Softball Squares Off Against Crosstown Foe Omaha On Tuesday

Game #31: Omaha Mavericks (22-9) at Creighton Bluejays (12-18)
Tuesday, April 1, 2025 • 4:30 p.m. • Omaha, Neb. • Creighton Sports Complex
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Creighton (12-18, 2-7 BIG EAST) steps away from BIG EAST play for a midweek contest against crosstown foe Omaha (22-9, 3-3 Summit) on Tuesday at 4:30 p.m. at the Creighton Sports Complex.

Live Stats Information

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Broadcast Information

Tuesday's crosstown showdown against Omaha will be streamed on FloSports, with Jake Ryan and Jon Schriner on the call.

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Bluejays not Blue Jays

Creighton's mascot is the Bluejays or Bluejay, one word. Conversely the MLB Toronto team is the Blue Jays.

Scouting Creighton (12-18, 2-7 BIG EAST)

Creighton enters Tuesday's crosstown showdown against Omaha with a 12-18 overall record after snapping a seven-game losing skid against Connecticut this past weekend.

Offensively, Creighton is hitting .285 with 42 doubles, seven triples, 22 home runs and 133 RBI, while scoring 145 runs on 42 stolen bases.

The Bluejays are led offensively by senior Sydra Seville, who is hitting an impressive .400 on a team-high 44 hits, including four doubles, two triples and two home runs, while driving in 18 RBI and scoring a team-best 21runs of her own.

Sophomore Kaelan Schultz has provided a spark of power to the Bluejays lineup, blasting five home runs and two doubles while owning a .333 batting average.

Junior Lily West is another top offensive weapon for the Jays this season. She is hitting .324 with 33 hits, including five double and one triple while ranking second on the team with 15 total runs scored.

Sophomore Ashten Pierson has come alive as of late, posting a .297 batting average on 22 hits and six walks, while graduate student Hannah Poole follows closely behind with a .292 average on four doubles, a triple and a home run.

Providing much of the power in the middle of the lineup has been sophomore Sydney Potter, who hits .273 and has driven in a team-leading 28 RBI on five doubles and a team-leading five homers.

Sophomore's Brooke Shifflett and Brooklyn Patchen have led the Bluejays pitching staff this season. Shifflett owns a 6-5 overall record and has logged a 3.64 ERA and 46 punchout in 50.0 innings of work, while Patchen owns a 4.03 ERA with 49 strikeouts in a team-leading 64.1 innings pitched.

Freshman Abby Rusher has also provided 30.2 innings of relief this spring, collected a 4.11 ERA, while Kenzie Schopfer owns a 5.34 ERA and 35 strikeouts in 59.0 innings of support.

As a staff, the Bluejays rank fourth in the BIG EAST with a 4.19 ERA and second with 150 strikeouts while also holding its opponents to 197 hits so far this season.

Creighton returns six regular starters from last season's 36-22 squad that posted the programs first 35-win season since 2010 and finished runner-up in both the BIG EAST regular-season and tournament. The Bluejays were picked to finish fourth in the BIG EAST by the league coaches in 2025.

Head coach Krista Wood is in her third season with the Bluejays and holds a 578-389 career record, including a 70-71 mark at Creighton.

Scouting Omaha (22-9)

Omaha enters Tuesday's crosstown rivalry with a 22-9 overall record and is coming off a series win over North Dakota, where they tossed two perfect games.

The Mavericks started the season hot, opening the season 20-5, before dropping four of their last six games.

Led by sophomore Maddia Groff in the circle, Omaha owns a 2.89 ERA with 214 strikeouts in 208.0 innings of work this season. Groff paces the Mavericks with 137 strikeouts and a 1.70 ERA in 99.0 innings, while Creighton transfer Alexis Wiggins owns a 3.90 ERA and 36 punchouts in 64.2 innings of work.

Offensively, the Mavericks have three regular starters hitting better than .310, led by sophomore Rylinn Groff (.354) and senior Sydney Thomason (.344). Thomason paces the team with 33 hits, including eight doubles and nine home runs, while driving in 33 RBI and ranking second on the team with 24 runs scored.

