#10 Volleyball Opens Home Slate with Bluejay Invitational

Friday, September 4

Omaha, Neb.

6:00 PM

Creighton University

Arizona

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#10 Volleyball Opens Home Slate with Bluejay Invitational

9/1/2026 4:11:00 PM | Volleyball

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By: Rob Anderson

Bluejay Invitational
Pepperdine vs. Tulsa • Omaha, Neb. • Friday, Sept. 4 • 3 p.m.
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Arizona at #10 Creighton • Omaha, Neb. • Friday, Sept. 4 • 6 p.m.
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Pepperdine at #10 Creighton • Omaha, Neb. • Saturday, Sept. 5 • 3 p.m.
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Tulsa vs. Arizona • Omaha, Neb. • Saturday, Sept. 5 • 5:30 p.m.
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Arizona vs. Pepperdine • Omaha, Neb. • Sunday, Sept. 6 • 12 p.m.
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Tulsa at #10 Creighton • Omaha, Neb. • Sunday, Sept. 6 • 3 p.m.
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This Weekend
No. 10 Creighton Volleyball opens its home schedule this weekend when it hosts the Bluejay Invitational.
The action begins on Friday, Sept. 4, at 3 p.m. when Pepperdine (3-0) meets Tulsa (3-0). At 6 p.m., Arizona (2-1) visits Creighton (2-1), in the Bluejays' home-opener.
Creighton hosts Pepperdine at 3 p.m. in the first match of Saturday's doubleheader, followed by Tulsa and Arizona meeting at 5:30 p.m.
The tournament concludes on Sunday when Arizona and Pepperdine face off at 12 p.m., and Creighton welcomes Tulsa at 3 p.m.
All six matches will be held inside D.J. Sokol Arena (2,500) in Omaha, Neb.

Promotions Calendar
Friday's match is Hawaiian Night. Join us for a full-blown Hawaiian Night on campus as we partner with the Hui 'O Hawai'i club on campus. We'll have lei making stations, custom Hawaiian shirts for students and more!
Saturday is Community Day. Creighton is going gold for Angels Among Us! Help us celebrate multiple community groups including Angels Among Us and Creighton Dance Marathon.
Sunday is Lil' Jays Club Day. Calling all Lil' Jays Club members for this afternoon match! We'll be giving away mini Jenga sets. Balloon artists and face painters will be available on the concourse. Stick around after the match for autographs with select CU volleyball student-athletes.

Broadcast Information
The final five matches of the Bluejay Invitational will be broadcast on ESPN+. It's worth noting that YouTube TV subscribers now have access to ESPN+ events via ESPN Unlimited at no additional charge.
Jon Schriner and former Bluejay All-American Kendra Wait will be on the call for Friday's Creighton/Arizona match, as well as both contests on Saturday.
Schriner and former Bluejay and current Omaha Supernovas libero Allison Holder will announce both matches on Saturday.

Live Stats Information
All six matches of the Bluejay Invitational will have free live stats that are going to be available at http://Creighton.StatBroadcast.com.
Links will also be on the GoCreighton.com volleyball schedule page.

Scouting #10 Creighton
Creighton moved up three spots to 10th in this week's AVCA Top 25 poll after opening the season with victories over then-No. 9 Purdue (3-2) and No. 20 USC (3-1), sandwiched around a loss to No. 14 Minnesota (3-0). The continued success comes despite the loss of three senior All-Americans from last year's team that finished 28-6 under then first-year head coach Brian Rosen.
Jaya Johnson (1.58 kps.) is the lone All-BIG EAST returner for the Jays, but Abbey Hayes (2.25 kps.), Saige Damrow (3.92 dps.), Sydney Breissinger (0.83 dps., 0.42 saps.), Eloise Brandewie (1.58 kps.) and Nora Wurtz (0.42 saps.) also saw significant time a year ago.
The Bluejays cleaned up in the transfer portal during the offseason, bringing in middle blocker Ayden Ames (1.92 kps., 1.17 bps., .305%), setter Katie Dalton (6.45 aps.) and outside hitter Trinity Shadd-Ceres (2.67 kps.).
Creighton averaged 11.08 kills, 12.33 digs, 1.92 blocks and 1.75 aces per set while hitting .145 last weekend.
Creighton was a unanimous pick to win the BIG EAST, with Johnson, Hayes and Ames all earning Preseason All-BIG EAST acclaim.
Last season marked CU's 12th consecutive BIG EAST regular-season title and 11th BIG EAST Tournament crown in the past 12 years.

Scouting Arizona
Arizona is 2-1 on the season after sweeping Prairie View A&M and Tarleton State before being swept at UCSB last weekend at the Wildcat Classic in Tucson.
Creighton transfer Destiny Ndam-Simpson (3.22 kps., 2.11 dps.) leads the Wildcats in kills, just ahead of Renee Jones (2.11 kps., 0.89 bps., .425%). Carlie Cisneros (1.63 kps.) was named to the Preseason All-Big 12 team after being a Second Team All-Big 12 choice a year ago.
Maria Olga Siapani (5.11 aps.) and Harmony Sample (3.22 aps.) split setting duties, while Brenna Ginder (4.22 dps.) tops the club in digs.
The Wildcats average 12.00 kills, 14.67 digs, 2.78 locks and 1.78 aces per set while hitting .235 as a team.
Arizona finished last season with a year-end RPI of 38 and owned a 17-13 record. The Wildcats beat South Dakota State in the NCAA Tournament before losing in four sets to Stanford.

Series History vs. Arizona
Creighton and Arizona have never met, and Brian Rosen has never faced Arizona.

Creighton-Arizona Connections
Arizona senior Destiny Ndam-Simpson played at Creighton the previous three seasons, amassing 249 kills, before graduating in the spring. An Omaha native, Ndam-Simpson was named to the BIG EAST's All-Freshman Team in 2023 on CU's Sweet 16 team, then averaged 1.53 kills per set in 2024 on CU's Elite Eight squad. Last year Ndam-Simpson averaged 1.47 kills per set and 1.35 digs per set but missed the final 24 matches for CU's team that returned to the Elite Eight.
Arizona assistant coach Ryan Ammerman is the cousin of Creighton setter Katie Dalton.
Arizona's Carlie Cisneros was the No. 1 overall volleyball recruit in the class of 2024 by PrepVolleyball.com. Creighton's Ayden Ames was the No. 3 recruit in that class.

Scouting Pepperdine
Owners of the nation's longest active win streak (6), Pepperdine opened the season with wins over Villanova (3-1), South Dakota State (3-0) and Sacramento State (3-2) last weekend in the Asics Classic.
Chloe Pravednikov (3.25 kps., 0.75 bps.), Ella Piskorz (2.92 kps, 2.00 bps., .536%) and Maggie Beauer (2.27 kps.) all averaged multiple kills per set last weekend.
Setter Tristen Raymond (9.00 aps., 1.33 bps.) quarterbacks the offense and libero Laine Briggs (2.83 dps.) runs the defense.
The Waves average 12.00 kills, 8.50 digs, 3.00 blocks and 2.00 aces per set while hitting .279 as a team.
Last year Pepperdine went 21-8 overall, including a 15-3 record in the West Coast Conference, but were left out of the NCAA Tournament despite an RPI of 43 on Selection Sunday.

Series History vs. Pepperdine
Creighton is 1-0 all-time against Pepperdine, winning in four sets (25-22,19-25,25-20,25-22) on Sept. 12, 2014 in the Bluejay Invitational.
Kelli Browning led Creighton with 14 kills and five blocks, Melanie Jereb (10 kills, 11 digs) and Maggie Baumert (50 assists, 10 digs) had double-doubles, while Leah McNary (13 kills) surpassed 1,000 career kills in the victory.
Gaby Palmeri had 16 kills, 13 digs and four blocks to lead the Waves.
Brian Rosen has never faced Pepperdine.

