This WeekendCreighton closes out non-conference play with two matches this weekend at the Shocker Volleyball Classic in Wichita, Kan. The No. 8 Bluejays (7-2) open the weekend with a road match at former MVC rival Wichita State (7-2) on Friday at 7 p.m. On Saturday, Creighton takes on No. 19 Iowa State (7-1) at 4:30 p.m. Matches will be held at Charles Koch Arena (10,506).

Radio InformationBoth of Creighton’s matches this weekend will air on Omaha radio on KZOT (1180 AM), with Brad Burwell and Rob Anderson on the call. The matches will also be streamed on-line at http://player.listenlive.co/52381.

TV / Video InformationFriday’s match will be televised live in Wichita on Cox YurView Kansas, with Shane Dennis and Denning Gerig on the call. A tape-delayed replay of the broadcast will air in Omaha on YurView Channel 1013 on Cox Cable on Sunday, Sept. 17 at 4:30 p.m. Neither match will be video webcast.

Live Stats InformationBoth of Creighton’s matches at the Shocker Volleyball Classic will have free live stats. Visit www.gocreighton.com and click on the Creighton Volleyball schedule page for the exact links.

Scouting #8 CreightonCreighton is off to a 7-2 start that includes a nation-leading three wins over ranked teams (No. 3 Washington, No. 7 Kansas, No. 13 Kentucky), as well as seven wins over RPI top-100 foes. Creighton is currently ranked eighth in the AVCA Top 25 poll, its fifth straight poll in the top-10 dating to last season’s year-end poll. The Bluejays have won a tournament on each of the last three weekends, with a different MVP each time. Senior MB Marysa Wilkinson (3.10 kps., 1.07 bps., .370%) was named MVP of the Husky Invitational, senior S Lydia Dimke (10.52 aps., 2.31 dps., 0.41 saps., .373%) was MVP of the

Bluejay Invitational and most recently, junior OH Jaali Winters (3.48 kps., 2.45 dps.) named the MVP of the Kansas Invitational. The three-time defending BIG EAST regular-season and tournament champion, Creighton was a unanimous pick to win the BIG EAST in 2017 after returning five starters, plus sophomore libero Brittany Witt (3.62 dps., 0.41 saps.), from last season’s team went 29-7 while advancing to its first Elite Eight. The Bluejays average 13.90 kills, 14.97 digs, 2.40 blocks and 1.62 aces per set while hitting .274.

Scouting Wichita StateWichita State started 7-0 before losses to No. 14 Oregon and Cal Poly to close out a trip to Eugene last weekend. The Shockers best wins to date are over Lipscomb, Marquette and Miami (Ohio). Tabitha Brown averages 4.12 kills and 2.44 digs per set while hitting .333. Abbie Lehman (2.91 kps., 1.09 bps., .323%) and Mikaela Raudsepp (2.16 kps.) are also strong offensive threats. Emily Hiebert (9.97 aps.) sets the Shocker offense, while Giorgia Civita (5.00 dps.) handles the libero role. WSU averages 13.34 kills, 0.97 aces, 15.94 digs and 2.62 blocks per set while hitting .258.

Scouting #19 Iowa StateNo. 19 Iowa State is 7-1 after Tuesday’s home loss to UNI, but does own victories over Dayton, Pitt, Nebraska-Omaha and Iowa this fall. Samara West (2.65 kps., .352%), Jess Schaben (2.45 kps., 2.66 dps.) and Grace Lazard (2.41 kps., .324%, 1.21 bps.) are top offensive weapons, while Alexis Conaway (1.54 bps.) is one of the nation’s top blockers. Monique Harris (7.00 aps.) and Piper Mauck (4.39 aps.) run the Cyclones’ 6-2 offense, and Hali Hillegas (5.31 dps.) is the libero. ISU averages 13.41 kills, 0.93 aces, 17.03 digs and 3.03 blocks per set on .236 hitting.

The CoachesCreighton is coached by Kirsten Bernthal Booth (Truman State, 1997), who owns a 298-155 record in her 15th season with the Bluejays. She’s led Creighton to back-to-back-to-back BIG

August 11 Fri. BLUE-WHITE SCRIMMAGE (Ex.) White 3-1 18 Fri. at Kansas State (Ex.) W 3-2

Husky Invitational (Seattle, Wash.) 25 Fri. vs. Saint Mary’s W 3-0 26 Sat. vs. Pitt W 3-0 26 Sat. at #3 Washington (Pac-12 Network) W 3-1

SeptemberBluejay Invitational (Omaha, Neb.)

1 Fri. #13 KENTUCKY (FSGO) W 3-0 2 Sat. #18 SOUTHERN CAL (FSGO) L 0-3 2 Sat. NORTHERN IOWA W 3-0

Kansas Invitational (Lawrence, Kan.) 8 Fri. vs. #17 Purdue L 1-3 8 Fri. vs. Belmont W 3-0 9 Sat. at #7 Kansas W 3-0

Shocker Volleyball Classic (Wichita, Kan.) 15 Fri. at Wichita State (Cox YurView) 7 pm 16 Sat. vs. #19 Iowa State 4:30 pm

22 Fri. GEORGETOWN* 7 pm 24 Sun. VILLANOVA* (Alumni Day) (FSGO) 1 pm 29 Fri. at Seton Hall* (BEDN) 6 pm 30 Sat. at St. John’s 4 pm

October 5 Thu. at Marquette* 7 pm 6 Fri. at DePaul* 6 pm 13 Fri. BUTLER* (BEDN) 7 pm 15 Sun. XAVIER* 1 pm 20 Fri. ST. JOHN’S* (FSGO) 12 pm 22 Sun. SETON HALL* (Pink Out) (FSGO) 1 pm 27 Fri. at Providence* 6 pm 28 Sat. at Providence* 4 pm

November 4 Sat. MARQUETTE* (FSGO) 1 pm 5 Sun. DEPAUL* (Senior Day) 1 pm 11 Sat. at Xavier* (BEDN) 11:30 am 12 Sun. at Butler* 12 pm 17 Fri. at Villanova* (BEDN) 6 pm 18 Sat. at Georgetown* 5 pm

BIG EAST Championship (Milwaukee, Wis.)

24 Fri. Semifinals (BEDN) TBA 25 Sat. Final (FS2) 1:30 pm

*Denotes BIG EAST Conference matches.All Times CentralHome matches in BOLD CAPS played at D.J. Sokol Arena

This Weekend -- Shocker Volleyball ClassicSept. 15 7:00 pm #8 Creighton at Wichita State. (1180 AM; Cox YurView) Wichita, Kan. (Charles Koch Arena)Sept. 16 4:30 pm #8 Creighton vs. #19 Iowa State (1180 AM) Wichita, Kan. (Charles Koch Arena)

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#8 Creighton (7-2, 0-0 BIG EAST) Last Match Starters No. Name Ht. Yr. Pos. Hometown KPS PCT. DPS OTHER 1 Lydia Dimke 6-3 Sr. S Ham Lake, Minn. 1.28 .373 2.31 10.52 aps. 2 Brittany Witt 5-8 So. L Omaha, Neb. .03 1.000 3.62 .41 saps. 5 Jaali Winters 6-3 Jr. OH Ankeny, Iowa 3.48 .227 2.45 .52 bps. 9 Marysa Wilkinson 6-0 Sr. MB/RS Lincoln, Neb. 3.10 .370 .31 1.07 bps. 10 Kenzie Crawford 5-9 Sr. DS Grand Rapids, Mich. .07 .400 1.76 .07 aps. 19 Megan Ballenger 6-1 So. MB/RS Ankeny, Iowa 2.00 .291 .44 .78 bps. 21 Naomi Hickman 6-4 Fr. MB/RS Lawrence, Kan. .86 .147 .48 .83 bps.

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EAST titles, and four league crowns in the last five years. She has led the Bluejays to their first two Sweet 16’s (2015, 2016) and first Elite Eight (2016) in program history. In 2016 she was rec-ognized as VolleyballMag.com National Coach of the Year, BIG EAST Coach of the Year and AVCA East Region Coach of the Year. The winningest coach in school history, Booth has taken Creighton to its only six NCAA Tournament bids in the program’s modern his-tory. She’s also coached the Jays into the top-25 each of the last six years, another program first. Booth came to Creighton after going 112-41 in three years at Kirkwood Community College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. A native of Lincoln, Neb., Booth played volleyball at Truman State, where she was named conference MVP, an Academic All-American and Missouri’s 1997 NCAA Woman of the Year. She ranked third in Division II history with 6,077 assists when she graduated. Booth is assisted by Angie Oxley Behrens, Ryan Meek and Drew Davis. Now in his 18th season at Wichita State, Chris Lamb (Sonoma State, 1998) owns a 391-158 record, all with the Shockers, and has led WSU to the second round of the 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2015 NCAA Tournaments, in addition to a 2012 Sweet 16 run. He is assisted by Sean Carter, Austin Hosto and Julie Allen. Christy Johnson-Lynch (Nebraska, 1996) is in her 13th year as head coach at Iowa State with a 253-124 record. She’s led ISU to 11 straight NCAA Tournaments, including a pair of Regional finals, An Omaha native who attended Millard North High School and starred at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, she is assisted by her hus-band, Joe Lynch, as well as Dawn Sullivan and Jen Malcom.

Series History vs. Wichita StateCreighton owns a 23-22 lead in the all-time series with Wichita State. The Bluejays have are 6-1 in their last seven meetings with WSU. Kirsten Bernthal Booth is 12-14 vs. Wichita State and Chris Lamb, while Lamb is 16-16 vs. Creighton all-time. Of Booth’s 12 wins over WSU, three of them have come after surviving a match point for the Shockers. Six of the last 11 meetings have gone five sets, and the teams have played 12 five-set matches all-time. Creighton has won seven of the last nine meetings to go the distance, and owns an overall 8-4 edge in those contests.

Series History vs. Iowa StateIowa State and Creighton have split eight all-time match-ups, though the Bluejays have won the past two meetings. The teams have met just once before on a neutral floor, with that coming on Dec. 3, 2010, when Creighton made its NCAA Tournament debut with a 3-2 upset of the No. 16 Cyclones in Minneapolis. Kirsten Bernthal Booth is 3-3 all-time against ISU and Cyclones head coach Christy Johnson-Lynch.

Last Weekend RecapCreighton went 2-1 and won the Kansas Invitational last weekend in Lawrence, Kan. The Bluejays lost to No. 17 Purdue (3-1) before responding with sweeps over both Belmont and No. 7 Kansas to win the tourney tiebreaker of set win percentage. Jaali Winters was named MVP of the event and was joined on the All-Tournament Team by Taryn Kloth and Brittany Witt.

Creighton Quick FactsGeneral Information

Location. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Omaha, Neb.Founded . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1878Enrollment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8,654Nickname. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BluejaysPresident . Rev. Daniel S. Hendrickson, S.J., Ph.D.Director of Athletics . . . . . . . . . Bruce RasmussenSenior Woman Administrator . . Brandy MenaughColors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Blue and WhiteAffiliation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NCAA Division IConference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .BIG EASTTicket Office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (402) 280-JAYS

Bluejay Volleyball InformationHead Coach. . . . . . . . . . . . Kirsten Bernthal Booth Alma Mater . . . . . . . . . . . . Truman State, 1997 Record at Creighton (Years) . . . . 298-155 (15) Career Record (Years). . . . . . . . . 410-196 (18) Office Phone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (402) 280-5794 E-mail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . kbooth@creighton.eduAssistant Coach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ryan Meek Alma Mater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Arkansas, 2008 Office Phone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (402) 280-5781 E-mail . . . . . . . . . . . .ryanmeek@creighton.eduAssistant Coach . . . . . . . . . Angie Oxley Behrens Alma Mater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Nebraska, 2002 Office Phone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (402) 280-5812 E-mail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . aoxley@creighton.eduVolunteer Assistant Coach . . . . . . . . Drew DavisVolunteer Director of Operations Jessie MitchellVideo Coordinator . . . . . . . . . . Anna VandevoortAthletic Trainer . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Casey NorthcraftHome Court . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .D.J. Sokol ArenaCapacity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2,5002016 Overall Record. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29-7 (.806)2016 BIG EAST Record (Place) . . 18-0 (1st of 10)Letterwinners Returning/Lost . . . . . . . . . . .11 / 5Starters Returning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Five + libero

Creighton Sports InformationSID / Volleyball Contact . . . . . . . . . Rob Anderson Office Phone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(402) 280-5544 Cell Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(402) 660-5854 E-mail . . . . . . . . . . . . randerson@creighton.eduAssociate SID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Glen SiskAssistant SID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Anthony RobinsonWeb Site . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.gocreighton.comCreighton VB on Twitter . . . . . . .twitter.com/CreightonVBCreighton VB on Facebook . . .fb.com/CreightonVolleyballCreighton VB on Instagram. . instagram.com/creightonvb

Wichita StateBluejays lead series, 23-22

Home: 13-7 Away: 7-13 Neutral: 3-2Date Site W L Score9/16/94 at Creighton* L 0-310/14/94 at Wichita State* L 0-39/20/95 at Wichita State* L 2-39/22/95 at Kansas State$ W 3-010/21/95 at Creighton* W 3-19/14/96 at Wichita State* W 3-211/15/96 at Creighton* W 3-110/3/97 at Wichita State* L 2-311/1/97 at Creighton* W 3-010/2/98 at Creighton* L 0-310/30/98 at Wichita State* L 1-310/9/99 at Wichita State* W 3-211/5/99 at Creighton* W 3-19/16/00 at Creighton* W 3-011/17/00 at Wichita State* W 3-19/15/01 at Wichita State* W 3-011/16/01 at Creighton* W 3-110/4/02 at Wichita State* L 0-311/2/02 at Creighton* L 0-310/10/03 at Creighton* W 3-211/8/03 at Wichita State* L 0-311/28/03 at Missouri State% L 1-39/24/04 at Wichita State* L 1-310/23/04 at Creighton* W 3-29/30/05 at Creighton* L 0-310/29/05 (25) at Wichita State* L 1-310/13/06 at Wichita State* W 3-211/12/06 at Creighton* L 0-310/12/07 at Creighton* L 0-311/10/07 (24) at Wichita State* L 0-39/27/08 (14) at Creighton* L 1-310/24/08 (12) at Wichita State* L 0-310/2/09 (25) at Creighton* W 3-110/31/09 at Wichita State* L 1-310/9/10 at Creighton* W 3-2

11/5/10 at Wichita State* L 2-311/26/10 at Northern Iowa# W 3-110/8/11 at Wichita State* L 0-311/4/11 at Creighton* W 3-29/15/12 at Creighton* W 3-111/16/12 <23> at Wichita State* W 3-211/24/12 <21> at Missouri State% W 3-09/22/13 <23> at Wichita State& W 3-29/13/14 at Creighton! W 3-18/27/16 <18> at Iowa State^ L 2-3*MVC regular season match$Kansas State Invitational (Manhattan, Kan.)%MVC Tournament (Springfield, Mo.)#MVC Tournament (Cedar Falls, Iowa)&Shocker Invitational (Wichita, Kan.)!Bluejay Invitational (Omaha, Neb.)^Iowa State Challenge (Ames, Iowa)() refers to national ranking at time of match<> refers to CU’s national ranking at time of match

Iowa StateSeries tied, 4-4

Home: 0-3 Away: 3-1 Neutral: 1-0Date Site W L Score8/30/97 at Creighton# L 2-39/1/00 at Iowa State$ W 3-08/29/03 at Iowa State$ L 1-38/27/05 at Creighton% L 0-38/28/07 at Iowa State W 3-19/2/08 at Creighton L 1-312/3/10 (16) at Minnesota@ W 3-28/28/16 <18> at Iowa State& W 3-1#Creighton First Serve Festival (Omaha, Neb.)$Iowa State Heritage Classic (Ames, Iowa) %Bluejay Invitational (Omaha, Neb.)@NCAA Tournament (Minneapolis, Minn.)&Iowa State Challenge (Ames, Iowa)() refers to national ranking at time of match<> refers to CU’s national ranking at time of match

Series History vs. Wichita State & Iowa State

3 Weeks, 3 Titles, 3 Different MVP’sCreighton has won a tournament title in each of the first three weekends of the season, with a different MVP each time. Marysa Wilkinson was honored as MVP when Creighton won the Husky Invitational on Aug. 25-26. Lydia Dimke was honored as MVP when Creighton won the Bluejay Invitational on Sept. 1-2. Jaali Winters was honored as MVP when Creighton won the Kansas Invitational on Sept. 8-9. In addition to Wilkinson, Dimke and Winters, Taryn Kloth, Megan Ballenger and Brittany Witt have also earned All-Tournament Team honors this fall.