Fellow sophomore Haley Wilwarding follows closely behind with a .310 average, recording four doubles and four home runs, while Maggie O'Brien ranks second on the team with 30 hits and seven doubles.

As a team, Omaha is hitting .282, with 43 doubles, three triples and 35 home runs while scoring 178 runs for an average of 5.74 runs per game.

Omaha was picked to win the Summit League Preseason Coaches' Poll as head coach Mike Heard is in his fourth season with the Mavericks.

Series History Against Mavericks

Creighton leads the all-time series against Omaha, 30-13.

The Bluejays and Mavericks split a pair of contests last season, with Omaha earning a 5-2 win on April 2, before Creighton recorded a 7-3 win over the Mavericks on April 23.

The Bluejays are 21-6 all-time in games played at Creighton, including wins each of the last two meetings at the CU Sports Complex.

Krista Wood's Success Against The Mavericks

Head coach Krista Wood is 25-12 all-time against Omaha as a head coach.

Wood's complied a 19-8 record against the Mavericks while at SDSU, which including wins in 13 of her last 15 meetings. She also recorded a 4-10 record against Omaha while serving as the head coach at Wayne State College. Coach Wood is 2-2 against the Mavericks as the head coach at Creighton.

Wood's Returns To Alma Mater

One of the greatest pitchers in Omaha softball history, makes her return to the field on Tuesday when head coach Krista Wood faces off against her alma mater.

Wood's, a 2003 graduate of Omaha, helped the Mavericks to the NCAA Division II national championship in 2001 as a sophomore and still holds Maverick career records in wins (106), appearances (147), games started (124), complete games (110) and innings pitched (858.1).

She also owns or shares single-season school records in win (32 in 2002), ERA (0.76 in 2001), saves (5 in 2003) and shutouts (15 in 2022) and was recently inducted into the school's athletic hall of fame in 2020.

Home-Grown Talent

A combined 15 players on Tuesday's rosters hail from the state of Nebraska. Creighton has five players from Nebraska, while Omaha has 10. Of the 15, eight are from the Omaha metro area.

Milestone Watch

- Sydra Seville owns 97 career hits and is three shy of 100 for her career.

- Sydra Seville has stolen 15 bases this season and is now one stolen bases shy of tying Aujanae McCoy, Melanie Dorsey and Danielle Fitzgerald for 10th on CU's single season stolen bases list and three shy of tying Danai Martin (2011) and Hean Tierney (1980) for eighth.

- Kenzie Schopfer enters Tuesday's matchup with Omaha needing one strikeout to record 100 K's as a Bluejay.

- Ella Dalton is three RBI shy of 50 for her Bluejay career.

- Lily West owns 25 career doubles and is now nine shy of cracking the Creighton's career doubles top-10 list.

Seville Swipes

Senior Sydra Seville paces the team with 15 stolen bases this year, the most by a Bluejay since Aujanae McCoy swiped 16 bags in 2016.

The New Lenox, Ill. native, currently sits one stolen base shy of tying Aujanae McCoy, Melanie Dorsey and Danielle Fitzgerald for 10th on Creighton's single season stolen bases list and three shy of tying Danai Martin (2011) and Hean Tierney (1980) for eighth.

In total, Seville has collected 22 stolen bases in her career and is now 10 stolen bags shy of enter the Bluejays career top-10 list.

STOLEN BASES

No. Name SB Year

1. Shelly Esser 29 1995

Tiffany Strnad 29 1991

3. Heidi Geier 25 1997

4. Melanie Dorsey 24 2005

Heidi Geier 24 1999

6. Shelly Esser 23 1993

7. Heidi Geier 19 1996

8. Danai Martin 18 2011

Jean Tierney 18 1980

10. Aujanae McCoy 16 2016

Melanie Dorsey 16 2004

Danielle Fitzgerald 16 1997

- Sydra Seville 15 2025

Historic Comeback For the Ages

Creighton pulled off a comeback for the ages on Friday, March 28, scoring six runs in the bottom of the seventh inning and another in the eighth to knock off the UConn, 7-6, in the series opener of a three-game set.