Creighton-Pepperdine Connections
Pepperdine's Iva Popovic was an All-Missouri Valley Conference selection with Bradley in 2024, where she played for former Creighton outside hitter Alicia (Runge) Williams.

Scouting Tulsa
Tulsa is 3-0 after defeating New Mexico State (3-1), UTEP (3-2) and New Mexico (3-1) last weekend at the NMSU Volleyball Jamboree in Las Cruces, N.M.
Four women average multiple kills per set, a quartet that features Olivia Vance (2.45 kps.), Maegan Mills (2.23 kps.), Jill Hanson (2.23 kps., 1.23 bps.) and Emma Blaine (2.15 kps., 1.15 bps.).
Brittany Bacorn (9.38 aps.) is the setter and Lauren Patterson (3.08 dps.) is the libero.
The Golden Hurricane average 11.77 kills, 12.85 digs, 2.54 blocks and 1.23 aces per set on .165 hitting.
Last year's Tulsa team went 25-7, won the American Conference Tournament and lost in the First Round of the NCAA Tournament in four sets to Miami (Fla.) in Lawrence, Kan. Tulsa had an RPI of 36 on Selection Sunday.

Series History vs. Tulsa
Creighton is 5-0 all-time against Tulsa, including a 2-0 mark in Omaha (3-0 wins in 1994 and 1995). The programs have not met since the Bluejays posted a 3-1 win over the Golden Hurricane on Sept. 8, 2012 at the Northern Colorado Classic. In that 2012 encounter, Heather Thorson had a career-high 18 kills, Kelli Browning tied an MVC record with 15 block assists and Megan Bober (34 assists, 15 digs, 11 blocks) notched her 10th career double-double.
Brian Rosen has never faced Tulsa.

Creighton-Tulsa Connections
Tulsa libero Quinn Swofford played two years at Iowa Western Community College (2023-24) in nearby Council Bluffs, Iowa.
Tulsa assistant coach Kennedy Warren played on Houston's 2022 team that reached the Sweet 16 after wins over South Dakota and Auburn inside D.J. Sokol Arena. Warren led Houston in kills in both matches (21 and 17). Warren was also on the floor when UH libero Kate Georgiades dove over a table vs. USD in a play that earned the Cougars the top spot on ESPN's Top 10 Plays.
Creighton's first home win since restarting its program in 1994 was an Oct. 1, 1994 win (15-3, 15-6, 15-9) over Tulsa (after five previous home losses)
Creighton's first road sweep after restarting its program in 1994 was a Sept. 29, 1995 victory (15-6, 18-16, 15-8) in Tulsa.
Creighton and Tulsa were both Missouri Valley Conference rivals in 1994 and 1995.

Creighton Coaches
Brian Rosen is in his second season as Creighton head coach, where his 30-7 record with the Bluejays moves his career mark to 75-24 in five seasons.
Rosen was named the fourth head coach in modern Creighton Volleyball history on April 6, 2025, as he was promoted following the departure of 22-year head coach Kirsten Bernthal Booth. He became the BIG EAST's first rookie head coach since 2014 to win 20+ matches in his first year in the league, the only rookie head coach in league history to win multiple NCAA Tournament matches, and the first new coach to win 28+ matches in his first season.
Named the 2024 AVCA National Assistant Coach of the Year, Rosen served as a Creighton assistant from 2022-24, during which time CU went 88-13, swept the BIG EAST regular-season and tournament tiles each fall, and defeated 10 Top 25 opponents.
Rosen led Creighton to the BIG EAST regular-season and Tournament titles in 2025 and a return to the Elite Eight of the NCAA Tournament.
The 2008 South Carolina grad went 45-17 as head coach at Division II Nova Southeastern from 2019-21, though the 2020 season was cancelled due to COVID-19 without playing a match.
Rosen is assisted by Angie Oxley Behrens, Adam Kessenich and Izzy Ashburn.

With A Win...
With a win on Friday...
- Creighton would improve to 22-11 all-time in its home opener, and 15-3 all-time in its first match of the season inside D.J. Sokol Arena.
Brian Rosen would improve to 76-24 in 100 matches as a college head coach.
Creighton would win its 70th straight match against an unranked team, and 26-0 under Brian Rosen against unranked opponents.
Creighton would win its 58th straight non-televised match.
Creighton would win its 13th straight home match, tied for its third-longest home win streak in program history.

Home Sweet Home
Creighton brings a 12-match home winning streak into Friday's home opener against Arizona. That's tied for the fifth-longest home win streak in program history and tied for the nation's eighth-longest active home win streak entering September.
Creighton is 46-1 in its last 47 matches at D.J. Sokol Arena, losing only to No. 4 Louisville on Sept. 12, 2025 in that span.
Creighton's Longest Home Win Streaks
Wins Dates Snapped By
32 Sept. 1, 2023 - Dec. 6, 2024 #4 Louisville, 3-1
15 Sept. 7 - Nov. 30, 2018 #22 Washington, 3-0
13 Sept. 1, 2012 - Sept. 7, 2013 California, 3-0
13 Sept. 9, 2016-Sept. 1, 2017 #18 USC, 3-0
12 Sept. 20-Nov. 28, 2015 #4 Kansas, 3-2
12 Sept. 19, 2019 - Jan. 29, 2021 South Dakota, 3-2
12 Sept. 10-Dec. 2, 2021 Kansas, 3-1
12 Sept. 23-Nov. 26, 2022 Auburn, 3-2
12 Sept. 20, 2025 - Present TBD
10 Sept. 2-Dec. 1, 2017 #12 Michigan State, 3-1

Longest Active Home Win Streaks (8/31)
Wins School Next Home Match
53 Pittsburgh 9/11 vs. Jacksonville
24 Kentucky 9/2 vs. UCLA
19 Cal Poly 9/17 vs. Santa Clara
16 West Florida 9/11 vs. Florida Southern
16 Arizona State 9/10 vs. UC Davis
13 Northern Arizona 9/9 vs. UC Riverside
13 Eastern Illinois 9/16 vs. Illinois
12 Creighton 9/4 vs. Arizona
12 Northern Iowa 9/18 vs. Wichita State
12 Dayton 9/25 vs. Davidson
12 LIU 10/2 vs. Le Moyne

Milestone Watch
Creighton's student-athletes are approaching all sorts of milestones as the 2026 season enters the second week.
Friday will be the 100th match as a collegiate head coach for Brian Rosen. He's currently 75-24, including a 30-7 mark at Creighton.
Katie Dalton enters this weekend with 971 career assists (900 at Kansas, 71 at Creighton) as she closes in on 1,000.
Eloise Brandewie owns 482 kills in her career and is 18 shy of 500.
Sydney Breissinger owns 891 career digs and is nine shy of 900. Breissinger's next appearance will be the 100th match of her career.
Jaya Johnson boasts 493 career kills and is seven short of 500.
Saige Damrow owns 456 career digs (127 at Wisconsin, 329 at Creighton) and can reach 500 this weekend.
As a team, Creighton owns 49,983 kills since restarting its program in 1994 and will likely reach the 50,000 mark on Friday against Arizona.
Since restarting its program in 1994, Creighton owns 298 all-time home victories, including a 209-34 mark (.860) inside D.J. Sokol Arena.