Rank & FileCreighton owns three victories over ranked teams this fall, having already toppled No. 3 Washington, No. 13 Kentucky and No. 7 Kansas. It already marks the first time in any season that Creighton has beaten three ranked teams. After Tuesday, the only other teams with three wins over ranked teams were Florida and UNI.Team Top 25 WinsCreighton 3Northern Iowa 3Florida 3Colorado State 2Kansas 2Kentucky 2Minnesota 2Nebraska 2Oregon 2Penn State 2Texas 2UCLA 2USC 2

Top 10 JaysCreighton is in the top 10 of the AVCA poll for the fifth straight week, a streak that started with the year-end poll in 2016. Nationally, that’s tied for the sixth-longest active streak in the nation, as seen below:

Consecutive Active Weeks in AVCA Top 10 Streak Team 106 Texas 28 Minnesota 24 Wisconsin 8 Washington 6 Stanford 5 Creighton 5 Penn State 4 Kansas 3 Florida 1 Nebraska

Strong Starts After NineCreighton is off to a 7-2 start for the first time since the 2013 club also started 7-2. It’s a marked improvement over the past two Bluejay seasons that both started 4-5, but ended up in the Sweet 16 (2015) and Elite Eight (2016). With two wins this weekend, Creighton can post its best start after 11 contests since the 2012 team opened 10-1.

Year-By-Year In Non-Conference PlayCreighton has seven wins heading into its final weekend of non-conference play for the first time since 2014. Creighton hasn’t had eight non-conference regular-season wins since 2013, when it opened 9-3, and last started 9-2 (as it could with two wins this week) in 2012. That 2012 team, CU’s last in the MVC, finished 29-4 and beat Wichita State three times Creighton Volleyball is 3-2 against ranked teams this season. Before this fall, CU had been 2-43 all-time vs. ranked teams in regular-season non-conference matches.

Non-Conference Records, By Year, Under BoothYear Non-Con W-L vs. Ranked Non-Con Final W-L2003 3-8 0-0 12-182004 8-2 0-1 18-112005 6-5 0-3 16-142006 8-3 0-1 21-102007 6-5 0-3 21-102008 3-5 0-3 18-92009 3-8 0-3 14-172010 5-5 0-1 21-122011 5-7 0-1 17-142012 9-2 0-1 29-42013 9-3 1-2 23-92014 7-6 0-5 25-92015 6-7 1-4 27-92016 6-6 0-4 29-72017 7-2 so far 3-2 so far TBD

Wilkinson Moving Up Blocks ListMarysa Wilkinson currently ranks 11th in school history in both block assists and total blocks, and stands a strong chance to move into the top-10 this weekend in each category.

Career Total Blocks Name Sets BS BA Tot. Years 1. Jessica Houts 451 73 536 609 2005-09 2. Kelli Browning 424 55 547 602 2011-14 3. Lauren Smith 511 61 499 560 2013-16 4. Ashley Williams 359 100 347 447 2001-04 5. JoDe Cieloha 398 106 331 437 1994-97 6. Megan Bober 480 42 380 422 2009-12 7. Laurel Sanford 369 43 376 419 2008-11 8. Melissa Walsh 394 46 320 366 1998-01 9. Kelly Goc 394 44 310 354 2004-07 10. Heather Thorson 402 31 313 344 2009-12 11. Marysa Wilkinson 410 37 304 341 2014-Pr. 12. Michelle Sicner 384 32 277 309 2011-14

Career Block Assists Name Sets No. Years 1. Kelli Browning 424 547 2011-14 2. Jessica Houts 451 536 2005-09 3. Lauren Smith 511 499 2013-16 4. Megan Bober 480 380 2009-12 5. Laurel Sanford 369 376 2008-11 6. Ashley Williams 359 347 2001-04 7. JoDe Cieloha 398 331 1994-97 8. Melissa Walsh 394 320 1998-01 9. Heather Thorson 402 313 2009-12 10. Kelly Goc 394 310 2004-07 11. Marysa Wilkinson 410 304 2014-Pr. 12. Michelle Sicner 384 277 2011-14

Booth Chases 300th WinKirsten Bernthal Booth enters this weekend with a 298-155 record on the Creighton sideline, and can reach the 300-win mark with victories over both Wichita State and Iowa State. Booth has beaten 83 different schools while at Creighton.

AVCA Division I Coaches Top 25Poll #3 • Sept. 11, 2017

Rk School Points W-L LW1 Minnesota (40) 1568 8-0 12 Penn State (14) 1517 7-0 33 Florida (10) 1507 4-0 24 Stanford 1362 5-2 45 Wisconsin 1343 7-0 66 Texas 1319 6-2 57 Washington 1169 8-1 88 Creighton 1093 7-2 99 Kansas 1082 9-1 710 Nebraska 1067 5-2 1211 Oregon 899 7-1 1412 Kentucky 827 7-2 1313 UCLA 821 5-2 1114 BYU 778 8-1 1015 Purdue 721 8-1 1716 Utah 658 8-1 1817 San Diego 527 6-3 1518 Southern California 518 7-2 1919 Iowa State 395 7-0 2220 Florida State 371 5-1 2021 Michigan 328 7-2 1622 Colorado State 316 8-1 2523 Michigan State 288 5-1 2124 North Carolina 46 2-4 NR25 Ohio State 41 5-3 24Others receiving points and listed on two or more ballots: Cal Poly 37; Wichita State 37; Baylor 31; Illinois 25; Washington State 25; Western Kentucky 19; Missouri State 16; Colorado 13; Miami (Fla.) 10; Notre Dame 7; Northern Iowa 4.

Creighton’s 2017 opponents in bold italic

Rankings By Week Adj. NCAA Prep VBDate AVCA RKPI RPI VB Pablo MobPreseason 9th - - 8th - 11thAug. 28 7th - - 4th - 6thSept. 4 9th 2nd - 6th 18th 7thSept. 11 8th 3rd - 10th 15th 7th

Libero Tracker When Libero When Not LiberoName MP-SP DIG DPS MP-SP DIG DPSB. Witt 9-29 105 3.62 - - -

Match by Match Team Category LeadersName KILL ACE DIG BLKJaali Winters 4 1 1 0Taryn Kloth 3 1 0 1Marysa Wilkinson 3 0 0 5Megan Ballenger 1 0 0 1Lydia Dimke 0 4 0 2Brittany Witt 0 3 6 0Samantha Bohnet 0 1 3 0Naomi Hickman 0 0 0 5

*includes all ties

Here’s a look at Booth’s record at the time of some of her milestone victories at Creighton:W-L Opponent Date 1-1 vs. Auburn (in Ames, Iowa) 08/30/0350-43 Jacksonville State 09/01/06100-71 at Drake 10/31/08150-108 Illinois State 09/30/11200-123 Xavier 10/18/13250-144 at Xavier 10/17/15

Jays To Play in 700th MatchSaturday’s match vs. Iowa State will be Creighton’s 700th contest since reinstating the program in 1994. The team currently owns a record of 391-307. Creighton is 79-21 in its last 100 matches. Here’s a look at Creighton’s record after each 100 matches:W-L Opponent Date Result34-66 Northern Iowa 10/17/97 L 3-278-122 at Missouri State 09/16/01 L 0-3122-178 Northern Iowa 11/12/04 L 1-3182-218 Iowa State 09/02/08 L 1-3240-260 UAB 09/17/11 L 1-3314-286 DePaul 10/03/14 W 3-1

Sweep, Chalk, JayhawkCreighton handed Kansas a rare home loss last Saturday night, topping the Jayhawks 25-20, 25-16, 29-27. It was the first time that Kansas was swept at home since Sept. 28, 2011, a span of 89 home matches. Kansas had won 16 straight regular-season non-conference matches before Saturday. Since October 10, 2014, Kansas is 0-2 at home against Creighton and 37-1 at home against everyone else.

Blame The Ruby Red SlippersCreighton heads to the state of Kansas for the third time in the last five weeks when it ventures to Wichita for the Shocker Volleyball Classic. Creighton played an exhibition match in Manhattan against Kansas State on August 18th, then spent last weekend in Lawrence at the Kansas Invitational. Creighton is hoping that this isn’t the team’s final trip to the state of Kansas this year, as Kansas City hosts the Volleyball Final Four in December.

The Revenge Tour ContinuesCreighton meets up with Wichita State on Friday, seeking revenge against a Shocker program that handed CU one of its seven losses last year. Creighton has already faced four of the teams that it lost to last year, and avenged the defeat with a win in three of those. Creighton swept Kansas and Kentucky, and won in five sets in a preseason exhibition at Kansas State. The only team to beat CU each of the last two years has been USC. Creighton is not scheduled to play either Nebraska nor Texas this fall.

Better To Receive?Creighton’s defense has done its job in the last four matches, allowing just two aces in 265 serves received in that span. For the season, Creighton has faced 611 serves and allowed just 17 service aces. By com-parison, Creighton owns 47 aces in 682 serving attempts. Below is a breakdown of those serves in the last four matches:# Statistic265 Opponent Serves165 Creighton sideouts (62.3%)94 Creighton kill on first rally (35.5%)2 Opponent aces (0.8%)

Witt Honored By BIG EASTSophomore libero Brittany Witt was named BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Week on Tuesday after helping Creighton Volleyball to the Kansas Invitational title last weekend. Witt averaged 3.80 digs and 0.50 aces per set, earning All-Tournament Team honors, as Creighton went 2-1 against a field that featured two ranked opponents as well as preseason OVC favorite Belmont. Witt had 14 digs and tied her career high with three aces against No. 17 Purdue to open the weekend. Later that day the Omaha native added eight digs and an ace as CU made quick work of Belmont. Witt’s best match of the weekend came in a win at #7 Kansas, where she owned 16 digs and an ace while handling the Jayhawks their first home sweep since 2011. Witt had nine scoops and served a pivotal 5-0 run that gave Creighton the lead for good in the first set. It was KU’s first

Creighton’s Record When... 2017 Booth TotalOverall 7-2 298-155Home 2-1 136-55Away 2-0 107-71Neutral 3-1 55-29Non-Conference 7-2 113-90MVC (League matches) 0-0 122-58BIG EAST (League matches) 0-0 63-7Home MVC League Matches 0-0 66-24Away MVC League Matches 0-0 56-34Home BIG EAST Conf. Matches 0-0 34-2Away BIG EAST Conf. Matches 0-0 29-5

In August 3-0 26-17In September 4-2 102-75In October 0-0 88-35In November 0-0 75-32In December 0-0 7-6

3-Set Matches 6-1 154-634-Set Matches 1-1 96-665-Set Matches 0-0 48-26

In Set 1 7-2 276-177In Set 2 7-2 274-179In Set 3 7-2 279-174In Set 4 1-1 135-101In Set 5 0-0 48-26

As A Ranked Team 7-2 39-12Against Ranked Teams 3-2 10-53On Creighton Radio 2-0 156-97On TV 1-0 11-14

When Up 1-0 7-0 248-28When Down 0-1 0-2 50-127When Up 2-0 7-0 196-3When Tied 1-1 0-0 92-60When Down 0-2 0-2 10-92When Up 2-1 1-0 120-10When Down 1-2 0-1 23-81When Tied 2-2 0-0 48-26

Against OpponentsCU posts higher hitting pct. 7-0 284-16CU posts lower hitting pct. 0-2 14-139

CU hits .250 or better 5-0 175-5Opp. hits .250 or better 0-2 5-65

CU hits .300 or better 4-0 89-0Opp. hits .300 or better 0-2 0-31

CU holds opp. below .200 5-0 242-43

CU has 10 or more aces 0-1 20-3CU has 10 or more SE 1-0 69-55CU has more aces than SE 2-1 66-7

CU posts more kills 5-0 259-29CU posts fewer kills 1-2 32-122CU posts same kills 1-0 7-4

CU posts more aces 6-1 203-47CU posts fewer aces 0-1 62-92CU posts same aces 1-0 33-16

CU posts more digs 3-0 217-36CU posts fewer digs 4-2 70-111CU posts same digs 0-0 11-8

CU posts more blocks 6-1 240-59CU posts fewer blocks 1-1 45-84 CU posts same blocks 0-0 13-12

StreaksLongest Winning Streak 4 23Longest Losing Streak 1 6

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Creighton Volleyball Streaks of Note Streak What Last Time Not True 698 consecutive matches Creighton has had at least one block Never at CU 96 consecutive matches Creighton has won when hitting .300 or better 10/4/96 vs. Evansville 46 consecutive matches Creighton has won when hitting .250 or better 8/29/15 vs. Louisville 28 consecutive wins against BIG EAST teams (including BIG EAST Tournament) 10/30/15 at Villanova 26 consecutive home wins over unranked teams 9/12/15 vs. Pacific 21 consecutive wins in October home matches 10/15/11 vs. #12 Northern Iowa 19 consecutive regular-season BIG EAST home wins 11/23/14 vs. Seton Hall 17 consecutive wins in November 11/23/14 vs. Seton Hall 10 consecutive wins in October 10/30/15 at Villanova 6 consecutive seasons having spent at least one week in the top-25 2011 5 consecutive 20-win seasons 2011 5 consecutive NCAA Tournament bids 2011 3 consecutive BIG EAST regular-season titles 2013 3 consecutive BIG EAST Tournament titles 2013 2 consecutive NCAA Sweet 16 appearances 2014

loss of the season in 10 contests. Overall, Witt led a defensive unit that was aced just once in 10 sets (178 serve receptions) over the weekend.

Dimke Earns League HonorSenior setter Lydia Dimke was named BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Week on Sept. 5 after averaging 9.67 assists, 2.44 digs, 0.78 aces, 1.00 blocks and 1.56 digs per set at the Bluejay Invitational. Dimke was named Tournament MVP after helping Creighton to the crown. It’s the first time Dimke has been named Offensive Player of the Week by the BIG EAST, though she was named BIG EAST Player of the Week on Nov. 7, 2016.

Schedule Doesn’t Let Up Anytime SoonNine of Creighton’s 11 non-conference oppo-nents were getting top-25 votes at the time of the match, with six of them ranked. In addition, all but Belmont (5-4) and Wichita State (7-2) had either 0 or 1 loss at the time of their match against Creighton, and all but an 0-1 Pitt team had a winning record. Here’s a look at the records at the time of each match against Creighton this season, or their record so far for this weekend’s foes. Team W-L Saint Mary’s 0-0(RV) Pitt 0-1#3 Washington 2-0#13 Kentucky 3-0#18 USC 3-1(RV) Northern Iowa 4-1#17 Purdue 6-0Belmont 5-4#7 Kansas 9-0(RV) Wichita State 7-2#19 Iowa State 7-1

Road TestedFriday night’s match vs. Wichita State will be the

first time in Creighton’s last five true road con-tests that it isn’t facing a top-10 team. Each of the previous four true road matches came against a top-10 foe, with Creighton win-ning three of those contests.Date Opponent Result12/02/16 at #4 Kansas CU 3-212/10/16 at #5 Texas UT 3-008//26/17 at #3 Washington CU 3-109/02/17 at #7 Kansas CU 3-0

Streaks vs. Unranked TeamsCreighton has won 29 straight matches against unranked teams, which dates back to a Sept. 3, 2016 loss at Southern Cal. In fact, each of Creighton’s last 10 losses have come against teams that were ranked or receiv-ing votes in that week’s AVCA poll dating to an Oct. 30, 2015 loss at Villanova. At home, Creighton has won 26 straight matches against unranked teams dating to a Sept. 12, 2015 loss to Pacific.

