Prepare yourself for some exciting volleyball Wednesday night as #1 Nebraska takes on #20 Creighton at Pinnacle Bank Arena in Lincoln. The match starts at 6:00 pm CT and will be broadcast on Big Ten Network.
Nebraska and Creighton always put on a show when they match up for their in-state rivalry and tomorrow promises to be no different.
#20 Creighton (5-4)
2025 Record: 28-6
Conference Record: Big East 16-0
NCAA Tournament: Last season Creighton made it to the Elite Eight before losing to eventual runner-up Kentucky. This
loss ended a 23-match winning streak.
Nebraska and Creighton have met up 24 times previously and the Huskers have come away with a win each time. The two teams met twice back in 1980 before Creighton paused it’s volleyball game and have 22 times since they brought it back in 1994. Up until recently, the Huskers easily handled the Blue Jays sweeping in them in 13 of the first 18 matches. The match has been pushed to an exicting fifth set in three of the previous four matches. Last season Nebraska and Creighton set an indoor NCAA regular season attendance record with 17, 675 fans.
While it was only an exhibition, the Huskers and Blue Jays last met in an exhibition match in April. The Huskers won 3-1 at D.J. Sokol Arena in Omaha.
Creighton has had a tough schedule to start the season and they’ve seen some mixed results. They opened their season with a win over Purdue, a loss to Minnesota, and a win against USC. They then defeated Arizona and Pepperdine, before losing to Tulsa. Last weekend they played at the Rice Invitational opening up with a win over UNI and losing to #5 Lousiville, and Rice. In the Rice game Creighton lost the second set 35-37.
Texas Transfer, Junior Middle Blocker Ayden Ames leads the Blue Jays this season. She started the season making Big East and Creighton history, earning Big East Offensive and Defensive Player of the Week in the same week. That week she had seven kills and seven blocks in an upset over Purdue, eight kills and three blocks against Minnesota, and eight kills and 4 blocks while hitting .400 against USC. Ames has collected 78 kills and 33 solo blocks, hitting .326 so far on the season. The Ames/Andi Jackson or Mania Ogbechie match up is going to fun to watch.
Other top players for the Blue Jays are Wisconsin Transfer, Junior Outside Hitter Trinity Shadd-Ceres and Sophomore Abbey Hayes. Shadd-Ceres not only plays volleyball for Creighton, but also competes in Track and Field as a long jumper. She has 123 kills and five aces on the season, getting 29 of those kills in Creighton’s match against Arizona. Hayes has 94 kills, 70 digs, and 4 aces . 5th year Katie Dalton is the starting setter for the Blue Jays. She has 300 assists on the season. Dalton previously played for Kansas where she was second Team All-Big 12 last season. Freshman Rayna Christianson has also seen some action setting for the Blue Jays and has 118 assists on the year.
#1 Nebraska (7-0)
#1 Keri Leimbach 5’4” SO DS/L
#2 Bergan Reilly 6’1” SR S
#3 Virginia Adriano 6’5 SO OPP
#4 Campbell Flynn 6’3” SO S
#6 Laney Choboy 5’3” SR DS/L
#8 Kenna Cogill 6’4” SO MB
#10 Olivia Mauch 5’6” JR DS/L
#11 Teraya Sigler 6’3” SO OH
#14 Mania Ogbechie 6’3” SO MB
#15 Andi Jackson 6’3” SR MB
#17 Keoni Williams 6’4” FR MB
#18 Ryan Hunter 6’2” SO OPP
#20 Jayden Robinson 6’3” FR OH
#21 Skyler Pierce 6’2” JR OH
#23 Gabby DeVita 6’1” FR OH
#27 Harper Murray 6’2” SR OH
#20 Creighton (5-4)
#0 Trinity Shadd-Ceres 5’11” JR OH
#2 Abby Hayes 6’1” SO OH
#3 Peyton Carlson 5’11” FR DS
#4 Rayna Christianson 6’2” FR S
#5 Katie Dalton 6’1” 5th YR S
#6 Jaya Johnson 6’2” SR RS/MB
#7 Ivy Leuck 5’6” SR S
#8 Cambel Drapeau 6’2” FR MB
#9 Ayden Ames 6’4” JR MB
#10 Eloise Brandewie 6’3” SR MB
#12 Ava TeStrake 6’4” SR RS/OH
#13 Saige Damrow 5’8” SR DS
#17 Bailey Boeve 6’0” FR OH
#19 Nora Wurtz 6’4” JR MB
#20 Mila Vlahovic 6’2” FR OH
#22 Ashlyn Paymal 6’1” SO RS
#24 Sydney Breissinger 5’7” SR DS