Rosen On The Fast Track
Friday marks Brian Rosen's 100th career match as a collegiate head coach, and he's 75-24 to date when you include his 30-7 mark at Creighton with his 45-17 record at Nova Southeastern.
Among current Division I head coaches with at least four years of head coaching experience, Rosen ranks 14th in the country with a .758 winning percentage and trails some of the nation's elite.
Best Win Percentage (8/31)
(Min. 4 years, current DI Head Coaches)
Pct. Name, Current School W-L
.854 JJ Van Niel, Arizona State 88-15
.850 Dan Fisher, Pittsburgh 429-76
.841 Dani Busboom-Kelly, Nebraska 238-45
.832 Jerritt Elliott, Texas 687-139
.825 Jenny Glenn, American 254-54
.777 Todd Lowery, UTRGV 605-174
.775 Paco Labrador, Navy 566-163
.770 Travis Hudson, WKU 809-241
.769 Sam Erger, SMU 103-31
.767 Kelly Sheffield, Wisconsin 620-188
.764 Kendra Potts, Grand Canyon 162-50
.759 Craig Skinner, Kentucky 501-159
.759 Matt Botsford, UCF 283-90
.758 Brian Rosen, Creighton 75-24

Ames Makes BIG EAST History in First Week
Ayden Ames was named BIG EAST Offensive and Defensive Player of the Week on Aug. 31 after helping the Bluejays to a pair of Top 25 wins to open the season. Ames is the first player in BIG EAST history, as well as Creighton Volleyball history, to be named both the Offensive and Defensive Player of the Week in the same week by the league office.
Ames hit .305 and averaged 1.92 kills, 1.17 blocks and 0.25 digs during her initial week as a Bluejay.
The junior from Prosper, Texas, had seven kills and set a Creighton record for most blocks in a debut with seven stuffs in Friday's 3-2 win vs. No. 9 Purdue.
The Preseason All-BIG EAST pick then led the Bluejays with eight kills, three blocks and .333 hitting in Saturday's contest vs. No. 14 Minnesota before closing her weekend with eight kills, four blocks and .400 hitting in a 3-1 triumph over No. 20 USC.
Ames' only previously weekly conference award came on Dec. 2, 2024, when she shared Southeastern Conference Freshman of the Week recognition while enrolled at Texas.
Another Bluejay newcomer, freshman setter Rayna Christianson, made the league's weekly Honor Roll after averaging 3.60 assists, 0,90 digs and 0.20 blocks per set and a team-leading 0.50 aces per set.

New Kid On The Block
Ayden Ames made Bluejay history when she had seven blocks in her Creighton debut vs. No. 9 Purdue on Aug. 28th.
Ames surpassed Kelli Browning's six in 2011 vs. UTSA. Browning is already in the Creighton Athletics Hall of Fame and still owns the top three single-season blocking totals in CU history.
Most Blocks, First Match Played at Creighton
BLK Name Opponent Date
7 Ayden Ames vs. #9 Purdue 8/28/26
6 Kelli Browning vs. UTSA 8/26/11
5 Elise Goetzinger NC State 8/30//24
4 Lauren Bloemke Jacksonville State 8/25/06
4 Lauren Smith vs. #13 BYU 8/30/13
4 Kelsey O'Connell vs. Miami (Ohio) 8/28/15
4 Jaali Winters vs. Miami (Ohio) 8/28/15
4 Kiara Reinhardt Nebraska-Omaha 1/22/21
4 Norah Sis vs. Kansas City 8/27/21

One Tough Schedule
Of Creighton's 12 non-conference matches, six are against ranked teams and four others against programs that received votes in the preseason AVCA Top 25 poll.
All 12 non-conference teams on Creighton's schedule finished the 2025 campaign with a top-44 RPI, and 11 reached the NCAA Tournament. That should come as no surprise, as Creighton faced the second-most difficult schedule (all matches) last season.
The teams on Creighton's schedule entered this week with a 23-9 record, going 18-3 against unranked foes and 5-6 against ranked foes.

The Gauntlet
Creighton played the nation's second-toughest schedule, and also ranked among the national leaders in Top 50 wins and matches vs. Top 50 opponents in 2025.
Creighton was 18-0 (including the league tournament) against the BIG EAST Conference (the nation's #5 league).
Most RPI Top 50 Wins in 2025
Top 50 W's School
18 Nebraska
17 Arizona State
15 Creighton, Pittsburgh
14 Wisconsin

Most RPI Top 50 Matches in 2025
Top 50 MP's School
21 Creighton, Arizona State, Kansas
20 Pittsburgh
19 Nebraska, Wisconsin, TCU, Utah

Top 25 Wins
Thanks to victories over No. 9 Purdue and No. 20 USC, Creighton is one of five teams nationally that enters September with multiple ranked wins.
Pittsburgh has three such victories, while Arizona State, Creighton, Louisville and Stanford all have two.
Seven other programs (Kentucky, Minnesota, Nebraska, SMU, Texas, USC and Wisconsin) all have one Top 25 win.

Christianson Aces Opening Weekend
Setter Rayna Christianson made an impact with four service aces in Creighton's Aug. 30 win over No. 20 USC.
The four aces were the most by a Bluejay freshman on the opening weekend of a season since Allie Oelke in 2007.
Oelke, who like Christianson is also from the Twin Cities metro area, went on to be named Missouri Valley Conference Freshman of the Year in 2007.

No Fear of Falling Behind
Creighton won the first set in 28-of-34 matches a year ago, but has yet to win the opener in any of its first three matches this season.
It's the first time since 2018 that Creighton's lost the initial set in three straight matches during the same season, and also happened in CU's first three matches of the campaign. That 2018 team went 29-5, went 18-0 in BIG EAST play, and were a national seed in the NCAA Tournament.
Creighton last lost the opening set in four straight matches in the same year from Aug. 29-Sept. 5, 2015.
Last season Creighton went 1-5 in matches that it dropped the first set, but is already 2-1 in 2026.

Weapons Unleashed
It's only been one weekend, but both Trinity Shadd-Ceres and Ashlyn Paymal have already established career-highs for kills in a season.
Shadd-Ceres had 10 kills in 2024 and 12 kills in 2025 with Wisconsin. She had 13 kills in wins over both No. 9 Purdue and No. 20 USC last weekend, and has 32 kills after three matches this fall. Shadd-Ceres also has 13 digs (matching her total in two years at UW) and three aces (she had none at UW) this fall for the Jays.
Similarly, Paymal had nine kills, two digs and one block as a freshman at Creighton last fall. She's had 11 kills, four digs and five blocks already this weekend.

Home Openers
Creighton enters Friday's match vs. Arizona with a 21-11 mark in home openers. That mark improves to 14-3 all-time in its first home match of the season at D.J. Sokol Arena, which opened in 2009.
Brian Rosen is 0-1 in home openers as Creighton's head coach, losing to No. 4 Louisville last season.

Last Season Summary
Creighton went 28-6 last season in Brian Rosen's first season at the helm, dropping just four sets while going 18-0 against conference foes en route to BIG EAST regular-season and BIG EAST Tournament titles.
The Jays defeated Northern Colorado, Northern Iowa and No. 8 Arizona State in the NCAA Tournament to reach its second straight Elite Eight, where it was eliminated by eventual runner-up Kentucky.
BIG EAST Player of the Year Ava Martin (4.48 kps., 0.40 saps.) and Kiara Reinhardt (2.53 kps., 1.03 bps., .447%) were both named Second Team All-Americans and became the first teammates ever selected in the first round of the same Major League Volleyball Draft, while BIG EAST Setter of the Year Annalea Maeder (10.75 aps., 0.40 saps.) was chosen as a Third Team All-American.