The victory matched Creighton's largest comeback in a win since 1994, having also overcome a 6-0 deficit with a nine-run seventh frame to defeat Weber State on Feb. 25, 2017 in Santa Clara, Calif.

Creighton picked up just its 39th victory since 1999 when the opposition scores six or more runs. The Jays are now 39-287 (.119) winning percentage) during the past 26 years when allowing six or more runs and 29-407-1 (.068) when trailing after six innings.

Hit Parade

Creighton's 17 hits against Connecticut on Friday marked a new season-high and were the most hits in a single game by the Bluejays since collecting 17 hits against Butler on April 20 last season.

Since joining the BIG EAST in 2014, Creighton has recorded 15 or more hits in a single game nine times, with five of those coming under the direction of head coach Krista Wood.

Date Opponent Hits

3/28/25 Connecticut 17

4/20/24 at Butler 17

3/2/24 vs. Loyola-Chicago 16

3/2/24 vs. St. Thomas 15

2/25/23 at UTEP 15

3/5/22 vs. Oakland 15

2/8/20 vs. Toledo 18

4/17/18 Kansas City 15

3/23/16 Providence 16

RUNS, RUNS, RUNS!!!

Creighton scored 18 runs on 17 hits, including five home runs against Connecticut on Friday, March 28. The Huskies, however, pushed in 22 runs of their own to earn the victory.

The Bluejays' 18 runs scored were tied for fourth-most in program history and the most in a single game since CU scored a school record 24 runs against Toledo on Feb. 8, 2020.

Additionally, the 40 combined runs were the most in any Creighton game in program history, and the highest-scoring game in the country this season.

Creighton Single-Game High for Runs

Rk Runs Opponent Date

1. 24 vs. Toledo 2/8/20

2. 20 vs. College of Saint Mary 2/9/00

3. 19 vs. Howard 3/4/12

4. 18 vs. Connecticut 3/28/25

18 at Arkansas-Pine Bluff 2/11/12

18 vs. Saint Louis 2/20/09

18 at Nebraska Wesleyan 5/1/78

18 at Peru State 4/12/77

9. 17 vs. Detroit 2/26/99

17 Bellevue 3/28/78

17 College of St. Mary's 4/17/77

Combined Runs in a Single-Game

Rk Runs Opponent Date

1. 40 vs. Connecticut (L, 18-22) 3/28/25

2. 35 vs. Peru State (W, 18-17) 4/12/77

3. 33 vs. College of Saint Mary (W, 17-16) 4/17/77

4. 32 vs. South Dakota (L, 12-20) 4/8/15

5. 27 vs. Nebraska (L, 8-19) 2/24/96

6. 26 vs. South Dakota (L, 6-20) 2/24/17

26 vs. Providence (W, 14-12) 3/23/16

26 at Peru State (L, 11-15) 4/11/77

Pinch Me

In Creighton's six-run fifth inning in game two against Connecticut on March 28, head coach Krista Wood went to the bench and call upon Kaelan Schultz to pinch hit.

The sophomore slugger stepped to the plate with the bases loaded and delivered in a big way, smashing her first career grand slam.

In the process, Schultz became the first Bluejays to record a pinch-hit grand slam since Mikaela Pechar blasted a bases clearing home run against Villanova on May 5, 2018.

CU Later Ball!

Last Friday, Creighton and Connecticut combined to blast 12 home runs, including three grand slams, while combining for 40 runs.

Creighton homered in each of the first five innings, with those five blasts tying for the third-most home runs in a single-game in program history.

The Bluejays five home runs are the most in a single game since also hitting five homers against Kansas City on March 15, 2023.

Connecticut also launched seven home runs of their own, including four in four straight at-bats from Kaitlyn Breslin, as she tied an NCAA single-game record for home runs in a single contest.

