Creighton Volleyball Notes Creighton Sports Information Rob Anderson (VB Contact) 402-280-5544 (o) This Weekend - Mizzou Invitational Rob Anderson ...... 402-660-5854 (c) Aug. 27 10:00 am Creighton vs. City Columbia, Mo. (Hearnes Center) On The Web ...... GoCreighton.com Aug. 27 5:00 pm Creighton vs. Saint Louis Columbia, Mo. (Hearnes Center) Creighton Athletics Twitter . . @GoCreighton Aug. 28 3:00 pm Creighton at (SEC Network+) Columbia, Mo. (Hearnes Center) Creighton Volleyball Twitter . . . @CreightonVB Creighton Volleyball Instagram @CreightonVB This Weekend CU is favored by league coaches to win an eighth Creighton (0-0) opens the 2021 season with straight title. three matches at the Mizzou Invitational. Leading the Bluejay returnees are Preseason 2021 Volleyball Schedule The season starts this Friday at 10:00 a.m. All-BIG EAST selections Jaela Zimmerman Aug. 20 STATE (Exh.) W 3-2 when the Bluejays meet Kansas City (0-0) in the (3.45 kps., 2.71 dps.) and Naomi Hickman (1.48 season-opener for both teams. kps., 1.18 bps., .330%). Mizzou Invitational (Columbia, Mo) Seven hours later at 5 p.m., Creighton plays Two-time All-BIG EAST choice Keeley Aug. 27 vs. Kansas City 10 a.m. another neutral-site contest, this time vs. Saint (3.02 kps.) was left off this year’s pre- Aug. 27 vs. Saint Louis 5 p.m. Davis Aug. 28 at Missouri (SECN+) 3 p.m. Louis (0-0). season team, as was High Point transfer Abby On Saturday, Creighton squares off against Bottomley (5.38 dps., 0.44 saps.), the 2020 Big Bluegrass Battle (Lexington, Ky.) tournament host Missouri (0-0) at 3 p.m. South Conference Player of the Year. Sept. 3 vs. USC (ESPN3) 4 p.m. The matches will be played inside Hearnes Other returning starters include All-BIG EAST Sept. 4 at Kentucky (SECN+) 9:30 a.m. Center in Columbia, Mo. Tournament Team selection Annika Welty (2.06 Sept. 4 vs. Northern Iowa (ESPN3) 4 p.m. kps.), All-Freshman Team pick Kiara Reinhardt Broadcast Information (1.29 kps., 1.23 bps.) and setter Ally Van Sept. 8 # (FS1) 6:30 p.m. Neither of Creighton’s matches on Friday will be Eekeren (5.77 aps.). webcast. Bottomley joins four freshmen (Eve Magill, Bluejay Invitational (Omaha, Neb.) Creighton’s match on Saturday vs. Missouri Abbey Milner, Norah Sis and Kendra Wait) Sept. 10 SMU (FLO) 12:30 p.m. can be viewed on SEC Network+, which is avail- who were regarded as the nation’s No. 5 recruit- Sept. 11 ILLINOIS (FLO) 10:30 a.m. able at WatchESPN.com. A cable login or addi- ing class in the country by Prep Volleyball. Sept. 11 NEBRASKA-OMAHA (FLO) 7:30 p.m. tional subscription might be required. Creighton averaged 13.05 kills, 1.44 aces, 14.48 digs and 2.51 blocks per set while hitting Shocker Volleyball Classic (Wichita, Kan.) Live Stats Information .230 as a team last season. Sept. 17 vs. 4:30 p.m. All three matches will have free live stats avail- Sept. 18 vs. 12 p.m. able at http://Creighton.StatBroadcast.com. Scouting Kansas City Sept. 18 at Wichita State (ESPN+) 7 p.m. Fans can also find the links on the Kansas City started 13-1 last season before Sept. 24 at Butler* 5 p.m. GoCreighton.com volleyball schedule page. three straight losses to end the campaign 13-4. Sept. 25 at Xavier* (FLO) 4 p.m. All 17 matches came against teams from the Oct. 1 at St. John’s* 6 p.m. Scouting Creighton Summit League, and it included two 3-2 victories Oct. 2 at Seton Hall* (FLO) 5 p.m. Creighton returns all six starters from last sea- vs. a South Dakota team that Creighton split a Oct. 8 DEPAUL* (NPM) 6:30 p.m. son’s 12-4 squad that reached a ninth straight pair of 3-2 matches against. Oct. 10 MARQUETTE* (NPM) 1 p.m. NCAA Tournament and saw the Bluejays win a Omaha native Alli Schomers (10.26 aps. in Oct. 16 at Connecticut* (BEDN/FLO) 2:30 p.m. seventh straight BIG EAST regular-season title. 2020) is a two-time Conference Setter of the Oct. 17 at Providence* (FLO) 12 p.m. Oct. 22 GEORGETOWN* (FLO) 6:30 p.m. Creighton Volleyball Numerical Roster Oct. 24 VILLANOVA* (FLO) 1 p.m. No. Name Yr. Ht. Pos. Hometown (Last School) Oct. 29 at Marquette* (BEDN/FLO) 7 p.m. 1 Ellie Bolton So. 5-7 DS Shawnee, Kan. (St. James Academy) Oct. 30 at DePaul* (FLO) 6 p.m. 2 Norah Sis Fr. 6-2 OH Papillion, Neb. (Papillion-La Vista HS) Nov. 5 XAVIER* (FLO) 6:30 p.m. 3 Ally Van Eekeren Jr. 6-0 S Naperville, Ill. (Benet Academy) Nov. 7 BUTLER* (FLO) 1 p.m. 5 Kiara Reinhardt So. 6-3 MB/RS Cedarburg, Wis. (Cedarburg HS) Nov. 12 at Georgetown* 4 p.m. 6 Keeley Davis Jr. 6-1 OH Highlands Ranch, Colo. (Rock Canyon HS) Nov. 13 at Villanova* (FLO) 6 p.m. Nov. 19 SETON HALL* (FLO) 6:30 p.m. 7 Jaela Zimmerman Sr. 6-2 OH Lincoln, Neb. (Malcolm HS) Nov. 21 ST. JOHN’S* (FS1) TBA 9 Kiana Schmitt Jr. 6-3 MB/RS Waunakee, Wis. (Waunakee HS) 11 Annika Welty Sr. 6-3 MB/RS Parkville, Mo. (Park Hill South HS) BIG EAST Tournament (Milwaukee, Wis.) 12 Megan Skovsende So. 5-11 OH/DS Omaha, Neb. (Skutt Catholic HS) Nov. 26 at BIG EAST Tournament (BEDN/FLO) TBA 14 Katie Maser So. 5-9 S Grand Island, Neb. (Grand Island Central Catholic HS) Nov. 27 at BIG EAST Tournament (FS2) TBA 15 Kendra Wait Fr. 5-10 S Gardner, Kan. (Gardner-Edgerton HS) 16 Emily Bressman Jr. 5-10 DS/OH Omaha, Neb. (Marian HS) *Denotes BIG EAST Conference matches 19 Abby Bottomley Sr. 5-6 DS Virginia Beach, Va. (High Point Univ.) All Times Central 21 Naomi Hickman Sr. 6-4 MB/RS Lawrence, Kan. (Free State HS) Home matches in BOLD CAPS played at D.J. Sokol Arena unless noted #Match played at CHI Health Center Omaha 23 Abbey Milner Fr. 6-3 MB Lakeville, Minn. (Lakeville North HS) BEDN - BIG EAST Digital Network 34 Eve Magill Fr. 6-5 OH Cedar Rapids, Iowa (Cedar Rapids Xavier HS) ESPN3 - WatchESPN.com FLO - FloSports.com Head Coach: Kirsten Bernthal Booth (19th season) FS1 - FOX Sports 1 NPM - Assistant Coach: Angie Oxley Behrens (19th season) SECN+ - SEC Network + Assistant Coach: Craig Dyer (4th season) Volunteer Assistant Coach: Justin Dueck (2nd season) Graduate Assistant/Technical Coordinator: Kaleb Scharman (1st season) Creighton Quick Facts Year and directs an offense led by returners Creighton Coaches Melanie Brecka (4.17 kps.), Odyssey Warren Creighton is coached by Kirsten Bernthal General Information (2.35 kps.) and De’Janae Arnold (1.93 kps, Booth (Truman State, 1997), who owns a 383- Location ...... Omaha, Neb. .285%, 0.89 bps.). 175 record entering her 19th season with the Founded ...... 1878 Brecka was named Summit League Player Bluejays. She’s led Creighton to seven straight of the Year and led the Roos in kills in all 17 outright BIG EAST titles, and eight league crowns Enrollment ...... 8,770 matches last year, breaking the 20-kill mark in the previous nine years. Booth led the Bluejays Nickname ...... Bluejays seven times and posting nine double-doubles. to their first two Sweet 16’s (2015, 2016) and first President . . . Rev. Daniel S. Hendrickson, S.J., Ph.D. Last year’s UMKC team averaged 12.89 kills, Elite Eight (2016) in program history. In 2016 Interim Director of Athletics ...... Jim Jansen 1.49 aces, 16.27 digs and 1.70 blocks per set she was recognized as VolleyballMag.com while hitting .187. National Coach of the Year, BIG EAST Coach Senior Woman Administrator . . . .Dr. Lisa Chipps of the Year and AVCA East Region Coach of the Colors ...... Blue and White Scouting Saint Louis Year. Booth was tabbed BIG EAST Coach of the Affiliation ...... NCAA Division I Saint Louis went 8-10 last season, including a Year for the third time in 2019. Conference ...... BIG EAST 6-4 mark against Atlantic-10 Conference com- The winningest coach in school history, petition. Booth has taken Creighton to its only 10 NCAA Ticket Office ...... (402) 280-JAYS SLU’s top two attackers from last season, Tournament bids in the program’s modern his- Maya Taylor (3.61 kps., 0.30 saps.) and Emily tory. She’s also coached CU into the top-25 each Bluejay Volleyball Information Henken (2.11 kps., 0.41 saps.) both return, but of the previous nine seasons (not including 2021, Head Coach ...... Kirsten Bernthal Booth setter Kennedy Cordia (9.53 aps.) is one of five yet), another program first. departures from a year ago. Booth came to Creighton after going 112-41 Alma Mater ...... Truman State, 1997 Saint Louis averaged 12.12 kills, 1.89 aces, in three years at Kirkwood Community College Record at Creighton (Years) . . . . 383-175 (18) 14.55 digs and 1.56 blocks per set while hitting in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. A native of Lincoln, Neb., Career Record ...... 495-216 (21) .185 as a group. Booth played volleyball at Truman State, where Office Phone ...... (402) 280-5577 she was named conference MVP, an Academic Scouting Missouri All-American and Missouri’s 1997 NCAA Woman E-mail ...... [email protected] Missouri finished last season 16-8 overall and of the Year. She ranked third in Division II history Assistant Coach ...... Angie Oxley Behrens ranked 25th nationally after reaching the Round with 6,077 assists when she graduated. Alma Mater ...... Nebraska, 2002 of 32 in the NCAA Tournament. The Tigers went Booth is assisted by Angie Oxley Behrens, E-mail ...... [email protected] 8-2 at home, losing only to eventual national Craig Dyer and Justin Dueck. champion Kentucky twice at Hearnes Center. Assistant Coach ...... Craig Dyer Four of Mizzou’s top five attackers from a year Series History vs. Kansas City Alma Mater ...... Susquehanna, 1995 ago have departed, but Anna Dixon (3.00 kps.) Creighton owns a 14-2 lead in the all-time series E-mail ...... [email protected] returns. Also back is libero Emily Brown (3.37 against Kansas City, including a 1-0 mark on Volunteer Assistant Coach ...... Justin Dueck dps.). neutral floors (3-0 in Milwaukee in 1995). Helping to offset the loss of eight players Creighton has won all five meetings since Graduate Assistant/Tech Coordinator .Kaleb Scharman from last year’s roster are talented transfers in 2000, including 2003 and 2004 contests under Athletic Trainer ...... Molly Trevathan Kansas State outside hitter Brynn Carlson (2.73 the leadership of Kirsten Bernthal Booth. Home Court ...... D.J. Sokol Arena kps.) and Maryland setter Nicole Alford (5.59 A Nov. 16, 2002 victory in Omaha over the Capacity ...... 2,500 aps.). Kangaroos was Creighton’s final match under This year’s Mizzou squad was picked to finish Howard Wallace prior to the hiring of Booth 11 2020 Overall Record ...... 12-4 (.750) in a tie for eighth place in the SEC in a vote of weeks later. 2020 BIG EAST Record (Place) ...... 7-1 (1st) league coaches. The Tigers did not have any Letterwinners Returning/Lost ...... 11 / 4 Preseason All-SEC choices. Series History vs. Saint Louis Starters Returning ...... Six + libero Last year’s Missouri team averaged 13.23 Saint Louis owns a 3-2 lead in the all-time series kills, 1.35 aces, 12.42 digs and 1.75 blocks per vs. Creighton, but the Bluejays won a 2006 Conference Titles ...... Eight (last 2020) set while hitting .265. match at Middle Tennessee in the only previous Conference Tournament Titles . . Seven (last 2020) neutral-site battle. NCAA Tournament Appearances . . .10 (last 2020) Series History vs. Kansas City, Saint Louis & Missouri Kansas City Saint Louis Creighton Sports Information Bluejays lead series, 14-2 Bluejays trail series, 3-2 Home: 8-0 Away: 5-2 Neutral: 1-0 Home: 0-2 Away: 1-1 Neutral: 1-0 SID / Volleyball Contact ...... Rob Anderson Date Site W L Score Date Site W L Score Office Phone ...... (402) 280-5544 10/30/94 at UMKC W 3-1 10/18/95 at Saint Louis L 0-3 9/2/95 at UW-Milwaukee$ W 3-0 8/30/96 at Creighton$ L 1-3 Cell Phone ...... (402) 660-5854 11/12/95 at Creighton W 3-1 9/9/06 at Middle Tennessee% W 3-2 8/31/96 at Creighton# W 3-0 11/10/09 (20) at Creighton L 0-3 E-mail ...... [email protected] 9/15/96 at UMKC W 3-0 9/3/10 at Saint Louis# W 3-0 Associate SID ...... Glen Sisk 8/29/97 at Creighton# W 3-0 $Creighton First Serve Festival (Omaha, Neb.) 9/28/97 at UMKC W 3-1 %Blue Raider Bash (Murfreesboro, Tenn.) Assistant SID ...... Anthony Robinson 10/4/98 at Creighton W 3-1 #Marcia E. Hamilton Active Ankle Challenge (St. Louis, Mo.) 11/8/98 at UMKC L 2-3 () refers to national ranking at time of match Sports Information Fax ...... (402) 280-2495 9/26/99 at Creighton W 3-1 Web Site ...... GoCreighton.com 11/14/99 at UMKC L 0-3 Missouri 10/24/00 at Creighton W 3-0 Bluejays lead series, 1-0 Twitter ...... Twitter.com/CreightonVB 10/28/01 at UMKC W 3-1 Home: 0-0 Away: 1-0 Neutral: 0-0 11/16/02 at Creighton W 3-1 Date Site W L Score Instagram ...... Instagram.com/CreightonVB 9/23/03 at UMKC W 3-1 9/10/04 at Missouri% W 3-1 Facebook ...... FB.com/CreightonVolleyball 9/28/04 at Creighton W 3-2 %Quality Inn/Tiger Invitational (Columbia, Mo.) $UW-Milwaukee Invitational (Milwaukee, Wis.) #Creighton First Serve Festival (Omaha, Neb.) AVCA Division I Coaches Top 25 The series started when SLU defeated the being named All-Tourney. Preseason Poll • Aug. 16, 2021 Bluejays in both 1995 and 1996. Creighton won Rk School Points W-L LW a five-set battle in 2006, and the road teams Season Opening History 1 Texas (32) 1561 0-0 NR exchanged 3-0 sweeps in 2009 and 2010. Last season’s win vs. Nebraska-Omaha 2 Wisconsin (15) 1522 0-0 NR Kirsten Bernthal Booth is 2-1 against the improved Creighton to 17-10 in season-opening 3 Kentucky (17) 1435 0-0 NR Billikens. matches since restarting the program in 1994, 4 Washington 1355 0-0 NR 5 Nebraska 1346 0-0 NR and 13-5 under Kirsten Bernthal Booth. That 6 Florida 1275 0-0 NR Series History vs. Missouri includes a 10-2 mark since 2009. 