Survival of the FittestCreighton has won eight matches under Kirsten Bernthal Booth after surviving an opponent’s match point. Three of those comeback wins have come against Wichita State. On the other hand, Creighton is 298-2 under Booth when it reaches a match point opportunity, falling only when it wasted two match points on Sept. 4, 2010 to Iowa and two other match points on Nov. 1, 2013 in a loss to St. John’s.

Surviving Match Points, Under BoothDate Opponent MP(s) Faced Final Set 508/30/03 vs. McNeese State 13-14, 15-16 18-1610/10/03 Wichita State 13-14 16-1410/13/06 at Wichita State 12-14, 13-14, 14-15 17-1509/11/07 at Drake 13-14, 14-15 17-1508/26/11 vs. UTSA 12-14, 13-14 16-1411/16/12 at Wichita State 13-14 16-1409/20/15 Kansas State 23-24 (4th set) 15-1311/20/15 at Georgetown 23-24, 26-27 (4th set) 15-7

Matches StartedName 2017 Career Consec.Marysa Wilkinson 9 103 15Jaali Winters 9 80 51Lydia Dimke 9 46* 45Naomi Hickman 9 9 9Megan Ballenger 8 37 4Kenzie Crawford 7 36 3Taryn Kloth 2 30 0Samantha Bohnet 1 4 0Brittany Lawrence 0 3 0Kelsey O’Connell 0 3 0

*Dimke also made one start at Purdue

Double FiguresName Kills Digs Blks Dbl-DblJaali Winters 7 (66) 2 (32) 0 (0) 2 (31)Taryn Kloth 6 (31) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0)Marysa Wilkinson 5 (35) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0)Megan Ballenger 2 (5) 0 (2) 0 (0) 0 (0)Brittany Witt 0 (0) 6 (34) 0 (0) 0 (0)Samantha Bohnet 0 (0) 2 (7) 0 (0) 0 (1)Lydia Dimke# 0 (1) 1 (20) 0 (0) 1 (19)Kenzie Crawford 0 (1) 1 (12) 0 (0) 0 (4%)

%includes one triple-double#includes career stats at Purdue

Numbers are in 2017 (career) format

2017 Double DoublesJaali Winters (2)13 kills, 10 digs vs. #17 Purdue, 9/814 kills, 12 digs at #7 Kansas, 9/9

Lydia Dimke (1)29 assists, 10 digs vs. Northern Iowa, 9/2

20 or More Kill/Dig ClubNone yet

2017 Honors & AwardsMegan BallengerHusky Invitational All-Tournament Team

Lydia DimkeBIG EAST Offensive Player of the Week, 9/5Bluejay Invitational All-Tournament TeamBluejay Invitational MVPHusky Invitational All-Tournament TeamPreseason All-BIG EAST TeamPreseason BIG EAST Player of the Year

Taryn KlothKansas Invitational All-Tournament Team Preseason All-BIG EAST Team

Marysa WilkinsonBIG EAST Defensive Player of the Week, 8/29Bluejay Invitational All-Tournament TeamHusky Invitational All-Tournament TeamHusky Invitational Tournament MVP

Jaali WintersBluejay Invitational All-Tournament TeamKansas Invitational All-Tournament Team Kansas Invitational MVPPreseason All-BIG EAST Team

Brittany WittBIG EAST Defensive Player of the Week, 9/13Kansas Invitational All-Tournament TeamPreseason All-BIG EAST Team

2017 Creighton Volleyball Numerical Roster No. Name Yr. Ht. Pos. Hometown (Last School) 1 Lydia Dimke Sr. 6-3 S Ham Lake, Minn. (Purdue) 2 Brittany Witt So. 5-8 DS Omaha, Neb. (Marian) 3 Kelsey O’Connell Jr. 6-2 MB/RS Omaha, Neb. (Marian) 5 Jaali Winters Jr. 6-3 OH Ankeny, Iowa (Centennial) 8 Samantha Bohnet Jr. 5-6 DS Council Bluffs, Iowa (Abraham Lincoln) 9 Marysa Wilkinson Sr. 6-0 MB/RS Lincoln, Neb. (Southwest) 10 Kenzie Crawford Sr. 5-9 DS/S Grand Rapids, Mich. (Northview) 11 Jaclyn Taylor Fr. 5-11 S St. Charles, Ill. (North) 12 Taryn Kloth Jr. 6-4 OH Sioux Falls, S.D. (O’Gorman) 13 Alexa Roumeliotis Fr. 5-8 DS Menlo Park, Calif. (Lydian Academy) 14 Brittany Lawrence Jr. 6-4 MB/RS North Platte, Neb. (St. Patrick’s) 19 Megan Ballenger So. 6-1 MB/RS Ankeny, Iowa (Ankeny) 21 Naomi Hickman Fr. 6-4 MB/RS Lawrence, Kan. (Free State)

Head Coach: Kirsten Bernthal Booth (15th season)Assistant Coach: Angie Oxley BehrensAssistant Coach: Ryan MeekVolunteer Assistant Coach: Drew DavisVolunteer Director of Operations: Jessie MitchellVideo Coordinator: Anna VandevoortAthletic Trainer: Casey Northcraft

Pronunciation GuideMegan Ballenger .........rhymes with VAL • en • jurAngie Oxley Behrens .................................. BEAR-ensSamantha Bohnet ...........................................Bo-NAYKirsten Bernthal Booth ............................. KEER-stenLydia Dimke ...............................LID-ee-ah • DIM-keyNaomi Hickman .......................................NAY-oh-meTaryn Kloth ............. rhymes with Karen • CLOATHAlexa Roumeliotis .........................ROO-mel-ee-otisJaclyn Taylor .................................................. JACK-linnMarysa Wilkinson ....................................... Ma-RISS-aJaali Winters .......................................................JAY-lee

Service With A SmileCreighton served up nine aces against Northern Iowa on Sept. 2 and countered that with a season-low two serving errors. The +7 ace/error differential against the Panthers ranks tied for seventh-greatest since the program’s 1994 restart. Here’s the only matches that are better:Diff. Aces Errors Opponent Date+11 15 4 vs. NE Illinois 9/23/95+10 12 2 at DePaul 10/3/14+9 12 3 at Evansville 10/7/94+9 15 6 UMKC 11/12/95+8 13 5 at New Mexico 9/4/04+8 12 4 DePaul 9/25/16

All About That AceFor the season, Creighton has 47 aces and 53 service errors in 29 sets played. That is CU’s most aces through nine matches since 2007, and the second-fewest service errors through nine matches since the program’s reinstatement in 1994.

Serving Stats Through 9 Matches, Under BoothYear Aces Errors SAPS Team W-L2017 47 53 1.62 7-22016 33 89 0.94 4-52015 43 60 1.26 4-52014 34 88 1.00 6-32013 37 48 1.16 7-22012 40 60 1.29 8-12011 39 61 1.18 3-62010 29 76 0.85 4-52009 36 94 1.09 2-72008 32 93 0.94 4-52007 49 99 1.58 5-42006 54 95 1.59 8-12005 34 63 1.13 5-42004 75 93 2.42 8-12003 43 86 1.34 2-7

4 x 5 For #1Lydia Dimke did a little bit of everything in Creighton’s 3-0 sweep of Northern Iowa on Sept. 2nd. The senior setter had 29 assists, 10 digs, four blocks, four kills and four aces against the Panthers.

She’s just the second player in CU history with four or more assists, digs, blocks, kills and aces in the same match, joining Melissa Weisensee (80 assists, 14 digs, 5 blocks, 5 kills, 4 aces) vs. Evansville on Nov. 2, 1996.

Fridays Are For The JaysCreighton’s was 16-0 on Friday’s last season, winning 48-of-53 sets played. Of those 16 wins, five were against teams that went on to reach the NCAA Tournament (Northern Iowa, TCU, Marquette and Kansas, Michigan). This year’s team is 3-1 in matches on Friday’s, and 10-3 in sets, including a victory over a Kentucky team that reached last year’s NCAA’s.

Regular-Season Tournament HistoryCreighton is 102-91 in the 65 regular-season tournaments it has participated in all-time, includ-ing a 45-22 mark since the start of 2012. Kirsten Bernthal Booth’s teams are 82-58 in 49 regular-season tournaments, including 12 titles. Creighton had won just two of 16 regular-season tournaments prior to Booth’s arrival. This year marked the first time since 2004 that Creighton has won back-to-back regular-season tournament titles in the same season, and is also the first time Creighton has won three titles in the same regular-season.

No. 7 Ranking Was A Program Best; Now 8thCreighton opened the 2017 season ranked ninth in the preseason poll, then moved up to a pro-gram-best mark of seventh in the Aug. 28 poll. Creighton dropped back to ninth after a 2-1 finish at the Bluejay Invitational, and is currently No. 8 after going 2-1 last weekend in Lawrence. Being ranked in the preseason poll is no guar-antee of future success, however. In the last nine seasons, only 161-of-225 teams (71.6 percent) would be in both the preseason and postseason AVCA Top 25 polls. In that same time frame, all but 22 teams

2017 BIG EAST Standings (9/13) BIG EAST only All matchesTeam W L W LProvidence 0 0 11 0#8 Creighton 0 0 7 2Butler 0 0 7 2Georgetown 0 0 6 3St. John’s 0 0 7 4Seton Hall 0 0 6 4Villanova 0 0 6 4Marquette 0 0 5 4Xavier 0 0 4 6DePaul 0 0 3 5

Around The BIG EAST This WeekendThursday, Sept. 14 Marquette at Wisconsin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 pm

Friday, Sept. 15Georgetown vs. Arkansas State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9 amGeorgetown vs. Stephen F. Austin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:30 pmSeton Hall vs. Northwestern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:30 pmProvidence vs. Akron . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 pmButler vs. Evansville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 pmSt. John’s vs. UTSA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 pmMarquette vs. Southern Miss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 pmTemple at Villanova . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 pmCreighton at Wichita State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 pmDePaul at Saint Louis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 pmXavier at Colorado . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8 pm

Saturday, Sept. 16Georgetown at Rice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9 amDePaul vs. Louisiana Tech . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10 amSt. John’s at Baylor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10 amDuquesne at Butler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11 amSeton Hall at VCU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 pmProvidence vs. West Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1:30 pmXavier at Colorado State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 pmSeton Hall vs. Bowling Green . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3:30 pmSt. John’s vs. Texas State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 pmCreighton vs. Iowa State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4:30 pmDePaul vs. Little Rock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4:30 pmBall State at Butler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 pmProvidence at Army . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 pmXavier vs. Albany . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 pm

Preseason BIG EAST Poll 1. Creighton (9) 81 2. Butler 66 3. Marquette (1) 62 4. Xavier 51 5. Villanova 46 6. St. John’s 43 7. DePaul 36 8. Seton Hall 35 9. Georgetown 21 10. Providence 9

First-place votes in parentheses (#)Points awarded 9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1

Coaches could not vote for their own teams

Preseason All-BIG EAST TeamAnna Logan, Butler, Jr., OH ^Lydia Dimke, Creighton, Sr., S ^Jaali Winters, Creighton, Jr., OH ^Taryn Kloth, Creighton, Jr., OH ^Brittany Witt, Creighton, So., DSBrittany Maxwell, DePaul, Jr., RS ^Symone Speech, Georgetown, Jr., MBAllie Barber, Marquette, So., OHJenna Rosenthal, Marquette, RS-Jr., MH ^Erica Di Maulo, St. John’s, So., S ^Allie Loitz, Villanova, Sr., OHKristen Massa, Xavier, Sr., OH^denotes unanimous selection#Preseason BIG EAST Player of the Year

Career vs. Wichita StateLast Four Years vs. the Shockers: (1-1) 2014: (1-0) 2015: (0-0) 2016: (0-1) 2017: (0-0)Name SP K E TA PCT. A SA DIG TB KPS DPS BPS APSMegan Ballenger 1 0 0 0 --- 0 0 2 0 .00 2.00 .00 .00Samantha Bohnet 2 0 0 0 --- 0 0 1 0 .00 .50 .00 .00Kenzie Crawford 8 0 0 1 .000 2 0 15 0 .00 1.88 .00 .25Lydia Dimke 5 5 2 14 .214 41 0 20 0 1.00 4.00 .00 8.20Taryn Kloth 5 10 4 27 .222 1 1 1 3 2.00 .20 .60 .20Marysa Wilkinson 9 24 6 50 .360 0 0 3 8 2.67 .33 .89 .00Jaali Winters 5 16 8 46 .174 0 0 15 1 3.20 3.00 .20 .00Brittany Witt 5 0 0 0 --- 5 2 21 0 .00 4.20 .00 1.00

Career vs. Iowa StateLast Four Years vs. the Cyclones: (1-0) 2014: (0-0) 2015: (0-0) 2016: (1-0) 2017: (0-0)Name SP K E TA PCT. A SA DIG TB KPS DPS BPS APSMegan Ballenger 4 2 1 15 .067 1 2 4 5 .50 1.00 1.25 .25Samantha Bohnet 3 0 0 0 --- 0 0 6 0 .00 2.00 .00 .00Kenzie Crawford 3 0 0 0 --- 0 0 4 0 .00 1.33 .00 .00Lydia Dimke 4 5 1 11 .364 32 0 14 3 1.25 3.50 .75 8.00Taryn Kloth 1 0 1 3 -.333 0 0 0 1 .00 .00 1.00 .00Marysa Wilkinson 4 9 4 26 .192 0 0 1 5 2.25 .25 1.25 .00Jaali Winters 4 18 6 52 .231 1 2 10 1 4.50 2.50 .25 .25Brittany Witt 4 0 0 0 --- 3 0 16 0 .00 4.00 .00 .75

Career vs. Wichita State & Iowa State

named in the preseason AVCA Top 25 poll would go on to reach the NCAA Tournament (90.2 per-cent).

Top 25 HistoryCreighton is 10-69 all-time against teams in the top-25 of the AVCA poll, but 5-3 since the start of the 2016 NCAA Tournament. Creighton’s season-opening win at No. 3 Washington is the highest-ranked team that the Bluejays has ever beaten, surpassing a win over No. 4 Kansas last December. Creighton is 4-27 all-time against top-10 foes (4-20 under Kirsten Bernthal Booth). Creighton lost its first 31 true road matches against top-25 foes, but has ‘improved’ to 4-34 after wins in the last three seasons at No. 23 North Carolina (2015), No. 4 Kansas (2016), No. 3 Washington (2017) and No. 7 Kansas (2017). Creighton is 39-12 all-time as a ranked team, and also 6-8 all-time against ranked teams when ranked itself. That marks improves to 2-0 when both Creighton and its opponent are ranked in the top 10. Creighton’s August 26th win over No. 3 Washington was the first match in program his-tory that then-No. 9 Creighton and its opponent were both in the top-10 at the time of the match. Since the start of the 2012 season, 23 of Creighton’s 40 losses have come against ranked teams. In that same period, Creighton is 132-17 against unranked teams. Creighton has won 26 straight home matches over unranked teams. Creighton is 0-1 all-time against teams ranked exactly 19th, as Iowa State is.

Home At HomeCreighton has won 21 straight matches against BIG EAST competition at D.J. Sokol Arena, and is 26-1 in its last 27 matches against all teams at home. Below is a look at the program’s largest home win streaks in history.

