<body><div><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=2CL29W_0wEzW4gd00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=2CL29W_0wEzW4gd00" width="799" height="450" ><p><b>OMAHA, Neb.</b> -- The No. 6 Creighton Volleyball team hit .446 and trailed for three total points in a 3-0 sweep over visiting DePaul on Sunday afternoon as part of the program's 17th Annual Pink Out. Scores in favor of CU were 25-18, 25-12, 25-13.</p><p>Creighton's (17-2, 8-0 BIG EAST) 10th straight win helped it match the best start in program history (17-2), and was its 25th in a row over DePaul (13-7, 5-3 BIG EAST). The Blue Demons came into the week 5-1 in BIG EAST play before losing in five sets at Marquette on Friday before today's setback.</p><p>Ava Martin led CU with 10 kills and Norah Sis matched her career-high with five aces as part of a big afternoon that saw CU serve a season-high 12 aces and outblock the Blue Demons 6-1. Creighton's .446 hitting percentage upped its season hitting percentage to .310, including an otherworldly .377 in league action.</p><p>Six different Bluejays had multiple kills in the opening set, a 25-18 victory. Martin had six of those terminations as CU hit .500 with 21 kills in 34 swings. Kendra Wait dished 15 assists to help hold off a DePaul unit that hit .407.</p><p>DePaul's lone lead came when it scored the first two points of the second set, only to have Creighton respond with the next two points to start a 16-3 run. Sis had four aces during that surge. CU went up 21-8 after a third straight DePaul attack error and took a 2-0 lead into intermission after a DePaul service error on set point. DePaul hit -.040 in 25 swings, while Destiny Ndam-Simpson was perfect in three swings on a big afternoon in her first start of the season.</p><p>The Bluejays blitzed to a 6-1 lead to open the final set, including one ace from Sydney Breissinger and two more by Martin, and were never threatened in the finale. Back-to-back blocks by Kiara Reinhardt and Kendra Wait gave CU a 20-10 lead, and a kill from Martin ended CU's seventh sweep in eight conference matches, and 21st sweep in its past 23 contests against league competition.</p><p>DePaul was led by 11 kills from Audrey Klemp. Jill Pressly entered the match leading the BIG EAST with 4.31 kills per set, but was held to a season-low six on .037 hitting. The Blue Demons hit .136 overall and did not record an ace.</p><p>Creighton returns to action with a road trip Georgetown and Seton Hall next weekend.</p><p><b>NOTES</b>: Creighton has not trailed in 12 of its 25 BIG EAST sets this year ... Creighton has now won 43 straight October home matches and hasn't lost in the month at home since 2011 ... Creighton is now 13-0 all-time at home against DePaul ... Creighton improved to 16-1 all-time in its home Pink Out match ... Creighton also extended win streaks to 39 straight home BIG EAST matches,&nbsp; 30 straight wins vs. unranked teams, 23 straight home match wins, 23 straight wins against BIG EAST teams, 21 straight regular-season BIG EAST victories and 10 triumphs in a row this year ... Creighton is now 178-16 all-time in regular-season BIG EAST matches, and 96-3 at home ... Creighton has had a block in 923 matches in a row, has won its last 233 matches against conference teams when going ahead 2-0, has won 177 consecutive contests when hitting .300 or better, won 134 straight games when owning a set point, 33 straight matches when winning the first set, 20 contests in a row when owning more aces than service errors and eight matches in a row when owning 10 or more aces ... Creighton raised $9,106.23 in its Pink Out jersey auction ... Creighton also started 17-2 in 2021 before losing its 20th match ... Creighton is 8-0 in league play for the sixth time in the last 10 seasons ... Creighton's 25 straight wins over DePaul is its longest win streak ever against another opponent ... Kendra Wait set a D.J. Sokol Arena record during the third set for career assists. She ends the weekend with 1,879, five more than Megan Bober ... The NCAA announced Creighton was sixth in its Top 16 early reveal on Sunday ... Creighton has won 89 of its last 91 sets against unranked teams ... Creighton is now 18-1 in the third set this season.</p><div style="position:relative;width:100%; height:0; padding-bottom: 56.25%;"><iframe allowfullscreen src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/jsTQr05a8eQ?si=8UNAYaD7a551QR_4" frameborder="0" style="width:100%; height:100%;top:0; left:0; position:absolute"></iframe></div><div style="position:relative;width:100%; height:0; padding-bottom: 56.25%;"><iframe allowfullscreen src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/axiMZMBkbac?si=vUW5pppsW3wLUqY6" frameborder="0" style="width:100%; height:100%;top:0; left:0; position:absolute"></iframe></div></div></body>

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#6 Volleyball Sweeps DePaul For 10th Straight Win

OMAHA, Neb. -- The No. 6 Creighton Volleyball team hit .446 and trailed for three total points in a 3-0 sweep over visiting DePaul on Sunday afternoon as part of the program's 17th Annual Pink Out. Scores in favor of CU were 25-18, 25-12, 25-13. Creighton's (17-2, 8-0 BIG EAST) 10th straight win helped it match the best start in program history (17-2), and was its 25th in a row over DePaul (13-7, 5-3 BIG EAST). The Blue Demons came into the week 5-1 in BIG EAST play before losing in five sets at Marquette on Friday before today's setback.