2024 Creighton Volleyball

[jaykorver]

Syd got off to a slow start (hangover from last Louisville match?) but has gotten better every match since. Her 17 digs last night included a number of highlight reel plays.

Unfortunately passing numbers aren't readily accessible and I can only really see them when Avid posts them but I saw Avid post that Norah and Ava outpassed Breissinger/Bilinovic in week 1. I think Bilinovic and Martin struggled a little more with passing in week 2 than week 1 (against one of the most challenging servers they will probably face all season)

I thought both Bilinovic and Breissinger played very well last night. Bilinovic may have been the only player I thought looked locked in at the start of the match but the entire backcourt was really, really good in sets 3 and 4. One area I think Breissinger particularly excels in is taking 2nd contacts and allowing hitters to transition when Kendra takes the first ball.

[BellevueJay]

Nothing but admiration for the way they picked themselves off the floor and battled the rest of the way like cornered wolverines. Or, cougars or panthers. (I can't think of an animal that isn't already somebody else's mascot). A stirring, never-quit win in a super-extended, epic, who-wants-it-more 3rd set, absolute domination in the 4th set where we made them look like UNO instead of UNL and, even with the tank on empty, gamely competing in the 5th.

But back to my earlier theme. It's high time we stop giving them a true home game, serving ourselves up as the evening's entree. Nobody wins down there. I've never been so I don't know how truly intimidating it is, but clearly they have a massive edge down there and we really need to stop giving it to them. They're the only team in this series that gets true home court. It's a lopsided, one-sided advantage that they don't deserve. We're not some damn buy team.

Play every year at CHI. Even that's a major concession on our part, but that should be the extent of it. At least we can get our own fans in the building, even if they're greatly outnumbered. And we don't have to get on some damn bus and make a semi-annual pilgrimage to Lincoln, like we're paying tribute to them or something. And if they say, "no, no. We just can't agree to something like that", then, fine, they just paused the series. But why would they? Tbh, this has become a sure-fire win for them against a ranked team. Half their fanbase is in Omaha, and they get on a bus every year to play an exhibition in Grand Island anyway, which is farther.

Creighton's Ath Dept is far too accommodating to that school in Lincoln. We rule the state in basketball, both genders, we've owned their asses in baseball (admittedly, this coming season's prospects don't look quite so bright), and we'll do just fine in VB without them. They should hope to be our equal in athletics, not the other way around. Just stop giving them a home advantage in this series they don't deserve and, looking at it from their pov, they don't even really need.

The big difference between VB and the basketball programs, is we need to play them more than they need to play us. Our conference hurts us in terms of RPI, whereas their conference is arguably the best VB conference in the country and strengthens their RPI. So, if AD Blossom starts pushing terms to them, they are more apt to just walk away as playing us does nothing for them. We have to acquiesce to their location demands to continue the series. And without them on our schedule, it makes it that much harder to host first weekend of the tournament.

[jaykorver]

Jays have an early match tomorrow at noon. KBB's daughter is one of UNI's starting setters this season. UNI's coach has twin daughters on teams playing this weekend with one on her team and the other on Louisville.

[Eye of the Jay]

Gotta take care of business to start the weekend vs UNi and Rice. Not going to be pushover opponents - Rice is 41 in current RPI.

If we can go 3-2 down the stretch in non-con, that will be considered a successful non-con and have us right back in hosting contention given a dominant conf schedule against a down BE.

[jaykorver]

Jays sweep. Freshman DS Alivia Hausmann came in to serve early in set 3 and the jays went on a 10-0 scoring run including 3 Hausmann aces.

[wildjays]

Team Mom wins the Booth vs. Booth battle as Creighton volleyball starts off the weekend in Louisville with a sweep over UNI.

Matt DeMarinis reports on-site in Louisville.

https://whiteandbluereview.com/team-mom ... thern-iowa

[jaykorver]

[wildjays]

It was all business for Creighton Volleyball on Saturday against Rice. The Bluejays swept the Owls and setup a showdown with #4 Louisville on Sunday.

Matt DeMarinis reports in live from Louisville.

https://whiteandbluereview.com/creighto ... louisville

[Realhoops]

Louisville looking a machine midway through the second set. Putting together long runs of points in stretches so far.

Louisville took the first set as a result of a couple such runs. Building a lead in the second the same way. So far Louisville hitting a lot of absolutely unreturnable shots at the Jays.

Get to ESPN!

[jaykorver]

Creighton showed some life in a late set 2 run to bring it to 2 (including a couple Kendra Wait highlight plays) but followed it up with a service error and then getting roofed on the following play.

Creighton outblocked Louisville last time they matched up and got huge matches from Kendra, Norah, and Ava. Hoping to see the blocking and those players step up big time the rest of the way.