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#16 Volleyball Gives Omaha The Blues in 3-0 Sweep
9/8/2023 9:14:00 PM | Volleyball
Bluejays don't trail in first or third sets
OMAHA, Neb. -- The No. 16 Creighton Volleyball team remained unbeaten in its home city this fall with a 3-0 win over crosstown foe Omaha on Friday night at Baxter Arena.
Creighton (6-2) never trailed in the first or third sets but saved a pair of set points in the second frame of its 25-22, 27-25, 25-12 triumph. Omaha dropped to 0-6 and have now lost 17 consecutive sets.
Ava Martin led Creighton with 14 kills and Ellie Bolton dug 20 balls as part of a defensive effort that held the Mavericks to .044 hitting. CU had 43 kills, two aces, 58 digs and seven blocks while hitting .227.
The Bluejays used a 4-0 serving run from Ann Marie Remmes to go up 11-7 early, then built upon a 5-0 Kendra Wait serving run to compile a 19-14 lead in the first set. UNO drew within one point at both 22-21 and 23-22 before a Maverick serving error preceded an ace from Bolton on set point. Martin had four kills and Wait added 10 assists and six digs in the Bluejay victory.
Omaha led 24-22 in the second frame before a combo block from Ann Marie Remmes and Kiara Reinhardt on Rachel Fairbanks halved the CU deficit, and an Omaha attack error knotted the score. With the score tied at 25-all a UNO service error was followed by a kill from Creighton freshman Destiny Ndam-Simpson, an Omaha native, to give the Jays a 2-0 lead into intermission. Both Martin and Ndam-Simpson had six kills in the second set while Bolton had 10 digs. Remmes also picked up four of her match-high six blocks in the set.
Kiara Reinhardt served Creighton to an 8-0 lead to open the third set and the Bluejays cruised from there. The lead grew to 14-2 and 19-5 before CU won the contest on Omaha's seventh serving miscue of the match. The Bluejays got kills from eight different women in the third set, including the first kill of the season from Abbey Milner. UNO hit .000 in 36 swings as Bolton added eight more digs to secure her fifth match this season of 20 or more digs.
Omaha was led by 11 kills on .384 hitting by McKenna Ruch, but the Mavericks hit just .044 as a team and finished with 28 kills, two aces, 41 digs and four blocks overall.
Creighton returns to action on Sunday at 4 p.m. when it faces Iowa State at Baxter Arena to close out play in the MN Hospitality Omaha Challenge.
NOTES: Creighton has won 20 straight matches following a loss and has not suffered back-to-back setbacks since the first two matches of the 2019 campaign ... Creighton improved to 12-4 under Kirsten Bernthal Booth in the match after playing Nebraska ... The Bluejays played a second straight match without BIG EAST Player of the Year Norah Sis, due to injury ... Kendra Wait (30 assists, 15 digs) had her 40th career double-double in her 74th career match ... The .044 hitting percentage by Omaha was a season-low by a Bluejay opponent ... Kiara Reinhardt made her first start of the season and finished with four blocks and two kills ... Audrey Clark collected her first career ace.
Creighton (6-2) never trailed in the first or third sets but saved a pair of set points in the second frame of its 25-22, 27-25, 25-12 triumph. Omaha dropped to 0-6 and have now lost 17 consecutive sets.
Ava Martin led Creighton with 14 kills and Ellie Bolton dug 20 balls as part of a defensive effort that held the Mavericks to .044 hitting. CU had 43 kills, two aces, 58 digs and seven blocks while hitting .227.
The Bluejays used a 4-0 serving run from Ann Marie Remmes to go up 11-7 early, then built upon a 5-0 Kendra Wait serving run to compile a 19-14 lead in the first set. UNO drew within one point at both 22-21 and 23-22 before a Maverick serving error preceded an ace from Bolton on set point. Martin had four kills and Wait added 10 assists and six digs in the Bluejay victory.
Omaha led 24-22 in the second frame before a combo block from Ann Marie Remmes and Kiara Reinhardt on Rachel Fairbanks halved the CU deficit, and an Omaha attack error knotted the score. With the score tied at 25-all a UNO service error was followed by a kill from Creighton freshman Destiny Ndam-Simpson, an Omaha native, to give the Jays a 2-0 lead into intermission. Both Martin and Ndam-Simpson had six kills in the second set while Bolton had 10 digs. Remmes also picked up four of her match-high six blocks in the set.
Kiara Reinhardt served Creighton to an 8-0 lead to open the third set and the Bluejays cruised from there. The lead grew to 14-2 and 19-5 before CU won the contest on Omaha's seventh serving miscue of the match. The Bluejays got kills from eight different women in the third set, including the first kill of the season from Abbey Milner. UNO hit .000 in 36 swings as Bolton added eight more digs to secure her fifth match this season of 20 or more digs.
Omaha was led by 11 kills on .384 hitting by McKenna Ruch, but the Mavericks hit just .044 as a team and finished with 28 kills, two aces, 41 digs and four blocks overall.
Creighton returns to action on Sunday at 4 p.m. when it faces Iowa State at Baxter Arena to close out play in the MN Hospitality Omaha Challenge.
NOTES: Creighton has won 20 straight matches following a loss and has not suffered back-to-back setbacks since the first two matches of the 2019 campaign ... Creighton improved to 12-4 under Kirsten Bernthal Booth in the match after playing Nebraska ... The Bluejays played a second straight match without BIG EAST Player of the Year Norah Sis, due to injury ... Kendra Wait (30 assists, 15 digs) had her 40th career double-double in her 74th career match ... The .044 hitting percentage by Omaha was a season-low by a Bluejay opponent ... Kiara Reinhardt made her first start of the season and finished with four blocks and two kills ... Audrey Clark collected her first career ace.
Team Stats
CU
UNO
Kills
43
28
Errors
18
23
Attempts
110
114
Hitting %
.227
.044
Points
52.0
34.0
Assists
43
27
Aces
2
2
Blocks
7
4
Game Leaders
Kills-Aces-Blocks
Kills
14
Aces
0
Blocks
1
Kills
11
Aces
0
Blocks
0
Kills
8
Aces
0
Blocks
0
Kills
4
Aces
0
Blocks
2
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