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Softball Squares Off With Omaha At Connie Claussen Field On Tuesday
4/21/2025 2:45:00 PM | Softball
Tuesday, April 22, 2025 • 6 p.m. • Omaha, Neb. • Connie Claussen Field
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Creighton (19-22, 9-9 BIG EAST) once again steps away from league play for a midweek clast with crosstown rival Omaha (32-9, 12-3 Summit) on Tuesday night. First pitch between the Bluejays and Mavericks is scheduled for 6 p.m. at Connie Claussen Field in Omaha, Neb.
Live Stats Information
All of Creighton's games this season will have free live stats. Visit www.gocreighton.com and click on the small bar graph icon on the scoreboard at the top of the page for the event of your choosing. Stats to all home games can also be followed at www.gocreightonstats.com.
Scoring updates and infographics will be provided via Twitter at @BluejaySoftball.
Broadcast Information
Tuesday's matchup with the Mavericks will be live streamed on midcosportsplus.com.Â
The Creighton Softball schedule page at gocreighton.com has direct links to each broadcast, with even more specifics provided at http://GoCreighton.com/flosports.Â
The Creighton Softball schedule page at gocreighton.com has direct links to each broadcast.
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 (19-22, 9-9 BIG EAST)
Surging at the right time, Creighton enters Tuesday's crosstown battle at Omaha with 19-22 overall record and a 9-9 mark in the BIG EAST.
The Bluejays currently sit in seventh place in the BIG EAST with an 9-9 league mark and are coming off a 2-1 series loss to BIG EAST front-runner St. John's this past weekend.
Offensively, Creighton ranks second in the BIG EAST with a .299 batting average with 52 doubles, 11 triples, 37 home runs and 210 RBI, while scoring 5.56 runs per contest.Â
The Bluejays are led offensively by senior Sydra Seville, who is hitting an impressive .393 on a team-high 59 hits, including six doubles, two triples and two home runs, while driving in 20 RBI and scoring a team-best 32 runs of her own.Â
Junior Lily West is hitting .350 with 50 hits, including six double and two home runs while ranking second on the team with 31 RBI and 27 total runs scored, while sophomore Kaelan Schultz has provided a spark of power to the Bluejays lineup, owning a .319 batting average on eight home runs and three doubles.
Sophomore Ashten Pierson has come alive as of late, posting a .321 batting average on 35 hits and 12 walks, while junior Erika Perez boasts a .294 average with a team-best eight doubles and six home runs with 27 runs driven in.
Providing much of the power in the middle of the lineup has been sophomore Sydney Potter, who has driven in a team-leading 46 RBI on five doubles and a team-leading 10 home runs while hitting at a .297 average.
Senior Kenzie Schopfer has emerged as the Bluejays go-to pitcher over the last few weeks as she owns a 4.26 ERA with 58 strikeouts in 95.1 innings of work. Sophomore Brooklyn Patchen leads the way with seven victories while owning a team-best 3.55 ERA and a team-high 73 strikeouts in 94.2 innings pitched this season.Â
Sophomore Brooke Shifflett has also been a reliable option, owning a 6-6 overall record and a 3.66 ERA with 47 punchouts in 59.1 innings of work, while freshman Abby Rusher has provided 31.2 innings of relief this spring, collecting a 5.31 ERA.Â
As a staff, the Bluejays rank second in the BIG EAST with a 3.91 ERA and 198 strikeouts while holding its opponents to 275 hits in 281.0 innings this year.Â
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.Â
Head coach Krista Wood is in her third season with the Bluejays and holds a 585-393 career record, including a 77-75 mark at Creighton.Â
Scouting Omaha (32-9)
Winners in 11 straight contests, Omaha enters Tuesday's crosstown battle with a 32-9 overall record after completing series sweeps of North Dakota State, Kansas City and South Dakota in each of the last three weekends. Â
The Mavericks started the season hot, opening the year 20-5, before dropping three straight games to St. Thomas and Nebraska. Omaha, however, has been one of the hottest teams in the country as of late, winning 12 of its last 13 contests.Â
Led by sophomore Maddia Groff in the circle, Omaha owns a 2.49 ERA with 291 strikeouts in 276.0 innings of work this season. Groff paces the Mavericks and ranks fifth nationally with 199 strikeouts and 10th in the NCAA with a 1.42 ERA in 142.2 innings, while Creighton transfer Alexis Wiggins owns a 3.61 ERA and 43 punchouts in 83.1 innings of work.Â
Offensively, the Mavericks have three regular starters hitting better than .300, led by sophomore Rylinn Groff (.364) and senior Sydney Thomason (.352). Thomason paces the team with 44 hits, including 12 doubles and 12 home runs, while collecting 41 RBI and owning a team-best 32 runs scored.Â
Senior Maggie O'Brien ranks second on the team with 41 hits and owns a .304 batting average, while sophomore Katherine Johnson follows closely behind with a .293 average, recording 10 doubles and five home runs.
