#13 Volleyball Closes Highway Journey With Sweep at Villanova

VILLANOVA, Pa. — The No. 13 Creighton Volleyball crew ran its win streak to eight with a 3-0 win at second-place Villanova on Saturday evening at Jake Nevin Field House. Scores of the Bluejay sweep have been 25-8, 25-15, 25-23. 

Creighton improved to 13-5 on the season and 6-0 in BIG EAST and have now gained 27 straight head-to-head units in opposition to Villanova (13-4, 4-2 BIG EAST).

Villanova scored the primary level of the match earlier than Creighton countered with six in a row and didn’t path once more the remainder of the opener. Kiara Reinhardt had two kills and three blocks in that early surge and completed the primary set with three kills and 5 blocks. CU pulled away with a 5-0 run on Saige Damrow’s serve to maneuver in entrance 14-5, and closed out its 25-8 victory on an ace by Ava Martin. CU hit .571 within the first body with 5 blocks and two aces, whereas holding Villanova to -.154 hitting and simply six kills.

CU by no means trailed within the second set, pulling away to take an 8-5 lead after consecutive aces by freshman Nora Wurtz. Wurtz’s third ace of the set got here throughout her subsequent rotation and put the Jays up 17-12. The Wildcats drew inside 18-15 earlier than a 7-0 service run by Alivia Hausmann closed out the second set. CU hit .440 within the second set with 13 kills in 21 swings. The Jays additionally outblocked Nova 4-0 within the body, together with a combo block by Martin and Eloise Brandewie on set level.

The Bluejays used a 5-0 Hausmann service run within the third set to maneuver in entrance 10-6, however the Wildcats would claw again to take a 15-14 benefit to drive Brian Rosen to make use of a timeout. Creighton went up 20-17 on Maeder’s career-high ninth kill of the day. Villanova used a 3-0 run to tie the set at 22-all and drive CU’s second timeout, however the Jays responded with a kill from Reinhardt. With the rating knotted at 23-all, Reinhardt put down her tenth kill and adopted it together with her seventh block on match level to seal CU’s ninth straight sweep over VU.

Martin led Creighton with 13 kills on .414 hitting, whereas Eloise Brandewie had seven kills. Annalea Maeder had a career-high 9 kills to go along with 30 assists and 7 digs. Reinhardt hit .750, ending with 10 kills on 12 swings, and recording a match-high seven blocks. Creighton had 45 kills, 29 digs, 10 blocks and 7 aces whereas hitting .457.

Villanova was paced by seven kills by each Abby Harrell and Reagan McGivern. Campbell McKinnon, who entered the evening hitting .421 on the season, hit .083 and had 5 kills. The Wildcats collected 30 kills, 25 digs, two aces, one block and hit .088.

After 4 straight matches on the street, Creighton returns house on Friday for a 6 p.m. match in opposition to St. John’s.

NOTES: Bidding on Creighton’s Pink Out jerseys continues at till Sunday evening …  Creighton has gained 41 straight matches in opposition to BIG EAST groups, 55 in a row in opposition to unranked foes and 46 consecutive non-televised matches … CU has gained its final 19 matches within the month of October … Creighton has began 6-0 in convention play for the seventh time in 13 seasons as a member of the BIG EAST … Creighton has gained eight straight matches since falling in 5 units to No. 1 Nebraska on Sept. sixteenth, dropping only one set in that point … Ava Martin performed in her one hundredth profession victory, turning into the 14th Bluejay to take action. Teammate Kiara Reinhardt moved right into a tie for fifth place on that listing by showing in her 109th CU victory … Creighton is now 194-16 all-time in regular-season BIG EAST matches, and 91-13 in street contests … Villanova’s Alyssa Nelson reached 1,000 profession assists within the first set … Creighton trailed for simply eight factors all the match, and by no means by greater than two factors … Creighton has gained 250 straight matches in opposition to convention foes when taking a 2-0 lead.