11/9/2026 1:30:00 PM | General
OMAHA, Neb. -- Two road wins last weekend helped earn two Creighton Volleyball student-athletes weekly awards from the BIG EAST Conference on Monday. Katie Dalton was named BIG EAST Setter of the Week and Ayden Ames was named BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Week.
This is Dalton's third Setter of the Week recognition, as the Parker, Colo., product earned a similar award on Sept. 7 and Oct. 26. Ames earns her fourth Player of the Week plaudit of the season, having also been named BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Week on Aug. 31 as well as BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Week on both Aug. 31 and Oct. 12.
Dalton averaged 11.50 assists, 2.50 digs, 1.00 kills and 0.33 blocks per set as Creighton swept Xavier and Butler on the road to stay atop the BIG EAST standings. As a team, Creighton led the BIG EAST with a .336 hitting percentage and 15.50 kills per set for the week. Dalton had 38 assists, eight digs and three kills on Saturday, directing CU to a .350 attack percentage in a 3-0 win at Xavier. She followed that up with 31 assists, seven digs, three kills and two blocks in a 3-0 triumph at Butler in which she set the Bluejays to a .319 hitting percentage.
Ames averaged 2.67 kills, 1.33 blocks and 1.17 digs per set while hitting .484 in a pair of 3-0 road sweeps last week. Creighton held foes to .074 hitting in the two wins. The Prosper, Texas native hit a season-best .600 in Saturday's sweep at Xavier with nine kills in 15 errorless swings. She added four digs, four blocks and an ace as the Bluejays held Xavier to season-lows of 27 kills and .088 hitting. On Sunday Ames had seven kills, four blocks and three digs on .375 hitting. Butler's team finished with a .059 hitting percentage, its season low, while its 28 kills tied a season-low. Ames' .484 hitting was second-best in the league last week and her 1.33 blocks per set was fifth-best.
Winners of six straight matches, Creighton (17-9, 12-2 BIG EAST) closes the regular-season this weekend with home matches on Friday vs. Georgetown (6 p.m.) and Sunday against Villanova (1 p.m.).
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This is Dalton's third Setter of the Week recognition, as the Parker, Colo., product earned a similar award on Sept. 7 and Oct. 26. Ames earns her fourth Player of the Week plaudit of the season, having also been named BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Week on Aug. 31 as well as BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Week on both Aug. 31 and Oct. 12.
Dalton averaged 11.50 assists, 2.50 digs, 1.00 kills and 0.33 blocks per set as Creighton swept Xavier and Butler on the road to stay atop the BIG EAST standings. As a team, Creighton led the BIG EAST with a .336 hitting percentage and 15.50 kills per set for the week. Dalton had 38 assists, eight digs and three kills on Saturday, directing CU to a .350 attack percentage in a 3-0 win at Xavier. She followed that up with 31 assists, seven digs, three kills and two blocks in a 3-0 triumph at Butler in which she set the Bluejays to a .319 hitting percentage.
Ames averaged 2.67 kills, 1.33 blocks and 1.17 digs per set while hitting .484 in a pair of 3-0 road sweeps last week. Creighton held foes to .074 hitting in the two wins. The Prosper, Texas native hit a season-best .600 in Saturday's sweep at Xavier with nine kills in 15 errorless swings. She added four digs, four blocks and an ace as the Bluejays held Xavier to season-lows of 27 kills and .088 hitting. On Sunday Ames had seven kills, four blocks and three digs on .375 hitting. Butler's team finished with a .059 hitting percentage, its season low, while its 28 kills tied a season-low. Ames' .484 hitting was second-best in the league last week and her 1.33 blocks per set was fifth-best.
Winners of six straight matches, Creighton (17-9, 12-2 BIG EAST) closes the regular-season this weekend with home matches on Friday vs. Georgetown (6 p.m.) and Sunday against Villanova (1 p.m.).
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