Another Loaded Field
This weekend's Bluejay Invitational field features one team (No. 10 Creighton) included in this week's AVCA poll.
Below is a list of each team to enter play while being ranked or having received votes in the AVCA Top 25 poll the week of the Bluejay Invitational. Those previous 34 teams are a collective 68-28 with 16 titles.
Each of the past 13 (and 16 of 20 overall) Bluejay Invitationals have been won by a team that entered the weekend in the Top 25 or receiving votes.
In all but one occasion (2013) there's been at least one team getting votes, the team to win it was the highest-ranked team coming in, though it's worth noting that in 2010 and 2011 none of the participants were receiving votes.
Year (Rank) Team W-L at Bluejay Invite
2007 (RV) Middle Tennessee 3-0
2008 #16 Minnesota 3-0
2008 #21 LSU 2-1
2008 (RV) Texas A&M 0-3
2009 #10 Illinois 2-0
2012 #21 Kansas State 3-0
2013 #19 Creighton 2-1
2013 (RV) California 3-0
2014 (RV) Creighton 3-0
2015 (RV) Pacific 3-0
2015 (RV) Creighton 2-1
2015 (RV) Lipscomb 0-3
2016 #4 Kansas 2-0
2016 (RV) Creighton 2-1
2016 (RV) TCU 1-1
2017 #7 Creighton 2-1
2017 #13 Kentucky 2-1
2017 #18 USC 1-2
2017 (RV) Northern Iowa 1-2
2018 #14 Creighton 2-0
2018 (RV) Iowa State 1-1
2018 (RV) Wichita State 0-2
2019 #12 Washington 3-0
2019 #17 Creighton 2-1
2021 #19 Creighton 3-0
2022 #16 Kentucky 3-0
2022 #17 Creighton 2-1
2022 #25 USC 1-2
2023 #20 Creighton 3-0
2023 (RV) LSU 1-2
2024 #12 Creighton 3-0
2024 (RV) Missouri 2-1
2025 #4 Louisville 3-0
2025 #18 Creighton 2-1
2026 #10 Creighton TBD

Bluejay Invitational History
This will be the 21st edition of the Bluejay Invitational, where host Creighton is 39-18 all-time in the event. The Bluejays have never gone winless in the event, and have gone undefeated five times (2014, 2018, 2021, 2023, 2024). CU boasts six titles, winning the Bluejay Invitational in 2014, 2017, 2018, 2021, 2023 and 2024.
Champions, by year, include Iowa State (2005), Iowa (2006), Middle Tennessee (2007), Minnesota (2008), Illinois (2009), Kansas (2010), Northern Illinois (2011), Kansas State (2012), California (2013), Creighton (2014), Pacific (2015), Kansas (2016), Creighton (2017), Creighton (2018), Washington (2019), Creighton (2021), Kentucky (2022), Creighton (2023), Creighton (2024) and Louisville (2025).
Between 20 previous Bluejay Invitationals, (2005-25), two Creighton First Serve Festivals (1996-97), seven Creighton Classics (2011, 2014, 2015, 2019, 2023, 2024, 2025), one MVC Tournament (2009) and six BIG EAST Tournaments (2013, 2015, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2024), Creighton has won 15 of the 36 tournaments (excluding NCAA Tournament action) it has hosted since the program's 1994 restart.
CU has won at least one home tournament each of the previous nine seasons.
Creighton has won six of the last seven tournaments it has hosted and is 17-1 in those contests.

More Bluejay Invitational History
Entering this fall there have been 38 schools (besides Creighton) to play in the Bluejay Invitational, including four appearances by UNI and two appearances each by Drake, Kentucky, USC, Omaha, Illinois, Kansas, Northern Colorado, Iowa State, Wichita State and Lipscomb.
This will be the second appearance in the Bluejay Invitational for Pepperdine (1-2 in 2014) and the first time for both Arizona and Tulsa.
Creighton's 39 wins are the most in Bluejay Invitational history, far ahead of Kansas' five wins that are second-most and UNI's four.
Creighton (6 titles) and Kansas (2) are the only schools in history to win the event more than once.
Creighton is the only program to win consecutive Bluejay Invitational crowns (2017-18 and 2023-24).

Longitude Aptitude
Teams located west of Creighton are a combined 24-38 all-time with four Bluejay Invitational titles, while teams to the east of Creighton are 47-54 with 10 titles. Creighton owns the other six titles, and is 39-18 in the event. Of this year's field, Tulsa, Arizona and Pepperdine are all west of Omaha.
Creighton has won two or more matches in every Bluejay Invitational since going 1-2 in 2011, and has never been winless in the event.

Hello World!
Three Bluejay true freshmen (Bailey Boeve, Peyton Carlson and Cambel Drapeau) could make their Creighton regular-season debuts this weekend.
Below is the current Creighton players and how they performed in their regular-season collegiate debuts (as well as at previous schools in the cases of transfers Ayden Ames, Katie Dalton, Trinity Shadd-Ceres, Eloise Brandewie, Saige Damrow and Ivy Leuck).
Records for a Bluejay debut can be found at the bottom of page three. Interestingly, the career leaders or career runners-up for Creighton Volleyball in digs (Brittany Witt and Kate Elman), aces (Molly Moran), kills (Jaali Winters) and blocks (Kelli Browning) also own the CU record or are second for that same category for a Bluejay debut.
Year Name SP K E TA Pct. A SA DIG TB
2026 T. Shadd-Ceres• 5 13 8 47 .106 1 2 8 0
2024 Jaya Johnson 3 11 1 19 .526 0 0 5 0
2025 E. Brandewie• 3 5 0 11 .455 1 0 1 2
2023 Eloise Brandewie$ 3 2 2 9 000 0 0 1 3
2024 Ayden Ames@• 4 2 2 8 .000 3 0 3 1
2024 T. Shadd-Ceres!• 4 2 3 15 -.067 0 0 2 1
2025 Abbey Hayes 2 1 3 7 -.286 0 2 4 0
2023 Ava TeStrake 2 0 1 2 -.500 0 0 0 0
2023 Sydney Breissinger 3 0 0 0 --- 1 0 7 0
2023 Ivy Leuck% 3 0 1 1 -1.000 8 0 1 0
2023 Saige Damrow# 3 0 0 0 --- 5 0 4 0
2024 Nora Wurtz• 3 0 0 0 --- 0 0 0 0
2025 Saige Damrow 3 0 1 1 -1.000 0 1 15 0
2025 Ivy Leuck 3 0 1 1 -1.000 8 0 1 0
2025 Ashlyn Paymal 1 0 0 0 --- 0 0 0 0
2022 Katie Dalton^ 1 0 0 0 --- 1 0 0 0
2026 Ayden Ames• 5 7 3 21 .190 2 0 1 7
2026 Katie Dalton• 5 0 1 7 -.143 37 1 10 2
2026 Rayna Christianson 3 0 0 0 --- 9 1 1 0
2026 Mila Vlahovic 1 0 1 1 -1.000 0 0 0 0
#Damrow's stats from debut at Wisconsin in 2023
$Brandewie's stats from debut at Ohio State in 2023
%Leuck's stats from debut at Omaha in 2023
!Shadd-Ceres' stats from debut at Wisconsin in 2024
@Ames' stats from debut at Texas in 2024
^Dalton's stats from debut at Kansas in 2022

Preseason Ranking
Creighton was ranked 13th in the AVCA preseason poll on Aug. 10th. It's the 12th time in the past 14 years that the Jays have been ranked in the preseason, and fifth season in a row.
The No. 13 slotting is tied for the fourth-best preseason mark in program history.
Creighton is one of 15 schools to be ranked in every preseason Top 25 poll since 2022, a list featuring Baylor, BYU, Creighton, Florida, Kentucky, Louisville, Minnesota, Nebraska, Penn State, Pittsburgh, Purdue, USC, Stanford, Texas and Wisconsin. Of note, Creighton is the nation's only program that was nationally-ranked in the preseason polls in 2023, 2024 and 2025 and improved its position in the year-end poll.
Over the previous 18 seasons from 2008-25, 333-of-450 teams (74.0 percent) have been in both the preseason and final polls. From 2008-25, all but 42 teams (of 450) named in the preseason AVCA Top 25 poll would go on to reach the NCAA Tournament (90.7 percent).
This year marks the 15th straight season that CU has been ranked at least one week, extending a program record.
Year Preseason Rank Final W-L Final Rank
2013 25th 23-9 NR
2014 23rd 25-9 NR
2016 18th 27-9 9th
2017 9th 26-7 16th
2018 13th 29-5 13th
2019 18th 25-6 16th
2020 16th 12-4 NR
2022 18th 27-5 21st
2023 18th 29-5 15th
2024 12th 32-3 5th
2025 12th 28-6 10th
2026 13th TBD TBD

157 Weeks As A Ranked Team
Creighton was ranked 10th in the Aug. 31 AVCA poll, the 157th time in program history it's been ranked. That's 37th-most of all programs in NCAA history. All of those rankings have occurred since 2012.
This week's ranking matches the best mark under Brian Rosen, and is the 37th different week in the Top 10 in program history.
The Bluejays are one of 10 schools (along with Baylor, Kentucky, Louisville, Nebraska, Pitt, Purdue, Stanford, Texas and Wisconsin) to have been ranked each of the last 80 polls.
Creighton's 80 weeks in a row being ranked dates began on Sept. 6, 2021 and sets a program-record, breaking the previous-high of 64 from Oct. 31, 2016 to March 15, 2021.
Creighton is one of eight schools (Creighton, Kentucky, Louisville, Nebraska, Pittsburgh, Purdue, Stanford, Wisconsin) to be in the Top 10 of the year-end poll in both 2024 and 2025.