As a team, Omaha is hitting .287, with 64 doubles, seven triples and 45 home runs while scoring 233 runs for an average of 5.68 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.Â
Series History Against MavericksÂ
Creighton leads the all-time series against Omaha, 30-14.
The Bluejays and Mavericks met earlier this season with Omaha snagging a 3-2 victory on April 1. The two teams 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.Â
Omaha has won five of the last seven meetings but has never swept the season series with the Bluejays.
Creighton is 6-6 all-time in games played at Omaha and is seeking its first road win of the series since April 16, 2019.Â
Krista Wood's Success Against The MavericksÂ
Head coach Krista Wood is 25-13 all-time against Omaha as a head coach.Â
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 2-3 against the Mavericks as the head coach at Creighton.Â
Wood's Returns To Alma MaterÂ
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.Â
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).Â
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.Â
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
- With a start on Tuesday, Ashten Pierson will earn the start in each of the first 100 games of her Bluejay career.
- Lily West owns 26 career doubles and is now eight shy of cracking the Creighton's career doubles top 10 list.Â
- Sydra Seville has stolen 17 bases this season and is now one stolen bases shy of tying Danai Martin (2011) and Hean Tierney (1980) for eighth and two shy of tying Heidi Geier (1996) for seventh on the single season stolen base lists.
- Sydney Potter has driven in 46 runs this season and needs just two more RBI to tie Alexis Cantu for second on Creighton's single season RBI Top 10 List. Â
- Ella Dalton has recorded 92 hits and is now eight shy of collecting 100 hits in her Bluejay career.
- Kenzie Schopfer owns 149 career strikeouts and is now one punchout shy of 150 for her career.Â
Free Softball
Creighton has played six extra-inning games this season but have not had the best of luck as the Bluejays own a 2-4 mark in extra-inning contests.Â
Last Thursday, Creighton and St. John's went 12 scoreless innings before the Johnnies plated a run in the top of the 13th to escape with a 1-0 win.Â
The 13-inning pitcher's duel was the Bluejays longest game by innings since defeating Villanova, 6-4, in 16 innings back on April 5, 2014. Last Thursday's contest was also Creighton softball's longest start to a game without either team scoring a run since May 11, 1991, when Creighton defeated Utah, 1-0, in an NCAA record 31-inning contest.
The Bluejays only extra-inning wins this season came when Creighton erased a six-run deficit in the bottom of the seventh, before plating the game-winning run in the eighth against Connecticut on March 28. 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.Â
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.Â
Overall, Creighton is 95-98-2 all-time in extra innings games, including a 19-16 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.