Home Runs

1. 6 - vs. South Dakota 3/27/19

6 - vs. UMKC (Game 2) 4/17/18

3. 5 - vs. Connecticut (Game 2) 3/28/25

5 - vs. Kansas City (Game 1) 3/15/23

5 - at Indiana State 4/13/13

5 - vs. North Dakota State 4/5/10

5 - vs. South Dakota State 4/22/09

5 - vs. Northern Colorado 4/28/04

8. 4 - 18 times , last vs. Villanova 4/16/22

CU Sports Complex Turns Into Launching Pad

Creighton has also produced some big hitters throughout its powerful lineup over the years and that trend has continued this season.

CU has blasted a total of seven home runs this season, including five against Connecticut on March 28. In total, there has been 18 home runs hits in five games at the Creighton Sports Complex this spring.

Last spring CU blasted a total of 24 home runs, with 16 of those coming from within the confines of the CU Sports Complex.

Sophomore Sydney Potter led the way with six home runs last year at home, while Lily West recorded three homers and Ella Dalton added in one of her own.

Since joining the BIG EAST in 2014, the most home runs a Creighton team has hit during a single season at home is 25 (2018).

Below takes a look at the home run totals at the CU Sports Complex since joining the BIG EAST.

HRs Hit At CU Sports Complex By Year

HRs (CU HRs) Number of Games Year

18 (7) 5 2024

41 (22) 16 2023

41 (19) 13 2022

34 (16) 11 2021

-- No home games 2020

33 (15) 11 2019

47 (25) 19 2018

29 (13) 12 2017

26 (9) 15 2016

41 (16) 13 2015

29 (17) 15 2014

Krista vs. The BIG EAST

Throughout her career, head coach Krista Wood's teams played some of their best softball against BIG EAST competition.

Entering her third season with the Bluejays, Wood's currently owns a 27-35 record in the BIG EAST with at least one victory over every team in the league.

In her eight seasons with South Dakota State, Wood's compiled a 21-5 overall record against the BIG EAST, including a 17-1 mark in her final six seasons that featured 11 straight victories.

In total, Wood's owns a 47-38 overall record against teams from the BIG EAST.

Below is a breakdown of Wood's record against every BIG EAST team.

Opponent SDSU CU

Butler 3-0 4-3

Creighton 10-4 0-0

DePaul 2-0 5-1

Georgetown 0-0 4-2

Providence 2-1 4-5

Seton Hall 1-0 1-5

St. John's 1-0 4-3

Connecticut 0-0 3-8

Villanova 2-0 2-8

Totals 21-5 27-35

Bluejays Keeping it Close

Through the first 30 games of the season, Creighton has already played 14 games decided by two or less runs, including 10 one-run contests.

Despite keeping it close, the Bluejays are just 5-9 in close games this season, which including a 3-7 record in one-run games.

Last season, Creighton played 23 games decided by two or less runs, posting a 15-8 overall record, while recording an 11-5 record in one-run contests.

Seville MADNESS

Forget March Madness, senior Sydra Seville created her own madness throughout the month of March.

The New Lenox, Ill. native is hit a blistering .439 with a team-best 29 hits. She drove in 12 runs on two doubles, two triples and a home run while scoring 13 runs of her own on a perfect 12 stolen bases.

Seville carried her hot bat into BIG EAST play, ranking second in the league with a .543 batting average on a league-leading 19 hits.

The star junior also recorded 11 of her team-leading 16 multi-hit games in the month of March.

Seville's Finest

Senior outfielder Sydra Seville is having a career season at the plate, batting .400 (No. 4 in BIG EAST) on a season-best 44 hits (No. 4 in BE).

The standout junior ranks second in the BIG EAST with two triples, while doubling up her career total with 18 RBI this spring.

Seville's numbers this season are astonishing compared to her numbers in her first three seasons as a Bluejay.

Category 2022-24 2025

Batting Average .269 .400

Doubles 3 4

Triples 1 2

Home runs 1 2

RBI 9 18

Walks 16 10

Stolen Bases 7 15

On-base Percentage .326 .450

Potter Rakes

Junior first baseman Sydney Potter leads the team and ranks tied for seventh in the BIG EAST with 28 RBI this season. She has recorded a team-best seven multi-RBI games, including four such games with three or more RBI this season.