Creighton’s Longest Home Win StreaksWins Dates Snapped By 13 Sept. 1, 2012 - Sept. 7, 2013 California, 3-0 13 Sept. 9, 2016 - Sept. 1, 2017 #18 USC 12 Sept. 20 - Nov. 28, 2015 #4 Kansas, 3-2 9 Sept. 20, 2014-Nov. 21, 2014 Seton Hall, 3-0 8 Sept. 25-Nov. 20, 2010 Northern Illinois, 3-0

Wilkinson Earns MVP; Honored By BIG EASTMarysa Wilkinson was named MVP of the Husky Invitational on the opening weekend after averaging 2.90 kills and 1.50 blocks per set while hitting .397. Wilkinson had 13 kills and five blocks on .571 hitting in the season-opening win vs. Saint Mary’s, and closed the weekend with 11 kills, four blocks and .429 hitting in the win at No. 3 Washington. Wilkinson was also honored as BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Week for her efforts.

(Now) Streakless In SeattleCreighton’s win at No. 3 Washington on August 26th was historic for a number of reasons. It was Washington’s first regular-season loss in non-conference play since Sept. 13, 2008, snapping a streak of 81 straight victories. It was Washington’s first regular-season loss in non-conference play at home since Sept. 1, 2001, snapping a streak of 45 straight victories. It was also Washington’s first regular-season non-conference loss in fewer than five sets since Sept. 7, 2002, a stretch that covered 143 matches. Washington had never lost a home match in the month of August (going 16-0), and had not lost in the month of August since August 31, 2006. Creighton had been 0-8 in history against teams ranked in the top-3 nationally, mean-ing the third-ranked Huskies are the Bluejays highest-ranked victim in program history.

Operation SpikevilleJaali Winters enters Friday with 1,095 career kills, good for 10th-most in Creighton history. She is likely to pass Kelli Browning (1,104) this weekend, and could even surpass Allie Oelke (1,126) with a strong showing in Wichita. Here’s a look at Creighton’s top-17 in career kills, which includes teammate Marysa Wilkinson’s 933 kills that rank 16th. It’s not out of the question that Wilkinson could pass Ashley Williams (941) and Erin Swanson (955) this weekend.

Most Career Kills, Creighton History Name Sets No. Years 1. Leah Ratzlaff 409 1,622 2002-05 2. Melissa Walsh 394 1,596 1998-01 3. Kelly Goc 394 1,414 2004-07 4. Jessica Houts 451 1,385 2005-09 5. JoDe Cieloha 398 1,375 1994-97 6. Leah McNary 458 1,257 2011-14 7. Lauren Smith 511 1,160 2013-16 8. Allie Oelke 445 1,126 2007-10 9. Kelli Browning 424 1,104 2011-14 10. Jaali Winters 287 1,095 2015-Pr. 11. Amanda Cvejdlik 343 1,029 2005-08 12. Shelly Kapler 388 1,000 1996-99 13. Jess Bird 377 965 2013-16 14. Erin Swanson 319 955 1998-01 15. Ashley Williams 359 941 2001-04 16. Marysa Wilkinson 410 933 2014-Pr. 17. Megan Bober 480 833 2009-12

Winters Reaches 1,000 KillsJaali Winters owns 1,095 career kills. That’s second-most nationally among juniors, trailing only Iowa’s Taylor Louis (1,263). Winters needed just 72 career matches to reach 1,000 career kills, becoming the second-fastest player in school history to reach the 1,000 kill milestone. Creighton Athletics Hall of Famer Melissa Walsh reached 1,000 career kills in 70 matches in 2000.Creighton’s Quickest Players To 1,000 Kills (Career)

Name MP Date OpponentMelissa Walsh 70 10/15/00 Eastern IllinoisJaali Winters 72 08/25/17 vs. Saint Mary’sLeah Ratzlaff 76 10/22/04 Missouri StateJoDe Cieloha 83 09/13/97 at DrakeKelly Goc 87 11/24/06 vs. Northern IowaJessica Houts 90 11/08/08 Illinois StateLeah McNary 96 09/12/14 PepperdineAmanda Cvejdlik 99 11/15/08 at EvansvilleShelly Kapler 103 11/18/99 vs. Missouri St.Allie Oelke 107 10/09/10 Wichita StateKelli Browning 110 10/26/14 DePaulLauren Smith 119 10/07/16 at Villanova

All-Region Picks ReturnCreighton had five All-Region picks, tied for third-most nationally, in 2016. Creighton’s four first-team choices trailed only Nebraska (6) and Florida (5) and were equal to Kansas, Minnesota and Wisconsin for third-most nationally. Creighton is the only team with five All-Region returners for 2017.

Date Opponent Score Kills Errors Attacks Pct. Assts. Aces SE Digs Blocks Points08/25 vs. Saint Mary’s W 3-0 53/35 12/15 116/116 .353/.172 44/34 4/2 8/2 53/46 8.5/5.0 65.5/42.008/26 vs. Pittsburgh W 3-0 35/38 13/23 104/112 .212/.134 32/31 7/1 5/6 42/52 13.5/5.5 55.5/44.508/26 at #3 Washington W 3-1 58/57 18/21 148/149 .270/.242 53/53 4/4 7/5 61/66 7.5/11.0 69.5/72.009/01 #13 KENTUCKY W 3-0 45/45 9/18 102/111 .353/.243 42/44 5/3 5/6 44/42 6.5/3.0 56.5/51.009/02 #18 USC L 0-3 34/53 12/13 108/116 .204/.353 34/54 1/5 4/9 42/54 7.0/2.0 42.0/61.009/02 NORTHERN IOWA W 3-0 39/37 19/23 121/129 .165/.109 35/33 9/1 2/3 57/61 8.0/7.0 56.0/45.009/08 vs. #17 Purdue L 1-3 55/66 23/13 137/129 .234/.411 50/64 10/0 6/8 46/54 3.0/7.0 68.0/73.009/08 vs. Belmont W 3-0 38/23 5/20 74/92 .446/.033 35/22 6/1 10/7 39/28 8.0/2.0 52.0/26.009/09 at #7 Kansas W 3-0 46/45 11/20 116/127 .302/.197 43/42 1/0 6/8 50/52 7.5/4.0 54.5/49.0

Match totals displayed in the format Creighton/Opponent for each categoryCreighton home matches listed in bold ALL CAPS

2017 Team Match-By-Match Comparisons

School 2016 All-Region 2017 returnersNebraska 6 3Minnesota 6 3Creighton 5 5Florida 5 4Kansas 5 4UCLA 5 2Wisconsin 5 2Kentucky 4 4

Some Fab FreshmenIncluding Naomi Hickman on August 25th, Creighton has started eight different true fresh-men in a season opener in the last eight years, and 14 such players since 2000. Since 2000, the only true freshmen to start CU’s season-opener have been Brittany Coleman (2003), Carolyn Decker (2004), Korie Lebeda (2005), Allie Oelke (2007), Brooke Boggs (2009), Heather Thorson (2009), Julianne Mandolfo (2010), Katie Neisler (2011), Michelle Sicner (2011), Melanie Jereb (2012), Ashley Jansen (2012), Jess Bird (2013), Jaali Winters (2015) and Naomi Hickman (2017). In addition, CU also started redshirt freshmen Lauren Smith (2013) and Brittany Lawrence (2015), as well as transfers Maggie Baumert (2014) and Lydia Dimke (2016) in season-openers. Seven of those women (Coleman, Decker, Lebeda, Oelke, Mandolfo, Sicner and Jereb) went on to land a spot on the MVC’s All-Freshman Team (the BIG EAST has no such team). Winters was named BIG EAST Freshman of the Year in 2015, while Dimke was named BIG EAST Player of the Year in 2016.

Coaching Them UpLydia Dimke became Creighton’s first setter in six seasons to start the opening match of the season in consecutive seasons. Megan Bober was CU’s Opening Day setter in 2012 vs. UCF before Michelle Sicner took over in the 2013 lid-lifter vs. BYU. In 2014 Maggie Baumert started the opener at setter against Lipscomb, while Kenzie Crawford got the call versus Miami (Ohio) in 2015. Last year Dimke started against Wichita State in the opener, then repeated at that spot vs. Saint Mary’s this fall. Bober had owned the distinction of being Creighton’s last setter to start consecutive sea-son-openers, having done so all four years from 2009-12. The revolving door at setter hasn’t hurt the team in that time, as each of those previous five seasons ended in the NCAA Tournament, and four of them saw Creighton win conference titles.

Some 2016 HighlightsThe 2016 season was one full of highlights for Creighton. Consider the following...-Creighton was ranked ninth in the final AVCA poll, best in program history.-Creighton owned a year-end NCAA RPI of 12 best in program history.-Creighton reached its first Elite Eight in program history.-Creighton won its third straight BIG EAST regular-season title, and third straight BIG EAST

Championship title, going a combined 20-0 against league foes in 2016.-Creighton won the BIG EAST Conference, the nation’s ninth-best league, by five full games in the standings.-Creighton became the first team in BIG EAST history to advance to a Regional Final. League teams had previously been 0-7 in the Regional Semifinal round.-Creighton ranked tied for fourth nationally with 29 victories, tied for 16th in road victories and 20th in winning percentage (.806).-Lydia Dimke was named an AVCA Third Team All-American and became the program’s first BIG EAST Player of the Year.-Taryn Kloth and Jaali Winters were both named Honorable Mention All-Americans by the AVCA. Winters was also named Second Team All-American by PrepVolleyball.com and Third Team All-American by VolleyballMag.com. In addition, Lauren Smith was named a First Team Senior CLASS Award All-American.-Kirsten Bernthal Booth was named BIG EAST Coach of the Year, AVCA East Region Coach of the Year and VolleyballMag.com National Coach of the Year.

Select CompanyCreighton is one of 10 teams in the country that has been to the Sweet 16 each of the last two seasons, a list that consists of BYU, Creighton, Minnesota, Nebraska, Ohio State, Penn State, Texas, UCLA, Washington and Wisconsin. Creighton is also one of just 10 schools nation-ally who have won 23 matches or more in each of the previous five seasons (2012-16). That group consists of BYU, Creighton, Florida, Florida State, Nebraska, Penn State, Stanford, Texas, Washington and Western Kentucky. Creighton is also one of 21 teams to have appeared in each of the previous five NCAA Tournaments. That group features BYU, Colorado State, Creighton, Florida, Florida State, Hawaii, Iowa State, Kansas, Kentucky, Marquette, Michigan State, Nebraska, North Carolina, Oregon, Penn State, San Diego, Stanford, Texas, Texas A&M, USC and Washington.

Statistically SpeakingCreighton finished last season ranked first in the nation with 1,868 kills, third nationally with 1,722 assists and fourth with 14.59 kills per set. Individually, Lydia Dimke ranked second nationally with 1,454 assists, just 11 behind the 1,465 by Minnesota’s Samantha Seliger-Swenson.

BIG EAST Preseason PollFor the fifth straight season, Creighton was picked to win the BIG EAST Conference in a preseason poll of league coaches. CU was a unanimous choice and received 81 points in the poll and all nine possible first-place votes. Butler was picked second, while Marquette was third and earned the remaining first-place vote. Creighton also had four women named to

the 12 member on the BIG EAST’s preseason all-conference team, as Lydia Dimke, Taryn Kloth, Jaali Winters and Brittany Witt were all honored. Dimke was selected as Preseason BIG EAST Player of the Year. Creighton has finished in the spot predicted of them or better in the preseason poll in 12 of the past 14 years, including seven years where it’s finished exactly where it was predicted.Year Preseason Pick Finish Move1994 11th 9th #21995 9th 7th #21996 9th 6th #31997 8th 3rd #51998 6th 8th i21999 T-7th 5th #22000 4th T-4th - -2001 2nd 4th i22002 7th 9th i22003 9th T-5th #42004 5th 5th - -2005 5th 5th - -2006 4th 4th - -2007 3rd T-2nd #12008 3rd 2nd #12009 4th T-4th - -2010 4th 3rd #12011 3rd 4th i12012 4th 1st #32013 1st T-2nd i12014 1st 1st - -2015 1st 1st - -2016 1st 1st - -2017 1st ??? ??? 2-0 Better Than 0-2Creighton is 253-9 (.966) all-time when leading a match 2-0, including a 196-3 mark under Kirsten Bernthal Booth. CU has won 29 straight when up 2-0, and is 123-1 when up 2-0 dating to September of 2009. Conversely, the Jays are 12-190 (.059) all-time when trailing a match 0-2, but did have three comeback victories in 2015. Those 12 comebacks in program history from down 0-2 are listed below.Date Opponent Sets 3-5 scores Coach09/19/97 at Bradley 15-11, 15-13, 15-8 Wallace10/01/99 at Drake 15-6, 17-15, 15-11 Wallace09/03/04 vs. Montana 30-20, 30-21, 15-11 Booth10/15/04 at Bradley 30-22, 30-23, 15-11 Booth10/15/05 at So. Illinois 30-25, 30-24, 15-8 Booth09/21/07 at No. Iowa 31-29, 30-26, 15-12 Booth11/16/12 at Wichita St. 25-16, 25-20, 16-14 Booth09/05/14 vs. No. Iowa 25-16, 25-22, 15-5 Booth11/08/14 at Butler 25-16, 25-20, 15-13 Booth09/20/15 Kansas State 25-23, 26-24, 15-13 Booth10/09/15 DePaul 25-21, 25-12, 15-11 Booth11/20/15 at Georgetown 30-28, 26-24, 15-7 Booth

Set 1 Result = Match ResultCreighton is 248-28 (.899) overall under Kirsten Bernthal Booth when it wins set one. In that same time span, CU is just 50-127 (.282) under Booth when it drops the first set. Since Aug. 29, 2010, Creighton has gone 72-1 in its last 73 home matches when taking a 1-0 lead, losing only on Sept. 12, 2015 to Pacific. Last year’s team was 24-4 when winning the first set and 5-3 when losing the first set. This year’s team is 7-0 when winning the first set and 0-2 when dropping the first set.

Production ReturnsCreighton returns 11-of-15 letterwinners to the court from last season, including five starters and libero Brittany Witt. From last year’s team, only Jess Bird, Mac Conlon, Amanda Foje and Lauren Smith are not back. Below is a breakdown of the production that is back:Stat Returners DeparturesAssists 1697 (98.5%) 25 (1.5%)Digs 1943 (95.0%) 103 (5.0%)Aces 151 (86.8%) 23 (13.2%)Kills 1501 (80.4%) 367 (19.6%)Matches Started 173 (80.1%) 43 (19.9%)Points 1848.0 (79.9%) 466.0 (20.1%)Blocks 139 (51.1%) 133 (48.9%)

Challenging ScheduleThe NCAA website tracks the nation’s toughest schedules played. Last year Creighton’s opponents were 432-253, and that .631 winning percentage made it the 11th-toughest nationally. In 2015 Creighton faced the nation’s eighth-toughest schedule per the NCAA, with foes going 466-260 (.642) overall. Among the 2016 NCAA Tournament quali-fiers on Creighton’s 2017 schedule are Pitt, Washington, Kentucky, USC, Northern Iowa, Purdue, Kansas, Wichita State, Iowa State and Marquette. Nine of the 11 non-conference teams that Creighton will face received votes in the preseason top-25 poll. This is the fifth straight season that Creighton has played at least four non-conference matches against teams ranked in the preseason top-25 poll. Nine of Creighton’s final 10 non-conference matches this season are against teams that are either ranked or receiving votes in the Aug. 28 top-25 poll. The lone exception to that group, Belmont, a club that was picked to win the Ohio Valley Conference.

More Schedule NotesCreighton plays five non-conference matches against teams that were in the top-26 of the pre-season AVCA coaches poll. That’s tied for the most of any team in the nation. The Bluejays meet up with No. 3 Washington, No. 8 Kansas, No. 14 Kentucky, No. 25 Purdue and the top receiving vote-getter, USC. Other teams that had five non-conference matches against the preseason top-26 are Loyola Marymount, Northern Iowa, Florida, Marquette, San Diego and Utah.