Creighton Longest Games by Innings
Inn.   Opponent   Result   Date
31   Utah   W, 1-0   5/11/91
25   Utah   L, 3-4   5/12/91
19   at Kansas   L, 2-3   4/26/89
16   Villanova   W, 6-4   4/5/14
16   at Iowa State   L, 4-7   4/6/94
15   vs. Missouri State   L, 0-1   5/8/80
15   at Northwest Missouri   L, 0-1   4/18/79
14   Southern Illinois   W, 5-4   5/10/01
14   Wayne State   W, 1-0   3/31/84
14Â Â Â at UCLAÂ Â Â L, 0-1Â Â Â 3/16/84
13   St. John's   L, 0-1   4/17/25
13   vs. Southern Illinois   W, 2-1   5/6/00
13   at Southern Utah   W, 4-3   5/1/92
13   at US International   W, 2-0   3/13/82
50/50 Club
Senior Sydra Seville and junior Lily West pace the Bluejays in hits this season with 59 and 50 base hits respectfully.Â
This marks the third straight season and the 21st time in program history that two Bluejays have recorded at least 50 hits in the same season.Â
Additionally, West became just the seventh Bluejay in program history to record at least 50 hits in three seasons and the first since Renae Sinkler in 2010.Â
Below is a list of every Bluejay to record at least 50 hits in three seasons.Â
Player   Years   Hits
Lily West   2023-25   58-60-50
Renae Sinkler   2008-10   64-51-64
Heidi Geier   1996-99   50-70-75
Christy Lunceford   1994-97   55-62-52-76
Dede Pendleton   1993-95   51-52-50
Kelly Brookhart   1989-91   57-63-70
Sue Frederick   1987-89   69-50-69
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 152 games of her Bluejay career.Â
Her 152 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. Â
Potter Rakes
Junior first baseman Sydney Potter has been racked up the RBI all season long, pacing the Bluejays and ranking fifth in the BIG EAST with 46 runs batted in this season.Â
Potter's 46 RBI are the fifth-most in a single season in program history and are 12 shy of tying Renae Sinkler's school record of 58 RBI in 2010. Potter enters this week two RBI shy of tying Alexis Cantu for second on Creighton's single season RBI Top 10 list.Â
Potter has recorded a team-best 11 multi-RBI games, including six such games with three or more RBI this season.Â
In total, Potter has collected 79 career RBI in 87 career games on 14 doubles, one triple and 19 home runs. In fact, 34 of her 70 career hits have been extra-base hits.Â
In comparison, Amy Baker, the Bluejays all-time RBI leader, recorded 70 RBI in her first 87 games as a Bluejay back in 2010-11.
Single Season RUNS BATTED IN
   No.   Name   RBI   Year
   1.   Renae Sinkler   58   2010
   2.   Alexis Cantu   48   2012
   3.   Sydney Potter   46   2025Â
      Amy Baker   46   2012
      Amy Baker   46   2010
   6.   Emma Rosonke   43   2022
      Bri (Lingl) McMahon   43   2012Â
      Abby Johnson   43   2004
   8.   Sam Dellinger   42   2017
      Amy Baker   42   2013
      TJ Eadus   42   2007
      Stacey Rybar   42   2004
      Jean Conrad   42   1978
BIG EAST Scoring Surge
Creighton has scored 228 runs, averaging 5.56 runs per game this season, a number that surges to 130 runs and 7.22 runs per game in BIG EAST contests.Â
The Bluejays' 130 runs scored in BIG EAST play this season are already the most runs scored in league play since joining the BIG EAST in 2014.Â
Overall, the 130 runs scored are the third most in a single conference season in program history and the most since scoring 150 runs during the 2012 Missouri Valley Conference schedule.Â
The Bluejays' 7.22 runs per game is the highest conference scoring average in program history and ranks second in the BIG EAST this season, trailing only UConn's 9.78 runs per contest.
Conference Play Runs Scored
Year   Record   Runs    Average
2012Â Â Â 15-11Â Â Â 150Â Â Â 5.77
2002Â Â Â 18-7Â Â Â 135Â Â Â 5.40
2025Â Â Â 9-9Â Â Â 130Â Â Â 7.22
2010Â Â Â 18-7Â Â Â 124Â Â Â 4.96
2024Â Â Â 16-8Â Â Â 115Â Â Â 4.79
2007Â Â Â 19-4-1Â Â Â 109Â Â Â 4.54
2001Â Â Â 16-10Â Â Â 109Â Â Â 4.19
2023Â Â Â 6-18Â Â Â 107Â Â Â 4.46
2008Â Â Â 19-6Â Â Â 104Â Â Â 4.33
2019Â Â Â 8-13Â Â Â 102Â Â Â 4.86
On The Climb
Creighton opened BIG EAST play 2-7 but have since won seven of its last nine league games and sits in seventh in the league standing with a 9-9 record.
The Bluejays struggled early on, posting a .294 batting average with 78 hits in the first nine games of BIG EAST play, but has since turned it on and is one of the hottest hitting teams in the BIG EAST.
During the Bluejays last nine league games, CU has hit .364 with 100 hits, 79 runs, eight doubles, 13 home runs and 73 RBI. Meanwhile, the pitching staff has logged a 2.73 ERA with 41 strikeouts compared to 26 walks.Â
Below is a comparison of the Bluejays first nine games to their last nine league contests.