7 Minnesota 1130 0-0 NR Creighton defeated Mizzou in four sets on Sept. Creighton will enter Saturday’s match at 8 Purdue 1096 0-0 NR 10, 2004, in the only previous meeting between Missouri with a 12-15 mark in road openers, 9 Pittsburgh 1085 0-0 NR the schools. including an 11-7 mark under Kirsten Bernthal 10 Baylor 1000 0-0 NR That 3-1 victory (31-29, 16-30, 30-26, 30-28) Booth. 11 Ohio State 981 0-0 NR started a 3-0 weekend as Creighton won the 12 Penn State 902 0-0 NR Quality Inn Tiger Invitational. At the time, it 13 Louisville 806 0-0 NR Hello World! 14 Oregon 776 0-0 NR was just the second tournament title won under Four Bluejay freshmen (Eve Magill, Abbey 15 BYU 734 0-0 NR Kirsten Bernthal Booth, and Booth called it Milner, Norah Sis and Kendra Wait), as well 16 Western Kentucky 553 0-0 NR “one of the biggest wins in school history”. Leah as senior transfer Abby Bottomley, could make 17 UCLA 496 0-0 NR Ratzlaff led CU with 18 kills in the match, includ- their Creighton debuts this weekend. 18 Washington State 431 0-0 NR ing 10 in the fourth set, while Janeen Piller Below is the current Creighton players and 19 Utah 398 0-0 NR notched 25 digs. how they performed in their regular-season col- 20 San Diego 319 0-0 NR Booth is 1-0 in her career against Missouri. legiate debuts (as well as at previous schools in 21 Stanford 264 0-0 NR Creighton has won three straight matches the case of Bottomley). 22 Pepperdine 234 0-0 NR 23 Rice 223 0-0 NR against teams from the SEC and are 9-4 under Records for a Bluejay debut can be found 24 Georgia Tech 193 0-0 NR Booth against the SEC. at the bottom of page three. Interestingly, 25 Notre Dame 157 0-0 NR the career leaders or career runner-ups for Others receiving votes and listed on two Last Season Summary Creighton Volleyball in digs (Brittany Witt and or more ballots: Southern California 105; Creighton won the BIG EAST regular-season Kate Elman), aces (Molly Moran), kills (Jaali Creighton 69; Missouri 51; Hawai’i 47; LSU 41; and tournament titles while returning to the Winters) and blocks (Kelli Browning) also own UNLV 33; Michigan 28; Marquette 27; Dayton NCAA Tournament in a most unusual season. the CU record or are second for that same cat- 25; Kansas State 13; Tennessee 13; Kansas 11; The global COVID-19 pandemic pushed an egory for a Bluejay debut. Texas State 11; Illinois 9; Arizona 8; UC San abbreviated season into the spring, with limited Year Name SP K E TA Pct. A SA DIG TB Diego 8; Wright State 5; Cal Poly 4; Arkansas 2. 2019 Keeley Davis 4 13 7 47 .128 0 2 2 0 Creighton’s 2021 opponents in bold italic crowds and face coverings required during the 2020 Kiara Reinhardt• 3 7 4 16 .188 0 2 2 4 regular-season. 2017 Naomi Hickman• 3 5 2 8 .375 0 0 3 1 Creighton went 3-1 in non-conference play 2018 Jaela Zimmerman 5 1 1 6 .000 0 0 6 0 Libero Tracker 2018 Annika Welty 3 1 1 6 .000 0 0 1 0 When Libero When Not Libero before opening BIG EAST play by splitting two 2019 Emily Bressman• 4 1 2 6 -.167 1 0 5 0 Name MP-SP DIG DPS MP-SP DIG DPS matches with No. 25 Marquette. The Bluejays 2017 Abby Bottomley$ 4 0 0 0 --- 6 0 14 0 won their final six league matches to finish atop 2020 Ellie Bolton 3 0 0 0 --- 2 0 12 0 2020 Katie Maser 1 0 0 0 --- 1 0 0 0 Match by Match Team Category Leaders the Midwest Division, then defeated UConn and 2019 Ally VanEekeren 3 0 0 0 --- 0 1 0 0 2020 Megan Skovsende 1 0 0 0 --- 0 0 2 0 Name KILL ACE DIG BLK Marquette for their sixth BIG EAST Tournament title in seven seasons. 2019 Kiana Schmitt 1 0 0 0 --- 0 0 0 0 *includes all ties $Bottomley’s stats from debut at High Point The entire NCAA Tournament was held in Omaha, but CU fell in five sets to Ohio Valley Some Fab Freshmen Conference champ Morehead State in the First Including Kiara Reinhardt last season, Creighton Round. has started 12 different true freshmen in its sea- Jaela Zimmerman earned East Region son opener since 2009, and 16 such players Player of the Year honors from the AVCA and since 2000. joined on the All-Conference Team alongside Since 2000, the only true freshmen to start and . Hickman Keeley Davis Naomi Hickman CU’s season-opener have been Brittany was named Most Outstanding Player of the BIG Coleman (2003), Carolyn Decker (2004), Korie EAST Tournament, with and All- Annika Welty Lebeda (2005), Allie Oelke (2007), Brooke Freshman Team honoree Kiara Reinhardt also Bluejay Debut Records (best performances in their first match for CU) Most Kills, First Match Played at Creighton Most Aces, First Match Played at Creighton Most Assists, First Match Played at Creighton KILL Name Opponent Date ACE Name Opponent Date AST Name Opponent Date 17 Jaali Winters vs. Miami (Ohio) 8/28/15 3 Shelly Roder vs. Chattanooga 9/2/94 55 Brittany Coleman at Iowa State 8/29/03 14 Jess Bird vs. #13 BYU 8/30/13 3 Molly Moran vs. Southern Illinois 9/11/98 53 Madelyn Cole vs. #5 Kentucky 8/24/18 13 JoDe Cieloha vs. Chattanooga 9/2/94 3 Carolyn Decker vs. Montana 9/3/04 41 Lydia Dimke vs. Wichita State 8/27/16 13 Keeley Davis at #2 Nebraska 8/30/19 3 Allie Oelke Middle Tennessee 8/24/07 39 Korie Lebeda Northern 8/26/05 11 Kelli Browning vs. UTSA 8/26/11 32 Megan Bober Texas Tech 8/28/09 9 Heidi Higginbotham at UW-Milwaukee 9/1/95 Most Blocks, First Match Played at Creighton 9 Alicia Runge Texas Tech 8/28/09 BLK Name Opponent Date Double-Double, First Match Played at Creighton 9 Lauren Smith vs. #13 BYU 8/30/13 6 Kelli Browning vs. UTSA 8/26/11 STAT Name Opponent Date 4 Lauren Bloemke Jacksonville State 8/25/06 13K, 10D JoDe Cieloha vs. Chattanooga 9/2/94 Most Digs, First Match Played at Creighton 4 Lauren Smith vs. #13 BYU 8/30/13 55A, 10D Brittany Coleman at Iowa State 8/29/03 DIG Name Opponent Date 4 Kelsey O’Connell vs. Miami (Ohio) 8/28/15 39A, 10D Korie Lebeda vs. 8/26/05 22 Kate Elman vs. Central Florida 8/24/12 4 Jaali Winters vs. Miami (Ohio) 8/28/15 14K, 12D Jess Bird vs. #13 BYU 8/30/13 21 Brittany Witt vs. Wichita State 8/27/16 4 Kiara Reinhardt Nebraska-Omaha 1/22/21 17K, 14D Jaali Winters vs. Miami (Ohio) 8/28/15 20 Lydia Dimke vs. Wichita State 8/27/16 41A, 20D Lydia Dimke vs. Wicihta State 8/27/16 18 Katie Neisler vs. UTSA 8/26/11 53A, 13D Madelyn Cole vs. #5 Kentucky 8/24/18 15 Nayka Benitez Texas Tech 8/28/09 Creighton’s Record When... Boggs (2009), Heather Thorson (2009), 7 2021 Kendra Wait 2021 Booth Total Julianne Mandolfo (2010), Katie Neisler (2011), 28 2021 Norah Sis 31 2021 Eve Magill Overall 0-0 383-175 Michelle Sicner (2011), Melanie Jereb (2012), Home 0-0 181-61 * signed with Purdue and later transferred to Creighton Away 0-0 138-80 Ashley Jansen (2012), Jess Bird (2013), Jaali # signed with Cincinnati and later transferred to Neutral 0-0 64-34 Winters (2015), Naomi Hickman (2017), Emily Creighton Non-Conference 0-0 139-106 Bressman (2019) and Kiara Reinhardt (2020), BIG EAST (League matches) 0-0 121-11 with Coleman and Lebeda the only true fresh- PrepVolleyball.com Recruiting Rankings MVC (League matches) 0-0 122-58 men to start at setter in the season-opener. (list started in 2004) Home BIG EAST Conf. Matches 0-0 65-3 Year Rank Freshman Recruits Away BIG EAST Conf. Matches 0-0 56-8 In addition, CU also started redshirt freshmen 2004 Best of the Rest (Baumann, Decker, Goc, Lahm, Mehal) Home MVC League Matches 0-0 66-24 Lauren Smith (2013) and Brittany Lawrence 2005 Honorable-Mention (Cvejdlik, Houts, Lebeda) Away MVC League Matches 0-0 56-34 2006 None (Bloemke, Schulze, Workman) (2015), as well as transfers Maggie Baumert 2007 None (Feldman, Oelke, Vrbicky) In January 0-0 3-1 (2014), Lydia Dimke (2016), Madelyn Cole 2008 Highest Honorable-Mention (Almgren, Bober, Sanford) In February 0-0 1-1 (2018), Erica Kosetelac (2019) and Mahina 2009 Highest HM Boggs, Greisch, Moon, Templeton, Thorson) 2010 High HM (Fliss, Hackbarth, Malm, Mandolfo, S. Smith) In March 0-0 6-1 Pua’a (2020) in season-openers. 2011 Highest HM (Browning, McNary, Neisler, Sicner, Stivers) In April 0-0 2-1 Eight of those women (Reinhardt, Coleman, 2012 High Honorable-Mention (Elman, Jansen, Jereb, L. Smith) In August 0-0 29-21 Decker, Lebeda, Oelke, Mandolfo, Sicner and 2013 None (Bird, Crawford, Foje) In September 0-0 124-80 2014 Highest Honorable-Mention (Lawrence, Tupper, Wilkinson) In October 0-0 111-36 Jereb) went on to land a spot on the MVC’s All- 2015 11th (Ballenger, Bohnet, Kloth, O’Connell, Winters) In November 0-0 98-35 Freshman Team (the BIG EAST started such a 2016 High Honorable-Mention (Conlon, Taylor, Witt) In December 0-0 9-9 2017 25th (Gaston, Hickman, Roumeliotis) team in 2020). Winters was named BIG EAST 2018 10th (Davis, Welty, Zimmerman, Zumach) 3-Set Matches 0-0 209-71 Freshman of the Year in 2015, Dimke was 2019 Highest HM (Bressman, Krause, Schmitt, Van Eekeren) named BIG EAST Player of the Year in 2016 and 2020 27th (Bolton, Maser, Reinhardt, Skovsende) 4-Set Matches 0-0 113-72 2021 5th (Magill, Milner, Sis, Wait) 5-Set Matches 0-0 61-32 Davis was BIG EAST Freshman of the Year in 2019. In Set 1 0-0 351-207 Production Returns In Set 2 0-0 356-202 Creighton returns 11-of-15 letterwinners to the Believe The Hype In Set 3 0-0 352-206 court from last season, including all six starters, In Set 4 0-0 165-113 Creighton’s recruiting class of freshmen Eve as well as returning libero Ellie Bolton. In Set 5 0-0 61-32 Magill, Abbey Milner, Norah Sis and Kendra From last year’s team, only Grace Nelson, Wait was recognized as the nation’s No. 5 class As A Ranked Team 0-0 120-31 Mahina Pua’a, Erica Kostelac and Makenna Against Ranked Teams 0-0 19-64 last fall by PrepVolleyball. Krause are not back. On Creighton Radio 0-0 162-99 Wait was tabbed the nation’s No. 7 freshman Creighton returns 98.4 percent of its blocks, its On TV 0-0 19-20 recruit, making her the program’s most-deco- most since 2007 (99.3). rated recruit since 2004. Sis, at No. 28, is the When Up 1-0 0-0 319-32 Creighton returns 94.3 percent of its kills, most When Down 0-1 0-0 64-143 program’s third-highest recruit (behind Wait and since 2016 (94.7). When Up 2-0 0-0 258-5 No. 18 in 2015’s Taryn Kloth), with No. 31 Eve Creighton returns 93.7 percent of its points, When Tied 1-1 0-0 112-69 Magill not far behind. When Down 0-2 0-0 13-101 most since 2014 (99.1). In the summer, Volleyball Magazine recog- When Up 2-1 0-0 140-13 Creighton returns 86.5 percent of its starts, When Down 1-2 0-0 33-90 nized CU’s group of newcomers (which included most since 2014 (98.1). When Tied 2-2 0-0 61-32 the four freshmen and Abby Bottomley) as the Creighton returns 81.7 percent of its digs, No. 8 incoming class in the nation. Against Opponents Top-100 PrepVolleyball.com Senior Aces most since 2017 (95.0). CU posts higher hitting pct. 0-0 367-17 (list started in 2004) All told, of the seven categories listed below, CU posts lower hitting pct. 0-0 16-158 Rank Year Player Creighton returns 595.5 of a possible 700% back CU hits .250 or better 0-0 158-8 68 2004 Carolyn Decker (85.1 percent), which would be its highest since Opp. hits .250 or better 0-0 11-75 55 2008 Laurel Sanford 2014 (99.1). 60 2011 Michelle Sicner Below is a breakdown of the production that is CU hits .300 or better 0-0 124-0 73 2013 Jess Bird Opp. hits .300 or better 0-0 0-37 50 2014 Lydia Dimke* back: 18 2015 Taryn Kloth Stat Returners Departures CU holds opp. below .200 0-0 307-49 41 2015 Jaali Winters Blocks 153 (98.4%) 2.5 (1.6%) 77 2016 Erica Kostelac# Kills 763 (94.3%) 46 (5.7%) CU has 10 or more aces 0-0 27-4 98 2017 Naomi Hickman Points 987.0 (93.7%) 66.5 (6.3%) CU has 10 or more SE 0-0 90-59 99 2017 Steph Gaston Matches Started 83 (86.5%) 13 (13.5%) CU has more aces than SE 0-0 92-8 49 2018 Jaela Zimmerman Digs 734 (81.7%) 164 (18.3%) 42 2018 Keeley Davis Aces 71 (79.8%) 18 (20.2%) CU posts more kills 0-0 342-36 46 2020 Kiara Reinhardt Assists 462 (61.5%) 289 (38.5%) CU posts fewer kills 0-0 34-134 97 2020 Ellie Bolton CU posts same kills 0-0 7-5