The Runnells, Iowa native currently leads the team with six home runs and ranks second on the team with five doubles, while owning a .505 slugging percentage this season.

In total, Potter has collected 61 career RBI in 76 career games on 14 doubles and 15 home runs. In fact, 29 of her 56 career hits have been extra-base hits. In comparison, Amy Baker, the Bluejays all-time RBI leader, recorded 49 RBI in her first 76 games as a Bluejay back in 2010-11.

West Reaches 150 Career Hit Plateau

Junior catcher Lily West reached the 150-hit plateau in the series opener against Connecticut on March 28.

The Choctaw, Okla. native delivered her 150th career hit in a big way, driving in the game tying runs with a two-run double in the bottom of the seventh inning of Creighton's 7-6 win over the Huskies.

West become the 17th Bluejay since 1999 to record 150 career hits. She has been consistent at the plate throughout her Bluejay career, hitting .329 with 151 career hits in 141 career games.

Creighton Players with 150 Career Hits Since 1999

No. Name H Years

1. Ashley Cantu 218 2017-21

2. Cayla Nielsen 209 2020-24

3. Ellen Homan 203 2011-14

4. Renae Sinkler 201 2007-10

5. Melanie Dorsey 198 2002-05

6. Stacey Rybar 194 2001-04

7. Amy Baker 191 2010-13

8. Bailey Dawson 183 2006-09

9. Liz Dike 180 2012-15

10. Abby Johnson 172 2002-05

11. Jessica Wakasugi 171 2006-09

12. Kailey Wilson 168 2019-23

13. Lauren Flores 165 2003-06

14. Jamie Reiss 164 2004-07

15. Madeline Vejvoda 162 2020-24

16. Michekke Koch 161 2007-10

17. Lily West 151 2023-Pres.

West Staying Durable

Junior catcher Lily West has been a fixture in the Bluejays starting lineup since stepping foot on campus in 2023 and is reaching uncharted territory as she has started in all 141 games of her Bluejay career.

Her 141 consecutive starts are the longest starting streak by a Bluejay since Madeline Vejvoda started the final 174 games in her Bluejay career from 2020- 2024.

Can't Keep Her Off Bases

Senior Sydra Seville reached base safely in 21 straight games before having her streak snapped on March 22 in three at-bats against Seattle. The 21-game on-base streak was Creighton's longest streak since Ashley Cantu also reached base safely in 21 consecutive games in 2019.

The New Lenox, Ill. native also had an 18-game on-base streak snapped earlier this season, a streak that dated back to last season. Since 2010, Seville is the only Bluejay to record multiple 18-game on-base streaks.

The standout senior has reached base safely in 28 of the 30 games this season and in 43 of the Bluejays last 45 games dating back to April 19, 2024.

Longest Creighton On-Base Streaks Since 2010

OB Streak Player Year

37 Amy Baker 2013

28 Alexis Cantu 2012

21 Sydra Seville 2025

21 Ashley Cantu 2019

20 Anna O'Gorman 2017

20 Kelsey Allender 2015

19 Kailey Wilson 2022

18 Sydra Seville 2024-25

18 Cayla Nielsen 2024

17 Cayla Nielsen 2023

17 Alexis Cantu 2013

16 Michelle Trulin 2016

15 Amy Baker 2012

Seville Keeps Hitting

Senior Sydra Seville had her career-best 18 -game hitting streak snapped on Feb. 8 after recording the longest hit streak by a Bluejay since at least 1999 on her first career out of the park home run in an 10-2 victory over Purdue Fort Wayne.

The New Lenox, Ill. native hit a blistering .517 (30-of-58) with 30 hits, nine RBI, 12 runs scored and four stolen bases over her 18-games hitting streak, dating back to the end of last season, where Seville earned Second Team All-BIG EAST honors and a spot on the BIG EAST All-Tournament Team.

Seville then collected at least one hit in 11 straight contests from March 1 to March 21. During her second longest career hitting streak, she hit .500 (21-of-42), with eight multi-hit games.