So Good, So YoungWant a scary thought? Of the 10 Creighton women to see time in last December’s Regional Semifinal win over 12th-seeded Michigan, the Bluejays used just one senior (Lauren Smith). The remainder of Creighton’s line-up that was used included three juniors (Lydia Dimke, Marysa Wilkinson and Kenzie Crawford), four sophomores (Samantha Bohnet, Taryn Kloth,

Brittany Lawrence and Jaali Winters) and two freshmen (Brittany Witt and Megan Ballenger).

All-Around ExcellenceLast winter Creighton reached the Sweet 16 not only in women’s volleyball, but in men’s soccer too. Creighton joined Stanford, Washington and North Carolina as the only four schools with a Sweet 16 in both sports in 2016. In 2015, Creighton and Ohio State were the only teams to reach the Sweet 16 in the same two sports.

Taking The FifthCreighton is 48-26 in five-set matches under Kirsten Bernthal Booth. That’s impressive since Creighton had never finished a season with a winning record in fifth sets prior to Booth’s arrival. Creighton has won nine of its last 12 true road matches to go five sets, including wins in 2012 over league rivals Northern Iowa, Wichita State and Missouri State, wins in 2013 at Denver and at Wichita State, wins in 2014 at Butler and at St. John’s, a win at Georgetown in 2015, and an NCAA Tournament win at No. 4 Kansas in 2016. It’s also worth noting that Creighton is 10-3 all-time in five-set home matches at D.J. Sokol Arena. Below is a list of Creighton’s record in five-set matches on a yearly basis:Year Set 5 W-L Total W-L1994 0-2 5-201995 0-2 11-191996 2-6 9-191997 3-5 15-131998 2-3 7-181999 3-3 13-152000 3-3 16-122001 1-1 14-132002 1-3 3-232003 5-1 12-182004 4-0 18-112005 3-1 16-142006 4-2 21-102007 2-0 21-102008 2-3 18-92009 1-4 14-172010 3-3 21-122011 5-2 17-142012 4-1 29-42013 3-2 23-92014 3-2 25-92015 5-2 27-92016 4-3 29-72017 0-0 7-2Total 63-54 391-307

Against NCAA Tournament QualifiersCreighton’s 2016 club beat 10 teams that appeared in the 2015 NCAA Tournament. The schedule figures to be just as daunting in 2017, as CU plays 11 matches against 2016 NCAA Tournament qualifiers. CU is 5-2 this sea-son against such teams. After going 3-35 against teams coming off NCAA Tournament bids prior to Kirsten Bernthal Booth’s arrival, the Jays are 67-86 since.

Year W-L vs. Previous Season NCAA Teams1994 0-41995 0-21996 0-21997 0-31998 0-51999 2-42000 0-42001 1-62002 0-52003 0-32004 2-22005 0-62006 4-62007 4-92008 6-82009 1-112010 4-72011 2-62012 8-32013 6-62014 4-52015 11-52016 10-72017 5-2TOTAL 70-121TOTAL Under Booth 67-86

Marian PipelineThis is the 15th straight season that Creighton Volleyball had at least one product of Omaha Marian High School on the roster, as junior Kelsey O’Connell and sophomore Brittany Witt return. Each of the last six years, Creighton’s year-end leader in digs has been a player that attend-ed Marian. Interestingly, the Bluejays had never had a volleyball player from Marian between 1994-2002. Here’s a look at Creighton’s pipeline of players from Marian.2017: Kelsey O’Connell, Brittany Witt2016: Kelsey O’Connell, Brittany Witt2015: Kate Elman, Ashley Jansen, Kelsey O’Connell2014: Kate Elman, Ashley Jansen 2013: Kate Elman, Ashley Jansen2012: Kate Elman, Ashley Jansen2011: Julianne Mandolfo2010: Lisa Greisch, Julianne Mandolfo2009: Lisa Greisch2008: Emily Crowley, Korie Lebeda2007: Korie Lebeda, Katie Mehal2006: Korie Lebeda, Katie Mehal, Emily Greisch2005: Korie Lebeda, Katie Mehal2004: Katie Mehal, Emily Greisch2003: Emily Greisch

Five Straight NCAA’sCreighton Volleyball has made the NCAA Tournament in each of the last five seasons. They are the first Creighton women’s team in any sport to make five straight NCAA Tournament appearances.

At Home On The RoadCreighton owns five wins away from home in the last two NCAA Tournaments. Nationally, that’s the most in the nation, one more than Hawai’i, Nebraska and Stanford, and two more than Florida State. Creighton, Florida State, Hawai’i, Texas, Washington and Purdue are the only six schools with at least one road/neutral win in both the

2015 and 2016 NCAA Tournaments.

3 Straight BIG EAST Tourney TitlesCreighton won a third straight BIG EAST Championship title last year, becoming the first to do so since Louisville won three straight titles from 2008-10. It was Creighton’s fifth straight league tourna-ment title game appearance dating to the 2012 Missouri Valley Conference title. No team has won four straight BIG EAST Volleyball Championships since Notre Dame from 1995-98.

3 Straight BIG EAST Regular-Season TitlesCreighton has won each of the last three BIG EAST regular-season titles. St. John’s had been the last BIG EAST team to win a share of three straight titles, having done so from 2006-08, while Notre Dame had been the last team to win three or more straight outright BIG EAST regular-season titles, having claimed four in a row from 1999-2002. No team has won four straight regular-season titles (including shares) since Notre Dame won seven in a row from 1999-2005.

Automatic Bid x 3Creighton is one of nine schools nationally to earn an automatic bid into the 2014, 2015 and 2016 NCAA Tournaments. That grouping includes New Hampshire, Dayton, Creighton, Coastal Carolina, Western Kentucky, American, Denver and BYU. Of those teams, the only six schools to win a conference tournament in three consecu-tive campaigns have been American, Coastal Carolina, Creighton, Dayton, Denver and New Hampshire.

20 x 5Last year’s 29-7 mark was the fifth straight year the Bluejays have reached 20 wins, and eighth time overall. When Kirsten Bernthal Booth was hired in 2003, Creighton’s modern day school record for wins in a season was 16. Creighton is one of 19 schools with five straight seasons of 20+ wins (entering 2017). That list features American, BYU, Colorado State, Creighton, Florida, Florida State, Hawaii, Kansas, Kentucky, Marquette, Nebraska, North Carolina, Penn State, Stanford, Texas, UTSA, Washington, Western Kentucky, Wichita State.

I Know What You Did Last SummerFour members of the Creighton Volleyball pro-gram gained valuable experience this summer while travelling the world.

Libero Brittany Witt went to Thailand in May, playing with USA Volleyball’s top collegiate team. In June, Taryn Kloth was one of 36 women to train with USA Volleyball’s at a premier club event in Minneapolis, Minn. Kloth was the only player in the event with 10 or more kills in each match. A pair of Bluejays also met up in an unlikely setting in July...Pula, Croatia. Jaali Winters represented USA Volleyball while Jaclyn Taylor played for BP Midwest at the European Global Challenge. Winters’ team won the event, while the only two losses by Taylor’s team both came to Winters team. Creighton will meet the following players in 2017 that at least one Bluejay played with this summer:Name Team CU TeammateAlyssa Schultejans Kansas State KlothStephanie Williams Pitt KlothKylee Levers Pitt TaylorCourtney Schwan Washington WintersKaz Brown Kentucky WittOlivia Dailey Kentucky KlothAshley Evans Purdue KlothBrooke Peters Purdue KlothSherridan Atkinson Purdue KlothMadison Rigdon Kansas WittKelsie Payne Kansas WintersMonique Harris Iowa State KlothJenna Rosenthal Marquette WintersBrittany Maxwell DePaul Taylor

On A RollCreighton won its last six regular-season BIG EAST matches in 2015 and extended that streak to 24 straight with 18 consecutive BIG EAST wins last fall. That is the longest league win streak of regu-lar-season matches in program history.

Creighton - Most Consecutive Regular-Season League Wins Wins Dates Snapped By League 24 Oct. 31, 2015-Present (not yet) BIG EAST 14 Sept. 29, 2012 - End of 2012 Never (left MVC) MVC 12 Sept. 20-Oct. 25, 2015 at Villanova, 3-2 BIG EAST 11 Oct. 11-Nov. 21, 2014 Seton Hall, 3-0 BIG EAST 9 Nov. 4, 2005-Sept. 30, 2006 Northern Iowa, 3-2 MVC 9 Nov. 17, 2006-Oct. 6, 2007 at Wichita State, 3-0 MVC 9 Oct. 25, 2008-Sept. 18, 2009 Northern Iowa, 3-1 MVC

Bluejays On The RadioCreighton has eight upcoming broadcasts on local radio in 2017 that will air on KZOT 1180 AM. Below is a list of the upcoming broadcast schedule:Sept. 15 1180 AM KZOT at Wichita StateSept. 16 1180 AM KZOT vs. Iowa StateSept. 22 1180 AM KZOT GeorgetownSept. 24 1180 AM KZOT VillanovaOct. 15 1180 AM KZOT XavierOct. 22 1180 AM KZOT Seton HallNov. 4 1180 AM KZOT MarquetteNov. 5 1180 AM KZOT DePaul

Last Year SummaryCreighton went 29-7 last year, tying a program-record for wins, while advancing to the Elite Eight for the first time. The Bluejays started the fall 6-6 before uncorking a school-record 23-match win streak. CU became the first volleyball team in BIG EAST Conference history to finish 18-0, then became the first squad in NCAA Tournament history to open the postseason with three con-secutive five-set victories. Lydia Dimke was named BIG EAST Player of the Year and Third Team All-American, while Jaali Winters and Taryn Kloth were named All-BIG EAST and Honorable Mention All-Americans. Head coach Kirsten Bernthal Booth picked up BIG EAST Coach of the Year, AVCA East Region Coach of the Year and VolleyballMag.com National Coach of the Year accolades.

Rank Date Opponent ResultWeek of November 5, 2012 25 11/09/12 Indiana State W 3-025 11/10/12 Illinois State W 3-1

Week of November 12, 201223 11/16/12 at Wichita State W 3-223 11/17/12 at Missouri State W 3-2

Week of November 19, 201221 11/23/12 vs. Illinois State W 3-121 11/24/12 vs. Wichita State W 3-021 11/30/12 vs. Marquette W 3-021 12/01/12 at #11 Minnesota L 1-3

Week of December 18, 2012(Ranked 24th in year-end poll, but no matches played)

Preseason Poll, August 12, 201325 08/30/13 vs. #13 BYU W 3-125 08/31/13 at Bowling Green W 3-0

Week of September 2, 201319 09/06/13 Northern Colorado W 3-019 09/07/13 South Florida W 3-019 09/07/13 California L 0-3

Week of September 9, 201324 09/10/13 Kansas W 3-124 09/13/13 vs. Cal State Northridge W 3-024 09/13/13 at Denver W 3-224 09/14/13 vs. #11 UCLA L 1-3

Week of September 16, 201323 09/20/13 vs. #7 Hawai’i L 2-323 09/21/13 vs. South Dakota W 3-023 09/22/13 at Wichita State W 3-2

Week of September 23, 2013(Ranked 23rd, but no matches played)

Week of September 30, 201322 10/04/13 at Butler L 1-322 10/05/13 at Xavier W 3-1

Preseason Poll, August 11, 201423 08/29/14 vs. Lipscomb W 3-123 08/29/14 vs. Utah Valley W 3-023 08/30/14 at #22 Kansas L 1-3

Week of December 21, 2015(Ranked 19th in year-end poll, but no matches played)

Preseason Poll, August 10, 201618 08/27/16 vs. Wichita State L 2-318 08/28/16 at Iowa State W 3-1

Week of August 29, 201622 09/02/16 vs. Northern Iowa W 3-022 09/03/16 vs. #23 Kentucky L 0-322 09/03/16 at USC L 2-3

Week of October 31, 201625 11/04/16 Butler W 3-025 11/06/16 Xavier W 3-0

Week of November 7, 201622 11/11/16 Providence W 3-022 11/12/16 Providence W 3-0

Week of November 14, 201621 11/18/16 Georgetown W 3-021 11/20/16 Villanova W 3-2

Week of November 21, 201621 11/25/16 vs. Seton Hall W 3-0

21 11/26/16 vs. Xavier W 3-0

Week of November 28, 201621 12/01/16 vs. Northern Iowa W 3-221 12/02/16 at #4 Kansas W 3-221 12/09/16 vs. #17 Michigan W 3-221 12/10/16 at #5 Texas L 0-3

Week of December 19, 2016(Ranked 9th in year-end poll, but no matches played)

Preseason Poll, August 9, 20179 08/25/17 vs. Saint Mary’s W 3-09 08/26/17 vs. Pitt W 3-09 08/26/17 at #3 Washington W 3-1

Week of August 28, 20177 09/01/17 #13 Kentucky W 3-07 09/02/17 #18 USC L 0-37 09/02/17 Northern Iowa W 3-0

Week of September 4, 20179 09/08/17 vs. #17 Purdue L 1-39 09/08/17 vs. Belmont W 3-09 09/09/17 at #7 Kansas W 3-0

Notes About The AVCA Poll• The AVCA poll started in 1982.• No. 3 Washington is the highest-ranked team Creighton has ever beaten (8/26/17).• Creighton snapped a 35-match losing streak to ranked teams before breaking through with a 3-1 win over No. 25 Wichita State on Oct. 2, 2009.• Creighton is 6-8 vs. ranked teams while ranked itself.• Creighton lost its first 31 true road matches to ranked teams before a Dec. 5, 2015 win at No. 23 North Carolina.

All-Time Record As A Ranked Team (39-12)* *AVCA Poll only

Event Date Opponent ResultNCAA 12/03/10 vs. #16 Iowa State W 3-2NCAA 12/04/12 at #12 Minnesota L 0-3NCAA 12/01/12 at #11 Minnesota L 1-3NCAA 12/07/13 at #23 Kansas L 1-3

NCAA 12/05/15 at #23 North Carolina W 3-1NCAA 12/11/15 vs. #2 USC L 1-3NCAA 12/02/16 at #4 Kansas W 3-2NCAA 12/09/16 vs. #17 Michigan W 3-2NCAA 12/10/16 at #5 Texas L 0-3

Record vs. Ranked Teams in Postseason Play (4-5)Coach All Home Away Neut.Guiliano 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0Wallace 0-16 0-3 0-10 0-3Booth 10-53 2-20 4-24 4-9Total 10-69 2-23 4-34 4-12

Coach vs. Top 10 vs. Top 11-25Guiliano 0-0 0-0Wallace 0-7 0-9Booth 4-20 6-33Total 4-27 6-42

CU Coaches vs. Ranked Teams

Creighton Volleyball AVCA Poll History

Date Opponent Result09/01/98 at #5 Nebraska L 0-309/04/98 vs. #19 Texas A&M (Stockton, Calif.) L 0-309/05/98 at #11 Pacific L 0-3

09/14/99 at #24 Kansas State L 0-310/16/99 #19 Northern Iowa L 0-3

09/08/00 at #6 Hawai’i L 0-310/03/00 at #1 Nebraska L 0-3

09/08/01 at #24 Santa Clara L 1-309/09/01 vs. #13 UC Santa Barbara (Santa Clara, Calif.) L 0-309/25/01 at #1 Nebraska L 0-310/13/01 #16 Northern Iowa L 0-311/09/01 at #18 Northern Iowa L 0-3

09/06/02 vs. #13 Pacific (Columbia, S.C.) L 0-309/21/02 at #7 Northern Iowa L 1-309/29/02 at #5 Nebraska L 0-310/18/02 #10 Northern Iowa L 0-3

10/03/03 at #10 Northern Iowa L 1-311/01/03 #12 Northern Iowa L 1-3

10/10/04 vs. #5 Nebraska (North Platte, Neb.) L 0-3

09/06/05 at #24 Kansas State L 0-309/10/05 vs. #3 Stanford (Boulder, Colo.) L 0-310/11/05 at #1 Nebraska L 0-310/29/05 at #25 Wichita State L 1-3