CU posts more aces 0-0 267-54 Creighton Volleyball Streaks of Note CU posts fewer aces 0-0 75-102 Streak What Last Time Not True CU posts same aces 0-0 41-19 803 consecutive matches Creighton has had at least one block Never at CU 176 consecutive wins vs. conference teams (including postseason) when leading 2-0 11/15/02 vs. Drake CU posts more digs 0-0 294-40 164 consecutive regular-season conference wins when leading 2-0 11/15/02 vs. Drake CU posts fewer digs 0-0 77-127 133 consecutive matches Creighton has won when hitting .300 or better 10/4/96 vs. Evansville CU posts same digs 0-0 12-8 101 consecutive wins vs. BIG EAST teams when winning set three 10//10/14 at Seton Hall Pronunciation Guide 32 consecutive sets won vs. Seton Hall 9/25/15 vs. Seton Hall (2nd set) CU posts more blocks 0-0 300-65 31 consecutive wins in October home matches 10/15/11 vs. #12 Northern Iowa CU posts fewer blocks 0-0 62-98 28 consecutive wins vs. BIG EAST opponents in matches to last exactly 4 sets 11/30/13 vs. Marquette CU posts same blocks 0-0 21-12 25 consecutive reg-season wins in BIG EAST play in matches to last exactly 4 sets 11/16/13 at Seton Hall Streaks 9 consecutive seasons having spent at least one week in the top-25 2011 Longest Winning Streak - 24 9 consecutive NCAA Tournament bids 2011 Longest Losing Streak - 6 7 consecutive BIG EAST regular-season titles 2013 Matches Started Familiar Face match point, including season-opening wins over Name 2021 Career Consec.! Senior Naomi Hickman has started Creighton’s No. 5 Kentucky in 2018 and vs. UTSA in 2011. Naomi Hickman 0 101 51 season opener each of the past four years, Three of those other comeback wins have come Jaela Zimmerman 0 53 3 becoming the 16th player to start four season against Wichita State. Keeley Davis 0 36 24 openers. On the other hand, Creighton is 383-3 under Annika Welty 0 18 3 Kiara Reinhardt 0 16 16 No Bluejay has ever started five straight sea- Booth when it reaches a match point opportunity, Preseason All-BIG EAST Ally Van Eekeren 0 10 3 son openers, something she can do on Friday vs. falling only when it wasted two match points on Team Emily Bressman 0 10 0 Kansas City. Sept. 4, 2010 to Iowa, two match points on Nov. Melody Davidson, Butler, R-Sr., MB Kiana Schmitt 0 4 0 Four Opening Day Starts 1, 2013 in a loss to St. John’s, and two match Caylee Parker, Connecticut, Sr., OH Name Years points on Dec. 7, 2019 in an NCAA Tournament Naomi Hickman, Creighton, Sr., MB JoDe Cieloha 1994-97 Jaela Zimmerman, Creighton, Sr., OH ^ Double Figures Melissa Weisensee 1994-97 loss at No. 7 Minnesota. Name Kills Digs Blks Dbl-Dbl Savannah Rennie, Marquette, Gr., MB ^ Shelly Kapler 1996-99 Surviving Match Points, Under Booth Jaela Zimmerman 0 (33) 0 (20) 0 (0) 0 (15) Taylor Wolf, Marquette, Gr., RS/S ^ Erin Swanson 1998-01 Date Opponent MP(s) Faced Final Set 5 Keeley Davis 0 (30) 0 (11) 0 (0) 0 (8) Kailey Reyes 1998-01 08/30/03 vs. McNeese State 13-14, 15-16 18-16 Allison Barber, Providence, Gr., S Naomi Hickman 0 (5) 0 (0) 0 (4) 0 (0) Melissa Walsh 1998-01 10/10/03 Wichita State 13-14 16-14 Tsvetelina Ilieva, Seton Hall, So. OH Annika Welty 0 (4) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) Carolyn Decker 2004-06, 08 10/13/06 at Wichita State 12-14, 13-14, 14-15 17-15 Efrosini Alexakou, St. John’s, Jr., OH ^ Kiara Reinhardt 0 (1) 0 (0) 0 (1) 0 (0) Korie Lebeda 2005-08 09/11/07 at Drake 13-14, 14-15 17-15 Rachele Rastelli, St. John’s, Jr., RS Emily Bressman 0 (1) 0 (2) 0 (0) 0 (0) Jessica Houts 2006-09 08/26/11 vs. UTSA 12-14, 13-14 16-14 Averi Salvador, Villanova, Gr., L/DS Kiana Schmitt 0 (1) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) Allie Oelke 2007-10 11/16/12 at Wichita State 13-14 16-14 Carrigan O’Reilly, Xavier, Jr., S/RS Abby Bottomley 0 (0) 0 (111) 0 (0) 0 (2) Heather Thorson 2009-12 09/20/15 Kansas State 23-24 (4th set) 15-13 ^ denotes unanimous selection Ellie Bolton 0 (0) 0 (13) 0 (0) 0 (0) Megan Bober 2009-12 11/20/15 at Georgetown 23-24, 26-27 (4th set) 15-7 # - Preseason BIG EAST Player of the Year 08/24/18 vs. #5 Kentucky 16-15, 19-18 22-20 Ally Van Eekeren 0 (0) 0 (4) 0 (0) 0 (4) Jess Bird 2013-16 %includes Abby Bottomley’s stats at High Point Lauren Smith 2013-16 Numbers are in 2021 (career) format Jaali Winters 2015-18 Taking The Fifth Naomi Hickman 2017-20 Creighton is 61-32 in five-set matches under 2021 Double Doubles Kirsten Bernthal Booth, including a 4-2 mark None yet Nine Straight NCAA’s last season That’s impressive since Creighton Creighton Volleyball has made the NCAA had never finished a season with a winning 20 or More Kill/Dig Club Tournament in each of the last nine seasons. record in fifth sets prior to Booth’s arrival. None yet They are the first women’s team in any sport Creighton has won 16 of its last 21 true road at Creighton to make nine straight NCAA matches to go five sets, including wins in 2012 2021 Honors & Awards Tournament appearances. over league rivals Northern Iowa, Wichita State Naomi Hickman The only other sport in Creighton history to and Missouri State, wins in 2013 at and Preseason All-BIG EAST make nine straight NCAA Tournament appear- at Wichita State, wins in 2014 at Butler and at St. ances is the men’s soccer program, which quali- Jaela Zimmerman John’s, a win at Georgetown in 2015, an NCAA Preseason All-BIG EAST fied in 17 straight seasons from 1992-2008. Tournament win at No. 4 Kansas in 2016, 2017 Creighton is one of nine teams nationally to victories at Butler, Georgetown and Marquette, Creighton in the have appeared in each of the last nine NCAA a 2018 win at Butler, wins at UNI and No. 10 Tournaments (2012-20). That group features Marquette in 2019 and at South Dakota in the Weekly Rankings BYU, Creighton, Florida, Kentucky, Nebraska, 2020 campaign. Adj. NCAA Penn State, San Diego, Texas and Washington. It’s also worth noting that Creighton is 15-4 Date AVCA RKPI RPI Preseason RV (27th) - - all-time in five-set home matches at D.J. Sokol Setting The Table Arena. With Mahina Pua’a having graduated, Creighton Below is a list of Creighton’s record in five-set Pronunciation Guide is assured to start a different setter in its season- Angie Oxley Behrens ...... BEAR-ens matches on a yearly basis: Kirsten Bernthal Booth ...... KEER-sten opening match for the eighth time in the past 10 Year Set 5 W-L Total W-L seasons. 1994 0-2 5-20 Justin Dueck ...... DO-ick 1995 0-2 11-19 Naomi Hickman ...... NAY-oh-me The Jays started the season with Megan 1996 2-6 9-19 Katie Maser ...... MAY - zur Bober in 2012 vs. UCF before Michelle Sicner 1997 3-5 15-13 Kiana Schmitt ...... KEY-ahn-ah took over in the 2013 lid-lifter vs. BYU. In 2014 1998 2-3 7-18 Norah Sis ...... SISS 1999 3-3 13-15 Megan Skovsende ...... Sko - CINDY Maggie Baumert started the opener at setter 2000 3-3 16-12 Ally Van Eekeren ...... ECK-rin against Lipscomb, while Kenzie Crawford got 2001 1-1 14-13 Annika Welty ...... AHN-a-ka • WELL-tee the call versus Miami (Ohio) in 2015. 2002 1-3 3-23 Lydia 2003 5-1 12-18 Jaela Zimmerman ...... JAY-la Dimke started the initial contest in both 2016 and 2004 4-0 18-11 2017, before graduating, while Madelyn Cole 2005 3-1 16-14 2006 4-2 21-10 started in 2018 and 2019. Last season Pua’a 2007 2-0 21-10 earned the nod on opening night. 2008 2-3 18-9 The revolving door at setter hasn’t hurt the 2009 1-4 14-17 2010 3-3 21-12 team in that time, as each of the previous nine 2011 5-2 17-14 seasons ended in the NCAA Tournament, and 2012 4-1 29-4 seven of them saw Creighton win conference 2013 3-2 23-9 2014 3-2 25-9 titles. 2015 5-2 27-9 Creighton won seven of those nine previous 2016 4-3 29-7 season-opening matches. 2017 4-1 26-7 2018 3-2 29-5 2019 2-1 25-6 Survival of the Fittest 2020 4-2 12-4 Creighton has won nine matches under Kirsten 2021 0-0 0-0 Bernthal Booth after surviving an opponent’s Total 76-60 476-327 2021 BIG EAST Standings Let’s Play Five BIG EAST only All matches Creighton ended last season with a five-set match Block Around The Clock Team W L W L vs. Morehead State in the NCAA Tournament Naomi Hickman starts her fifth collegiate sea- Creighton 0 0 0 0 and last Friday hosted a five-set exhibition match son on the verge of the top-10 of nearly every Butler 0 0 0 0 vs. Iowa State. Last season Creighton went 4-2 one of Creighton’s career blocking records. Connecticut 0 0 0 0 in five-set matches. She is currently ninth with 0.97 blocks per set, DePaul 0 0 0 0 UMKC ended last season with a five-set ninth with 335 block assists and 11th with 359 Georgetown 0 0 0 0 loss to South Dakota in the Summit League total blocks. With seven more total blocks, she’ll Tournament, and played the full five sets in 8-of- tie Melissa Walsh for 10th place. Marquette 0 0 0 0 Career Records Providence 0 0 0 0 17 contests overall a year ago. The Roos went 6-2 in those matches. Total Blocks Seton Hall 0 0 0 0 Name Sets BS BA Tot. Years St. John’s 0 0 0 0 Creighton has played a five-set match in its 1. Jessica Houts 451 73 536 609 2005-09 Villanova 0 0 0 0 season-opener in three of the past six sea- 2. Kelli Browning 424 55 547 602 2011-14 Xavier 0 0 0 0 sons, and five times overall in Kirsten Bernthal 3. Lauren Smith 511 61 499 560 2013-16 Booth’s first 18 campaigns. Three of the last 4. Ashley Williams 359 100 347 447 2001-04 four times CU opened the season with a neutral- 5. JoDe Cieloha 398 106 331 437 1994-97 6. Megan Bober 480 42 380 422 2009-12 Preseason BIG EAST Poll site match, it went five sets. 7. Marysa Wilkinson 499 47 374 421 2014-17 Rk. School (1st Place Votes) Points 8. Laurel Sanford 369 43 376 419 2008-11 1. Creighton (8) 97 High School Reunion 9. Megan Ballenger 450 29 343 372 2016-19 2. Marquette (3) 93 Sophomore Megan Skovsende will square 10. Melissa Walsh 394 46 320 366 1998-01 3. St. John’s 83 off against former high school teammate Alli 11. Naomi Hickman 370 24 335 359 2017-Pr. 4. Xavier 68 Schomers in Creighton’s season-opener vs. 5. Villanova 56 Blocks Per Set (Min. 80 Blocks) Kansas City. Name Sets No. Avg. Years T6. Connecticut 48 Skovsende had 302 kills as a freshman at 1. Kelli Browning 424 602 1.42 2011-14 T6. DePaul 48 2. Jessica Houts 451 609 1.35 2005-09 8. Providence 44 Skutt Catholic High School in the fall of 2006. Schomers, meanwhile, finished with more than 3. Ashley Williams 359 447 1.25 2001-04 9. Butler 31 4. Taffy Smart 73 88 1.21 1998 10. Seton Hall 27 1,250 assists for the SkyHawks during her senior 5. Laurel Sanford 369 419 1.14 2008-11 11. Georgetown 10 season. 6. JoDe Cieloha 398 437 1.098 1994-97 First-place votes in parentheses (#) Not surprisingly for a team where 11-of-14 7. Lauren Smith 511 560 1.096 2013-16 Points awarded 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 women ended up playing collegiate volleyball 8. Sarah Beulke 299 307 1.03 2001-04 Coaches could not vote for their own teams (including six at the Division I level), Skutt fin- 9. Naomi Hickman 370 359 0.97 2017-Pr. 10. Megan Waldren 87 81 0.93 1994 ished the season 44-0 and lost just six sets. Preseason All-BIG EAST Team Block Assists Melody Davidson, Butler, R-Sr., MB Kansas City Here I Come Name Sets No. Years Caylee Parker, Connecticut, Sr., OH Creighton boasts four women from the Kansas 1. Kelli Browning 424 547 2011-14 Naomi Hickman, Creighton, Sr., MB City metro area on its 2021 roster. 2. Jessica Houts 451 536 2005-09 3. Lauren Smith 511 499 2013-16 Jaela Zimmerman, Creighton, Sr., OH ^ Senior Annika Welty is from Parkville, which Savannah Rennie, Marquette, Gr., MB ^ 4. Megan Bober 480 380 2009-12 Taylor Wolf, Marquette, Gr., RS/S ^ is 10 miles from Kansas City on the Missouri side 5. Laurel Sanford 369 376 2008-11 Allison Barber, Providence, Gr., S of the border. 6. Marysa Wilkinson 499 374 2014-17 7. Ashley Williams 359 347 2001-04 Tsvetelina Ilieva, Seton Hall, So. OH Senior Naomi Hickman is from Lawrence, 8. Megan Ballenger 450 343 2016-19 Efrosini Alexakou, St. John’s, Jr., OH ^ roughly 40 miles from Kansas City. 9. Naomi Hickman 370 335 2017-Pr. Rachele Rastelli, St. John’s, Jr., RS Sophomore Ellie Bolton is from Shawnee, 10. JoDe Cieloha 398 331 1994-97 Averi Salvador, Villanova, Gr., L/DS which is 10 miles from Kansas City Carrigan O’Reilly, Xavier, Jr., S/RS Freshman Kendra Wait hails from Gardner, Bottoms Up ^ denotes unanimous selection which is located 30 miles form Kansas City. # - Preseason BIG EAST Player of the Year Abby Bottomley starts her Creighton career this Welty, Hickman and Bolton all played club weekend after compiling an incredible 2,158 digs volleyball for KC Power, while Wait played for in four seasons at High Point University. MAVS Volleyball Club. The 2,158 digs at High Point are more than Brittany Witt’s Creighton record (2,079), and Champions Among Champions helped her lead the Big South Conference in digs Since the start of the 2012 season, Creighton, each of the previous four seasons. Texas and Western Kentucky are the nation’s Bottomley ranks second among the nation’s only schools to have won eight conference regu- active Division I players with her 2,158 career lar-season titles. All eight of Creighton’s crowns digs, trailing only Valparaiso’s Rylee Cookerly were outright titles, whereas Texas shared one (2,514). title and WKU shared four. Creighton has also won seven conference BIG EAST Preseason Poll tournament titles since 2012, tied for the most in Creighton Volleyball has been picked to win the nation with Dayton and Western Kentucky. the BIG EAST in a preseason poll of league Most Conference Titles Since 2012 Regular-Season League Tournament coaches. 8 (0) Creighton 7 Creighton Last season CU was picked to win the Midwest 8 (1) Texas 7 Dayton Division and went 7-1 in league play en route to a 8 (4) Western Kentucky 7 Western Kentucky seventh straight regular-season title. 7 American 6 American This spring, a preseason poll of BIG EAST 7 BYU 6 Fairfield 7 Colorado State 6 LIU coaches tabbed Creighton as the favorite with 7 Fairfield 8-of-11 first place votes and 97 of a possible 100 7 Florida A&M points. That was just ahead of Marquette’s 93 Among The Best points and the other three votes for first place. titles in 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2020. Where CU ranks in wins & win percentage in recent years, St. John’s (83) was picked third, just ahead of CU won the 2019 regular-season crown, while entering the fall of 2021 Xavier (68) and Villanova (56). Rounding out the St. John’s upset nationally-ranked Creighton bottom half of the poll were UConn (48), DePaul and Marquette to bring home the 2019 tourna- Last Nine Seasons (2012-20) Sorted By Wins Sorted By Win Percentage (48), Providence (44), Butler (31), Seton Hall ment title. In 2020, Creighton won the Midwest 1. 