In all, Seville has recorded a hit in 24 of the 30 games this season, boasting a team-best .400 average on a team-leading 44 hits, including four doubles, two triples and two home runs.

Below is a list of Creighton's top hitting streaks since 1999 and the Bluejays top on-base streaks since 2010.

Longest Creighton Hitting Streaks Since 1999

Hit Streak Player Year

18 Sydra Seville 2024-25

17 Renae Sinkler 2008

17 Jamie Reiss 2007

14 Liz Dike 2015

14 Marie Gieron 2001

13 Ashley Cantu 2019

13 Jayci Foster 2018

13 Ellen Homan 2012

Bluejay Thieves

Creighton has recorded 42 stolen bases this season, a total that currently ranking fourth in the BIG EAST behind only Butler (59), St. John's (58) and UConn (46).

After opening the season with just eight stolen bases in their first 10 contests, the Bluejays have been more aggressive on the base paths, collecting 34 stolen bags in the last 20 games.

By comparison, the Bluejays stole a total of 24 bases in 58 total games last season. Prior to this season the Bluejays had only recorded more than 30 stolen bases in three seasons since joining the BIG EAST in 2014. In addition, the Bluejays are one stolen base shy of tying its BIG EAST single season record of 43 stolen bases, which was set in 2016.

The Jays collected a season-high seven stolen bases against UC Santa Barbara on March 2. The Bluejays seven steals were two shy of the school record and were tied for the second-most in a single game in program history and the most since also collecting seven stolen bases against Bradley on March 31, 2001.

Below is a breakdown of the stolen bases totals since joining the BIG EAST in 2014.

Year SB SB Att. SB%

2025 42 46 91.3

2024 24 29 82.8

2023 20 26 75.9

2022 22 29 75.9

2021 14 18 77.8

2020 18 23 78.3

2019 29 40 72.5

2018 21 25 84.0

2017 22 34 64.7

2016 43 50 86.0

2015 30 39 76.9

2014 39 52 75.0

Out of the Gates

Creighton has jumped out to early leads, but that hasn't always paid dividends as the Bluejays are 7-7 when scoring first and 4-7 when scoring in the first inning this season.

CU has manufactured some big scoring innings early on in contests, outscoring its opponents 50-34 in the first and second innings this season.

The Bluejays have scored four or more runs in a single inning 14 times this year, including a season-high six runs in the seventh innings of the series opener against UConn on March 28 and six additional runs in the fifth innings against the Huskies in game two of the doubleheader on March 28.

Below is a list of BIG scoring innings for the Bluejays this season.

Date Opponents Runs Inn.

2/7 Purdue Fort Wayne 4 2nd

2/7 Purdue Fort Wayne 4 4th

2/15 Northern Kentucky 5 1st

2/15 Northern Kentucky 4 2nd

2/15 Kennesaw State 5 1st

2/16 Morehead State 4 5th

3/1 Saint Mary's 4 4th

3/8 Providence 4 6th

3/11 Drake 4 4th

3/21 Seattle 5 1st

3/28 (G1) Connecticut 6 7th

3/28 (G2) Connecticut 4 2nd

3/28 (G2) Connecticut 4 3rd

3/28 (G2) Connecticut 6 5th

Keeping it Consistent

Part of CU's success this season can be attributed to knowing who will be starting on a game-by-game basis.

This season, Ashten Pierson (Shortstop), Lily West (catcher/DP), Sydra Seville (Right Field/Center field) and Sydney Potter (First base, Catcher, DP) have started all 30 game this season. Ella Dalton has also earned the start in centerfield in 28 of the 29 games she has played in this season, while Erika Perez has started 27 of the 30 games at third base this spring.

Sticky Situation

Below are some interesting facts when breaking down the CU lineup.

• Sydra Seville is hitting .578 (22-of-46) as CU's leadoff hitter and a blistering .467 (14-of-30) with runners in scoring position this season.

• In addition, Sydra Seville is hitting .417 (20-of-48) with runners on base and .393 (11-of-28) with two-outs.