   First 9   Last 9
Category   Games   Games
Record   2-7   7-2
BAÂ Â Â .294Â Â Â .364
Hits   78   100
Runs   51   79
Doubles   12   8
HRÂ Â Â 12Â Â Â 13
RBIÂ Â Â 47Â Â Â 73
SBÂ Â Â 13Â Â Â 10
FLD %Â Â Â .962Â Â Â .973
ERAÂ Â Â 5.44Â Â Â 2.73
BBÂ Â Â 50Â Â Â 26
SOÂ Â Â 47Â Â Â 41
WPÂ Â Â 9Â Â Â 2
Bluejays Keeping it Close
Through the first 41 games of the season, Creighton has played 18 games decided by two or less runs, including 13 one-run contests.Â
Despite keeping it close, the Bluejays are just 6-12 in close games, which including a 3-10 record in one-run contests. Â
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.Â
Power Plays
Creighton has launched 37 home runs this year, 11 more than the team compiled all of last season. Of the 37 home runs CU has hit this season, six have been grand slams.
Creighton's six grand slams are the second-most in the BIG EAST this season, trailing only Villanova's seven and are the most in a single season since at least 1999. CU's previous high was three grand slams in 2023.Â
The Bluejays have blasted two grand slams in the same game twice this season, including once last weekend in the series finale against Butler.Â
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.Â
CU has blasted a total of 17 home runs this season at the Creighton Sports Complex, including five against Connecticut on March 28 and six in the Bluejays three-game series sweep of Butler. In total, there have been 33 home runs hits in 12 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 leads the way with five home runs at home this season, with Kaelan Schultz has recorded four homers, while Erika Perez and Hannah Poole have each added in two of her own.Â
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).Â
Below takes a look at the home run totals at the CU Sports Complex since joining the BIG EAST.Â
HRs Hit At CU Sports Complex By Year
HRs (CU HRs) Number of Games   Year  Â
33 (17)Â Â Â 12Â Â Â 2024
41 (22)Â Â Â 16Â Â Â 2023
41 (19)Â Â Â 13Â Â Â 2022
34 (16)Â Â Â 11Â Â Â 2021
--      No home games   2020
33 (15)Â Â Â 11Â Â Â 2019
47Â Â Â (25)Â Â Â 19Â Â Â 2018
29Â Â Â (13)Â Â Â 12Â Â Â 2017
26Â Â Â (9)Â Â Â 15Â Â Â 2016
41Â Â Â (16)Â Â Â 13Â Â Â 2015
29Â Â Â (17)Â Â Â 15Â Â Â 2014
West Hitting Way Into Top-10
Currently in her junior season, Lily West is continuing her climb up the Bluejay ranks in career batting average.Â
Nearing the end of her junior season, West currently ranks tied for sixth all-time with a .336 career batting average on 168 career hits. The Choctaw, Okla. native ranks second on the team with a .350 batting average on 50 total hits this season.
The standout junior currently owns 166 hits in her Bluejay career and just become the seventh Bluejay all-time to record at least 50 hits in three separate seasons.
West ended her sophomore season with 118 career hits, a total that ranked second-most for a career through two seasons in program history.Â
BATTING AVERAGE (minimum 250 at-bats)
   No.   Avg.   Name   H-AB   Years
   1.   .404   Anne Timmermann   116-287   1977-79
   2.   .382   Ashley Cantu   218-570   2017-21
   3.   .379   Christy Lunceford   245-646   1994-97
   4.   .358   Heidi Geier   243-678   1996-99
   5.   .353   Kailey Wilson   168-476   2019-23
   6.   .336   Lily West   168-500   2023-pr.
      .336   Renae Sinkler   201-599   2007-10
   8.   .333   Cayla Nielsen   209-627   2020-24
   9.   .331   Kiara Mills   123-372   2019-22
   10.   .328   Melanie Dorsey   198-604   2002-05
Seville Swipes
Senior Sydra Seville paces the team with 17 stolen bases this year, currently sitting alone in 10th on Creighton's single season stolen bases list.
The New Lenox, Ill. natives 17 stolen bases are the most by a Bluejay since Danai Martin stole 18 bags in 2011. Seville is now just one stolen base shy of tying Martin (2011) and Hean Tierney (1980) for eighth and two stolen bases shy of tying Heidi Geier (1996) for seventh on the single season top 10 stolen bases list.Â
In total, Seville has collected 24 stolen bases in her career and is now eight 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.   Sydra Seville   17   2025
Bluejay Thieves
Creighton has recorded 52 stolen bases this season, a total that currently ranking fourth in the BIG EAST behind only Butler (73), St. John's (72) and UConn (62).Â
The Bluejays 52 stolen bases are the most in a single season since joining the BIG EAST in 2014 and the most since swiping 55 bags in 2011.Â
CU stole just eight total bases in their first 10 games of the season, but have been more aggressive on the base paths, collecting 44 stolen bags in the last 31 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.