Top 10 Wins
Creighton owns 13 Top 10 wins in program history, all of which have taken place since 2015.
All but one of those Top 10 wins have taken place away from home, including a victory over No. 8 Arizona State in last year's Sweet 16 and this year'sseason-opener over No. 9 Purdue.
Creighton owns four top-five wins in program history, and all of those were away from home.
The highest-ranked teams that Creighton has ever beaten was No. 3 Washington (8/26/17) and No. 3 Kentucky (9/4/21).
Creighton's Top 10 Wins
Date Opponent Score
09/05/15 vs. #10 Kentucky (at UNI) W 3-0
12/02/16 at #4 Kansas W 3-2
08/26/17 at #3 Washington W 3-1
09/09/17 at #7 Kansas W 3-0
08/24/18 vs. #5 Kentucky (at USC) W 3-2
10/12/19 at #10 Marquette W 3-2
11/22/19 #9 Marquette W 3-1
09/04/21 at #3 Kentucky W 3-0
09/16/23 at #9 Minnesota W 3-2
09/20/24 vs. #6 Purdue (at Kansas) W 3-1
09/21/24 at #10 Kansas W 3-0
12/11/25 vs. #8 Arizona State (at Kentucky) W 3-1
08/28/26 vs. #9 Purdue (in Sioux Falls) W 3-2

Top 25 History
Creighton is 261-55 all-time when playing as a ranked team, and also 30-35 all-time against ranked teams when ranked itself. That mark is 4-4 when both Creighton and its opponent are ranked in the top 10.
Since the start of the 2012 season, 50 of Creighton's 84 losses have come against ranked teams. In that same period, Creighton is 339-34 against unranked teams. Creighton has won all but three of its past 135 home matches over unranked teams and all but 13 of its last 200 matches at all sites against unranked teams.
Ranked vs. Ranked (CU is 30-35)
Home: 11-11 Away: 8-14 Neutral: 11-10
Date Winner Loser CU Score
11/19/12 #11 Minnesota #21 Creighton 1-3
08/30/13 #25 Creighton #13 BYU 3-1
09/14/13 #11 UCLA #24 Creighton 1-3
09/16/13 #7 Hawaii #23 Creighton 2-3
08/30/14 #22 Kansas #23 Creighton 1-3
09/03/16 #23 Kentucky #22 Creighton 0-3
12/02/16 #21 Creighton #4 Kansas 3-2
12/09/16 #21 Creighton #17 Michigan 3-2
12/10/16 #5 Texas #21 Creighton 0-3
08/26/17 #9 Creighton #3 Washington 3-1
09/01/17 #7 Creighton #13 Kentucky 3-0
09/02/17 #18 USC #7 Creighton 0-3
09/08/17 #17 Purdue #9 Creighton 1-3
09/09/17 #9 Creighton #7 Kansas 3-0
09/16/17 #19 Iowa State #8 Creighton 2-3
12/12/17 #12 Michigan St. #15 Creighton 1-3
08/24/18 #13 Creighton #5 Kentucky 3-2
08/25/18 #10 USC #13 Creighton 2-3
09/06/18 #7 Nebraska #14 Creighton 2-3
09/15/18 #8 Illinois #10 Creighton 1-3
09/23/18 #10 Creighton #21 Marquette 3-0
10/26/18 #10 Creighton #18 Marquette 3-1
11/24/18 #9 Creighton #16 Marquette 3-1
12/01/18 #22 Washington #9 Creighton 0-3
08/30/19 #2 Nebraska #18 Creighton 1-3
08/31/19 #20 Baylor #18 Creighton 0-3
09/06/19 #23 Creighton #12 Kentucky 3-1
09/07/19 #23 Creighton #15 USC 3-1
09/14/19 #12 Washington #17 Creighton 1-3
10/12/19 #13 Creighton #10 Marquette 3-2
11/22/19 #12 Creighton #9 Marquette 3-1
12/07/19 #7 Minnesota #15 Creighton 2-3
02/05/21 #19 Creighton #25 Marquette 3-2
02/06/21 #25 Marquette #19 Creighton 0-3
09/08/21 #3 Nebraska #19 Creighton 0-3
09/02/22 #17 Creighton #25 USC 3-1
09/03/22 #16 Kentucky #17 Creighton 1-3
09/07/22 #2 Nebraska #17 Creighton 2-3
10/14/22 #21 Creighton #16 Marquette 3-2
11/19/22 #16 Marquette #11 Creighton 0-3
11/26/22 #15 Creighton #14 Marquette 3-2
08/26/23 #18 Creighton #16 Purdue 3-0
09/06/23 #4 Nebraska #16 Creighton 1-3
09/16/23 #14 Creighton #9 Minnesota 3-2
11/05/23 #17 Creighton #25 Marquette 3-0
12/07/23 #7 Louisville #17 Creighton 2-3
09/05/24 #11 Creighton #20 USC 3-1
09/10/24 #5 Nebraska #9 Creighton 2-3
09/15/24 #4 Louisville #9 Creighton 2-3
09/20/24 #9 Creighton #6 Purdue 3-1
09/21/24 #9 Creighton #10 Kansas 3-0
12/13/24 #6 Creighton #13 Texas 3-1
12/15/24 #2 Penn State #6 Creighton 2-3
08/23/25 #2 Penn State #12 Creighton L 0-3
08/29/25 #5 Texas #12 Creighton L 0-3
08/31/25 #12 Creighton #14 Kansas W 3-2
09/07/25 #22 USC #13 Creighton L 0-3
09/12/25 #4 Louisville #13 Creighton L 1-3
09/16/25 #1 Nebraska #18 Creighton L 2-3
09/21/25 #18 Creighton #17 Kansas W 3-0
12/11/25 #11 Creighton #8 Arizona State W 3-1
12/13/25 #2 Kentucky #11 Creighton L 0-3
08/28/26 #13 Creighton #9 Purdue W 3-2
08/29/26 #14 Minnesota #13 Creighton L 0-3
08/30/26 #13 Creighton #20 USC W 3-1

Against Ranked Foes
After a total of three top-25 wins from 1994-2014, Creighton has earned at least one top-25 win each of the last 12 seasons (2015-26).
Creighton is 35-96 all-time against ranked teams, and 5-7 under Brian Rosen.
The highest ranked teams that Creighton has ever beaten at any site were No. 3 Washington (8/26/17 in Seattle) and No. 3 Kentucky (9/4/21 in Lexington).
CU's highest-ranked opponent it has defeated at home was a 3-1 win over then-No. 9 Marquette on Nov. 22, 2019.
The highest-ranked team CU has defeated under Rosen was No. 8 Arizona State (W 3-1) on Dec. 11, 2025 in Lexington, Ky., in the Sweet 16.
This year is the 10th season that CU owned multiple Top-25 victories, and last year was the fourth in a row with three Top 25 wins or more. The Jays beat three Top 25 teams in 2017, 2022, 2023 and 2025, and a record four in 2018, 2019 and 2024.