• Lily West hits .397 (23-of-58) with runners on base and .395 (15-of-38) when those runners are in scoring position.

• Additionally, Lily West hits .429 when batting third in the lineup, but just .209 when batting first or second.

• Twenty-six of Sydney Potter's hits this season have come while she is either playing first base or when she is catching. She has only recorded one hit in 11 at-bats as CU's designated player.

Home Sweet Home

Creighton owns a 501-279-1 (.643) all-time record in home games, which includes a 367-227-1 (.618) record at home since moving into the CU Sports Complex in 1988. Earlier this season, the Bluejays secured it 500th all-time win at home with an 9-6 win over former MVC rival Drake on March 11th.

Creighton finished last season with a 16-3 record at the home. The Bluejays 16 home wins were the most wins in the CU Sports Complex since the 2008 Bluejays finished the home schedule with a 19-2 overall record.

In addition, it was just the second time this century that Creighton had recorded 16 or more home wins in a single season.

Most Home Wins at CU Sports Complex

Record Year

24-4 1989

19-7 1988

19-2 2008

16-3 2024

16-7 1991

Bluejay Milestone Home Victories

Win Opponent Date Result

1 Nebraska Wesleyan 4/10/77 W, 7-6

100 Simpson 4/19/85 W, 15-0

200 Nebraska 3/21/92 W, 7-2

300 Indiana State 4/7/02 W, 8-0

400 Bradley 4/2/11 W, 4-3

500 Drake 3/11/25 W, 9-6

Creighton At Home

Since joining the BIG EAST in 2014, the Bluejays own a 76-70 record at the Creighton Sports Complex.

The Bluejays are 2-3 this season, after splitting a doubleheader with Drake on March 11 and dropped a series, 2-1, to UConn last weekend. Through the first five home games, Creighton is hitting .355 with nine doubles, seven home run and 34 RBI.

Creighton finished 16-3 at home last season, which included victories over Rider, Northern Colorado, North Dakota, Villanova, South Dakota, Omaha and Providence, as well as BIG EAST series sweeps over Georgetown and DePaul

Last season, Creighton hit a blistering .349 at home with 37 doubles, three triples, 16 home runs and 106 RBI, while the Bluejay pitching staff owned a 2.05 ERA with 102 strikeouts, holding opponents to a .178 batting average.

Junior Lily West paced the Bluejay returners with a .421 batting average with five doubles, three home runs, while driving in 16 RBI. Senior Sydra Seville followed closely behind, hitting at a .417 clip with one double, one triple and 11 runs scored.

Year-by-year home records since 2014:

2025: 2-3

2024: 16-3

2023: 5-11

2022: 3-10

2021: 8-3

2020: No home games

2019: 5-6

2018: 13-6

2017: 6-6

2016: 7-8

2015: 4-9

2014: 9-6

RPI Update

The latest NCAA Softball RPI, released through games of March 24, has Creighton with the seventh-best RPI in the BIG EAST.

Creighton had an RPI of 198, with big conference opportunities against, St. John's (90), Butler (147) and Seton Hall (137) remaining on the schedule.

Creighton is 7-1 this year against teams with an RPI worse than 198, but 5-17 against teams in the top 200. The best RPI team that Creighton has beaten is No. 60 Connecticut.

Magic Number 5

Since the turn of the century, Creighton has had tremendous success when scoring five or more runs. The Bluejays have continued that success this spring, opening the season with seven straight wins when scoring at least five runs.

Over the last 25 seasons, Creighton is 383-58 when scoring five or more runs. In the same time span Creighton is 245-424-3 when scoring four runs or fever.

Creighton is also 167-40 when scoring five or more runs in a game since joining the BIG EAST in 2014.

Last spring, the Bluejays went an impressive 23-0 record when scoring at least five runs in a game. In those 23 contests, Creighton outscored their opponents, 192-66.

During that same time frame the Bluejays are 98-5 when scoring eight or more runs, which included a perfect 15-0 record in 2024. Prior to Creighton's 22-18 loss to Connecticut on March 28, Creighton had now won 29 consecutive games when scoring eight or more runs.