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.Â
Below is a breakdown of the stolen bases totals since joining the BIG EAST in 2014.
Year   SB   SB Att.   SB%
2025Â Â Â 52Â Â Â 60Â Â Â 86.7
2024Â Â Â 24Â Â Â 29Â Â Â 82.8
2023Â Â Â 20Â Â Â 26Â Â Â 75.9
2022Â Â Â 22Â Â Â 29Â Â Â 75.9
2021Â Â Â 14Â Â Â 18Â Â Â 77.8
2020Â Â Â 18Â Â Â 23Â Â Â 78.3
2019Â Â Â 29Â Â Â 40Â Â Â 72.5
2018Â Â Â 21Â Â Â 25Â Â Â 84.0
2017Â Â Â 22Â Â Â 34Â Â Â 64.7
2016Â Â Â 43Â Â Â 50Â Â Â 86.0
2015Â Â Â 30Â Â Â 39Â Â Â 76.9
2014Â Â Â 39Â Â Â 52Â Â Â 75.0
Seville's FinestÂ
Senior outfielder Sydra Seville is having a career season at the plate, batting .393 (No. 7 in BIG EAST) on a season-best 59 hits (No. 6 in BE).Â
The standout junior ranks tied for fourth in the BIG EAST with two triples, while ranking fourth in the league with 17 stolen bases. In addition, Seville has more than doubled her RBI double with 20 runs driven in this season.
Seville's numbers this season are astonishing compared to her numbers in her first three seasons as a Bluejay.Â
Category   2022-24   2025
Batting Average   .269   .393
Hits   53   59
Doubles   3   6
Triples   1   2
Home runs   1   2
RBIÂ Â Â 9Â Â Â 20
Walks   16   17
Stolen Bases   7   17
On-base Percentage   .326   .455
Small-Ball Bluejays
Creighton has prided itself as building triple-threat players at the plate, perfecting the ability to lay down a bunt at any given time.Â
This season, Creighton is hitting .629 (22-of-35) with 17 sacrifices in bunting opportunities. Senior Sydra Seville is 10-of-11 (.909 BA) with two sacrifice bunts this season, while sophomore Ashten Pierson has converted 8-of-17 (.471) of her bunt attempts while recorded a team-high five sacrifices.Â
Last season, the Bluejays converted 31 sacrifice bunts, led by seven from Pierson.Â
Driving in All The Runs
In Creighton's 19-5 run-rule victory over Butler last Sunday, sophomore Sydney Potter was responsible for driving in seven of the Bluejays 19 runs.Â
The Runnels, Iowa native blasted a pair of home runs, including a grand slam, becoming the first Bluejays with multiple two-home run games in the same season since Kiara Mills in 2019.Â
Potter's seven RBI were tied for the second-most in a single game in program history and the most in a single game since Alexis Cantu drove in a school record eight runs against Wichita State on April 6, 2012.Â
Adding in five RBI in the series opener on Friday and one RBI on Saturday, Potter led the country with 13 total RBI last week.Â
Runs Batted In
1.      8 - Alexis Cantu   4/6/12
2.   7 - Sydney Potter   4/13/25
      7 - Stacey Rybar   4/26/03
3.      6 - Marie Gieron   4/12/00
      6 - Kari Shank   4/7/01
      6 - Abby Johnson   4/3/04
      6 - Renae Sinkler   2/20/09
      6 - Amy Baker   4/5/10
      6 - Jen Daro   2/20/16
      6 - Sam Dellinger   3/25/17
      6 - Mileah McKelvy   4/17/18
      6 - Cayla Nielsen   4/23/23
      6 - Alyssa Gappa   5/10/24
RBI Queens
Sophomore Sydney Potter and juniors Lily West and Erika Perez have delivered in a big way for the Bluejays this season.Â
The trio has combined for 104 of the teams 210 RBI this season, while slugging 19 doubles and 19 home runs.Â
Potter leads the team with 46 RBI with a team-high 10 home runs, with West not far behind with 31 RBI of her own. Perez has driven in 27 runs of her own and currently owns a team-best eight doubles on the year as the trio has combined for 26 multi-RBI games this season.