258 Western Kentucky 1. .882 Texas 240-32 (27) and Georgetown (10). Division regular-season title, while St. John’s 2. 251 Penn State 2. .871 BYU 243-36 Creighton also had two women among the 12 claimed the East Division crown. 3. 243 BYU 3. .866 Western Kentucky 258-40 243 Nebraska 4. .851 Florida 239-42 members on the BIG EAST’s preseason all-con- Below is a look at the record of each BIG 5. 240 Texas 5. .846 Stanford 236-43 ference team in Naomi Hickman and unanimous EAST team since the league’s realignment in 6. 239 Florida 6. .845 Penn State 251-46 selection Jaela Zimmerman. 2013: 7. 238 Washington 7. .829 Nebraska 243-50 Creighton has finished in the spot predicted BIG EAST VB Standings Since 2013 (through 2020) 8. 236 Stanford 8. .825 Colorado State 217-46 BIG EAST only All matches 9. 232 Minnesota 9. .818 Washington 238-53 of it or better in the preseason poll in 16 of 18 Team (NCAA Bids) W L W L 10. 225 Creighton 10. .812 Hawai’i 190-44 years under Booth, including eight years where 11. 220 Wisconsin 11. .806 Minnesota 232-56 it’s finished exactly where it was picked. Creighton (8) 121 11 196 56 Marquette (7) 104 25 183 63 12. 219 Kentucky 12. .789 Creighton 225-60 Year Preseason Pick Finish Move 1994 11th 9th #2 Xavier 78 52 118 111 Last Eight Seasons (2013-20) 1995 9th 7th #2 Butler 71 61 126 106 Sorted By Wins Sorted By Win Percentage 1996 9th 6th #3 Villanova (1) 70 62 129 100 1. 225 Western Kentucky 1. .883 Texas 211-28 1997 8th 3rd #5 St. John’s (1) 65 67 139 105 2. 218 Penn State 2. .870 BYU 215-32 1998 6th 8th i2 Seton Hall (1) 60 69 112 121 3. 217 Nebraska 3. .862 Western Kentucky 225-36 # Georgetown 30 94 76 138 4. 215 BYU 4. .851 Florida 212-37 1999 T-7th 5th 2 5. 213 Washington 5. .841 Stanford 206-39 2000 4th T-4th - - DePaul 28 104 81 140 6. 212 Florida 6. .838 Colorado State 196-38 2001 2nd 4th i2 Providence* 18 98 67 134 7. 211 Texas 7. .8352 Penn State 218-43 2002 7th 9th i2 Connecticut# 4 4 4 7 8. 206 Stanford 8. .8346 Nebraska 217-43 2003 9th T-5th #4 *Providence rejoined the league for volleyball in 2014 and 9. 205 Minnesota 9. .822 Washington 213-46 2004 5th 5th - - its 2013 overall record (12-20) is not included above. 10. 203 Wisconsin 10. .810 Minnesota 205-48 2005 5th 5th - - #Connecticut rejoined the league in 2020 and 11. 197 Kentucky 11. .802 Wisconsin 203-50 2006 4th 4th - - its record from 2013-19 (96-121) is not included above. 197 Pittsburgh 12. .799 Hawai’i 163-41 2007 3rd T-2nd #1 13. 196 Creighton 13. .798 Kentucky 197-50 2008 3rd 2nd #1 2-0 Better Than 0-2 196 Colorado State 14. .785 Pittsburgh 197-54 2009 4th T-4th - - Creighton is 315-11 (.966) all-time when lead- 15. 193 Texas State 15. .778 Creighton 196-56 2010 4th 3rd #1 2011 3rd 4th i1 ing a match 2-0, including a 258-5 mark (.981) Last Seven Seasons (2014-20) 2012 4th 1st #3 under Kirsten Bernthal Booth. CU is 185-3 Sorted By Wins Sorted By Win Percentage 2013 1st T-2nd i1 when up 2-0 dating to September of 2009, and 1. 198 Western Kentucky 1. .884 BYU 191-25 2014 1st 1st - - 2. 191 BYU 2. .880 Texas 184-25 97-1 all-time at D.J. Sokol Arena when up 2-0 at 2015 1st 1st - - 191 Nebraska 3. .868 Western Kentucky 198-30 the break. 2016 1st 1st - - 4. 184 Texas 4. .848 Florida 184-33 Per RichKern.com, Division I teams that 184 Florida 5. .844 Stanford 179-33 2017 1st 1st - - 184 Penn State 6. .841 Nebraska 191-36 2018 2nd 1st #1 won the first two sets won 95.0 percent of their 7. 183 Washington 7. .824 Colorado State 168-36 2019 2nd 1st #1 matches from 2009-18. 8. 179 Stanford 8. .818 Penn State 184-41 2020 1st (MW) 1st (MW) - - Conversely, the Jays are 15-200 (.070) all- 9. 178 Pittsburgh 9. .817 Pittsburgh 178-40 2021 1st ??? ??? time when trailing a match 0-2. Those 15 come- 10. 176 Minnesota 10. .814 Wisconsin 175-40 backs in program history from down 0-2 are 176 Stephen F. Austin 11. .811 Minnesota 176-41 Home Sweet Home 12. 175 Wisconsin 12. .8102 Kentucky 175-41 listed below. 175 Kentucky 13. .8097 Washington 183-43 Creighton enters its ninth season as a member Date Opponent Sets 3-5 scores Coach 14. 173 Creighton 14. .805 Dayton 169-41 of the BIG EAST since joining the league in the 09/19/97 at Bradley 15-11, 15-13, 15-8 Wallace 15. 169 Dayton 15. .793 Hawai’i 138-36 summer of 2013. 10/01/99 at Drake 15-6, 17-15, 15-11 Wallace 169 Texas State 16. .786 Creighton 173-47 Since then, the Bluejays are 72-4 in home 09/03/04 vs. Montana 30-20, 30-21, 15-11 Booth 10/15/04 at Bradley 30-22, 30-23, 15-11 Booth Last Six Seasons (2015-20) matches against BIG EAST teams (65-3 in 10/15/05 at So. Illinois 30-25, 30-24, 15-8 Booth Sorted By Wins Sorted By Win Percentage the regular-season, 7-1 in the BIG EAST 09/21/07 at No. Iowa 31-29, 30-26, 15-12 Booth 1. 168 Western Kentucky 1. .890 BYU 161-20 Tournament). 11/16/12 at Wichita St. 25-16, 25-20, 16-14 Booth 168 Nebraska 2. .877 Texas 157-22 Since November of 2014, Creighton is 56-1 09/05/14 vs. No. Iowa 25-16, 25-22, 15-5 Booth 3. 161 BYU 3. .875 Western Kentucky 168-24 11/08/14 at Butler 25-16, 25-20, 15-13 Booth 4. 157 Texas 4. .866 Nebraska 168-26 inside D.J. Sokol Arena against BIG EAST 09/20/15 Kansas State 25-23, 26-24, 15-13 Booth 157 Minnesota 5. .844 Minnesota 157-29 teams, which includes a 50-1 league mark and a 10/09/15 DePaul 25-21, 25-12, 15-11 Booth 6. 156 Florida 6. .843 Florida 156-29 6-0 mark in the conference tournament. The only 7. 153 Pittsburgh 7. .825 Stanford 146-31 11/20/15 at Georgetown 30-28, 26-24, 15-7 Booth 8. 152 Washington 8. .818 Pittsburgh 153-34 setback (on Feb. 6, 2021) was played as a non- 10/13/17 Butler 25-21, 25-23, 15-9 Booth 152 Stephen F. Austin 9. .809 Kentucky 148-35 conference match, only to be flipped to a league 10/18/18 Xavier 25-17, 25-17, 15-13 Booth 10. 148 Creighton 10. .806 Colorado State 137-33 contest 19 days later. 01/31/21 at So. Dakota 25-20, 25-23, 15-7 Booth 148 Kentucky 11. .800 New Mexico St. 140-35 Put another way, since enrolling at Creighton 148 Penn State .800 Hawai’i 116-29 Set 1 Result A Strong Indicator 13. 147 Texas State 13. .799 Dayton 139-35 in 2017, Bluejay senior Naomi Hickman is 35-1 14. 146 Stanford 14. .796 Creighton 148-38 in home matches against BIG EAST teams, win- Creighton is 319-32 (.909) overall under Kirsten 15. 144 Wisconsin .796 Penn State 148-38 ning 105-of-126 sets played. Bernthal Booth when it wins set one. In that same time span, CU is just 64-143 (.300) under BIG EAST’s Best Booth when it drops the first set. Since the reconfiguration of the BIG EAST in the Per RichKern.com, Division I teams that lost summer of 2013, Creighton, Marquette and St. the first set in 2018 won just 20.7 percent of their John’s are the only teams to win any sort of BIG matches that season, and 20.2 percent of their EAST volleyball title. matches from 2009-18. Marquette won the regular-season and tourna- Since Aug. 29, 2010, Creighton has gone ment title in 2013, while Creighton swept both 110-3 in its last 113 home matches when tak- Among The Best ing a 1-0 lead, losing only on Sept. 12, 2015 to 2002. Here’s a look at Creighton’s pipeline of Where CU ranks in wins & win percentage in recent years, Pacific, on Sept. 6, 2018 to No. 7 Nebraska and players from Marian. entering the fall of 2021 on Jan. 29, 2021 to South Dakota. 2021: Emily Bressman Creighton has gone 51-2 in its last 53 matches 2020: Emily Bressman Last Five Seasons (2016-20) 2019: Emily Bressman, Brittany Witt Sorted By Wins Sorted By Win Percentage at all sites when winning the first set, compared 2018: Kelsey O’Connell, Brittany Witt 1. 136 Western Kentucky 1. .893 BYU 133-16 to a 7-9 record in that same span when dropping 2017: Kelsey O’Connell, Brittany Witt 136 Nebraska 2. .872 Western Kentucky 136-20 the opener. 2016: Kelsey O’Connell, Brittany Witt 3. 133 BYU 3. .870 Texas 127-19 2015: Kate Elman, Ashley Jansen, Kelsey O’Connell 4. 132 Stephen F. Austin 4. .861 Nebraska 136-22 Creighton has gone 94-2 in its last 96 matches against unranked foes when winning the opening 2014: Kate Elman, Ashley Jansen 5. 131 Florida 5. .856 Florida 131-22 2013: Kate Elman, Ashley Jansen 6. 130 Pittsburgh 6. .841 Minnesota 127-24 set. 2012: Kate Elman, Ashley Jansen 7. 128 Texas State 7. .839 Pittsburgh 130-25 2011: Julianne Mandolfo 8. 127 Texas 8. .837 Stanford 123-24 127 Minnesota 9. .836 Kentucky 127-25 Third Set’s A Charm 2010: Lisa Greisch, Julianne Mandolfo 127 Kentucky 10. .815 Stephen F. Austin 132-30 Since an Oct. 10, 2014 loss at Seton Hall, 2009: Lisa Greisch 11. 123 Stanford 11. .807 Creighton 121-29 Creighton is a perfect 101-0 against BIG EAST 2008: Emily Crowley, Korie Lebeda 2007: Korie Lebeda, Katie Mehal 12. 121 Creighton 12. .797 Wisconsin 118-30 teams (91-0 in the regular-season and 10-0 in 121 Washington 13. .794 Dayton 112-29 2006: Korie Lebeda, Katie Mehal, Emily Greisch 14. 120 Penn State .794 New Mexico St. 112-29 league tournament play) when winning the third 2005: Korie Lebeda, Katie Mehal 15. 118 Wisconsin 15. .793 Colorado St. 111-29 set. 2004: Katie Mehal, Emily Greisch 2003: Emily Greisch Last Four Seasons (2017-20) Sorted By Wins Sorted By Win Percentage Against NCAA Tournament Qualifiers 1. 112 Stephen F. Austin 1. .897 BYU 104-12 Last season Creighton played four matches 7 Straight BIG EAST Regular-Season Titles 2. 107 Texas State 2. .877 Texas 100-14 against 2019 NCAA Tournament qualifiers, going With its 2020 title, Creighton became the first 3. 106 Western Kentucky 3. .868 Pittsburgh 105-16 3-1 against such teams. team in BIG EAST volleyball history to win seven 4. 105 Pittsburgh 4. .862 Western Kentucky 106-17 straight outright regular-season titles. 105 Nebraska 5. .860 Kentucky 104-17 This year’s team owns three matches 6. 104 BYU 6. .855 Stephen F. Austin 112-19 (Kentucky, Nebraska, South Dakota) sched- No team had won seven straight regular- 104 Kentucky 7. .852 Florida 104-18 uled against teams that made the 2020 NCAA season BIG EAST titles (including shares) since 104 Florida 8. .850 Stanford 96-17 Tournament. Notre Dame won seven in a row from 1999-2005, 9. 100 Texas 9. .847 Nebraska 105-19 though the Irish shared the title in 2003 (with 10. 98 Minnesota 10. .838 Minnesota 98-19 After going 3-35 against teams coming 11. 96 Stanford 11. .830 Cal Poly 73-15 off NCAA Tournament bids prior to Kirsten Pittsburgh) and 2005 (with Louisville) 96 Penn State 12. .818 Colorado State 90-20 Bernthal Booth’s arrival, the Jays are 86-100 The Bluejay volleyball team is also the first 13. 93 Baylor 13. .814 Penn State 96-22 since. Creighton program in any sport to win seven or 14. 92 Creighton 14. .807 Creighton 92-22 92 Washington 15. .806 Denver 87-21 Year W-L vs. Previous Season NCAA Teams more consecutive league titles, surpassing the 1994 0-4 five in a row by the men’s soccer program (1992- Last Three Seasons (2018-20) 1995 0-2 96). Sorted By Wins Sorted By Win Percentage 1996 0-2 1. 86 Stephen F. Austin 1. .898 Pittsburgh 79-9 1997 0-3 2. 82 Texas State 2. .892 BYU 74-9 1998 0-5 Perfect Ten 3. 79 Pittsburgh 3. .887 Stephen F. Austin 86-11 1999 2-4 Kirsten Bernthal Booth is in some select com- 4. 75 Kentucky 4. .869 Texas 73-11 2000 0-4 pany, as she has directed her team to 10 NCAA 75 Western Kentucky 5. .852 Kentucky 75-13 2001 1-6 Tournaments. That puts her in the company of 6. 74 BYU .852 Western Kentucky 75-13 2002 0-5 74 Florida 7. .843 Minnesota 70-13 2003 0-3 some of the greatest coaches in CU Athletics 8. 73 Texas 8. .835 Stanford 66-13 2004 2-2 history. 73 Nebraska 9. .830 Nebraska 73-15 2005 0-6 Booth is the second head coach in Creighton 10. 70 Minnesota 10. .827 New Mexico St. 67-14 2006 4-6 history to lead 10 different NCAA Tournament 11. 69 Baylor .827 UCF 67-14 2007 4-9 teams, trailing only former men’s soccer coach 12. 68 Florida Gulf Coast 12. .822 Florida 74-16 2008 6-8 68 Wisconsin 13. .819 Florida Gulf Coast 68-15 2009 1-11 Bob Warming. 14. 67 New Mexico St. .819 Wisconsin 68-15 2010 4-7 Name Sport NCAA’s @CU 67 UCF 15. .815 Creighton 66-15 2011 2-6 Bob Warming Men’s Soccer 11 67 South Dakota 16. .810 Denver 64-15 Kirsten Bernthal Booth Volleyball 10 67 Washington 17. .805 Rice 66-16 2012 8-3 18. 66 Creighton 18. .795 Marquette 66-17 2013 6-6 Dana Altman Men’s Basketball 7 66 Stanford 19. .793 Baylor 69-18 2014 4-5 Brent Vigness Softball 7 66 Rice .793 Cal Poly 46-12 2015 11-5 Elmar Bolowich Men’s Soccer 6 66 Marquette 21. .792 Colorado State 61-16 2016 10-7 Greg McDermott Men’s Basketball 6 2017 8-6 2018 8-5 Climbing The List 2019 5-4 2020 3-1 Kirsten Bernthal Booth became Creighton 2021 0-0 Volleyball’s winningest coach in the program’s TOTAL 89-135 modern history on August 26, 2007, and hasn’t TOTAL Under Booth 86-100 let up. Booth owns 383 victories on the Bluejay side- Marian Pipeline line to rank fifth in school history. This is the 19th straight season that Creighton Coach, Sport Victories (as of 8/25/21) Volleyball had at least one product of Omaha Brent Vigness, Softball 804* Marian High School on the roster, as junior Ed Servais, Baseball 587* Emily Bressman keeps the streak alive. Mary Higgins, Softball 564 Last season was the first time since 2010 that Tom Lilly, Men’s & Women’s Tennis 478* Creighton’s year-end leader in digs wasn’t a Kirsten Bernthal Booth, Volleyball 383* Jim Flanery, Women’s Basketball 356* player that attended Marian. Ed Hubbs, Men’s & Women’s Tennis 347 Interestingly, the Bluejays had never had a Dana Altman, Men’s Basketball 327 volleyball player from Marian between 1994- *still active coaching at Creighton Opponent Reg. Season BE Tourney Total Year-By-Year In Non-Conference Play Butler 15-1 - 15-1 Despite annually facing one of the nation’s Connecticut 0-0 1-0 1-0 DePaul 16-0 - 16-0 toughest non-conference schedules, Creighton Georgetown 14-0 - 14-0 has continued to excel against elite competition. Marquette 13-3 4-1 17-4 Creighton is 6-9 against ranked non-confer- Providence 12-0 - 12-0 ence foes over the last three seasons after going Seton Hall 11-3 2-0 13-3 2-43 all-time vs. ranked teams in regular-season St. John’s 13-1 0-1 13-2 Villanova 11-3 3-0 14-3 non-conference matches. Xavier 16-0 3-0 19-0 Non-Conference Records, By Year, Under Booth Total 121-11 13-2 134-13 Year Non-Con W-L vs. Ranked Non-Con Final W-L 2003 3-8 0-0 12-18 2004 8-2 0-1 18-11 2005 6-5 0-3 16-14 2006 8-3 0-1 21-10 2007 6-5 0-3 21-10 2008 3-5 0-3 18-9 2009 3-8 0-3 14-17 2010 5-5 0-1 21-12 2011 5-7 0-1 17-14 2012 9-2 0-1 29-4 2013 9-3 1-2 23-9 2014 7-6 0-5 25-9 2015 6-7 1-4 27-9 2016 6-6 0-4 29-7 2017 7-4 3-3 26-7 2018 8-4 1-3 29-5 2019 7-3 2-3 25-6 2020 3-2 0-0 12-4 2021 0-0 0-0 0-0