Additionally, Creighton had won 36 straight games when scoring 10+ runs, before Friday's setback to the Huskies.

Double Trouble

Over the last two seasons Creighton has consistently been able to snag extra-bases, and that has been the case once again this season.

The Bluejays currently rank tied for fourth in the BIG EAST with 42 doubles, trailing only St. John's (52), Seton Hall (47) and Villanova (43). Among the leaders in the BIG EAST is junior Erika Perez, who is tied for seventh in the league with seven two-baggers.

This spring the Bluejays have recorded a season-high five doubles twice, including five in CU's season-opening win over Purdue Fort Wayne on Feb. 7.

This marks the third straight season Creighton has recorded 40 or more doubles in the first 35 games of the season.

CU has recorded 77 doubles each of the last two seasons, tying for the second most in a single season and falling two shy of the school record 79 hit during the 1993 season.

Overall, the 154 doubles hit over the last two years are the most doubles in a two-year span in program history.

Rank Doubles Year

1. 79 1993

2. 77 2024

77 2023

4. 74 2001

5. 73 1999

6. 71 2004

7. 65 1997

65 1989

9. 64 2005

10. 63 1994

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Creighton has played five extra-inning games this season, including four in the past three weeks at Villanova and home against Seattle and Connecticut The Bluejays, however, have not had the best of lucky this season, owning a 2-3 mark in extra-inning contests.

The Bluejays erased a six-run deficit in the bottom of the seventh against Connecticut on March 28, before earning the win with a run in the eighth. The Bluejays only other extra-inning win this season was a 4-3 8-inning win over Purdue Fort Wayne in the finale of the Kickin' Chicken Classic in Conway, S.C.

Sophomore Sydney Potter lifted the Bluejays to the victory over PFW, launching a two-run home run to straight away center in the bottom of the eighth inning, while Sydra Seville delivered the game-winner with an RBI single against UConn.

Potter's two-run walk-off blast was the Bluejays first walk-off home run since Emma Rosonke launched a three-run home run in a 9-1 run-rule victory over Abilene Christian on Feb. 13, 2022.

Last season the Bluejays played seven extra-inning games, recording a 6-1 record. Overall, Creighton is 95-97-2 all-time in extra innings games, including a 19-15 mark since joining the BIG EAST in 2014.

Amongst the Bluejays extra-inning games is Creighton's NCAA record 31-inning contests against Utah on May 11, 1991, as well as the third longest game in NCAA History in the 25-inning affair against Utah just 21-minutes later on May 12, 1991.

RBI Queens

Junior Erika Perez and sophomore Sydney Potter have both delivered in a big way early on for the Bluejays this season.

The duo has combined for 48 of the teams 133 RBI this season, while slugging 12 doubles and 10 home runs.

Perez currently own a team-best seven doubles, while Potter has blasted a team-high six home runs. Potter leads the team with 28 RBI, with Perez not far behind with 20 RBI of her own as the tandem have generated 12 multi-RBI games this season.

Welcome Back Kaelan Schultz

Sophomore Kaelan Schultz returned to the diamond for the first time in 378 days, earning the start in the Bluejays BIG EAST opener at Providence on March 7.

Schultz torn her ACL sliding into home during a contest against Nevada on Feb. 23 last year, missing the rest of the 2024 season.

In her return to the field Schultz delivered in a big way at the plate, launching two home runs in the series finale against Providence on March 9.

Schultz became the first Bluejay to with two home runs in a game since Cayla Nielsen homered twice against UConn on April 23, 2023, while also becoming the first Bluejay to hit home runs in back-to-back at bats since Alyssa Gappa did so against New Mexico State on Feb. 24, 2023.

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Players Mentioned

Ella Dalton

Alyssa Gappa

Cayla Nielsen

Brooklyn Patchen

Erika Perez

Ashten Pierson

Hannah Poole

Sydney Potter

Emma Rosonke

Abby Rusher

Kenzie Schopfer

Kaelan Schultz

Sydra Seville

Brooke Shifflett

Madeline Vejvoda

Lily West

Alexis Wiggins

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