Put It In Neutral
Creighton is 26-5 in the last six seasons on neutral floors, including a 7-0 mark in 2021, a 4-0 record in 2022, a 5-2 record in 2023, a 4-0 record in 2024, a 4-2 mark in 2025 and a 2-1 record this fall.
Included in that stretch are neutral-site wins over USC (2021 and 2026), Northern Iowa (2021 and 2024), Iowa State (2022 & 2023), Florida State (2022), Kansas State (2022), Loyola Chicago (2023), High Point (2023), St. John's (2023), Rice (2024), Purdue (2024 & 2026), Texas (2024), Kansas (2025) and Arizona State (2025).

Some Fab Freshmen To Start
Creighton has started 15 different true freshmen in its season opener since 2009, and 19 such players since 2000.
Since 2000, the only true freshmen to start CU's season-opener have been Brittany Coleman (2003), Carolyn Decker (2004), Korie Lebeda (2005), Allie Oelke (2007), Brooke Boggs (2009), Heather Thorson (2009), Julianne Mandolfo (2010), Katie Neisler (2011), Michelle Sicner (2011), Melanie Jereb (2012), Ashley Jansen (2012), Jess Bird (2013), Jaali Winters (2015), Naomi Hickman (2017), Emily Bressman (2019), Kiara Reinhardt (2020), Kendra Wait (2021), Norah Sis (2021) and Sky McCune (2022), with Coleman, Lebeda and Wait the only freshmen to start at setter in the season-opener.
This fall marked the first time CU has ever started three transfer newcomers in a season-opener.
In addition, CU also started redshirt freshmen Lauren Smith (2013) and Brittany Lawrence (2015), as well as transfers Maggie Baumert (2014), Lydia Dimke (2016), Madelyn Cole (2018), Erica Kostelac (2019), Mahina Pua'a (2020), Ellie Bichelmeyer (2023), Elise Goetzinger (2024). Eloise Brandewie (2025), Annalea Maeder (2025), Trinity Shadd-Ceres (2026), Ayden Ames and Katie Dalton (2026) in season-openers.
Eleven of those women (Martin, Sis, Wait, Reinhardt, Coleman, Decker, Lebeda, Oelke, Mandolfo, Sicner and Jereb) went on to land a spot on the MVC or BIG EAST's All-Freshman Team (though the BIG EAST had no such team from 2013-19).
Dimke (2016), Winters (2018), Sis (2022), Wait (2023, 2024) and Martin (2025) would all end up being named BIG EAST Player of the Year, while Winters (2015), Davis (2019), Sis (2021) and Martin (2022) would go on to be named BIG EAST Freshman of the Year.

Production Returns
Creighton returns 9-of-17 letterwinners to the court from last season, including three starters.
From last year's team, Ava Martin, Kiara Reinhardt, Annalea Maeder, Sky McCune, Alivia Hausmann, Sophia Wendlick, Destiny Ndam-Simpson and Emersen Strain are not back.
All told, of the seven categories listed below, Creighton returns 316.2 of a possible 700% back (45.2 percent), the third-smallest amount returning in the past 25 seasons behind only 2009 and 2025.
Below is a breakdown of the production that is back:
Stat Returners Departures
Digs 993 (61.3%) 628 (38.7%)
Aces 142 (56.6%) 109 (43.4%)
Blocks 144 (55.2%) 117 (44.8%)
Matches Started 92 (45.1%) 112 (54.9%)
Points 964 (44.5%) 1201 (55.5%)
Kills 678 (41.0%) 975 (59.0%)
Assists 192 (12.5%) 1340 (87.5%)

Advance In The Dance
Creighton is one of nine schools to appear in the Sweet 16 in each of the last three NCAA Tournaments (2023-25), joining Kentucky, Louisville, Nebraska, Pittsburgh, Purdue, Stanford, Texas and Wisconsin.
Creighton is one of six schools to be in the Elite Eight in both 2024 and 2025, a list that features Creighton, Kentucky, Nebraska, Pittsburgh, Stanford and Wisconsin.
Creighton has won a First Round match in the NCAA Tournament in each of the last three seasons (2023-25). Nationally, only 20 schools have done that: Arizona State, Baylor, Creighton, Florida, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisville, Marquette, Miami (Fla.), Minnesota, Nebraska, Penn State, Pittsburgh, Purdue, SMU, Stanford, TCU, Texas, USC and Wisconsin.

How Sweet It Is
Creighton has made five Sweet 16s, all of which have come in the 11 seasons from 2015-25. Creighton is one of 46 schools to have made a Sweet 16 since 2015, but only 16 of those teams have been there five times or more in that span.
Most Sweet 16s, Last 11 Seasons (2015-25)
Sweet 16s School
11 Nebraska
11 Texas
11 Wisconsin
9 Minnesota
9 Penn State
8 Florida
8 Kentucky
8 Stanford
7 Louisville
6 BYU
6 Pittsburgh
6 Purdue
6 Washington
5 Creighton
5 Ohio State
5 Oregon

Replacing Three AVCA All-Americans
Creighton Volleyball had three seniors earn All-America honors from the American Volleyball Coaches Association last season, as Ava Martin and Kiara Reinhardt picked up Second Team honors, and Annalea Maeder was a Third Team choice.
Creighton's three honorees were tied for fifth-most in the nation, trailing only the four women chosen from Kentucky, Nebraska, SMU and Texas A&M.
Last year marked the 14th straight season that Creighton has had at least one All-American, with multiple All-Americans in 10 of the previous 11 campaigns. The only schools with multiple All-Americans each of the past five years are now Creighton, Kentucky, Louisville, Nebraska, Pittsburgh, Stanford and Wisconsin.
Both Martin and Reinhardt were selected in the Major League Volleyball Draft on Nov. 24, 2025. Martin was the second overall section by the Atlanta Vibe, while Reinhardt was selected No. 8 overall in the first round by the Omaha Supernovas. The selections made Creighton the first school in league history to have two picks in the First Round of the same draft.
This is the second straight season the Jays have had to replace three or more All-Americans, as the 2025 Creighton squad that reached the Elite Eight had to replace Kendra Wait, Norah Sis, Maddy Bilinovic and Elise Goetzinger from its 2024 team that also made the Elite Eight.

Golden Girl
Creighton junior Ayden Ames spent the summer winning a second straight Pan American Cup Gold Medal with USA Volleyball's U21 team and starting three of the team's five matches, including the final. Ames had 18 kills in 35 swings and hit .400 in the four matches she appeared in.

Winners Win
Creighton owned 268 wins over the previous 10 seasons from 2016-25.
That ranks fourth-most nationally, and among some of the most storied programs in all the land. CU is also fifth in win percentage in the last decade.
Previous 10 Seasons (2016-25)
Sorted By Wins Sorted By Win Percentage
1. 287 Nebraska 1. .874 Texas 256-37
2. 283 Pittsburgh 2. .872 Nebraska 287-42
3. 278 Western Kentucky 3. .8634 Western Kentucky 278-44
4. 268 Creighton 4. .8628 Pittsburgh 283-45
5. 261 Wisconsin 5. .838 Creighton 268-52
6. 256 Texas 6. .8312 Wisconsin 261-53
7. 255 Stanford 7. .8311 BYU 251-51
8. 253 Stephen F. Austin 8. .825 Stanford 255-54
9. 251 BYU 9. .813 Kentucky 248-57
10. 248 Kentucky 10. .797 Dayton 244-62

No Losers Here
Creighton has been as good as anyone at avoiding losses in recent seasons.
Creighton and Pittsburgh are the nation's only teams to lose six times or less in the 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025 seasons.
Creighton is also the only school nationally who have won 25 matches or more in every season between 2014-25 (not counting the 2020 COVID-19 year, when CU only played 16 times).
Creighton is one three schools to win 27 matches or more each of the last five seasons (2021-25), joining Pittsburgh and Western Kentucky.

