Volleyball Takes Over First Place With Road Win at DePaul

Friday, October 30

Chicago, IL

7:00 PM

Creighton University

15-9,10-2Big East

DePaul

16-6,8-3Big East

Team	1	2	3	4	Final F
Creighton	25	20	25	25	3
DePaul	22	25	13	18	1

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By: Rob Anderson

CHICAGO, Ill. -- Creighton Volleyball moved into sole possession of first place in the BIG EAST with a 3-1 victory at DePaul on Friday night. Scores of Creighton's 31st straight win over the Blue Demons were 25-22, 20-25, 25-13, 25-18.

Creighton (15-9, 10-2 BIG EAST) won its season-high fourth straight match while dropping DePaul to 16-6 this fall and 8-3 in BIG EAST action. DePaul and second-place Marquette (14-7, 9-2 BIG EAST) will meet on Sunday in Milwaukee.

DePaul led most of the first set, building advantages of 15-9 and 17-12 before Creighton closed with a flurry to take the opener. CU used a 5-0 run on Abbey Hayes' serve to take its first lead at 22-21. An ace from Saige Damrow got CU to set point, and Trinity Shadd-Ceres completed the comeback with her third kill of the frame. Katie Dalton dished 13 assists as five Bluejays had multiple kills. Eloise Brandewie also had a hand in all three CU blocks of the first set.

Creighton couldn't carry over the momentum into the second set, falling behind 6-1 to prompt an early timeout from Brian Rosen. The Blue Demons went up as big as 16-7 held off CU after a 10-3 run got the Jays within two, and evened the match with a 25-20 win. DePaul hit .369 in the second set while holding the Bluejays to .139 hitting. DePaul outblocked CU 5-0 in the second game.

The Bluejays had their best start of the weekend in the third set, racing to a 6-2 advantage in the opening moments after the intermission. Shadd-Ceres served a late 6-0 run to get CU to set point, and Ayden Ames wrapped up a big set with a kill. CU held the Blue Demons to -.172 hitting in a lopsided 25-13 romp as Ames had five kills in as many swings and added four blocks.

DePaul won the first point of the fourth set but Creighton scored the next seven for just the second, and final, lead change of the evening. Creighton lead was 20-14 down the stretch as the Bluejays closed out a weekend road sweep against two of the top teams in the league. DePaul was held to -.079 hitting in the final game as its dozen attack errors upped its total to 32 for the match.

Shadd-Ceres led Crieghton with 13 kills while Paymal had 12 of her own on .360 hitting. Dalton collected a double-double with 40 assists and 12 digs and Ames and Brandewie both had five blocks for CU. The Jays hit .211 and had 49 kills, 52 digs, 10 blocks and two aces.

DePaul got 15 kills from both Isabella Tavares-Salomon and Kendall Timme, but the duo also combined for 18 attack errors in 80 swings. DePaul finished with 40 kills, 55 digs, nine blocks and four aces but hit .059 for the contest.

Creighton is back on the court next Saturday with a 2 p.m. Central match at Xavier.

NOTES: Creighton's set one win after trailing by six matched the largest deficit overcome in a set victory in two seasons under Brian Rosen ... Creighton has had a block in 997 straight matches ... Creighton has won the first set in six straight contests ... Creighton's 31 straight wins over DePaul are its most over any other school in program history ... Katie Dalton's double-double was her team-leading fifth of the season.