Volleyball To Appear in 14th Straight NCAA Tourney; Host Northern Colorado
11/30/2025 5:41:00 PM | Volleyball
Jays host Northern Colorado, UNI and Utah
OMAHA, Neb. -- The 12-time defending BIG EAST champion Creighton Volleyball team will appear in the NCAA Tournament for the 14th straight season, and 15th time overall, when it hosts Northern Colorado (17-15)Â on Thursday, Dec. 4. The field of 64 was announced on Sunday evening on ESPN.
The No. 3 seed in the Kentucky Region, Creighton (25-5) will host the first two rounds of the NCAA Tournament for the seventh time in program history, and fifth straight year. Utah (15-14) and No. 6 seed Northern Iowa (25-5) will square off on Thursday in a 4:30 p.m. match at D.J. Sokol Arena inside the Wayne and Eileen Ryan Athletic Center, with Creighton and Northern Colorado to follow approximately 30 minutes later. The winner of Thursday's contests will meet in the Second Round on Friday, Dec. 5 at 6:30 p.m. Central, also at D.J. Sokol Arena.
Creighton clinched an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament with a 3-0 win against Xavier on Nov. 23 in the title match of the 2025 BIG EAST Championship to earn its sixth straight league tournament title and 11th in the past 12 seasons.
Creighton had four women earn All-BIG EAST honors, led by BIG EAST Player of the Year Ava Martin (4.43 kps., 0.42 saps., .328%) and BIG EAST Setter of the Year Annalea Maeder (10.66 aps., 0.44 saps.). Kiara Reinhardt (2.51 kps., 0.98 bps., .435%) and Jaya Johnson (2.35 kps., .275%) also landed All-BIG EAST acclaim. Abbey Hayes (1.86 kps.) earned a spot on the BIG EAST's All-Freshman Team. The Bluejays are led by Brian Rosen, who is 25-5 in his first year at the helm.
CU ranks third nationally in aces per set (2.25) and 12th in attack percentage (.292). The Bluejays have won 20 straight matches overall this season and are 44-1 in their last 45 matches inside D.J. Sokol Arena. Creighton has played the nation's second-toughest strength of schedule and is third in the country with 13 Top 50 RPI wins this fall.
Creighton and Northern Colorado last met in 2013, with Creighton owning a 3-1 advantage in the series. CU defeated the Bears last year in an exhibition match in Omaha, as well.
Creighton was one of a record-tying three teams in the BIG EAST to earn a spot in the field of 64. Xavier heads to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2007 when it battles Michigan in a pod that begins on Friday in Pittsburgh, Pa. Marquette earned an at-large bid and will make its 14th trip to the NCAAs in the last 15 season when it faces Western Kentucky in a pod that begins on Friday in Louisville, Ky.
Creighton is 11-5 against teams that are in the 2025 NCAA Tournament field, going 3-0 against Marquette, 2-0 vs. Kansas and Xavier and 1-0 against San Diego, Northern Iowa, Rice and South Florida. The Bluejays went 0-1 against Nebraska, Texas, Louisville, Penn State and USC.
Creighton volleyball season ticket holders were sent pre-sale ticket purchase information last week, with remaining tickets being made available to the general public on Monday morning at 10 a.m. at https://am.ticketmaster.com/creighton/buy?id=Njk3.
Information regarding broadcasts will be announced in the days to come.
Notes About Creighton Volleyball's Postseason History
- Creighton's Volleyball program will make its 15th trip (2010, 2012-25) to the NCAA Tournament, and 14th consecutive appearance.
- Creighton is one of seven teams nationally to have appeared in each of the last 14 NCAA Volleyball Tournaments (2012-25). That group features BYU, Creighton, Florida, Kentucky, Nebraska, Penn State and Texas.
- Creighton is 17-14 all-time in the NCAA Tournament, including an 11-3 record in the First Round. The Bluejays made the Sweet 16 in 2015, 2016, 2023 and 2024, reaching the Elite Eight in 2016 and 2024.
- Creighton is hosting for the seventh time (2017, 2018, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025), and fifth straight season.
- Creighton is one of seven schools selected to host in 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025, a group that consists of Creighton, Kentucky, Louisville, Nebraska, Pittsburgh, Texas and Wisconsin.
- This is the eighth time that Creighton has earned a Top 16 national seed, having been a No. 16 seed in 2015 a No. 9 seed in both 2017 and 2018, the No. 14 seed in 2021 and the No. 13 seed in 2022. Since 2023 the field has been announced with four seeded teams in four different regions, with CU being tabbed the No. 3 seed in the Pittsburgh Regional in 2023 and a No. 2 seed last fall in the Penn State Regional.
- Creighton is a Top 16 national seed for the eighth time in the last 11 seasons, something only 10 schools nationally can say (BYU, Creighton, Florida, Kentucky, Minnesota, Nebraska, Penn State, Stanford, Texas and Wisconsin).
- The volleyball program is the only team in school history to reach 14 consecutive NCAA Tournaments in any women's sport. Creighton's only other program with 14+ consecutive appearances was men's soccer, which made 17 straight trips from 1992-2008.