09/24/06 #1 Nebraska L 1-3

08/31/07 at #1 Nebraska L 0-309/02/07 #18 Cal Poly L 0-309/15/07 at #13 Minnesota L 1-311/10/07 at #24 Wichita State L 0-3

08/29/08 #16 Minnesota L 0-308/30/08 #21 LSU L 2-309/27/08 #14 Wichita State L 1-310/05/08 #2 Nebraska L 0-310/24/08 at #12 Wichita State L 0-3

08/29/09 #10 Illinois L 0-309/01/09 at #6 Nebraska L 0-310/02/09 #25 Wichita State W 3-111/10/09 #20 Saint Louis L 0-311/20/09 at #21 Northern Iowa L 1-311/27/09 #20 Northern Iowa L 0-3

08/31/10 #7 Nebraska L 0-309/24/10 #16 Northern Iowa L 1-310/23/10 at #14 Northern Iowa L 0-311/27/10 at #11 Northern Iowa L 1-312/03/10 vs. #16 Iowa State (Minneapolis, Minn.) W 3-212/04/10 at #12 Minnesota L 0-3

09/08/11 at #11 Nebraska L 0-310/15/11 #12 Northern Iowa L 0-311/11/11 at #12 Northern Iowa L 1-3

09/01/12 #21 Kansas State L 0-312/01/12 at #11 Minnesota L 1-3

08/30/13 vs. #13 BYU (Bowling Green, Ohio) W 3-109/14/13 vs. #11 UCLA (Denver, Colo.) L 1-309/20/13 vs. #7 Hawai’i (Wichita, Kan.) L 2-3

11/30/13 #24 Marquette L 1-312/07/13 at #23 Kansas L 1-3

08/30/14 at #22 Kansas L 1-309/06/14 vs. #6 USC (Lexington, Ky.) L 1-309/06/14 at #16 Kentucky L 0-309/17/14 at #9 Nebraska L 1-309/19/14 #16 Illinois L 1-3

08/29/15 at #8 Illinois L 0-309/04/15 vs. #8 USC (Cedar Falls, Iowa) L 0-309/05/15 vs. #10 Kentucky (Cedar Falls, Iowa) W 3-009/15/15 #4 Nebraska L 0-309/19/15 #11 Wisconsin L 0-312/05/15 at #23 North Carolina W 3-112/11/15 vs. #2 USC (San Diego, Calif.) L 1-3

09/03/16 vs. #23 Kentucky (Los Angeles, Calif.) L 0-309/08/16 #4 Kansas L 2-309/13/16 at #25 Kansas State L 1-309/17/16 at #1 Nebraska L 1-312/02/16 at #4 Kansas W 3-212/09/16 vs. #17 Michigan (Austin, Texas) W 3-212/10/16 at #5 Texas L 0-3

08/26/17 at #3 Washington W 3-109/01/17 #13 Kentucky W 3-009/02/17 #18 USC L 0-309/08/17 vs. #17 Purdue (Lawrence, Kan.) L 1-309/09/17 at #7 Kansas W 3-0

All-Time Record vs. Ranked Opponents (10-69)* *AVCA Poll only

• Preseason BIG EAST Player of the Year in 2017.• In 2016, named a Third Team All-American by the AVCA, BIG EAST Player of the Year, First Team All-East Region and First Team All-BIG EAST after ranking second nationally with 1,454 assists.• Named to Husky Invitational All-Tournament Team (8/26) after averaging 11.50 aps., 2.30 dps.

and 0.50 saps.• Had 47 assists and nine digs in win at No. 3 Washington (8/26). Named MVP of the Bluejay Invitational (Sept. 2) and BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Week (9/5) after averaging 9.67 assists, 2.44 digs, 1.56 kils, 1.00 blocks and 0.78 aces per set on .520 hitting.• With 29 assists, 10 digs, four blocks, four aces and four kills vs. UNI (Sept. 2), become first Bluejay with 4+ in each category since Melissa Weisensee on Nov. 2, 1996.• Set CU to .446 hitting vs. Belmont (9/8), fourth-best in team history.• Played first two seasons of her career at Purdue before transferring.

#1 Lydia Dimke6-3 • Sr. • S • Ham Lake, Minn.

#1 Lydia Dimke Match-by-MatchDate Opponent SP K E TA Pct. A SA Dig BS-A PTS08-25 Saint Mary’s• 3 5 1 12 .333 38 0 8 0-2 6.008-26 Pitt• 3 1 0 7 .143 30 3 6 0-6 7.0 08-26 #3 Washington• 4 3 2 13 .077 47 2 9 0-1 5.509-01 #13 KENTUCKY• 3 6 0 7 .857 31 3 7 0-2 10.009-02 #18 USC• 3 4 1 9 .333 27 0 5 0-3 5.509-02 NORTHERN IOWA• 3 4 0 9 .444 29 4 10 0-4 10.009-08 #17 Purdue• 4 7 1 12 .500 39 0 7 0-1 7.509-08 Belmont• 3 5 0 7 .714 26 0 7 0-2 6.009-09 #7 Kansas• 3 2 1 7 .143 38 0 8 0-2 3.0

#1 Lydia DimkeSEASON Highs Category CAREER Highs (includes Purdue)7 vs. #17 Purdue, 9/8 ..................... Kills . . . . . . . . 14 vs. South Dakota, 9/18/1513 at #3 Washington, 8/26 ......... Attempts . . . . . . 29 vs. South Dakota, 9/18/15.500 vs. #17 Purdue, 9/8 ...........Hitting Pct.. . . .800 vs. Morehead State, 9/19/1410 vs. Northern Iowa, 9/2 ...............Digs . . . . . . . . .20 vs. Wichita State, 8/27/164 vs. Northern Iowa, 9/2 .................Aces . . 4 (2x), last vs. Northern Iowa, 9/2/176 vs. Pitt, 8/26 .............................. Blocks . . . . . . . . . 6 (2x), last vs. Pitt, 8/26/1747 at #3 Washington, 8/26 ...........Assists . . . . . . . . . .63 at Southern Cal, 9/3/1610.0 (2x), last vs. UNI, 9/2 ............Points. . . . . . . 15.5 vs. South Dakota, 9/18/15

• Preseason All-BIG EAST in 2017.• Named 2016 AVCA East Region Freshman of the Year after leading all BIG EAST freshmen in digs.• Named to Kansas Invitational All-Tournament Team (9/9) after 38 digs in three matches.• Led Creighton in digs during all three matches at the Husky Invitational (8/25-26).

• Notched her first kill of the season in win at No. 3 Washington (8/26).• Recorded a season-high 17 digs at No. 3 Washington (8/26).• Tied career-high with three aces against No. 17 Purdue (9/8).• Had 16 digs, including nine in the first set, as CU swept No. 7 Kansas (9/9).• Named BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Week on Sept. 13 after 36 digs and five aces in three matches at Kansas Invitational.• Spent two weeks with the USA Volleyball’s top collegiate national team in Thailand in May.

#2 Brittany Witt5-8 • So. • DS • Omaha, Neb.

#2 Brittany Witt Match-by-MatchDate Opponent SP K E TA Pct. A SA Dig BS-A PTS08-25 Saint Mary’s 3 0 0 0 --- 3 2 11 0-0 2.008-26 Pitt 3 0 0 0 --- 0 2 12 0-0 2.008-26 #3 Washington 4 1 0 1 1.000 2 0 17 0-0 1.009-01 #13 KENTUCKY 3 0 0 0 --- 4 0 8 0-0 0.009-02 #18 USC 3 0 0 0 --- 3 1 8 0-0 1.009-02 NORTHERN IOWA 3 0 0 0 --- 3 2 11 0-0 2.009-08 #17 Purdue 4 0 0 0 --- 4 3 14 0-0 3.009-08 Belmont 3 0 0 0 --- 2 1 8 0-0 1.009-09 #7 Kansas 3 0 0 0 --- 2 1 16 0-0 1.0

#2 Brittany WittSEASON Highs Category CAREER Highs1 at #3 Washington, 8/26 ............... Kills . . . . 1 (3x), last at #3 Washington, 8/261 at #3 Washington, 8/26 ........... Attempts . 1 (10x), last at #3 Washington, 8/26...................................................Hitting Pct.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17 at #3 Washington, 8/26 .............Digs . . . . . . . . 32 vs. Northern Iowa, 12/1/163 vs. #17 Purdue, 9/8 .....................Aces . . . . 3 (3x), last vs. #17 Purdue, 9/8/17...................................................... Blocks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 vs. #17 Purdue, 9/8 ....................Points. . . . 3 (3x), last vs. #17 Purdue, 9/8/17

• Reserve middle blocker who can also play on the right side.• Made 2017 debut in win vs. Pitt (8/26).• Had two kills, two digs, two blocks and first career ace vs. Belmont (9/8).• All three career starts came in 2015, and all three were against ranked teams.

• Skilled photographer and videographer produced team’s 2016 high-light video.

#3 Kelsey O’Connell6-2 • Jr. • MB/RS • Omaha, Neb.

#3 Kelsey O’Connell Match-by-MatchDate Opponent SP K E TA Pct. A SA Dig BS-A PTS08-25 Saint Mary’s Did Not Play08-26 Pitt 1 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0-0 0.008-26 #3 Washington Did Not Play09-01 #13 KENTUCKY Did Not Play09-02 #18 USC Did Not Play09-02 NORTHERN IOWA Did Not Play09-08 #17 Purdue Did Not Play09-08 Belmont 2 2 2 7 .000 0 1 2 0-2 4.009-09 #7 Kansas Did Not Play

#3 Kelsey O’ConnellSEASON Highs Category CAREER Highs2 vs. Belmont, 9/8 ..........................Kills ...........................5 vs. Villanova, 9/27/167 vs. Belmont, 9/8 ......................Attempts .....................13 vs. Villanova, 9/27/15.................................................. Hitting Pct. .................154 vs. Villanova, 9/27/152 vs. Belmont, 9/8 ......................... Digs ..............2 (3x), last vs. Belmont, 9/8/171 vs. Belmont, 9/8 .........................Aces ......................................................Same 2 vs. Belmont, 9/8 ........................Blocks .................. 4 vs. Miami (Ohio), 8/28/154.0 vs. Belmont, 9/8 .....................Points ......................5.5 vs. Villanova, 9/27/15

• Preseason All-BIG EAST selection in 2017.• Named All-American as both a freshman and sophomore by the AVCA, and is also a two-time All-East Region and First Team All-BIG EAST selection.• Owns Creighton single-season record for kills in a season with 546 in 2015.

• Earned 1,000th career kill in season-opener vs. Saint Mary’s (8/25), reaching the milestone in 72 matches (2nd quickest in CU history).• Tied for team-lead with 16 kills in win at No. 3 Washington (8/26), including eight kills in the 25-23 final set victory.• Landed on Bluejay Invitational All-Tournament Team (Sept. 2) after averaging 3.22 kills and 2.33 digs per set.• Named MVP of the Kansas Invitational after double-doubles vs. No. 17 Purdue (13 kills, 10 digs) and No. 7 Kansas (14 kills, 12 digs).• Spent nearly two weeks in Slovenia and Croatia in July with USA Volleyball.• Ranks second nationally among active juniors with 1,095 kills, which is also the 10th-highest career total in Creighton history.

#5 Jaali Winters6-3 • Jr. • OH • Ankeny, Iowa

#5 Jaali Winters Match-by-MatchDate Opponent SP K E TA Pct. A SA Dig BS-A PTS08-25 Saint Mary’s• 3 10 4 30 .200 1 0 8 0-2 11.008-26 Pitt• 3 10 4 36 .167 0 0 8 0-4 12.008-26 #3 Washington• 4 16 4 52 .231 0 0 9 0-2 17.009-01 #13 KENTUCKY• 3 15 3 30 .400 1 0 7 0-0 15.009-02 #18 USC• 3 4 2 27 .074 0 0 9 0-2 5.009-02 NORTHERN IOWA• 3 10 5 40 .125 0 2 5 0-1 12.509-08 #17 Purdue• 4 13 6 39 .179 2 4 10 0-1 17.509-08 Belmont• 3 9 1 20 .400 0 1 3 0-1 10.509-09 #7 Kansas• 3 14 2 35 .343 0 0 12 0-2 15.0

#5 Jaali WintersSEASON Highs Category CAREER Highs16 at #3 Washington, 8/26 . . . . . . Kills ..........................28 at St. John’s, 10/2/1552 at #3 Washington, 8/26 . . . . Attempts ...................77 vs. Marquette, 11/27/15.400 (2x), last Belmont, 9/8 . . .Hitting Pct. .............. .541 vs. Marquette, 10/11/1512 at #7 Kansas, 9/9 . . . . . . . . . . Digs ...................25 vs. #17 Michigan, 12/9/164 vs. #17 Purdue, 9/8. . . . . . . . . . Aces .......... 4 (2x), last vs. #17 Purdue, 9/8/174 vs. Pitt, 8/26 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Blocks .....................5 vs. Georgetown, 10/6/1517.5 vs. #17 Purdue, 9/8 . . . . . . Points ......................31.0 at St. John’s, 10/2/15

• Defensive and serving specialist who was a set-ter in high school, she delivered a double-double (41 assists, 13 digs) in her first career start in 2015 at Georgetown.• Owned seven digs in win at No. 3 Washington (8/26).• Served first ace of the fall vs. #13 Kentucky (9/1).

• Registered a season-high 14 digs vs. Northern Iowa (9/2) to help team win Bluejay Invitational.• Dug 11 balls and served two aces in sweep of Belmont (9/8).• Only player in Creighton history to appear in at least 80 career sets (137 and counting) without recording a kill.• Only player in Kirsten Bernthal Booth’s 15 years at Creighton to skip her final semester of high school to enroll in the spring.

#8 Samantha Bohnet5-6 • Jr. • DS • Council Bluffs, Iowa

#8 Samantha Bohnet Match-by-MatchDate Opponent SP K E TA Pct. A SA Dig BS-A PTS08-25 Saint Mary’s 3 0 0 0 --- 1 0 7 0-0 0.008-26 Pitt 3 0 0 0 --- 1 0 4 0-0 0.008-26 #3 Washington 4 0 1 1 -1.000 2 0 7 0-0 0.009-01 #13 KENTUCKY 3 0 0 0 --- 4 1 8 0-0 1.009-02 #18 USC• 3 0 0 0 --- 1 0 7 0-0 0.009-02 NORTHERN IOWA 3 0 0 0 --- 3 0 14 0-0 0.009-08 #17 Purdue 4 0 0 0 --- 3 0 7 0-0 0.009-08 Belmont 3 0 0 0 --- 3 2 11 0-0 2.009-09 #7 Kansas 3 0 0 0 --- 1 0 6 0-0 0.0

#8 Samantha BohnetSEASON Highs Category CAREER Highs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kills ..................................................................1 at #3 Washington, 8/26 . . . . . Attempts ........................ 1 at #4 Kansas, 12/2/16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hitting Pct. ............................................................14 vs. Northern Iowa, 9/2. . . . . . . Digs ........................17 vs. Villanova, 11/20/162 vs. Belmont, 9/8 . . . . . . . . . . . . Aces .....................3 vs. Georgetown, 11/18/16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Blocks ................................................................4 vs. #13 Kentucky, 9/1 . . . . . . . Assists ...................41 at Georgetown, 11/20/152.0 vs. Belmont, 9/8 . . . . . . . . . . Points .................3.0 vs. Georgetown, 11/18/16

• First Team All-East Region and Second Team All-BIG EAST in 2016, Wilkinson can play middle blocker or on the right side.• Husky Invitational MVP (8/26) and BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Week (8/29) after averag-ing 2.90 kills and 1.50 blocks per set on .397 hitting to open the season.

• Had 11 kills, four blocks and hit .429 in win at No. 3 Washington (8/26).• Opened her senior year with 13 kills and five blocks on .571 hitting vs. Saint Mary’s (8/25).• Named to Bluejay Invitational All-Tournament Team on Sept. 2 after averaging 3.11 kills per set on .390 hitting.• Owned 14 kills vs. No. 17 Purdue (9/8).• Hit .321 with 12 kills in sweep of No. 7 Kansas (9/9).• Has started 83 of the last 84 matches and leads all active Bluejays with 103 career starts.• Creighton is 37-1 all-time when she hits .400 or better.