Against The BIG EAST Since the BIG EAST was restructured in 2013, Creighton owns a winning record against each of the other teams currently in the BIG EAST. The Bluejays own 134 wins against BIG EAST competition (including BIG EAST Championship play) since 2013, 26 more wins than Marquette for most in the league. CU still has not lost to five league foes (Connecticut, DePaul, Georgetown, Providence, Xavier) since joining the BIG EAST, and Seton Hall (3), Marquette (4), Villanova (3) and St. John’s (2) are the only BIG EAST programs to top the Bluejays multiple times since 2013. 2021 Individual/Team Player Highs Creighton 3-Set Match Highs Creighton 5-Set Match Highs Team Individuals Team Individuals Kills ...... Kills ...... Errors ...... Errors ...... Attacks . . . . . Attacks . . . . . Hitting Pct. . . . . Hitting Pct. . . . . Assists . . . . . Assists . . . . . Aces ...... Aces ...... Digs ...... Digs ...... Block Solos . . . Block Solos . . . Block Assists . . . Block Assists . . . Total Blocks . . . Total Blocks . . . Points ...... Points ......

Creighton 4-Set Match Highs Opponent Individual Match Highs Team Individuals Team Individuals Kills ...... Kills ...... Errors ...... Errors ...... Attacks . . . . . Attacks . . . . . Hitting Pct. . . . . Hitting Pct. . . . . Assists . . . . . Assists . . . . . Aces ...... Aces ...... Digs ...... Digs ...... Block Solos . . . Block Solos . . . Block Assists . . . Block Assists . . . Total Blocks . . . Total Blocks . . . Points ...... Points ......