- The Volleyball teams appearance marks the 39th straight academic year that that Creighton Athletics boasts at least one NCAA Tournament team.
- Brian Rosen is seeking to become the rookie BIG EAST head coach to win an NCAA Tournament match since Louisville's Anne Kordes in 2011.
The No. 3 seed in the Kentucky Region, Creighton (25-5) will host the first two rounds of the NCAA Tournament for the seventh time in program history, and fifth straight year. Utah (15-14) and No. 6 seed Northern Iowa (25-5) will square off on Thursday in a 4:30 p.m. match at D.J. Sokol Arena inside the Wayne and Eileen Ryan Athletic Center, with Creighton and Northern Colorado to follow approximately 30 minutes later. The winner of Thursday's contests will meet in the Second Round on Friday, Dec. 5 at 6:30 p.m. Central, also at D.J. Sokol Arena.
Creighton clinched an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament with a 3-0 win against Xavier on Nov. 23 in the title match of the 2025 BIG EAST Championship to earn its sixth straight league tournament title and 11th in the past 12 seasons.
Creighton had four women earn All-BIG EAST honors, led by BIG EAST Player of the Year Ava Martin (4.43 kps., 0.42 saps., .328%) and BIG EAST Setter of the Year Annalea Maeder (10.66 aps., 0.44 saps.). Kiara Reinhardt (2.51 kps., 0.98 bps., .435%) and Jaya Johnson (2.35 kps., .275%) also landed All-BIG EAST acclaim. Abbey Hayes (1.86 kps.) earned a spot on the BIG EAST's All-Freshman Team. The Bluejays are led by Brian Rosen, who is 25-5 in his first year at the helm.
CU ranks third nationally in aces per set (2.25) and 12th in attack percentage (.292). The Bluejays have won 20 straight matches overall this season and are 44-1 in their last 45 matches inside D.J. Sokol Arena. Creighton has played the nation's second-toughest strength of schedule and is third in the country with 13 Top 50 RPI wins this fall.
Creighton and Northern Colorado last met in 2013, with Creighton owning a 3-1 advantage in the series. CU defeated the Bears last year in an exhibition match in Omaha, as well.
Creighton was one of a record-tying three teams in the BIG EAST to earn a spot in the field of 64. Xavier heads to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2007 when it battles Michigan in a pod that begins on Friday in Pittsburgh, Pa. Marquette earned an at-large bid and will make its 14th trip to the NCAAs in the last 15 season when it faces Western Kentucky in a pod that begins on Friday in Louisville, Ky.
Creighton is 11-5 against teams that are in the 2025 NCAA Tournament field, going 3-0 against Marquette, 2-0 vs. Kansas and Xavier and 1-0 against San Diego, Northern Iowa, Rice and South Florida. The Bluejays went 0-1 against Nebraska, Texas, Louisville, Penn State and USC.
Creighton volleyball season ticket holders were sent pre-sale ticket purchase information last week, with remaining tickets being made available to the general public on Monday morning at 10 a.m. at https://am.ticketmaster.com/creighton/buy?id=Njk3.
Information regarding broadcasts will be announced in the days to come.
Notes About Creighton Volleyball's Postseason History
- Creighton's Volleyball program will make its 15th trip (2010, 2012-25) to the NCAA Tournament, and 14th consecutive appearance.
- Creighton is one of seven teams nationally to have appeared in each of the last 14 NCAA Volleyball Tournaments (2012-25). That group features BYU, Creighton, Florida, Kentucky, Nebraska, Penn State and Texas.
- Creighton is 17-14 all-time in the NCAA Tournament, including an 11-3 record in the First Round. The Bluejays made the Sweet 16 in 2015, 2016, 2023 and 2024, reaching the Elite Eight in 2016 and 2024.
- Creighton is hosting for the seventh time (2017, 2018, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025), and fifth straight season.
- Creighton is one of seven schools selected to host in 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025, a group that consists of Creighton, Kentucky, Louisville, Nebraska, Pittsburgh, Texas and Wisconsin.
- This is the eighth time that Creighton has earned a Top 16 national seed, having been a No. 16 seed in 2015 a No. 9 seed in both 2017 and 2018, the No. 14 seed in 2021 and the No. 13 seed in 2022. Since 2023 the field has been announced with four seeded teams in four different regions, with CU being tabbed the No. 3 seed in the Pittsburgh Regional in 2023 and a No. 2 seed last fall in the Penn State Regional.
- Creighton is a Top 16 national seed for the eighth time in the last 11 seasons, something only 10 schools nationally can say (BYU, Creighton, Florida, Kentucky, Minnesota, Nebraska, Penn State, Stanford, Texas and Wisconsin).
- The volleyball program is the only team in school history to reach 14 consecutive NCAA Tournaments in any women's sport. Creighton's only other program with 14+ consecutive appearances was men's soccer, which made 17 straight trips from 1992-2008.
- The Volleyball teams appearance marks the 39th straight academic year that that Creighton Athletics boasts at least one NCAA Tournament team.
- Brian Rosen is seeking to become the rookie BIG EAST head coach to win an NCAA Tournament match since Louisville's Anne Kordes in 2011.
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