#9 Marysa Wilkinson6-0 • Sr. • MB/RS • Lincoln, Neb.

#9 Marysa Wilkinson Match-by-MatchDate Opponent SP K E TA Pct. A SA Dig BS-A PTS08-25 Saint Mary’s• 3 13 1 21 .571 0 0 0 3-2 17.008-26 Pitt• 3 5 3 16 .125 0 0 1 0-6 8.008-26 #3 Washington• 4 11 2 21 .429 0 0 2 1-3 13.509-01 #13 KENTUCKY• 3 8 1 15 .467 0 0 0 1-1 9.509-02 #18 USC• 3 9 1 18 .444 0 0 0 0-3 10.509-02 NORTHERN IOWA• 3 11 3 26 .308 0 0 0 0-2 12.009-08 #17 Purdue• 4 14 5 29 .310 1 0 2 0-1 14.509-08 Belmont• 3 7 1 15 .400 0 0 1 1-4 10.009-09 #7 Kansas• 3 12 3 28 .321 0 0 3 0-3 13.5

#9 Marysa WilkinsonSEASON Highs Category CAREER Highs14 vs. #17 Purdue, 9/8 ..................Kills .................. 18 vs. Northern Iowa, 12/1/1629 vs. #17 Purdue, 9/8 ............. Attempts ......40 (3x), last at #4 Kansas, 12/2/16.571 vs. Saint Mary’s, 8/25 ...... Hitting Pct. ..........786 vs. Montana State, 9/16/163 at #7 Kansas, 9/9 ...................... Digs ........................... 8 at Villanova, 10/11/14......................................................Aces ...................... 3 vs. Providence, 10/23/156 vs. Pitt, 8/26 .............................Blocks ..................8 vs. Montana State, 9/16/1617.0 vs. Saint Mary’s, 8/25 ..........Points ...............18.5 (2x), last vs. UNI, 12/1/16

• Split time as Creighton’s setter in 2015 before moving to the defensive specialist frole ull-time in 2016 and 2017.• Had kills in each of CU’s first two matches in 2017 after zero kills in 2016.• Registered a season-high 11 digs in win at No. 3 Washington (8/26).

#10 Kenzie Crawford5-9 • Sr. • DS/S • Grand Rapids, Mich.

#10 Kenzie Crawford Match-by-MatchDate Opponent SP K E TA Pct. A SA Dig BS-A PTS08-25 Saint Mary’s• 3 1 0 2 .500 1 0 8 0-0 1.008-26 Pitt• 3 1 0 1 1.000 0 0 5 0-0 1.008-26 #3 Washington• 4 0 0 0 --- 0 0 11 0-0 0.009-01 #13 KENTUCKY• 3 0 0 0 --- 0 0 7 0-0 0.009-02 #18 USC 3 0 0 1 .000 0 0 4 0-0 0.009-02 NORTHERN IOWA 3 0 0 0 --- 0 0 9 0-0 0.009-08 #17 Purdue• 4 0 0 0 --- 0 0 3 0-0 0.009-08 Belmont• 3 0 0 1 .000 1 0 1 0-0 0.009-09 #7 Kansas• 3 0 0 0 --- 0 0 3 0-0 0.0

#10 Kenzie CrawfordSEASON Highs Category CAREER Highs1 (2x), last vs. Pitt, 8/26 ................Kills .......................... 10 vs. Louisville, 8/29/152 vs. Saint Mary’s, 8/25 .............Attempts ...................... 15 vs. Louisville, 8/29/15................................................. Hitting Pct. ................. .600 vs. Louisville, 8/29/1511 at #3 Washington, 8/26 ........... Digs ................. 17 vs. Northern Iowa, 12/1/16......................................................Aces ............1 (5x), last at #5 Texas, 12/10/16.....................................................Blocks .......................... 5 vs. Louisville, 8/29/151 (2x), last vs. Belmont, 9/8 ....... Assists ....................... 51 vs. Louisville, 8/29/151.0 (2x), last vs. Pitt, 8/26 ...........Points ..................... 12.5 vs. Louisville, 8/29/15

• Redshirt freshman who is the team’s back-up set-ter, and also comes in to serve.• Collected first career dig vs. Pitt (8/26) and first career ace vs. #18 USC (9/2).• Had three assists and a dig in first collegiate action as a setter vs. Belmont (9/8).• Played in the European Global Challenge in

Croatia in July, helping her BP Midwest team to a runner-up finish.

#11 Jaclyn Taylor5-11• Fr. • S • St. Charles, Ill.

#11 Jaclyn Taylor Match-by-MatchDate Opponent SP K E TA Pct. A SA Dig BS-A PTS08-25 Saint Mary’s 2 0 0 0 --- 0 0 0 0-0 0.008-26 Pitt 2 0 0 0 --- 0 0 1 0-0 0.008-26 #3 Washington 2 0 0 0 --- 0 0 0 0-0 0.009-01 #13 KENTUCKY 2 0 0 0 --- 0 0 0 0-0 0.009-02 #18 USC 2 0 0 0 --- 1 0 0 0-0 0.009-02 NORTHERN IOWA Did Not Play09-08 #17 Purdue 1 0 0 0 --- 0 0 0 0-0 0.009-08 Belmont 1 0 0 0 --- 3 0 1 0-0 0.009-09 #7 Kansas 1 0 0 0 --- 0 0 0 0-0 0.0

#11 Jaclyn TaylorSEASON Highs Category CAREER Highs........................................................ Kills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..................................................... Attempts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....................................................Hitting Pct.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 (2x), last vs. Belmont, 9/8 ...........Digs . . . . . . . 1 (2x), last vs. Belmont, 9/8/17........................................................Aces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....................................................... Blocks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 vs. Belmont, 9/8 ........................Assists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Same.......................................................Points. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• Preseason All-BIG EAST in 2017.• AVCA Honorable Mention All-American and First Team All-BIG EAST last year, when she led CU in kills during league play.• Tied for team-high honors with 16 kills in win at No. 3 Washington (8/26), hitting .389.• Owned 10 kills and six digs in win over UNI (9/2)

to clinch Bluejay Invitational title.• Named to All-Tournament Team at Kansas Invitational after 32 kills on .303 hitting in three matches (9/9).• Hit .733 with 11 kills in 15 swings in sweep over Belmont (9/8).• Spent a week with USA Volleyball this summer in Minneapolis, rank-ing among the club’s kill leaders.• First name rhymes with Karen, last name rhymes with Both.

#12 Taryn Kloth6-4 • Jr. • OH • Sioux Falls, S.D.

#12 Taryn Kloth Match-by-MatchDate Opponent SP K E TA Pct. A SA Dig BS-A PTS08-25 Saint Mary’s 3 9 3 27 .222 0 2 6 0-1 11.508-26 Pitt 3 10 1 22 .409 0 1 1 0-2 12.008-26 #3 Washington 4 16 2 36 .389 0 1 1 0-3 18.509-01 #13 KENTUCKY 3 9 3 20 .200 2 0 6 0-2 10.009-02 #18 USC• 3 4 2 27 .074 1 0 4 0-1 4.509-02 NORTHERN IOWA• 3 10 2 27 .296 0 1 6 1-0 12.009-08 #17 Purdue 4 11 5 34 .176 0 2 1 0-1 13.509-08 Belmont 3 11 0 15 .733 0 1 1 0-0 12.009-09 #7 Kansas 3 10 4 27 .222 1 0 0 0-3 11.5

#12 Taryn KlothSEASON Highs Category CAREER Highs16 at #3 Washington, 8/26 . . . . . . Kills .......................23 at Southern Cal, 9/3/1636 at #3 Washington, 8/26 . . . . Attempts ....................54 at Southern Cal, 9/3/16.733 vs. Belmont, 9/8 . . . . . . . .Hitting Pct. ...................................................Same6 (3x), last vs. UNI, 9/2 . . . . . . . . Digs ......... 7 (2x), last at Georgetown, 10/8/162 (2x), last vs. #17 Purdue, 9/8 . . Aces .......... 2 (6x), last vs. #17 Purdue, 9/8/173 (2x), last at #7 Kansas, 9/9 . . . Blocks .................... 9 at Georgetown, 11/20/1518.5 at #3 Washington, 8/26 . . . Points ...................25.0 at Southern Cal, 9/3/16

• One of two true freshmen on this year’s club, along with Naomi Hickman, that helped compose Prep Volleyball’s No. 25 recruiting class nationally.• Likely to be used as a defensive specialist and to serve.• Made collegiate debut with three digs vs. Belmont (9/8).

• Transferred to a new high school as a senior, and rather than play-ing, she was a student assistant at her previous school.• Last name pronounced ROO-mel-ee-otis.

#13 Alexa Roumeliotis5-8 • Fr. • DS • Menlo Park, Calif.

#13 Alexa Roumeliotis Match-by-MatchDate Opponent SP K E TA Pct. A SA Dig BS-A PTS08-25 Saint Mary’s Did Not Play08-26 Pitt Did Not Play08-26 #3 Washington Did Not Play09-01 #13 KENTUCKY Did Not Play09-02 #18 USC Did Not Play09-02 NORTHERN IOWA Did Not Play09-08 #17 Purdue Did Not Play09-08 Belmont 3 0 0 0 --- 0 0 3 0-0 0.009-09 #7 Kansas Did Not Play

#13 Alexa RoumeliotisSEASON Highs Category CAREER Highs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kills ................................................................. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Attempts .............................................................. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Hitting Pct. ............................................................3 vs. Belmont, 9/8 . . . . . . . . . . . . Digs ....................................................... Same . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aces ................................................................. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Blocks ............................................................... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Points ................................................................

• Redshirt junior who is graduating and will be recognized on November 5th during Creighton’s Senior Day.• Made 2017 debut vs. Pitt, finishing with one assist and one block assist (8/26).• Had one kill in four swings vs. No. 17 Purdue (9/8).

• Owns three career starts, including last year’s Regional Final vs. No. 5 Texas.

#14 Brittany Lawrence6-4 • Jr. • MB/RS • North Platte, Neb.

#14 Brittany Lawrence Match-by-MatchDate Opponent SP K E TA Pct. A SA Dig BS-A PTS08-25 Saint Mary’s Did Not Play08-26 Pitt 1 0 0 1 .000 1 0 0 0-1 0.508-26 #3 Washington Did Not Play09-01 #13 KENTUCKY Did Not Play09-02 #18 USC 1 0 2 2 -1.000 0 0 1 0-0 0.009-02 NORTHERN IOWA Did Not Play09-08 #17 Purdue 3 1 1 4 .000 0 0 0 0-0 1.009-08 Belmont Did Not Play09-09 #7 Kansas 1 0 0 0 --- 0 0 0 0-0 0.0

#14 Brittany LawrenceSEASON Highs Category CAREER Highs1 vs. #17 Purdue, 9/8 ..................... Kills ..................4 vs. Montana State, 9/16/164 vs. #17 Purdue, 9/8 ................. Attempts ................12 at Northern Iowa, 9/5/15...................................................Hitting Pct. .......... .100 vs. Miami (Ohio), 8/28/151 vs. #18 USC, 9/2 .........................Digs .................... 2 vs. Miami (Ohio), 8/28/15........................................................Aces ................................1 vs. Butler, 11/4/161 vs. Pitt, 8/26 .............................. Blocks ....................3 at Northern Iowa, 9/5/151.0 vs. #17 Purdue, 9/8 .................Points ..................4.5 at Northern Iowa, 9/5/15

• Redshirt sophomore who alternates between middle blocker and right-side hitter.• Named to Husky Invitational All-Tournament Team after averaging 2.20 kills and 1.00 blocks per set on .349 hitting (8/26).• Opened season with 10 kills on .562 hitting vs. Saint Mary’s (8/25).

• Hit .500 and had 11 kills vs. #18 USC (9/2).• Hit .600 with seven kills in 10 swings in sweep over No. 7 Kansas (9/9), adding two blocks.• Redshirt sophomore who led the BIG EAST with 39 aces last sea-son.• Creighton is 17-1 all-time when she hits .300 or better.

#19 Megan Ballenger6-1 • So. • MB/RS • Ankeny, Iowa

#19 Megan Ballenger Match-by-MatchDate Opponent SP K E TA Pct. A SA Dig BS-A PTS08-25 Saint Mary’s• 3 10 1 16 .562 0 0 2 0-3 11.508-26 Pitt• 3 6 2 14 .286 0 0 3 1-4 9.008-26 #3 Washington• 4 6 4 13 .154 1 1 4 0-2 8.009-01 #13 KENTUCKY• 3 7 2 15 .333 0 1 0 0-3 9.509-02 #18 USC 3 11 2 18 .500 0 0 0 0-1 11.509-02 NORTHERN IOWA• 3 3 6 13 -.231 0 0 2 0-3 4.509-08 #17 Purdue• 4 3 4 10 -.100 0 0 0 0-0 3.009-08 Belmont• 1 1 0 1 1.000 0 0 0 0-2 2.009-09 #7 Kansas• 3 7 1 10 .600 0 0 1 0-2 8.0

•#19 Megan Ballenger

SEASON Highs Category CAREER Highs11 vs. #18 USC, 9/2. . . . . . . . . . . Kills ...................... 14 at Southern Cal, 9/3/1618 vs. #18 USC, 9/2. . . . . . . . . Attempts ................... 31 at Southern Cal, 9/3/16.600 at #7 Kansas, 9/9 . . . . . . .Hitting Pct ............... .727 at St. John’s, 10/29/164 at #3 Washington, 8/26 . . . . . . . Digs .........................16 vs. #4 Kansas, 9/8/161 (2x), last vs. #13 Kentucky, 9/1 Aces ..............................6 vs. DePaul, 9/25/165 vs. Pitt, 8/26 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Blocks ....................... 7 at St. John’s, 10/29/1611.5 (2x), last vs. #18 USC, 9/2. Points .....................17.0 vs. Gonzaga, 9/16/16

• Middle blocker and right side hitter who is in the starting line-up as true freshman.• Hit .375 and finished with five kills, three digs and a block in 3-0 win vs. Saint Mary’s (8/25).• Finished with five kills and two blocks in win over No. 3 Washington (8/26).• Led or tied for team lead in all three matches at

the Bluejay Invitational (9/1-2), including four blocks vs. both #18 USC and UNI on Sept. 2.• Had season-high six kills in nine swings vs. No. 17 Purdue (9/8), adding two blocks and two digs.• One of two true freshmen on this year’s Creighton team, Hickman was PrepVolleyball.com’s No. 98 ranked recruit.• Younger sister has committed to play volleyball at Kansas.

#21 Naomi Hickman6-4 • Fr. • MB • Lawrence, Kan.