Note: Hitting percentage requires 10 attacks minimum Season Outlook

Creighton returns its entire starting lineup, including All-Region performers Jaela Zimmerman, Naomi Hickman and Keeley Davis from last year’s team that won BIG EAST for a seventh consecutive season and made a ninth straight trip to the NCAA Tournament. Add in a top-10 recruiting class featuring reigning Big South Conference Player of the Year Abby Bottomley and four talented freshmen and it’s easy to see why the Bluejays are once again picked to finish atop the BIG EAST standings. Creighton’s top-10 recruiting class features Eve Magill, Kendra Wait, Abby Bottomley, Norah Sis and Abbey Milner. Zimmerman and Davis have both been named All-BIG EAST after each of the past Despite all the returning talent, don’t Junior Ally Van Eekeren split playing two seasons and figure to once again lead discount the immediate impact that time last season with now-graduated the Bluejay attack. Both women played Norah Sis and Eve Magill may bring to Mahina Pua’a in Creighton’s 6-2 offense. all six rotations most of last season, and the floor. PrepVolleyball ranked Sis as the She’ll look to hold off sophomore Katie Zimmerman became Creighton’s first No. 28 recruit and Magill 31st among Maser and top-10 recruit Kendra Wait. attacker ever to be named AVCA East incoming freshmen nationally. Sophomore Ellie Bolton spent most Region Player of the Year in 2020. Creighton led the BIG EAST in blocks of her debut season as the libero and Annika Welty and Kiana Schmitt both per set last season, and returns the top spearheads Creighton’s returners among logged significant time on the court last two blockers in the league in Hickman the back line. Add in Bottomley, who was season, with much of that action taking and sophomore Kiara Reinhardt. a four-time All-Big South performer and place on the right side. Welty came on Hickman brought home Most Valuable the owner of 2,158 digs, and the Bluejays strong down the stretch and picked up Player honors at last year’s BIG EAST should have no shortage of options All-Tournament Team accolades at the Championship, and was joined on the defensively. BIG EAST Championship. All-Tournament Team by Reinhardt. Creighton’s schedule remains as Emily Bressman and Megan In addition to Welty and Schmitt, challenging as ever, including non- Skovsende will also battle for time on the freshman Abbey Milner adds depth conference contests against Kentucky, outside. Bressman displayed her talents along the front line in her rookie season USC, Nebraska, Illinois, Northern Iowa, with 13 kills late last season at Kansas as a collegian. Wichita State, Kansas City, Saint Louis, State. Skovsende knows nothing but Three setters will battle for the role to Wyoming, SMU, Nebraska-Omaha and success, having won four state titles as a quarterback the potent Creighton attack. South Dakota on the docket in addition prep before enjoying last year’s sweep of to 18 league matches in BIG EAST play. BIG EAST titles.

Naomi Hickman (left) and Jaela Zimmerman (right) were both named All-BIG EAST and AVCA All-East Region last season. #1 Ellie Bolton #2 Norah Sis 5-7 • So. • DS • Shawnee, Kan. 6-2 • Fr. • OH • Papillion, Neb. • Won Creighton’s libero job as a true freshman • Local product who is the nation’s No. 28 recruit in 2020 and became program’s first rookie to lead per PrepVolleyball after posting 1,910 kills and team in digs since 2016 (Brittany Witt). 1,227 digs. • Averaged 3.85 digs per set in 2020, with a single- • Second Team All-State as a freshman and First match high of 28 vs. Xavier. Team All-State her final three years of high school. • Named First Team All-American by Under Armour/AVCA and a Second Team All-American by MaxPreps. • Was Nebraska’s state high jump champ as both a freshman and senior, clearing 5-8 both times.

#1 Ellie Bolton Match-by-Match #2 Norah Sis Match-by-Match Date Opponent SP K E TA Pct. A SA Dig BS-A PTS Date Opponent SP K E TA Pct. A SA Dig BS-A PTS 08-27 Kansas City 08-27 Kansas City 08-27 Saint Louis 08-27 Saint Louis 08-28 Missouri 08-28 Missouri

#1 Ellie Bolton #2 Norah Sis SEASON Highs Category CAREER Highs SEASON Highs Category CAREER Highs ...... Kills ...... Kills...... Attempts . . . . 1 at South Dakota, 1/31/21 ...... Attempts...... Hitting Pct...... Hitting Pct...... Digs ...... 28 vs. Xavier, 3/27/21 ...... Digs...... Aces ...... 3 vs. UConn, 4/2/21 ...... Aces...... Blocks ...... Blocks...... Assists . . . . .7 vs. #25 Marquette, 2/5/21 ...... Points...... Points ...... 3.0 vs. UConn, 4/2/21 #3 Ally Van Eekeren #5 Kiara Reinhardt 6-0 • Jr. • S • Naperville, Ill. 6-3 • So. • MB • Cedarburg, Wis. • Started 10-of-16 matches last season in • Started every match for Creighton in 2020 as a true Creighton’s 6-2 system, leading the Jays with 5.77 freshman, ranking 48th nationally (9th among fresh- assists per set. men) with 1.23 blocks per set. • Had four double-doubles in 2020, with three of • Named to BIG EAST’s All-Freshman Team and to them coming against Marquette. All-Tournament Team at BIG EAST Championship. • Brother, Jackson, was a setter on Hawaii’s 2021 • Finished freshman campaign with career-high 13 NCAA Champion men’s volleyball team and has kills on .722 hitting in NCAA Tournament match vs. another brother Tyler who plays basketball at Morehead State. Washington University in St. Louis. • Was the No. 46 Senior Ace per PrepVolleyball.

#3 Ally Van Eekeren Match-by-Match #5 Kiara Reinhardt Match-by-Match Date Opponent SP K E TA Pct. A SA Dig BS-A PTS Date Opponent SP K E TA Pct. A SA Dig BS-A PTS 08-27 Kansas City 08-27 Kansas City 08-27 Saint Louis 08-27 Saint Louis 08-28 Missouri 08-28 Missouri

#3 Ally Van Eekeren #5 Kiara Reinhardt SEASON Highs Category CAREER Highs SEASON Highs Category CAREER Highs ...... Kills . . 4 (2x), last Northern Iowa, 1/24/21 ...... Kills . . . . .13 vs. Morehead State, 4/14 ...... Attempts . . . . .11, South Dakota, 1/29/21 ...... Attempts . . . . . 20 vs. Marquette, 4/3/21 ...... Hitting Pct. . . . -.091, South Dakota, 1/29/21 ...... Hitting Pct. . .722 vs. Morehead State, 4/14/21 ...... Digs ...... 13, #25 Marquette, 2/5/21 ...... Digs ...... 5 UConn, 4/2/21 ...... Aces . . . . 4 vs. Morehead State, 4/14/21 ...... Aces ...... 4, #25 Marquette, 2/5/21 ...... Blocks ...... 3, South Dakota, 1/29/21 ...... Assists . . . 32 vs. Morehead State, 4/14/21 ...... Blocks ...... 11, Marquette, 4/3/21 ...... Points . . . . .5.0, Northern Iowa, 1/24/21 ...... Points . . 16.0 vs. Morehead State, 4/14/21 #6 Keeley Davis #7 Jaela Zimmerman 6-1 • Jr. • OH • Highlands Ranch, Colo. 6-2 • Sr. • OH • Lincoln, Neb. • Junior outside hitter who was named First Team • Two-time AVCA All-East Region First Team and All-East Region and First Team All-BIG EAST as All-BIG EAST selection who in 2020 was named both a freshman and sophomore. AVCA East Region Player of the Year. • Ranked ninth in the BIG EAST with 3.02 kills per • Unanimous Preseason All-BIG EAST pick in both set in 2020 and was fifth in the BIG EAST with 3.35 2020 and 2021. kills per set as a redshirt freshman. •Three-time BIG EAST Offensive Player of • In 2019, named BIG EAST Freshman of the Year the Week in 2020 also was named BIG EAST after winning 10-of-13 Freshman of the Week Defensive Player of the Week after she spent a honors. match at libero. • Her career-high of 31 kills in win at #10 Marquette (10/12/19) was • Ranked fourth in BIG EAST with CU-leading 3.45 kills per set in one shy of the CU single-match record. 2020.

#6 Keeley Davis Match-by-Match #7 Jaela Zimmerman Match-by-Match Date Opponent SP K E TA Pct. A SA Dig BS-A PTS Date Opponent SP K E TA Pct. A SA Dig BS-A PTS 08-27 Kansas City 08-27 Kansas City 08-27 Saint Louis 08-27 Saint Louis 08-28 Missouri 08-28 Missouri

#6 Keeley Davis #7 Jaela Zimmerman SEASON Highs Category CAREER Highs SEASON Highs Category CAREER Highs ...... Kills . . . . 31 at #10 Marquette, 10/12/19 ...... Kills . . . .19 (3x), last vs. Xavier, 3/27/21 ...... Attempts . . . 59 at #10 Marquette, 10/12/19 ...... Attempts . . . .59 at #7 Minnesota, 12/7/19 ...... Hitting Pct. . . . .560 vs. Seton Hall, 11/3/19 ...... Hitting Pct. . . .533 vs. Northern Iowa, 9/15/18 ...... Digs ...... 19, South Dakota, 1/29/21 ...... Digs ...... 18 vs. Xavier, 3/28/21 ...... Aces . . . . 3 (5x), last vs. Xavier, 3/28/21 ...... Aces ...... 3 vs. Xavier, 3/27/21 ...... Blocks ...... 5, Marquette, 4/3/21 ...... Blocks 6 (2x), last Nebraska-Omaha, 1/22/21 ...... Points . . .33.5 at #10 Marquette, 10/12/19 ...... Points . . 22.0 (2x), last vs. Xavier, 3/27/21 #9 Kiana Schmitt #11 Annika Welty 6-3 • Jr. • MB/RS • Waunakee, Wis. 6-3 • Sr. • MB/RS • Parkville, Mo.

• Rapidly-improving junior who averaged 1.46 kills • Versatile front row player who has played her and 0.60 blocks per set in 2020. best at the end of each of the past two seasons. • Had career-highs with 12 kills and six blocks vs. • Ranked third on CU’s team in 2020 with 2.06 kills DePaul (3/6/21) while hitting .750. per set and 0.83 blocks per set. • Team was 7-0 in 2020 when she had six or more • Averaged 9.67 kills in CU’s final nine matches kills and 7-1 when she had multiple blocks. last season, including 12 kills in three of her final five contests.

#9 Kiana Schmitt Match-by-Match #11 Annika Welty Match-by-Match Date Opponent SP K E TA Pct. A SA Dig BS-A PTS Date Opponent SP K E TA Pct. A SA Dig BS-A PTS 08-27 Kansas City 08-27 Kansas City 08-27 Saint Louis 08-27 Saint Louis 08-28 Missouri 08-28 Missouri #9 Kiana Schmitt #11 Annika Welty SEASON Highs Category CAREER Highs SEASON Highs Category CAREER Highs ...... Kills ...... 12, DePaul, 3/6/21 ...... Kills . . . . 12 (3x), last Marquette, 4/3/21 ...... Attempts . . .20 (2x), last vs. Xavier, 3/27/21 ...... Attempts ...... 33, Marquette, 4/3/21 ...... Hitting Pct...... 750, DePaul, 3/6/21 ...... Hitting Pct...... 615 (2x), last DePaul, 3/6/21 ...... Digs . . . . 5 vs. Morehead State, 4/14/21 ...... Digs . . . . 5 (2x), last at Butler, 11/17/19 ...... Aces ...... Aces . . . . .5 vs. Northern Iowa, 9/15/18 ...... Blocks . . . . . 6 (2x), last DePaul, 3/6/21 ...... Blocks . . . . . 7 (2x), last DePaul, 3/5/21 ...... Points ...... 15.5, DePaul, 3/6/21 ...... Points ...... 14.5, Marquette, 4/3/21 #12 Megan Skovsende #14 Katie Maser 5-11 • So. • OH/DS • Omaha, Neb. 5-9 • So. • S • Grand Island, Neb.

• Had eight digs during her freshman season, play- • Reserve setter for the Bluejays in 2020 who ing primarily as a defensive specialist. finished her rookie campaign with four assists in • Won a state title at Skutt Catholic High School all limited action. four years of high school, as she compiled 1,106 • Helped Grand Island Central Catholic to a 2019 kills, 938 digs and 132 aces for the SkyHawks state title and set a Nebraska Class C-1 record despite moving to libero for the stretch run during with 3,912 career assists. her junior season.

#12 Megan Skovsende Match-by-Match #14 Katie Maser Match-by-Match Date Opponent SP K E TA Pct. A SA Dig BS-A PTS Date Opponent SP K E TA Pct. A SA Dig BS-A PTS 08-27 Kansas City 08-27 Kansas City 08-27 Saint Louis 08-27 Saint Louis 08-28 Missouri 08-28 Missouri

#12 Megan Skovsende #14 Katie Maser SEASON Highs Category CAREER Highs SEASON Highs Category CAREER Highs ...... Kills...... Kills ...... Attempts...... 2 at Butler, 3/13/21 ...... Attempts ...... Hitting Pct...... Hitting Pct...... Digs...... 2 (3x), last vs. Xavier, 3/27/21 ...... Digs ...... Aces...... Aces ...... Blocks...... Blocks ...... Points...... Assists . . . . . 2, Northern Iowa, 1/24/21 ...... Points ...... #15 Kendra Wait #16 Emily Bressman 5-10 • Fr. • S • Gardner, Kan. 5-10 • Jr. • DS/OH • Omaha, Neb.

