Friday, September 5
Los Angeles, Calif.
6:00 PM
Creighton University
2-2,0-0Big East
3
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San Diego
3-1,0-0WCC
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4
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Creighton
25
25
21
25
3
San Diego
15
18
25
15
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Photo by: Caleb Christensen
#13 Volleyball Beats San Diego To Open Trojan Invitational
9/5/2025 8:05:00 PM | Volleyball
Bluejays knock Toreros from ranks of the unbeaten
LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Kiara Reinhardt tied her career-high with 15 kills on .789 hitting as the No. 13 Creighton Volleyball team knocked off previously unbeaten San Diego with a four-set victory on Friday afternoon to open the Trojan Invitational. Scores of the CU win were 25-15, 25-18, 21-25, 25-15.
Creighton is now 2-2, while San Diego is 3-1.
Creighton never trailed en route to a 25-15 victory in the first set, storming to a 4-0 lead behind two kills and a pair of blocks by Eloise Brandewie to begin the day. CU's lead expanded to 15-9 and 18-10 before Destiny Ndam-Simpson's third kill of the set closed out CU's 25-15 victory. The Bluejays hit .333 in 24 swings and had six blocks, including three each by Jaya Johnson and Brandewie, as USD hit .000 and made nine attack errors in 30 swings.
CU also led wire-to-wire in the second set, hitting .364 in the set. Reinhardt had four kills in six swings and Ndam-Simpson contributed four more kills as the Bluejays rolled to victory. An ace by Sydney Breissinger helped CU take a 2-0 lead into intermission.
San Diego held off Creighton in the third set, extending the match with a 25-21 victory. Reinhardt had four kills in as many swings and Saige Damrow had six digs, but it wasn't enough to overcome five kills by Nemo Beach and four others from Isabel Clark.
Creighton pulled away in the fourth set as Breissinger served a 9-0 run for the second straight match to give CU an 18-10 lead it would not surrender. Breissinger finished the evening with four aces, one shy of her career-high. Reinhardt and Ndam-Simpson both supplied five kills in the clincher and Brandewie added four as well. CU hit .318 in the final set and limited USD to just .148 hitting with only five kills on 27 swings.
Reinhardt had 15 kills on .789 hitting to establish a CU record for hitting percentage in a four-set match previously held by Kelli Browning (.684) on Oct. 27, 2012 vs. Southern Illinois. Ndam-Simpson contributed her second straight match with 13 kills, and  Brandewie picked up a season-high 10 kills. Annalea Maeder had her second double-double of the young season with 41 assists and 11 digs, while Damrow had 19 digs. The Bluejays hit .275 in the match and had 57 kills, seven aces, 61 digs and seven blocks.
San Diego had 37 kills, 43 digs, four blocks and two aces. Clark had 16 kills and Beach added 14. Clark also tied Olivia Bennett with a team-leading 10 digs.
Creighton is back in action on Saturday at 6 p.m. Central when it takes on UC Santa Barbara. The match will have live stats, but will not be televised or video webcast.
NOTES: This was the first meeting ever between San Diego and Creighton ... Creighton's school-record streak of five straight matches against Top 25 opponents dating to last season wsa snapped ...  Saige Damrow is the second player in Creighton history with 14 or more digs in each of her first four matches as a Bluejay, joining Bianca Rivera (22 in 2007) ... Creighton has won its fourth match of the season each of the last nine years ... Creighton has won 45 straight matches against unranked teams and 37 in a row in non-televised matches ...Redshirt freshman Nora Wurtz had her first career ace late in the fourth set ... Ashlyn Paymal made her collegiate debut, checking in during the fourth set ... Creighton has won 47 contests in a row when winning the first set and 108 straight matches when leading 2-0 ... Creighton has won each of its last nine matches to end in four sets.
Creighton is now 2-2, while San Diego is 3-1.
Creighton never trailed en route to a 25-15 victory in the first set, storming to a 4-0 lead behind two kills and a pair of blocks by Eloise Brandewie to begin the day. CU's lead expanded to 15-9 and 18-10 before Destiny Ndam-Simpson's third kill of the set closed out CU's 25-15 victory. The Bluejays hit .333 in 24 swings and had six blocks, including three each by Jaya Johnson and Brandewie, as USD hit .000 and made nine attack errors in 30 swings.
CU also led wire-to-wire in the second set, hitting .364 in the set. Reinhardt had four kills in six swings and Ndam-Simpson contributed four more kills as the Bluejays rolled to victory. An ace by Sydney Breissinger helped CU take a 2-0 lead into intermission.
San Diego held off Creighton in the third set, extending the match with a 25-21 victory. Reinhardt had four kills in as many swings and Saige Damrow had six digs, but it wasn't enough to overcome five kills by Nemo Beach and four others from Isabel Clark.
Creighton pulled away in the fourth set as Breissinger served a 9-0 run for the second straight match to give CU an 18-10 lead it would not surrender. Breissinger finished the evening with four aces, one shy of her career-high. Reinhardt and Ndam-Simpson both supplied five kills in the clincher and Brandewie added four as well. CU hit .318 in the final set and limited USD to just .148 hitting with only five kills on 27 swings.
Reinhardt had 15 kills on .789 hitting to establish a CU record for hitting percentage in a four-set match previously held by Kelli Browning (.684) on Oct. 27, 2012 vs. Southern Illinois. Ndam-Simpson contributed her second straight match with 13 kills, and  Brandewie picked up a season-high 10 kills. Annalea Maeder had her second double-double of the young season with 41 assists and 11 digs, while Damrow had 19 digs. The Bluejays hit .275 in the match and had 57 kills, seven aces, 61 digs and seven blocks.
San Diego had 37 kills, 43 digs, four blocks and two aces. Clark had 16 kills and Beach added 14. Clark also tied Olivia Bennett with a team-leading 10 digs.
Creighton is back in action on Saturday at 6 p.m. Central when it takes on UC Santa Barbara. The match will have live stats, but will not be televised or video webcast.
NOTES: This was the first meeting ever between San Diego and Creighton ... Creighton's school-record streak of five straight matches against Top 25 opponents dating to last season wsa snapped ...  Saige Damrow is the second player in Creighton history with 14 or more digs in each of her first four matches as a Bluejay, joining Bianca Rivera (22 in 2007) ... Creighton has won its fourth match of the season each of the last nine years ... Creighton has won 45 straight matches against unranked teams and 37 in a row in non-televised matches ...Redshirt freshman Nora Wurtz had her first career ace late in the fourth set ... Ashlyn Paymal made her collegiate debut, checking in during the fourth set ... Creighton has won 47 contests in a row when winning the first set and 108 straight matches when leading 2-0 ... Creighton has won each of its last nine matches to end in four sets.
Team Stats
CU
SD
Kills
57
37
Errors
21
18
Attempts
131
125
Hitting %
.275
.152
Points
71.0
43.0
Assists
49
34
Aces
7
2
Blocks
7
4
Game Leaders
Kills-Aces-Blocks
Kills
15
Aces
0
Blocks
3
Kills
13
Aces
0
Blocks
2
Kills
10
Aces
0
Blocks
3
Kills
9
Aces
0
Blocks
0
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