RUNS, RUNS, RUNS!!!
Creighton scored a season-high 19 runs on 12 hits and five walks, including a pair of grand slams against Butler on Sunday, April 13.Â
The Bluejays' 19 runs scored were tied for third-most in program history and the most in a single game since CU set a program record with 24 runs scored against Toledo on Feb. 8, 2020.Â
Just two weeks ago, the Bluejays scored 18 runs on 17 hits, blasting a season-high five home runs against Connecticut on March 28. The Huskies, however, pushed in 22 runs of their own to earn the victory.Â
The 40 combined runs between the Bluejays and Huskies 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  Â
1.      24   vs. Toledo   2/8/20
2.      20   vs. College of Saint Mary   2/9/00
3.      19   Butler   4/13/25
      19   vs. Howard   3/4/12
4.      18   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  Â
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
Dalton Slump BustinÂ
Junior Ella Dalton entered last weekend's series against Butler in a slump, hitting .172 (5-of-29) over her last 13 games.Â
Dalton, however, broke through going 6-for-8 (.750) with a double, home run, seven runs scored and five RBI in the Bluejays three-game series against Butler.
Overall, Dalton is now hitting .270 on 27 hits, with five doubles, two home runs, 20 runs scored and 12 walks.
West Near Cycle
Junior Lily West nearly became the first Bluejay ever to hit for the cycle, finished Wednesday's midweek contest at Nebraska 3-for-4 with a single, triple and home run.Â
The standout catcher singled in the third and homered in the fifth, before capping off the game with a stand-up triple in the seventh.Â
Bring the BIG EAST Broom
Creighton completed its first BIG EAST series sweep of the season at Georgetown and followed up with a three-game series sweep of Butler last weekend, posting a pair of run-rule victories over the Bulldogs.
Last weekend's series sweep of Butler marked just the 11th series sweep for the Bluejays since joining the BIG EAST in 2014.Â
Creighton's sweep of Georgetown on April 4-6 was its second straight series sweep of the Hoyas and the first series win in Washington, D.C. since 2017.Â
Below is a list of all the series sweeps Creighton has had since 2014.Â
BIG EAST Series Sweeps
Opponents   Date
Butler      April 11-13, 2025
at Georgetown   April 4-6, 2025
DePaul      April 27-28, 2024
Georgetown   March 28-30, 2024
Seton Hall   April 2-3, 2021
Villanova      May 5-6, 2018
at Seton Hall   April 21-22, 2018
Seton Hall   April 14-15, 2017
Georgetown   April 9-10, 2016
Providence   May 3-4, 2014
Villanova      April 5-6, 2014
Scoring BIG
Creighton has jumped out to early leads, but that hasn't always paid dividends as the Bluejays are 13-7 when scoring first and 9-7 when scoring in the first inning this season.
CU has manufactured some big scoring innings early on in contests, outscoring its opponents 70-48 in the first and second innings this season.Â
The Bluejays have scored four or more runs in a single inning 23 times this year, including a season-high six runs in an inning on eight different occasions, including three at Georgetown and three additional times against Butler last weekend.
Below is a list of BIG scoring innings for the Bluejays this season.Â
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
4/4   Georgetown   4   5th
4/5   Georgetown   6   3rd
4/6   Georgetown   6   4th
4/6   Georgetown   6   5th
4/11   Butler   4   5th
4/12   Butler   6   6th
4/13   Butler   5   1st
4/13   Butler   6   3rd
4/13   Butler   6   4th
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. Â
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 41 game this season. Erika Perez has also started 37 of the 41 games at third base, while Ella Dalton has also earned the start in centerfield in 36 of the 40 games she has played in this season.
Additionally, head coach Krista Wood has used the same starting lineup in nine of the last 10 games.Â
Sticky Situation
Below are some interesting facts when breaking down the CU lineup. Â
• Sydra Seville is hitting .484 (31-of-64) as CU's leadoff hitter and a blistering .429 (18-of-42) with runners in scoring position this season.Â
• In addition, Sydra Seville is hitting .391 (25-of-64) with runners on base and a team-best .342 (13-of-38) with two-outs.
• Lily West hits .434 (36-of-83) with runners on base and .448 (26-of-58) when those runners are in scoring position, while hitting .500 (4-of-8) with the bases loaded.