• True freshman setter who was ranked the No. 7 • Has split time between outside hitter and defen- recruit nationally by PrepVolleyball, a First Team sive specialist in her first two years as a Bluejay. Under Armour All-American and a Second Team • Had career-high 14 kills vs. Kansas State All-American per Volleyball Magazine and Max (3/20/21) last season and graduated high school Preps. as Omaha Marian’s all-time leader with 1,412 • Named the Kansas Gatorade Player of the Year career kills. in volleyball as a sophomore in 2019. • Won eight state track titles as a prep, including championships in the 100 (12.02), shot put (42-2.5), long jump (18-5) and pole vault (11-0) in a three hour span during her senior year to help her land Kansas City Star Girls Scholar-Athlete of the Year. • Older sister Cassie was named 2016 Big 12 Libero of the Year and helped Kansas reach the Final Four in 2015.

#15 Kendra Wait Match-by-Match #16 Emily Bressman Match-by-Match Date Opponent SP K E TA Pct. A SA Dig BS-A PTS Date Opponent SP K E TA Pct. A SA Dig BS-A PTS 08-27 Kansas City 08-27 Kansas City 08-27 Saint Louis 08-27 Saint Louis 08-28 Missouri 08-28 Missouri #15 Kendra Wait #16 Emily Bressman SEASON Highs Category CAREER Highs SEASON Highs Category CAREER Highs ...... Kills...... Kills...... 14 at Kansas State, 3/20/21 ...... Attempts...... Attempts...... 39 at Kansas State, 3/20/21 ...... Hitting Pct...... Hitting Pct...... 179 at Kansas State, 3/20/21 ...... Digs...... Digs...... 11 at Northern Iowa, 9/6/19 ...... Aces...... Aces...... 1 (4x), last vs. Xavier, 3/27/21 ...... Blocks...... Blocks...... Points...... Points...... 15.0 at Kansas State, 3/20/21 #19 Abby Bottomley #21 Naomi Hickman 5-6 • Sr. • DS • Virginia Beach, Va. 6-4 • Sr. • MB/RS • Lawrence, Kan. • Creighton Volleyball’s first graduate transfer • A preseason All-BIG EAST choice in 2021 after arrives on the Hilltop after a standout career at finishing 2020 as an AVCA All-East Region choice High Point University, where she was AVCA and unanimous First Team All-BIG EAST pick. Honorable Mention All-American in 2020 and a • Named MVP of the 2020 BIG EAST Championship. Second Team CoSIDA Academic All-American. • Led BIG EAST in hitting percentage (.364) and • Named Big South Conference Volleyball Player blocks per set (1.33) in league play in 2020. of the Year, Co-Woman of the Year and Female • Sister, Rachel, plays volleyball at Northern Athlete of the Year as well as earning a spot on Big Colorado. South’s All-Decade Team. • Led the Big South Conference in digs four times and aces her final two seasons, becoming second Big South player to be First Team All-Conference pick four times. • Owns Big South record and 27th in NCAA history with 5.35 career digs per set and her 2,158 digs at High Point rank sixth-most in league history. • Won 19 different Freshman (2x), Defensive Player (14x) or Libero Of the Week (3x) awards at HPU. • Had 10+ digs in 111-of-115 matches at High Point, and eight or more digs in all 115 contests. • Played at HPU for former CU assistants Ryan Meek and Tom Mendoza.

#19 Abby Bottomley Match-by-Match #21 Naomi Hickman Match-by-Match Date Opponent SP K E TA Pct. A SA Dig BS-A PTS Date Opponent SP K E TA Pct. A SA Dig BS-A PTS 08-27 Kansas City 08-27 Kansas City 08-27 Saint Louis 08-27 Saint Louis 08-28 Missouri 08-28 Missouri #19 Abby Bottomley #21 Naomi Hickman SEASON Highs Category CAREER Highs (includes HPU) SEASON Highs Category CAREER Highs ...... Kills...... 1 (11x), last vs. Campbell, 3/25/21 ...... Kills...... 17 vs. #12 Kentucky, 9/6/19 ...... Attempts...... 4 vs Furman, 9/8/19 ...... Attempts...... 31 at Northern Iowa, 9/6/19 ...... Hitting Pct...... Hitting Pct...... 733 vs. #15 USC, 9/7/10 ...... Digs...... 44 vs. Radford, 9/28/19 ...... Digs...... 5 vs. #19 Iowa State, 9/16/17 ...... Aces...... 5 vs. Radford, 2/25/21 ...... Aces...... 3 (2x), last vs. Drake, 9/14/19 ...... Blocks...... Blocks...... 11 (2x), last #25 Marquette, 2/5/21 ...... Assists...... 12 vs. Florida State, 11/2/19 ...... Points...... 19.5 vs. #12 Kentucky, 9/6/19 ...... Points...... 5.0 vs. Radford, 2/25/21 #23 Abbey Milner #34 Eve Magill 6-3 • Fr. • MB • Lakeville, Minn. 6-5 • Fr. • OH • Cedar Rapids, Iowa • True freshman who is part of Creighton’s No. 5 • Nation’s No. 31 recruit per PrepVolleyball is also ranked recruiting class. CU’s tallest volleyball player ever. • Named First Team All-State as a high school • First team All-State as a junior and senior and senior, also garnering Academic All-State acclaim. helped Xavier High School to a state title as a • Attended same high school (Lakeville North) as senior. Olympic medalist swimmer Regan Smith and for- • Her uniform number (#34) is the highest number mer Xavier basketball player J.P. Macura. worn by a Bluejay since program’s 1994 reinstate- ment.

#23 Abbey Milner Match-by-Match #34 Eve Magill Match-by-Match Date Opponent SP K E TA Pct. A SA Dig BS-A PTS Date Opponent SP K E TA Pct. A SA Dig BS-A PTS 08-27 Kansas City 08-27 Kansas City 08-27 Saint Louis 08-27 Saint Louis 08-28 Missouri 08-28 Missouri #23 Abbey Milner #34 Eve Magill SEASON Highs Category CAREER Highs SEASON Highs Category CAREER Highs ...... Kills...... Kills...... Attempts...... Attempts...... Hitting Pct...... Hitting Pct...... Digs...... Digs...... Aces...... Aces...... Blocks...... Blocks...... Points...... Points...... Last Time It Happened CREIGHTON TEAM Had 20+ service errors...... 21, Wichita State, 11/28/03 Lost 3-0 at any site...... #25 Marquette, 2/6/21 Had 100+ digs...... 101, Marquette, 11/25/17 Lost 3-0 at home...... #25 Marquette, 2/6/21 Had 110+ digs...... 112, Wichita State, 11/16/12 Lost 3-2 at any site...... vs. Morehead State, 4/14/21 Had 120+ digs...... 133, Indiana State, 10/14/00 Won 3-2 at any site...... Xavier, 3/27/21 Had 25+ block assists...... 26, South Dakota, 1/29/21 Won 3-0 over a top-25 team...... #21 Marquette, 9/23/18 Had 30+ block assists...... 36, at Butler, 11/8/14 Won 3-0 over a top-10 team...... at #7 Kansas, 9/9/17 Had 15+ team blocks...... 15.0, #7 Minnesota, 12/7/19 Beat a top-25 team at any site...... #25 Marquette, 2/5/21 Had 20+ team blocks...... 20, Butler, 11/8/14 Beat a top-25 team on the road...... at #10 Marquette, 10/12/19 Had 0 team blocks...... 0, Bradley, 9/25/10 Beat a top-10 team at any site...... vs. #9 Marquette, 11/22/19 Had 0 attack errors in a set...... 0, DePaul, 3/5/21 (2nd set) Beat a top-10 team on the road...... at #10 Marquette, 10/12/19 Hit .600+ in a set...... 607, #18 USC, 9/2/17 Beat a top-5 team at any site...... vs. #5 Kentucky, 8/24/18 Held CU to 0-9 points in a 25-point set...... 8, #8 USC, 9/4/15 Beat a top-5 team on the road...... at #3 Washington, 8/26/17 Scored 30+ points in a set...... 31, #10 Marquette, 10/12/19 (4th set) Won a regular-season tournament...... Creighton Classic, 2019 Scored 20+ points in a 5th set...... 20, #5 Kentucky, 8/24/18 (5th set) Won a conference tournament...... BIG EAST, 2020 (in spring 2021) Won after surviving match point...... vs. #5 Kentucky, 8/24/18 CREIGHTON INDIVIDUALS Lost after owning a match point...... at #7 Minnesota, 12/7/19 Had 20+ kills...... 20, Keeley Davis at South Dakota, 1/31/21 Overcame an 0-2 deficit to win...... at South Dakota, 1/31/21 Had 25+ kills...... 31, Keeley Davis at #10 Marquette, 10/12/19 Blew a 2-0 lead and lost...... South Dakota, 1/29/21 Had 30+ kills...... 31, Keeley Davis at #10 Marquette, 10/12/19 Evacuated a building mid-match...... at St. John’s, 9/30/17 (fire alarm) Had 15+ attack errors...... 18, Abby Baumann vs. Missouri State, 11/10/06 Had 80+ kills...... 84 vs. Butler, 10/13/17 Had 60+ attack attempts...... 63, Taryn Kloth at Butler, 9/28/18 Had 90+ kills...... 100 at Indiana State, 10/14/00 Had 70+ attack attempts...... 71, Jaali Winters at #10 USC, 8/25/18 Had 100+ kills...... 100 at Indiana State, 10/14/00 Had 65+ assists...... 65, Lydia Dimke vs. Butler, 10/13/17 Had 5 or less attack errors...... 5 vs. Seton Hall, 11/3/19 Had 70+ assists...... 71, Korie Lebeda at Evansville, 11/18/06 Had 30+ attack errors...... 37 vs. South Dakota, 1/29/21 Had 75+ assists...... 76, Kailey Reyes vs. Drake, 10/10/98 Had 40+ attack errors...... 41 at Butler, 11/8/14 Had 5+ service aces...... 7, Madelyn Cole at Georgetown, 11/9/19 Had 225+ attack attempts...... 231 at Northern Iowa, 9/21/07 Had 6+ service aces...... 7, Madelyn Cole at Georgetown, 11/9/19 Had 250+ attack attempts...... 296 at Indiana State, 10/14/00 Had 7+ service aces...... 7, Madelyn Cole at Georgetown, 11/9/19 Hit .400 or better...... 467 vs. Seton Hall, 11/3/19 Had 8+ service aces...... 8, Carolyn Decker at New Mexico, 9/4/04 Hit .000 or worse...... 000 at #1 Nebraska, 10/11/05 Had 25+ digs...... 27, Ellie Bolton vs. Morehead State, 4/14/21 Had 0 service errors...... 0 vs. California, 9/7/13 Had 30+ digs...... 35, Brittany Witt at #10 Marquette, 10/12/19 Had 0 service aces...... 0 vs. Northern Iowa, 8/24/18 Had 35+ digs...... 35, Brittany Witt at #10 Marquette, 10/12/19 Had 10+ service aces...... at South Dakota, 1/31/21 Had 5+ block solos...... 5, Jessica Houts vs. Southern Illinois, 9/16/06 Had 15+ service aces...... 15 vs. UMKC, 11/12/95 Had 10+ block assists...... 10, Kiara Reinhardt, Marquette, 4/3/21 Had 15+ service errors...... 15 at #10 Marquette, 10/12/19 Had 10+ total blocks...... 11, Kiara Reinhardt, Marquette, 4/3/21 Had 20+ service errors...... 23 vs. #5 Kentucky, 8/24/18 Had 15+ total blocks...... 15, Kelli Browning vs. Tulsa, 9/8/12 Had 100+ digs...... 107 at Marquette, 11/25/17 Had a triple-double...... Lydia Dimke at Marquette, 11/25/17 Had 110+ digs...... 114 vs. Illinois State, 9/28/07 2 players had a triple-double...... M. Bober & M. Sicner vs. UAB, 9/17/11 Had 120+ digs...... `120 at Evansville, 11/18/06 3 players had a double-double...... Van Eekeren/Davis/Zimmerman vs. Xavier, 3/27/21 Had 25+ block assists...... 30, Marquette, 4/3/21 4 players had a double-double...... Van Eekeren/Davis/Zimmerman/Pua’a vs. #25 Marquette, 2/5/21 Had 30+ block assists...... 30, Marquette, 4/3/21 20+ assists & 20+ digs.... 41a, 20d, Lydia Dimke vs. Wichita State, 8/27/16 Had 15+ team blocks...... 16.0, Marquette, 4/3/21 Had 20+ team blocks...... 20 at Kansas, 9/19/12 OPPONENT INDIVIDUALS Had 0 team blocks...... Never since 1994 reinstatement Had 25+ kills...... 26, Aliyah Carter, Kansas State, 3/20/21 Had 0 attack errors in a set...... 0 at South Dakota, 1/31/21 (5th set) Had 30+ kills...... 32, Elizabeth Wujek, Western Illinois, 11/10/96 Hit .600+ in a set...... 714 at DePaul, 10/11/19 (3rd set) Had 15+ attack errors...... 15, Tyler Henderson, Tulsa, 9/8/12 Held foe to 0-9 points in a 25-point set...... 9 vs. Seton Hall, 11/3/19 (3rd set) Had 60+ attack attempts...... 61, Elizabeth Juhnke, South Dakota, 1/31/21 Scored 30+ points in a set...... 31 vs. Marquette, 4/3/21 (3rd set) Had 70+ attack attempts...... 72, Elizabeth Juhnke, South Dakota, 1/29/21 Scored 20+ points in a 5th set...... 22 vs. #5 Kentucky, 8/24/18 (5th set) Had 65+ assists...... 67, Emma Pettit, Villanova, 10/30/15 Had 70+ assists...... 75, Jill Arganbright, Northern Iowa, 10/27/00 CREIGHTON OPPONENTS Had 75+ assists...... 75, Jill Arganbright, Northern Iowa, 10/27/00 Had 80+ kills...... 80, Villanova, 10/30/15 Had 5+ service aces...... 5, Amanda Sanabia, St. John’s, 11/1/19 Had 90+ kills...... 91, Northern Iowa, 10/27/00 Had 6+ service aces...... 6, Lexi Elman, Pacific, 9/12/15 Had 100+ kills...... 100, Indiana State, 10/14/00 Had 7+ service aces...... 7, Sara Younes, Wichita State, 10/4/02 Had 5 or less attack errors...... 5, #23 Kentucky, 9/3/16 Had 8+ service aces...... 8, Megan Hosp, South Carolina, 9/7/02 Had 30+ attack errors...... 30, Morehead State, 4/14/21 Had 30+ digs...... 30, Martha Konovodoff, Marquette, 11/25/17 Had 40+ attack errors...... 41, Kansas, 9/19/12 Had 35+ digs...... 35, Lauren Houg, Marquette, 11/27/15 Had 225+ attack attempts...... 226, Indiana State, 11/10/00 Had 40+ digs...... 41, Kelly Spisak, Indiana State, 11/20/04 Had 250+ attack attempts...... 293, Indiana State, 10/14/00 Had 5+ block solos...... 5, Ladi Iya, Evansville, 10/6/00 Hit .400 or better...... 411, #17 Purdue, 9/8/17 Had 10+ block assists...... 10, Erica Stahl, Butler, 11/8/14 Hit .000 or worse...... 000, DePaul, 10/6/17 Had 10+ total blocks...... 11, Bri Lilly, Butler, 9/28/18 Had 0 service errors...... Never since 1994 reinstatement Had 15+ total blocks...... 15, Trista Humpal, Northern Iowa, 9/17/05 Had 0 service aces...... 0, Butler, 11/17/19 Had a triple-double...... Taylor Wolf (16a/12k/12d), #25 Marquette, 2/5/21 Had 10+ service aces...... 10, Xavier, 3/27/21 3 players had a double-double...... Werch/Rose/Speckman, #10 Marquette, 10/12/19 Had 15+ service aces...... 17, Drake, 11/15/02 20+ assists & 20+ digs...... 38a, 24d, Madison Jurgens, South Dakota, 1/29/21 Had 15+ service errors...... 15, South Dakota, 1/29/21 2020-21 Creighton Volleyball Creighton Combined Team Statistics (as of Apr 14, 2021) All matches

