2008 (W) Volleyball Roster
Roster
Bianca Rivera
- Position:
- Defensive Specialist
- Height:
- 5-3
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- San Juan, PR
- High School:
- Carmen Sol HS
2007 ? Handled team’s libero role in every set of every match ...Ranked second in the MVC with school-record 5.78 digs per set, which ranked 24th nationally ...Set school record with 618 digs, breaking Janeen Piller’s previous Creighton record of 593 ...Those 618 digs rank sixth in MVC single-season history as well ...Named to Bluejay Invitational All-Tournament Team in first weekend after averaging 5.56 digs per set ...Set school-record for a debut with 14 digs in her first match at Creighton, three more than the previous mark ...Set school record with 10 or more digs in each of her first 27 matches, smashing the previous record of three ...Quickest in program history to reach 100 (six matches), 200 (11 matches), 300 (15 matches), 400 (20 matches), 500 (25 matches) and 600 (31 matches) career digs ...Had 23 digs against #18 Cal Poly on Sept. 2, including 16 in second set alone ...Named to State Farm Illini Classic All-Tournament Team after averaging 5.71 digs in two matches ...Had 26 digs in four sets against No. 13 Minnesota (Sept. 15) ...Tied a 10-year-old school record with 38 digs in five-set win at Drake (Sept. 11), most in the MVC all season ...Selected as MVC Defensive Player of the Week on Sept. 24 after averaging 5.62 digs in wins over Bradley and UNI ...Repeated as MVC Defensive Player of the Week on Oct. 1 after averaging 7.43 digs in wins over Illinois State and Indiana State ...Had 13 or more digs in each of her first 27 matches ...Her streak of 27 straight matches with 10 or more digs was second-longest in school history ...Had 25 digs in four-set win over Southern Illinois (Nov. 2) ...Set CU record with five straight matches of 20 or more digs (Sept. 15-29) ...Owned 15 matches of 20 digs or more, which broke Janeen Piller’s single-season school record of 13 ...Creighton’s only honoree on the MVC’s All-Tournament Team, her 49 digs were the most ever by a Bluejay player in a single Valley Tourney ...Creighton’s first junior college transfer since Taffy Smart joined the program in 1998.
WESTERN NEBRASKA CC (2005-06) ? Spent two years at Western Nebraska Community College in Scottsbluff, Neb. ...Team was ranked No. 1 most of the 2006 season and placed second at NJCAA Tournament ...Team finished 56-2, and had a 47-match win streak snapped in finals by Alicia Runge’s Iowa Western CC team ...Named a first-team NJCAA All-American in 2006 after picking up second-team All-American honors in 2005 ...Named 2005 WNCC Female Outstanding Athlete Award after leading team to a fourth-place finish at nationals and 53-4 overall record ...Had 15 digs in 2006 NJCAA finals loss to Iowa Western and 16 digs in the semi’s while earning all-tournament honors ...Had a high of seven aces in a match ...Finished career with school-record 1,365 digs and 188 aces in two years ...Also set a single-season mark with 748 digs in 2005 ...Two-time Region IX All-Tournament Team ...A finalist for the Omaha World-Herald Women’s College Athlete of the Year ...Played for coach Christopher Green.
HIGH SCHOOL: Attended Carmen Sol High School ...Named volleyball team MVP ...Played for coach Rey Exclusa.
Career Highs
Kills 1 vs. Charlotte 9/15/07
Attempts 3 (2x) last vs. Northern Iowa 11/23/07
Attack Pct. Never had 10 attempts
Assists 6 (2x) last vs. Evansville 11/4/07
Digs 38 at Drake 9/11/07
Aces 1 (3x) last vs. Drake 11/16/07
Blocks None
Points 1.0 (4x) last vs. Drake 11/16/07
Creighton Awards & Honors
2007 Bluejay Invitational All-Tournament Team
2007 MVC Defensive Player of the Week, 9/24
2007 MVC Defensive Player of the Week, 10/1
2007 State Farm Illini Classic All-Tournament Team
2007 State Farm Missouri Valley Conference All-Tournament Team
More About Bianca
Full Name: Bianca Berushka Rivera
Birthday: October 24, 1987
Birthplace: San Juan, Puerto Rico
Parents: Edgardo Rivera Garcia and Patricia Bonefont Gonzalez
Siblings: None
Major: Finance
Hobbies: Go to the beach, talk on the phone, hang out and spend time with family
Favorite Spot on Campus: The athletic department and library
Favorite Athlete: Rafael Nadal
Favorite Quote: “Excellence, therefore, is not an act, but a habit” (Aristotle)
Dream Job: Work in a bank as a finance manager
Favorite Class at Creighton: Math
Matchday Superstition: Pray before matches silently
Best Memory of Last Season: Spring Break trip to Puerto Rico
Did You Know? Bianca opened her Creighton career with 27 straight matches of 10 or more digs. No other player in school history had begun a career with more than three consecutive matches of double-digit digs.