• Additionally, Lily West hits .423 (41-of-97) when batting third in the lineup, but just .209 (9-of-43) when batting first or second.
• Avery Barnard is hitting .407 (11-of-27) with runners on and has upped that to .429 (6-of-14) with runners in scoring position.Â
• Sydney Potter is hitting .339 (19-of-56) with runners in scoring position and .500 (5-of-10) with the bases loaded, while driving in 24 runs with two outs.Â
• Forty 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.
• Erika Perez is hitting .542 (13-of-24) when leading off an innings.Â
Krista vs. The BIG EAST
Throughout her career, head coach Krista Wood's teams played some of their best softball against BIG EAST competition.Â
Entering her third season with the Bluejays, Wood's currently owns a 34-37 record in the BIG EAST with at least one victory over every team in the league.Â
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.Â
In total, Wood's owns a 54-40 overall record against teams from the BIG EAST.Â
Below is a breakdown of Wood's record against every BIG EAST team.
Opponent   SDSU   CU
Butler   3-0   7-3
Creighton   10-4   0-0
DePaul   2-0   5-1
Georgetown   0-0   7-2
Providence   2-1   4-5
Seton Hall   1-0   1-5
St. John's   1-0   5-5
Connecticut   0-0   3-8
Villanova   2-0   2-8
Totals   21-5   34-37
Creighton At Home
Since joining the BIG EAST in 2014, the Bluejays own an 80-73 record at the Creighton Sports Complex.Â
The Bluejays are 6-6 this season, after taking one of three from St. John's last weekend. Through the first 12 home games, Creighton is hitting .326 with 15 doubles, 17 home runs, 86 RBI and 91 runs scored with 14 stolen bases.
Junior Ella Dalton leads the way offensively with a .484 batting average at home, while Sydra Seville and Lily West following closely behind, hitting .404 and .400 respectfully. Seville owns a team-best 19 hits at the CU Complex this season, while West has recorded 16 hits and six walks. Sophomore Sydney Potter has blasted a team-high five home runs and driven in 19 total runs on 10 hits at home this season. Â
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.Â
Year-by-year home records since 2014:
2025: 6-6
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
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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.Â
The Bluejays followed that up by collecting 16 hits, all singles, in a 13-0 run-rule victory over Georgetown on Sunday.
Since joining the BIG EAST in 2014, Creighton has recorded 15 or more hits in a single game 10 times, with six of those coming under the direction of head coach Krista Wood.Â
Date    Opponent   Hits
4/6/25   at Georgetown   16
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
2/25/23Â Â Â at UTEPÂ Â Â 15
3/5/22   vs. Oakland   15
2/8/20   vs. Toledo   18
4/17/18   Kansas City   15
3/23/16   Providence   16
RPI Update
The latest NCAA Softball RPI, released through games on April 20, has Creighton with the fifth-best RPI in the BIG EAST.
Creighton has an RPI of 154, with a big conference opportunity against Seton Hall (114) to close out the regular season.
Creighton is 16-4 this year against teams with an RPI worse than 154, but 3-17 against teams in the top 150. The best RPI team that Creighton has beaten is No. 52 Connecticut.
BIG EAST in the RPI
Team      RPI
UConn      52
St. John's      86
Villanova      107
Seton Hall      114
Creighton   154
Butler      155
Providence   161
Georgetown   242
DePaul      250
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.Â
Over the last 25 seasons, Creighton is 390-58 when scoring five or more runs. In the same time span Creighton is 245-428-3 when scoring four runs or fever.
Creighton is also 174-40 when scoring five or more runs in a game since joining the BIG EAST in 2014 and own a 15-4 record this season when scoring five or more runs.Â
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 102-5 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 won 29 consecutive games when scoring eight or more runs.
Additionally, Creighton had won 36 straight games when scoring 10+ runs, before March 28th 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.Â
The Bluejays currently rank sixth in the BIG EAST with 52 doubles, trailing UConn (79), Seton Hall (72), Villanova (70) St. John's (62) and DePaul (54). Junior Erika Perez paces the Bluejays with eight doubles, while Lily West and Sydra Seville follow closely behind with six doubles each.Â
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 at least 50 doubles and is now 11 doubles shy of entering the Bluejays single season top 10 list. Â
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.Â
Overall, the 154 doubles hit over the last two years are the most doubles in a two-year span in program history.Â
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