#21 Naomi Hickman Match-by-MatchDate Opponent SP K E TA Pct. A SA Dig BS-A PTS08-25 Saint Mary’s• 3 5 2 8 .375 0 0 3 0-1 5.508-26 Pitt• 3 2 3 6 -.167 0 1 1 0-2 4.008-26 #3 Washington• 4 5 3 11 .182 1 0 1 0-2 6.009-01 #13 KENTUCKY• 3 0 0 5 .000 0 0 1 0-3 1.509-02 #18 USC• 3 2 2 6 .000 1 0 4 0-4 4.009-02 NORTHERN IOWA• 3 1 3 6 -.333 0 0 0 0-4 3.009-08 #17 Purdue• 4 6 1 9 .556 1 1 2 0-2 8.009-08 Belmont• 3 3 1 8 .250 0 0 1 0-3 4.509-09 #7 Kansas• 3 1 0 9 .111 1 0 1 0-3 2.5

#21 Naomi HickmanSEASON Highs Category CAREER Highs6 vs. #17 Purdue,9/8 . . . . . . . . . . Kills .........................................................Same11 at #3 Washington, 8/26 . . . . Attempts ......................................................Same.182 at #3 Washington, 8/26 . .Hitting Pct ....................................................Same4 vs. #18 USC, 9/2. . . . . . . . . . . . Digs .........................................................Same1 (2x), last vs. #17 Purdue, 9/8 . . Aces ........... 1 (2x), last vs. #17 Purdue, 9/8/174 (2x), last vs. Northern Iowa, 9/2 Blocks ... 4 (2x), last vs. Northern Iowa, 9/2/178.0 vs. #17 Purdue, 9/8 . . . . . . . Points ........................................................Same

Creighton 3-Set Match Highs Team IndividualsKills. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 vs. Saint Mary’s, 8/25 . . . . . . . . . . . 15, Jaali Winters vs. #17 Kentucky, 9/1Errors. . . . . . . . . . . . 19 vs. Northern Iowa, 9/2 . . . . . . . 6, Megan Ballenger vs. Northern Iowa, 9/2Attacks. . . . . . . . . . . 121 vs. Northern Iowa, 9/2 . . . . . . . . . 40, Jaali Winters vs. Northern Iowa, 9/2Hitting Pct.. . . . . . . . .446 vs. Belmont, 9/8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..733, Taryn Kloth vs. Belmont, 9/8Assists. . . . . . . . . . . 44 vs. Saint Mary’s, 8/25 . . . . . . . . . . . .38, Lydia Dimke vs. Saint Mary’s, 8/25Aces. . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 vs. Northern Iowa, 9/2. . . .4, Lydia Dimke vs. UNI, 9/2 & vs. #7 Kansas, 9/9Digs . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 vs. Northern Iowa, 9/2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16, Brittany Witt vs. Belmont, 9/8Block Solos. . . . . . . 3 vs. Saint Mary’s, 8/25 . . . . . . . . . 3, Marysa Wilkinson vs. Saint Mary’s, 8/25Block Assists . . . . . 25 vs. Pitt, 8/26 . . . . . . . . . . . 6, Marysa Wilkinson & Lydia Dimke vs. Pitt, 8/26Total Blocks . . . . . . 13.5 vs. Pitt, 8/26 . . . . . . . . . 6, Marysa Wilkinson & Lydia Dimke vs. Pitt, 8/26Points. . . . . . . . . . . . 65.5 vs. Saint Mary’s, 8/25 . . . .17.0, Marysa Wilkinson vs. Saint Mary’s, 8/25

Creighton 4-Set Match Highs Team IndividualsKills. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 at #3 Washington, 8/26 . . . 16 by Kloth & Winters at #3 Washington, 8/26Errors. . . . . . . . . . . . 23 vs. #17 Purdue, 9/8. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6, Jaali Winters vs. #17 Purdue, 9/8Attacks. . . . . . . . . . . 148 at #3 Washington, 8/26 . . . . . . . 52, Jaali Winters at #3 Washington, 8/26Hitting Pct.. . . . . . . . .270 at #3 Washington, 8/26. . . . . . . . . .500, Lydia Dimke vs. #17 Purdue, 9/8Assists. . . . . . . . . . . 53 at #3 Washington, 8/26 . . . . . . . . 47, Lydia Dimke at #3 Washington, 8/26Aces. . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 vs. #17 Purdue, 9/8. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4, Jaali Winters vs. #17 Purdue, 9/8Digs . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 at #3 Washington, 8/26 . . . . . . . . .17, Brittany Witt at #3 Washington, 8/26Block Solos. . . . . . . 1 at #3 Washington, 8/26 . . . . . .1, Marysa Wilkinson at #3 Washington, 8/26Block Assists . . . . . 13 at #3 Washington, 8/26 . . . . .3, Marysa Wilkinson at #3 Washington, 8/26Total Blocks . . . . . . 7.5 at #3 Washington, 8/26. . . . .4, Marysa Wilkinson at #3 Washington, 8/26Points. . . . . . . . . . . . 69.5 at #3 Washington, 8/26. . . . . . .18.5, Taryn Kloth at #3 Washington, 8/26

Creighton 5-Set Match Highs Team IndividualsKills. . . . . . . . . . . . . .Errors. . . . . . . . . . . .Attacks. . . . . . . . . . .Hitting Pct.. . . . . . . .Assists. . . . . . . . . . .Aces. . . . . . . . . . . . .Digs . . . . . . . . . . . . .Block Solos. . . . . . .Block Assists . . . . .Total Blocks . . . . . .Points. . . . . . . . . . . .

Opponent Individual Match Highs Team IndividualsKills. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66, #17 Purdue, 9/8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23, Khalia Lanier, #18 Southern Cal, 9/2Errors. . . . . . . . . . . . 23, Pitt, 8/26 and Northern Iowa, 9/2 . . . . . 8, Karlie Taylor, Northern Iowa, 9/2Attacks. . . . . . . . . . . 149, #3 Washington, 8/26 . . . . . . . . . 42, Khalia Lanier, #18 Southern Cal, 9/2Hitting Pct.. . . . . . . . .411, #17 Purdue, 9/8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..576, Danielle Cuttino, #17 Purdue, 9/8Assists. . . . . . . . . . . 64, #17 Purdue, 9/8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57, Ashley Evans, #17 Purdue, 9/8Aces. . . . . . . . . . . . . 5, #18 Southern Cal, 9/2 . . . . . 2 (2x), last Merideth Jewell, #13 Kentucky, 9/1Digs . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66, #3 Washington, 8/26 . . . . . . . .22, Victoria Garrick, #18 Southern Cal, 9/2Block Solos. . . . . . . 3, #3 Washington, 8/26. . . . . . . . . . .2, Lauren Sanders, #3 Washington, 8/26Block Assists . . . . . 16, #3 Washington, 8/26 . . . . . . .5, Marion Hazelwood, #3 Washington, 8/26Total Blocks . . . . . . 11.0, #3 Washington, 8/26. . 5, Sanders & Hazelwood, #3 Washington, 8/26Points. . . . . . . . . . . . 73.0, #17 Purdue, 9/8 . . . . . . . . . . .24.0, Khalia Lanier, #18 Southern Cal, 9/2

Note: Hitting percentage requires 10 attacks minimum

2017 Individual/Team Player Highs

2017 Creighton VolleyballCreighton Combined Team Statistics (as of Sep 13, 2017)

All matches

RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRALALL GAMES 7-2 2-1 2-0 3-1CONFERENCE 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0NON-CONFERENCE 7-2 2-1 2-0 3-1

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 points5 WINTERS, Jaali 29 101 3.48 31 309 . 2 2 7 4 0.14 7 6 0.24 - 71 2.45 0 15 15 0.52 2 0 115.512 KLOTH, Taryn 29 90 3.10 22 245 . 2 7 8 4 0.14 8 5 0.28 - 26 0.90 1 13 14 0.48 2 1 105.59 WILKINSON, Marysa 29 90 3.10 20 189 . 3 7 0 1 0.03 0 2 0.00 - 9 0.31 6 25 31 1.07 2 0 108.519 BALLENGER, Megan 27 54 2.00 22 110 . 2 9 1 1 0.04 2 5 0.07 - 12 0.44 1 20 21 0.78 6 0 67.01 DIMKE, Lydia 29 37 1.28 6 83 . 3 7 3 305 10.52 12 10 0.41 - 67 2.31 0 23 23 0.79 8 4 60.521 HICKMAN, Naomi 29 25 0.86 15 68 . 1 4 7 4 0.14 2 6 0.07 - 14 0.48 0 24 24 0.83 1 1 39.03 O'CONNELL, Kelsey 3 2 0.67 2 8 . 0 0 0 0 0.00 1 2 0.33 - 2 0.67 0 2 2 0.67 0 0 4.010 CRAWFORD, Kenzie 29 2 0.07 0 5 . 4 0 0 2 0.07 0 0 0.00 - 51 1.76 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 2.02 WITT, Brittany 29 1 0.03 0 1 1.000 23 0.79 12 6 0.41 - 105 3.62 0 0 0 0.00 0 1 13.014 LAWRENCE, Brittany 6 1 0.17 3 7 - . 2 8 6 1 0.17 0 0 0.00 - 1 0.17 0 1 1 0.17 0 0 1.511 TAYLOR, Jaclyn 13 0 0.00 0 0 . 0 0 0 4 0.31 0 3 0.00 - 2 0.15 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.08 BOHNET, Samantha 29 0 0.00 1 1 -1.000 19 0.66 3 7 0.10 - 71 2.45 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 3.013 ROUMELIOTIS, Alexa 3 0 0.00 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 1 0.00 - 3 1.00 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.0

TEAM - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -CREIGHTON 29 403 13.90 122 1026 . 2 7 4 368 12.69 47 53 1.62 17 434 14.97 8 123 69.5 2.40 21 7 519.5Opponents 29 400 13.79 166 1081 . 2 1 6 377 13.00 17 54 0.59 47 455 15.69 11 71 46.5 1.60 14 5 463.5

Team Statistics CU OPPATTACK K i l l s 403 400 E r r o r s 122 166 Total Attacks 1026 1081 Attack Pct . 2 7 4 . 2 1 6 K i l l s / S e t 13.9 13.8SET A s s i s t s 368 377 A s s i s t s / S e t 12.7 13.0SERVE A c e s 47 17 E r r o r s 53 54 A c e s / S e t 1.6 0.6SERVE RECEPTIONS E r r o r s 17 47 E r r o r s / S e t 0.6 1.6DEFENSE D i g s 434 455 D i g s / S e t 15.0 15.7BLOCKING Block Solo 8 11 Block Assist 123 71 Total Blocks 69.5 46.5 B l o c k s / S e t 2.4 1.6 Block Errors 21 14Ball handling errors 7 5ATTENDANCE T o t a l 6387 3554 Dates/Avg Per Date 3/2129 2/1777 Neutral site #/Avg 4/706 Current win streak 2 - Home win streak 1 -

Date Opponent Score Score by set Att.HAug 25 vs Saint Mary's W 3-0 25-14,25-23,25-20 1176HAug 26 vs Pitt W 3-0 25-19,25-22,25-17 698HAug 26 at #3 Washington W 3-1 25-22,25-17,14-25,25-23 2252BSep 01 #13 KENTUCKY W 3-0 25-20,26-24,25-20 2578BSep 02 #18 USC L 0-3 24-26,16-25,18-25 2084BSep 02 NORTHERN IOWA W 3-0 25-18,25-23,25-21 1725KSep 08 vs #17 Purdue L 1-3 21-25,15-25,25-22,25-27 500KSep 08 vs Belmont W 3-0 25-10,25-10,25-19 450KSep 09 at #7 Kansas W 3-0 25-20,25-16,29-27 1302

* BIG EAST Conference matchH = Husky Invite (Seattle, WA); B = Bluejay Invite (Omaha, Neb.)K = Kansas Invitational (Lawrence, Kan.)S = Shocker Volleyball Classic (Wichita, Kan.)

Record in 3-set matches: 6-1Record in 4-set matches: 1-1Record in 5-set matches: 0-0

2017 Creighton VolleyballCreighton Individual Season/Career Statistics (as of Sep 09, 2017)

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/s5 WINTERS, Jaali 29 101 3.48 31 309 . 2 2 7 4 0.14 3 . 9 7 287 1095 3.82 418 2980 . 2 2 7 70 0.24 4 . 2 212 KLOTH, Taryn 29 90 3.10 22 245 . 2 7 8 4 0.14 3 . 6 2 255 673 2.64 223 1744 . 2 5 8 19 0.07 3 . 0 99 WILKINSON, Marysa 29 90 3.10 20 189 . 3 7 0 1 0.03 3 . 7 2 410 933 2.28 253 2240 . 3 0 4 13 0.03 2 . 7 519 BALLENGER, Megan 27 54 2.00 22 110 . 2 9 1 1 0.04 2 . 4 8 136 229 1.68 80 530 . 2 8 1 28 0.21 2 . 3 61 DIMKE, Lydia 29 37 1.28 6 83 . 3 7 3 305 10.52 2 . 0 7 157 183 1.17 51 420 . 3 1 4 1759 11.20 1 . 6 621 HICKMAN, Naomi 29 25 0.86 15 68 . 1 4 7 4 0.14 1 . 3 4 29 25 0.86 15 68 . 1 4 7 4 0.14 1 . 3 43 O'CONNELL, Kelsey 3 2 0.67 2 8 . 0 0 0 0 0.00 1 . 3 3 58 30 0.52 25 95 . 0 5 3 0 0.00 0 . 7 110 CRAWFORD, Kenzie 29 2 0.07 0 5 . 4 0 0 2 0.07 0 . 0 7 241 43 0.18 13 99 . 3 0 3 466 1.93 0 . 2 42 WITT, Brittany 29 1 0.03 0 1 1.000 23 0.79 0 . 4 5 157 3 0.02 5 11 - . 1 8 2 132 0.84 0 . 2 814 LAWRENCE, Brittany 6 1 0.17 3 7 - . 2 8 6 1 0.17 0 . 1 7 42 26 0.62 13 76 . 1 7 1 1 0.02 0 . 7 611 TAYLOR, Jaclyn 13 0 0.00 0 0 . 0 0 0 4 0.31 0 . 0 0 13 0 0.00 0 0 . 0 0 0 4 0.31 0 . 0 08 BOHNET, Samantha 29 0 0.00 1 1 -1.000 19 0.66 0 . 1 0 137 0 0.00 1 2 - . 5 0 0 96 0.70 0 . 0 913 ROUMELIOTIS, Alexa 3 0 0.00 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 . 0 0 3 0 0.00 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 . 0 0

CREIGHTON 29 403 13.90 122 1026 . 2 7 4 368 12.69 1 7 . 9 0Opponents 29 400 13.79 166 1081 . 2 1 6 377 13.00 1 5 . 9 7

Serve Dig Blocking Serve Dig BlockingPlayer sa sa/s se dig dig/s bs ba total b/s sa sa/s se dig dig/s bs ba total b/sWINTERS, Jaali 7 0.24 6 71 2.45 0 15 15 0.52 61 0.21 83 764 2.66 5 101 106 0.37KLOTH, Taryn 8 0.28 5 26 0.90 1 13 14 0.48 29 0.11 32 172 0.67 18 134 152 0.60WILKINSON, Marysa 0 0.00 2 9 0.31 6 25 31 1.07 5 0.01 21 144 0.35 37 304 341 0.83BALLENGER, Megan 2 0.07 5 12 0.44 1 20 21 0.78 41 0.30 45 161 1.18 6 90 96 0.71DIMKE, Lydia 12 0.41 10 67 2.31 0 23 23 0.79 30 0.19 60 409 2.61 5 85 90 0.57HICKMAN, Naomi 2 0.07 6 14 0.48 0 24 24 0.83 2 0.07 6 14 0.48 0 24 24 0.83O'CONNELL, Kelsey 1 0.33 2 2 0.67 0 2 2 0.67 1 0.02 2 11 0.19 0 21 21 0.36CRAWFORD, Kenzie 0 0.00 0 51 1.76 0 0 0 0.00 5 0.02 19 455 1.89 0 18 18 0.07WITT, Brittany 12 0.41 6 105 3.62 0 0 0 0.00 41 0.26 75 629 4.01 0 0 0 0.00LAWRENCE, Brittany 0 0.00 0 1 0.17 0 1 1 0.17 1 0.02 3 8 0.19 1 9 10 0.24TAYLOR, Jaclyn 0 0.00 3 2 0.15 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 3 2 0.15 0 0 0 0.00BOHNET, Samantha 3 0.10 7 71 2.45 0 0 0 0.00 13 0.09 28 231 1.69 0 0 0 0.00ROUMELIOTIS, Alexa 0 0.00 1 3 1.00 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 1 3 1.00 0 0 0 0.00CREIGHTON 47 1.62 53 434 14.97 8 123 69.5 2.40Opponents 17 0.59 54 455 15.69 11 71 46.5 1.60