Nothing Mid-Major About It
There's nothing mid-major about the Creighton Volleyball program.
From 2012-25, Creighton ranked fourth nationally with 372 victories. The only teams with more wins in those 14 seasons were Western Kentucky (400), Nebraska (394) and Penn State (375). Just behind CU is Texas (370) and Stanford (368).
In that time, Creighton has made five Sweet 16's and three Elite Eights while leading the country with both 13 regular-season conference titles and 12 league tournament titles,
Creighton is the only Volleyball program in BIG EAST history to ever reach the Elite Eight, and has now done it three times (2016, 2024 and 2025).

14 Straight NCAA's
Creighton Volleyball has made the NCAA Tournament in each of the last 14 seasons. They are the first women's team in any sport at Creighton to make 14 straight NCAA Tournament appearances.
The only other sport in Creighton history to make even 10 straight NCAA Tournament appearances is the men's soccer program, which qualified in 17 straight seasons from 1992-2008.
Creighton is one of seven teams nationally to have appeared in each of the last 14 NCAA Tournaments (2012-25). That group features BYU, Creighton, Florida, Kentucky, Nebraska, Penn State and Texas.

How Elite Are We?
Creighton and UCLA are the nation's only schools to reach the Elite Eight in women's volleyball (2024 and 2025), women's basketball (2021), men's basketball (2022) and men's soccer (2022) since the start of the 2021-22 academic year.
Creighton, UCLA and Kentucky are the nation's only schools to reach the Sweet 16 in those same sports since the start of the 2021-22 academic year.

Survival of the Fittest
Since the move to rally scoring in 2001, Creighton has won 10 matches when surviving a match point and lost four contests when holding a match point of its own.
Surviving Match Points Since 2001
Date Opponent MP(s) Faced Final Set 5
09/27/02 Evansville 13-14, 14-15 19-17
08/30/03 vs. McNeese State 13-14, 15-16 18-16
10/10/03 Wichita State 13-14 16-14
10/13/06 at Wichita State 12-14, 13-14, 14-15 17-15
09/11/07 at Drake 13-14, 14-15 17-15
08/26/11 vs. UTSA 12-14, 13-14 16-14
11/16/12 at Wichita State 13-14 16-14
09/20/15 Kansas State 23-24 (4th set) 15-13
11/20/15 at Georgetown 23-24, 26-27 (4th set) 15-7
08/24/18 vs. #5 Kentucky 16-15, 19-18 22-20

Tournament Tested
Creighton has played multiple matches in 31 tournaments since the start of the 2021 calendar year, and won 20 of them.
Keep in mind that when Kirsten Bernthal Booth was hired in 2003, Creighton had been 17-33 in 15 regular-season tournaments all-time, with just one tournament title (the 2000 Iowa State Heritage Classic).
CU's Multi-Match Tournaments Since Jan. 1, 2021
Year Event CU Record (Place)
2021 BIG EAST Tournament 2-0 (1st)
2021 Mizzou Invitational 3-0 (1st)
2021 Bluegrass Battle 3-0 (1st)
2021 Bluejay Invitational 3-0 (1st)
2021 Shocker Volleyball Classic 3-0 (1st)
2021 BIG EAST Tournament 2-0 (1st)
2021 NCAA Tournament 1-1 (T-17th)
2022 Rumble in the Rockies 3-0 (1st)
2022 Bluejay Invitational 2-1 (2nd)
2022 Omaha Invitational 2-0 (1st)
2022 Rice adidas Invitational 1-1 (2nd)
2022 BIG EAST Tournament 2-0 (1st)
2023 Reamer Club Xtra Special Premier 2-1 (1st)
2023 Bluejay Invitational 3-0 (1st)
2023 MN Hospitality Omaha Challenge 2-0 (1st)
2023 Diet Coke Challenge 2-0 (1st)
2023 BIG EAST Tournament 2-0 (1st)
2023 NCAA Tournament 2-1 (T-9th)
2024 Bluejay Invitational 3-0 (1st)
2024 Creighton Classic 2-0 (1st)
2024 Cardinal Classic 2-1 (2nd)
2024 Jayhawk Classic 2-0 (1st)
2024 BIG EAST Tournament 2-0 (1st)
2024 NCAA Tournament 3-1 (T-5th)
2025 Opening Spike Classic 1-1 (T-2nd)
2025 Trojan Invitational 2-1 (2nd)
2025 Bluejay Invitational 2-1 (2nd)
2025 Creighton Classic 2-0 (1st)
2025 BIG EAST Tournament 2-0 (1st)
2025 NCAA Tournament 3-1 (T-5th)
2026 State Farm VB Showcase 2-1 (No standings)

Jays Earn Tourney Titles
Creighton has won at least one tournament each of the previous 14 seasons, a streak that dates to 2012.
During that span, the Bluejays have won 36 tournament titles, not to mention 13 regular-season league crowns.
Creighton has also now won at least one home tournament each of the last nine seasons.
Creighton's Tournament Titles Since 2012
Year Titles Won Tourney Hosts
2012 3 USF, UNC, MVC
2013 1 BGSU
2014 1 CU, BIG EAST
2015 1 BIG EAST
2016 1 BIG EAST
2017 4 WASH, CU, KU, BIG EAST
2018 3 SMU, CU, BIG EAST
2019 2 UNI, CU
2020 1 BIG EAST
2021 5 MIZZ, UK, CU, WSU, BIG EAST
2022 3 WYO, UNO, BIG EAST
2023 5 Purdue, CU, UNO, MINN, BIG EAST
2024 4 CU, CU, KU, BIG EAST
2025 2 CU, BIG EAST

2-0 Better Than 0-2
Creighton is 440-11 (.976) all-time when leading a match 2-0, and 161-1 (.994) all-time at D.J. Sokol Arena when up 2-0 at the break.
Per RichKern.com, Division I teams that won the first two sets won 94.9 percent of their matches from 2014-23.
Creighton has won 127 matches in a row when taking a 2-0 lead.
Conversely, the Jays are 17-212 (.074) all-time when trailing a match 0-2. Those 17 comebacks in program history from down 0-2 are listed below.
Date Opponent Sets 3-5 scores Coach
09/19/97 at Bradley 15-11, 15-13, 15-8 Wallace
10/01/99 at Drake 15-6, 17-15, 15-11 Wallace
09/03/04 vs. Montana 30-20, 30-21, 15-11 Booth
10/15/04 at Bradley 30-22, 30-23, 15-11 Booth
10/15/05 at So. Illinois 30-25, 30-24, 15-8 Booth
09/21/07 at No. Iowa 31-29, 30-26, 15-12 Booth
11/16/12 at Wichita St. 25-16, 25-20, 16-14 Booth
09/05/14 vs. No. Iowa 25-16, 25-22, 15-5 Booth
11/08/14 at Butler 25-16, 25-20, 15-13 Booth
09/20/15 Kansas State 25-23, 26-24, 15-13 Booth
10/09/15 DePaul 25-21, 25-12, 15-11 Booth
11/20/15 at Georgetown 30-28, 26-24, 15-7 Booth
10/13/17 Butler 25-21, 25-23, 15-9 Booth
10/18/18 Xavier 25-17, 25-17, 15-13 Booth
01/31/21 at So. Dakota 25-20, 25-23, 15-7 Booth
10/07/22 at UConn 25-15, 25-12, 15-13 Booth
10/14/22 #16 Marquette 25-19, 25-16, 15-8 Booth

Set 1 Result A Strong Indicator
Creighton has gone 188-6 in its last 194 matches at all sites when winning the first set, compared to a 20-28 record in that same span when dropping the opener.
Creighton has gone 219-4 (.982) in its last 223 matches against unranked foes when winning the opening set.
Per RichKern.com, Division I teams that lost the first set won just 20.3 percent of their matches from 2014-23.
Since Aug. 29, 2010, Creighton has gone 181-6 in its last 187 home matches when taking a 1-0 lead, losing only to Pacific (Sept. 12, 2015), No. 7 Nebraska (Sept. 6, 2018), South Dakota (Jan. 29, 2021), No. 16 Kentucky (Sept. 3, 2022), Auburn (Dec. 2, 2022) and No. 4 Louisville (Sept. 12, 2025).
The Jays have won their last 45 of their last 46 home matches following a first set victory.

