-powered Bluejay attack.
Purdue evened the match with a 25-17 win in the second set, closing the game on a 10-3 run. Creighton hit -.105 in the set and was blocked five times, while Purdue got four kills by Hudson in the set.
Creighton flipped the momentum in the third set on Martin's serve. The junior had a pair of kills during a 6-0 surge as the Bluejays took a 12-7 lead and never looked back. Creighton hit .538 in the third frame with 16 kills in 26 swings as Wait dished 15 assists. Five different Bluejays had three or more kills in the third frame, including three kills on three swings by both Reinhardt and Goetzinger.
Back-to-back aces by Sydney Breissinger helped push the Bluejays in front 8-2 to open the fourth frame. The Boilermakers didn't relent, fighting back to get within one at 16-15, 17-16 and 18-17 before finally knotting the score at 18-all. Purdue won a challenge to take its first lead of the set at 21-20 when the Bluejays were ruled to be in the net on a kill. After Creighton retook the lead at 22-21, Purdue won another challenge to flip the score in their favor. Creighton held off two set points and got one of their own, only to serve it into the net. But a kill from Martin gave CU another chance, and Reinhardt and Wait stuffed Hudson on match point for the win. Creighton had four blocks in the finale, while both Sis and Martin added five kills.
Purdue was paced by 19 kills from Hudson, while Chicoine had 14 kills. Raven Colvin led Purdue with six blocks and hit .467 with eight kills in 15 swings.
Creighton closes non-conference play on Saturday at 3 p.m. with a match at No. 10 Kansas to close out play at the Jayhawk Classic. The contest will be streamed on ESPN+.
NOTES: Today was the second of three straight matches against a Top 10 opponent (No. 4 Louisville, No. 6 Purdue, No. 10 Kansas), a Creighton Volleyball first ... Kendra Wait (4,067) passed Melissa Weisensee (4,018) for fourth in Creighton history in career assists ... Norah Sis surpassed 900 career digs with her first dig of the match ... Kiara Reinhardt reached 300 career blocks in the third set ... Kendra Wait notched her 60th career double-double ... .Creighton improved to 2-1 all-time against Purdue, also sweeping a nationally-ranked Purdue squad last year in West Lafayette, Ind. ... Creighton has now owns multiple Top 25 wins for the third straight season, and eighth time overall ... Creighton is now 23-27 all-time in matches involving Top 25 teams and 3-3 in battles between Top 10 teams ... Creighton is now 9-36 all-time against Top 10 teams, with eight of those victories coming away from home ... Creighton has won 24 straight matches following a loss and hasn't lost back-to-back matches since 2019, the nation's oldest such stretch without back-to-back losses ... Creighton has won 16 straight matches in the contest following a five-set loss and 25 straight matches overall following a loss.
Kendra Wait is interviewed by ESPN+ after tonight's win vs. #6 Purdue. #GoJays pic.twitter.com/Cy5uULZOzM— Creighton Volleyball (@CreightonVB) September 21, 2024
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Team Stats
Purdue
CU
Kills
51
63
Errors
20
23
Attempts
148
146
Hitting %
.209
.274
Points
62.0
79.0
Assists
50
57
Aces
2
4
Blocks
9
12
Game Leaders
Kills-Aces-Blocks
Kills
15
Aces
1
Blocks
1
Kills
10
Aces
0
Blocks
6
Kills
10
Aces
0
Blocks
1
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