Saturday Scuffle Ends As Volleyball Loss to No. 13 Creighton

VILLANOVA, Pa. – Villanova volleyball dropped its second match of BIG EAST play on Saturday night, falling to the No. 13 Creighton Bluejays in straight units (8-25, 15-25, 23-25) at Jake Nevin Field House.

Reagan McGivern led the way in which for Villanova (13-4, 4-2 BIG EAST) in her first profession Top 25 matchup, totaling seven kills on .417 hitting.

Alyssa Nelson reached 1,000 profession assists along with her 15-helper efficiency on the night, attaining the mark regardless of solely being a sophomore and splitting time in a 6-2 offense.

Abby Harrell added seven kills and a game-best eight digs within the match for the Wildcats and Ava Harris pitched in a 13-assist, four-dig effort.

“It wasn’t our best performance tonight,” head coach Josh Steinbach stated. “Creighton has a really good team and they have a ton of ways to score. We’ll have to get better to be able to compete with a team like that.”

The Bluejays used a trio of huge runs to dominate the primary with one 6-0, a 7-1 and one other 7-0 stretch permitting the guests to seize the opener 25-8.

It was a way more even begin to the second interval on the Jake Nevin Field House with Villanova preserving it inside one up by 12-11, however CU generated a ways and closed the body on seven straight for a 25-15 win.

Villanova used a 7-1 run to seize a two-point lead halfway by the third and pressure Creighton’s first timeout of the match, although the nation’s No. 13 squad re-grouped and grabbed a three-point lead again. VU battled again into it and tied the tally at each 22 and 23-all, however CU grabbed the 2 scores mandatory to complete the set as a 25-23 customer victory for a sweep.

UP NEXT: The ‘Cats head as much as New England for a weekend of motion, visiting Providence and Connecticut subsequent Friday and Saturday evening respectively.