Champions Among Champions
Since the start of the 2012 season, Creighton, and Western Kentucky are the nation's only schools to have won 13 or more conference regular-season titles. All but three of Creighton's 12 crowns were outright titles, whereas WKU has shared six championships.
Creighton has also won 12 conference tournament titles since 2012, the most in the nation.
Most Conference Titles 2012-2025
Regular-Season League Tournament
13 (3 shared) Creighton 12 Creighton
13 (6) Western Kentucky 11 Western Kentucky
12 (1) Fairfield 10 Fairfield
11 (1) Texas

12 Straight BIG EAST Regular-Season Titles
Creighton (2014-25) is the first team in BIG EAST volleyball history to win 12 straight regular-season titles. The previous record had been seven by Notre Dame from 1999-2005.
The Bluejay volleyball team is also the first Creighton program in any sport to win more than five straight league titles, more than doubling the previous high of five in a row by the men's soccer program (1992-96) in the MVC.
The only other volleyball team nationally with an active streak of more than six straight regular-season league titles is Kentucky, which won its ninth consecutive SEC crown last year.
Creighton's 12 straight regular-season titles rank third-longest in NCAA history, trailing only Florida's 18 straight SEC titles from 1991-2008 and Hawaii's 16 consecutive WAC crowns from 1996-2011.

Home Sweet Home
Creighton is entering its 14th season as a member of the BIG EAST since joining the league in the summer of 2013.
Since then, the Bluejays are 120-4 in home matches against BIG EAST teams (109-3 in the regular-season, 11-1 in the BIG EAST Tournament).
Since the start of the 2015 season, Creighton is 104-1 inside D.J. Sokol Arena against BIG EAST teams, which includes a 94-1 mark in league play and a 10-0 mark in the conference tournament. The only setback (on Feb. 6, 2021 vs. Marquette) was played as a non-conference match, only to be flipped to a league contest 19 days later. Creighton has won 54 straight matches against BIG EAST opposition at home.
Put another way, since enrolling at Creighton in the fall of 2023, fourth-year Bluejay seniors Sydney Breissinger, Jaya Johnson and Ava TeStrake are 32-0 in home matches against BIG EAST teams, and 96-10 in sets.
Since the start of the 2023 season, Creighton has won 84-of-88 sets at home against BIG EAST teams, dropping only the third set on Oct. 1, 2024 to Marquette, the second and third sets to Marquette on Nov. 1, 2025, and the second set to Villanova on Nov. 7, 2025.

BIG EAST'S Best
Since the reconfiguration of the BIG EAST in the summer of 2013, Creighton, Marquette and St. John's are the only teams to win any sort of BIG EAST volleyball title.
Creighton owns 12 regular-season titles (3 shared) in that time, while Marquette owns four regular-season (3 shared) crowns.
As it relates to BIG EAST Tournament titles, Creighton has won 11, Marquette one and St. John's one since 2013.
Below is a look at the record of each BIG EAST team since league realignment in 2013:
BIG EAST VB Standings, 2013 - Sept. 1, 2026
BIG EAST only All matches
Team (NCAA Bids) W L W L
Creighton (13) 204 16 345 80
Marquette (12) 180 37 303 106
Xavier (1) 130 88 206 177
Villanova (1) 111 109 210 172
St. John's (1) 110 110 234 181
Butler 108 112 192 194
Seton Hall (1) 86 133 176 207
DePaul 72 148 166 214
Georgetown 51 161 127 237
Connecticut# 50 46 98 74
Providence* 33 171 126 227
*Providence rejoined the league for volleyball in 2014 and
its 2013 overall record (12-20) is not included above.
#Connecticut rejoined the league in 2020 and
its record from 2013-19 (96-121) is not included above.

Against The BIG EAST
Since the BIG EAST was restructured in 2013, Creighton owns a winning percentage better than .800 against each of the other teams currently in the BIG EAST.
The Bluejays own 227 wins against BIG EAST competition (including BIG EAST Championship play) since 2013, 40 more wins than Marquette for most in the league.
CU still has not lost to three league foes (DePaul, Georgetown, Providence) since joining the BIG EAST, and Marquette (6), Villanova (3), Seton Hall (3) and St. John's (3) are the only BIG EAST programs to top the Bluejays multiple times since 2013.
Opponent Reg. Season BE Tourney Total
Butler 23-1 - 23-1
Connecticut 5-1 1-0 6-1
DePaul 26-0 3-0 29-0
Georgetown 24-0 - 24-0
Marquette 21-5 8-1 29-6
Providence 18-0 - 18-0
Seton Hall 21-3 2-0 23-3
St. John's 22-2 1-1 23-3
Villanova 21-3 3-0 24-3
Xavier 23-1 5-0 28-1
TOTAL 204-16 23-2 227-18

Rosen Sets More History
Last year Brian Rosen was the first volleyball head coach to go unbeaten in BIG EAST play in their first season as head coach at a school since Pitt's Cindy Alvear went 7-0 in 1993.
Rosen was the first volleyball head coach to win a BIG EAST regular-season title in their first season as head coach at a school since Louisville's Anne Kordes in 2011.
Rosen was the first volleyball head coach to win 20+ matches in their first year as a head coach at a BIG EAST school since Ryan Theis won 24 matches at Marquette in 2014.
Rosen's 28 victories were the most ever by a head coach in his/her first season in the BIG EAST.
Rosen became the first volleyball head coach to win a BIG EAST Tournament title in their first season as head coach at a school since Georgetown's Li Liu in 1999.
Rosen became the first male head coach to win a BIG EAST Tournament title since Marquette's Bond Shymansky in 2013.
Rosen became the first volleyball head coach to win an NCAA Tournament match in their first year as a head coach at a BIG EAST school since Louisville's Anne Kordes in 2011, and the only rookie BIG EAST Volleyball coach to win multiple NCAA Tournament matches in the same season.

Top 25 Sweeps
Creighton owns 33 Top 25 victories in its history, with nine of those being 3-0 sweeps.
Three of those wins have come against Kansas, another three against Kentucky, two vs. Marquette and one at Purdue.
Creighton's 3-0 Wins vs. Top 25 Teams
Opponent Date
vs. #10 Kentucky 09/05/15
#13 Kentucky 09/01/17
at #7 Kansas 09/09/17
#21 Marquette 09/23/18
at #3 Kentucky 09/04/21
at #16 Purdue 08/26/23
#25 Marquette 11/05/23
at #10 Kansas 09/21/24
#17 Kansas 09/21/25

Against NCAA Tournament Qualifiers
This year's team has at least 15 matches against teams that made the 2025 NCAA Tournament with contests against Marquette (2x), Xavier (2x), Purdue, Minnesota, USC, Arizona, Tulsa, Northern Iowa, Louisville, Rice, Nebraska, Kansas State and Texas A&M.
Year W-L vs. Previous Season NCAA Teams
1994 0-4
1995 0-2
1996 0-2
1997 0-3
1998 0-5
1999 2-4
2000 0-4
2001 1-6
2002 0-5
2003 0-3
2004 2-2
2005 0-6
2006 4-6
2007 4-9
2008 6-8
2009 1-11
2010 4-7
2011 2-6
2012 8-3
2013 6-6
2014 4-5
2015 11-5
2016 10-7
2017 8-6
2018 8-5
2019 5-4
2020 3-1
2021 3-1
2022 5-4
2023 11-3
2024 9-3
2025 9-6
2026 2-1 so far
TOTAL 128-153
TOTAL Before Booth 3-35
TOTAL Under Booth 114-111
TOTAL Under Rosen 11-7