Overall record: 12-4 Conf: 7-1 Home: 9-2 Away: 3-1 Neutral: 0-1

Attack Set Serve Dig Blocking ## Player sp k k/s e ta pct a a/s sa se sa/s re dig dig/s bs ba total blk/s be bhe points 7 ZIMMERMAN, Jaela 58 200 3.45 69 542 .2 4 2 19 0.33 15 7 0.26 22 157 2.71 2 29 31 0.53 2 0 231.5 6 DAVIS, Keeley 58 175 3.02 81 495 .1 9 0 12 0.21 15 26 0.26 25 156 2.69 2 28 30 0.52 1 0 206.0 11 WELTY, Annika 54 111 2.06 45 258 .2 5 6 2 0.04 0 1 0.00 0 13 0.24 0 45 45 0.83 3 0 133.5 21 HICKMAN, Naomi 62 92 1.48 23 209 .3 3 0 6 0.10 0 2 0.00 1 9 0.15 4 69 73 1.18 3 0 130.5 5 REINHARDT, Kiara 62 80 1.29 37 195 .2 2 1 6 0.10 15 23 0.24 1 34 0.55 3 73 76 1.23 12 0 134.5 9 SCHMITT, Kiana 50 73 1.46 27 154 .2 9 9 1 0.02 0 1 0.00 0 16 0.32 1 29 30 0.60 3 0 88.5 8 KOSTELAC, Erica 24 33 1.38 21 125 .0 9 6 1 0.04 9 9 0.38 0 10 0.42 0 5 5 0.21 4 0 44.5 16 BRESSMAN, Emily 19 17 0.89 8 47 .1 9 1 2 0.11 4 1 0.21 3 12 0.63 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 21.0 3 VAN EEKEREN, Ally 62 15 0.24 10 51 .0 9 8 358 5.77 15 23 0.24 0 90 1.45 0 9 9 0.15 2 1 34.5 15 PUA'A, Mahina 61 12 0.20 1 25 .4 4 0 278 4.56 8 9 0.13 0 92 1.51 0 0 0 0.00 0 7 20.0 4 NELSON, Grace 33 1 0.03 0 1 1.000 10 0.30 0 3 0.00 8 61 1.85 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 1.0 12 SKOVSENDE, Megan 8 0 0.00 1 2 - .5 0 0 0 0.00 0 3 0.00 0 8 1.00 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.0 14 MASER, Katie 4 0 0.00 0 0 .0 0 0 4 1.00 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.0 1 BOLTON, Ellie 62 0 0.00 1 1 -1.000 52 0.84 7 14 0.11 27 239 3.85 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 7.0 17 KRAUSE, Makenna 10 0 0.00 0 0 .0 0 0 0 0.00 1 2 0.10 0 1 0.10 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 1.0 CREIGHTON 62 809 13.05 324 2105 .2 3 0 751 12.11 89 124 1.44 93 898 14.48 12 287 155.5 2.51 30 8 1053.5 Opponents 62 680 10.97 350 2090 .1 5 8 642 10.35 93 123 1.50 89 859 13.85 12 158 91.0 1.47 30 19 864.0

Team Statistics CU OPP Date Opponent Score Score by set Att. ATTACK 01-22-21 NEBRASKA-OMAHA W 3-0 25-19,25-19,25-22 241 K i l ls 809 680 01-24-21 NORTHERN IOWA W 3-0 25-15,25-22,25-17 238 E r r o r s 324 350 01-29-21 SOUTH DAKOTA L 2-3 25-21,25-19,23-25,23-25,13-15 179 Total Attacks 2105 2090 01-31-21 at South Dakota W 3-2 18-25,24-26,25-20,25-23,15-7 775 Attack Pct .2 3 0 .1 5 8 *02-05-21 #25 MARQUETTE W 3-2 25-13,20-25,23-25,25-20,15-11 222 K i l ls / S e t 13.0 11.0 *02-06-21 #25 MARQUETTE L 0-3 21-25,14-25,23-25 227 SET *03-05-21 DEPAUL W 3-2 25-18,19-25,20-25,25-11,15-9 147 A s s is t s 751 642 *03-06-21 DEPAUL W 3-0 25-22,25-20,25-13 204 A t te m p ts 2096 2144 *03-12-21 at Butler W 3-0 25-16,25-17,25-16 581 Assist Pct .3 5 8 .2 9 9 *03-13-21 at Butler W 3-0 25-16,25-21,25-20 452 A s s is t s / S e t 12.1 10.4 03-20-21 at Kansas St. L 1-3 15-25,25-21,21-25,19-25 0 SERVE *03-27-21 XAVIER W 3-2 25-17,23-25,22-25,25-16,15-12 243 A c e s 89 93 *03-28-21 XAVIER W 3-0 25-21,25-21,25-17 217 E r r o r s 124 123 B04-02-21 CONNECTICUT W 3-0 25-20,25-23,25-18 253 A t te m p ts 1398 1258 B04-03-21 MARQUETTE W 3-1 18-25,25-19,31-29,25-22 287 Serve Pct .9 1 1 .9 0 2 N04-14-21 vs Morehead St. L 2-3 25-22,23-25,23-25,25-14,13-15 0 A c e s / S e t 1.4 1.5 SERVE RECEPTIONS * = BIG EAST Conference match E r r o r s 93 89 B = BIG EAST Tournament (Omaha, Neb.) E r r o r s /S e t 1.5 1.4 A t te m p ts 1127 1256 Record in 3-set matches:7-1 • Record in 4-set matches:1-1 • Record in 5-set matches:4-2 Reception Pct .9 1 7 .9 2 9 DEFENSE D ig s 898 859 D ig s /S e t 14.5 13.9 BLOCKING Block Solo 12 12 Block Assist 287 158 Total Blocks 155.5 91.0 B lo c k s / S e t 2.5 1.5 Block Errors 30 30 Ball handling errors 8 19 ATTENDANCE T o t a l 2458 1808 Dates/Avg Per Date 11/223 4/452 Neutral site #/Avg 1/0 Current win streak 0 - Home win streak 6 - 2020-21 Creighton Volleyball Creighton Individual Season/Career Statistics (as of Apr 21, 2021) All matches

SEASON CAREER

Attack Set Attack Set ## Player sp k k/s e ta pct a a/s pts/s sp k k/s e ta pct a a/s pts/s 7 ZIMMERMAN, Jaela 58 200 3.45 69 542 .2 4 2 19 0.33 3 .9 8 240 621 2.59 233 1727 .2 2 5 64 0.27 3 .0 1 6 DAVIS, Keeley 58 175 3.02 81 495 .1 9 0 12 0.21 3 .5 5 165 533 3.23 230 1449 .2 0 9 18 0.11 3 .7 7 11 WELTY, Annika 54 111 2.06 45 258 .2 5 6 2 0.04 2 .4 6 135 192 1.42 80 481 .2 3 3 5 0.04 1 .9 2 21 HICKMAN, Naomi 62 92 1.48 23 209 .3 3 0 6 0.10 2 .1 0 370 532 1.44 169 1319 .2 7 5 23 0.06 2 .0 4 5 REINHARDT, Kiara 62 80 1.29 37 195 .2 2 1 6 0.10 2 .1 6 62 80 1.29 37 195 .2 2 1 6 0.10 2 .1 6 9 SCHMITT, Kiana 50 73 1.46 27 154 .2 9 9 1 0.02 1 .7 6 68 83 1.22 28 176 .3 1 2 2 0.03 1 .4 6 8 KOSTELAC, Erica 24 33 1.38 21 125 .0 9 6 1 0.04 1 .8 3 104 262 2.52 105 680 .2 3 1 6 0.06 3 .1 1 16 BRESSMAN, Emily 19 17 0.89 8 47 .1 9 1 2 0.11 1 .1 1 102 32 0.31 19 99 .1 3 1 13 0.13 0 .3 5 3 VAN EEKEREN, Ally 62 15 0.24 10 51 .0 9 8 358 5.77 0 .5 5 100 20 0.20 10 56 .1 7 9 373 3.73 0 .4 1 15 PUA'A, Mahina 61 12 0.20 1 25 .4 4 0 278 4.56 0 .3 3 61 12 0.20 1 25 .4 4 0 278 4.56 0 .3 3 4 NELSON, Grace 33 1 0.03 0 1 1.000 10 0.30 0 .0 3 154 2 0.01 0 5 .4 0 0 27 0.18 0 .0 2 12 SKOVSENDE, Megan 8 0 0.00 1 2 - .5 0 0 0 0.00 0 .0 0 8 0 0.00 1 2 - .5 0 0 0 0.00 0 .0 0 14 MASER, Katie 4 0 0.00 0 0 .0 0 0 4 1.00 0 .0 0 4 0 0.00 0 0 .0 0 0 4 1.00 0 .0 0 1 BOLTON, Ellie 62 0 0.00 1 1 -1.000 52 0.84 0 .1 1 62 0 0.00 1 1 -1.000 52 0.84 0 .1 1 17 KRAUSE, Makenna 10 0 0.00 0 0 .0 0 0 0 0.00 0 .1 0 52 0 0.00 1 2 - .5 0 0 1 0.02 0 .1 3 CREIGHTON 62 809 13.05 324 2105 .2 3 0 751 12.11 1 6 .9 8 Opponents 62 680 10.97 350 2090 .1 5 8 642 10.35 1 3 .9 4

Serve Dig Blocking Serve Dig Blocking Player sa sa/s se dig dig/s bs ba total b/s sa sa/s se dig dig/s bs ba total b/s ZIMMERMAN, Jaela 15 0.26 7 157 2.71 2 29 31 0.53 46 0.19 29 455 1.90 10 93 103 0.43 DAVIS, Keeley 15 0.26 26 156 2.69 2 28 30 0.52 48 0.29 71 303 1.84 8 66 74 0.45 WELTY, Annika 0 0.00 1 13 0.24 0 45 45 0.83 13 0.10 26 49 0.36 7 95 102 0.76 HICKMAN, Naomi 0 0.00 2 9 0.15 4 69 73 1.18 31 0.08 47 98 0.26 24 335 359 0.97 REINHARDT, Kiara 15 0.24 23 34 0.55 3 73 76 1.23 15 0.24 23 34 0.55 3 73 76 1.23 SCHMITT, Kiana 0 0.00 1 16 0.32 1 29 30 0.60 0 0.00 1 16 0.24 1 31 32 0.47 KOSTELAC, Erica 9 0.38 9 10 0.42 0 5 5 0.21 40 0.38 39 78 0.75 5 32 37 0.36 BRESSMAN, Emily 4 0.21 1 12 0.63 0 0 0 0.00 4 0.04 2 121 1.19 0 0 0 0.00 VAN EEKEREN, Ally 15 0.24 23 90 1.45 0 9 9 0.15 17 0.17 29 97 0.97 0 9 9 0.09 PUA'A, Mahina 8 0.13 9 92 1.51 0 0 0 0.00 8 0.13 9 92 1.51 0 0 0 0.00 NELSON, Grace 0 0.00 3 61 1.85 0 0 0 0.00 1 0.01 10 225 1.46 0 0 0 0.00 SKOVSENDE, Megan 0 0.00 3 8 1.00 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 3 8 1.00 0 0 0 0.00 MASER, Katie 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0.00 BOLTON, Ellie 7 0.11 14 239 3.85 0 0 0 0.00 7 0.11 14 239 3.85 0 0 0 0.00 KRAUSE, Makenna 1 0.10 2 1 0.10 0 0 0 0.00 7 0.13 12 15 0.29 0 0 0 0.00 CREIGHTON 89 1.44 124 898 14.48 12 287 155.5 2.51 Opponents 93 1.50 123 859 13.85 12 158 91.0 1.47