Saturday, November 7
Cincinnati, OH
2:00 PM CT
Creighton University
16-9,11-2Big East
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Xavier
15-10,8-6Big East
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | Final F |
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| Creighton | 25 | 25 | 25 | 3 |
| Xavier | 14 | 15 | 17 | 0 |
Ayden Ames
Photo by: Caleb Christensen
11/7/2026 3:25:00 PM | Volleyball
CINCINNATI, Ohio -- The Creighton Volleyball team clinched a bid in the 2026 BIG EAST Championship Presented by JEEP with a 3-0 win at Xavier on Saturday afternoon. Scores in favor of the Bluejays were 25-14, 25-15, 25-17.
Creighton (16-9, 11-2 BIG EAST) moved back into a tie atop the league standings with Marquette, which visits Georgetown this evening. Xavier, which entered the day in a three-way tie for third place in the BIG EAST, dropped to 15-10 overall and is 8-6 in league action.
The first set was an Ayden Ames highlight reel as the junior middle blocker had three kills, a solo block and an ace to help CU race to a 15-11 lead at the technical timeout. After a CU serving error coming out of the break, Cincinnati native Sydney Breissinger compiled a 7-0 run behind the line to expand the lead to 22-12. A setter dump from Katie Dalton closed out a commanding 25-14 victory that saw CU hit .371 with Dalton contributing 10 assists, three kills and three digs. Four Bluejays had three or more kills in the opener, and Saige Damrow had five digs to spearhead a defense that held Xavier to -.032 hitting.
Trinity Shadd-Ceres caught fire in the second with four early kills. An ace by Damrow pushed the Bluejay advantage to 10-4, forcing a Xavier timeout. Three Musketeer points halved the deficit before the Bluejays embarked on a 6-0 run to take a 16-7 edge. The domination continued as CU finished off a 25-15 victory to take a 2-0 lead into intermission. Shadd-Ceres had seven kills in the second set alone to highlight an offense that hit .341.
Creighton scored the first four points of the third set and never trailed while blitzing to a 10-4 edge. Xavier drew within three points at 15-12 before Abbey Hayes unleashed a 3-0 service run to return the lead to six and the Jays cruised from there to win its 21st set from Xavier in its last 22 tries.
Shadd-Ceres had her sixth straight match with double-figure kills, finishing with 16, and Columbus, Ohio, native Eloise Brandewie had 11 kills to lead Creighton. Ames hit a team-high .600 with nine kills in 15 errorless swings, also adding a match-high four blocks. Hayes and Damrow both had 14 digs and Breissinger contributed 13 for a Bluejay team that hit .350 and finished with 52 kills, 61 digs, five blocks and three aces.
Charlotte Moriarty topped Xavier with 10 kills, and Margo Kemp added eight. Kelsey Niesen dug a match-best 21 balls. The Musketeers finished with 27 kills, 51 digs, four blocks and two aces while hitting .114.
The Bluejays play their final regular-season road contest of the season on Sunday at Noon Central at Butler in a match that will air on ESPN+.
NOTES:Â Cincinnati native Sydney Breissinger surpassed 1,100 career digs in the match, while Katie Dalton pushed past 100 career kills ... Creighton is now 30-1 all-time against Xavier, including seven straight wins since then ... Creighton extended its season-long win streak to five ... Creighton has won 28 straight matches in the month of November ... Creighton improved to 215-18 all-time in BIG EAST regular-season matches ... Creighton has won 267 straight matches against conference teams when taking a 2-0 lead ... Creighton has won 213 matches in a row when hitting .300 or better ... Creighton has now won 21 of its last 22 sets against Xavier.
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Creighton (16-9, 11-2 BIG EAST) moved back into a tie atop the league standings with Marquette, which visits Georgetown this evening. Xavier, which entered the day in a three-way tie for third place in the BIG EAST, dropped to 15-10 overall and is 8-6 in league action.
The first set was an Ayden Ames highlight reel as the junior middle blocker had three kills, a solo block and an ace to help CU race to a 15-11 lead at the technical timeout. After a CU serving error coming out of the break, Cincinnati native Sydney Breissinger compiled a 7-0 run behind the line to expand the lead to 22-12. A setter dump from Katie Dalton closed out a commanding 25-14 victory that saw CU hit .371 with Dalton contributing 10 assists, three kills and three digs. Four Bluejays had three or more kills in the opener, and Saige Damrow had five digs to spearhead a defense that held Xavier to -.032 hitting.
Trinity Shadd-Ceres caught fire in the second with four early kills. An ace by Damrow pushed the Bluejay advantage to 10-4, forcing a Xavier timeout. Three Musketeer points halved the deficit before the Bluejays embarked on a 6-0 run to take a 16-7 edge. The domination continued as CU finished off a 25-15 victory to take a 2-0 lead into intermission. Shadd-Ceres had seven kills in the second set alone to highlight an offense that hit .341.
Creighton scored the first four points of the third set and never trailed while blitzing to a 10-4 edge. Xavier drew within three points at 15-12 before Abbey Hayes unleashed a 3-0 service run to return the lead to six and the Jays cruised from there to win its 21st set from Xavier in its last 22 tries.
Shadd-Ceres had her sixth straight match with double-figure kills, finishing with 16, and Columbus, Ohio, native Eloise Brandewie had 11 kills to lead Creighton. Ames hit a team-high .600 with nine kills in 15 errorless swings, also adding a match-high four blocks. Hayes and Damrow both had 14 digs and Breissinger contributed 13 for a Bluejay team that hit .350 and finished with 52 kills, 61 digs, five blocks and three aces.
Charlotte Moriarty topped Xavier with 10 kills, and Margo Kemp added eight. Kelsey Niesen dug a match-best 21 balls. The Musketeers finished with 27 kills, 51 digs, four blocks and two aces while hitting .114.
The Bluejays play their final regular-season road contest of the season on Sunday at Noon Central at Butler in a match that will air on ESPN+.
NOTES:Â Cincinnati native Sydney Breissinger surpassed 1,100 career digs in the match, while Katie Dalton pushed past 100 career kills ... Creighton is now 30-1 all-time against Xavier, including seven straight wins since then ... Creighton extended its season-long win streak to five ... Creighton has won 28 straight matches in the month of November ... Creighton improved to 215-18 all-time in BIG EAST regular-season matches ... Creighton has won 267 straight matches against conference teams when taking a 2-0 lead ... Creighton has won 213 matches in a row when hitting .300 or better ... Creighton has now won 21 of its last 22 sets against Xavier.
More to come...
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/ VolleyballTeam Stats
CU
XU
Kills
52
27
Errors
10
17
Attempts
120
114
Hitting %
.350
.088
Points
60.0
33.0
Assists
46
27
Aces
3
2
Blocks
5
4
Game Leaders
Kills
16
Aces
0
Blocks
2
Kills
11
Aces
0
Blocks
1
Kills
9
Aces
1
Blocks
4
Kills
6
Aces
1
Blocks
1
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