No. 25 Volleyball falls in three sets at No. 17 Creighton

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OMAHA, Nebraska – The No. 25 Marquette University women's volleyball team fell, 25-18, 25-9, 26-24, to No. 17 Creighton on Sunday afternoon at D.J. Sokol Arena.

Junior outside hitter Jenna Reitsma led the Golden Eagles (16-9, 12-2 BIG EAST) with eight kills, while Aubrey Hamilton had seven.

Ellie Bichelmeyer had a match-best 14 kills for the Bluejays (21-4, 12-2 BIG EAST), who pulled into a three-way tie with MU and St. John's for first place in the BIG EAST Conference.

Creighton hit a combined .387 to a mark of just .111 for the Golden Eagles. CU setter Kendra Wait had 40 assists and 12 digs, while outside hitter Norah Sis had 12 kills alongside Kiana Schmitt.

NOTABLE:

Sis, the Preseason BIG EAST Player of the Year, missed the first matchup against MU and a total of 11 matches due to injury.
Creighton has won all eight matches and 24 sets since its sweep at the hands of MU on Oct. 6 in Milwaukee.
Marquette is 7-27 all-time against the Bluejays with all but five of those meetings coming after CU joined the BIG EAST for the 2013 campaign.
MU swept then-No. 15 Creighton, 25-21, 25-23, 25-19, at the Al McGuire Center on Oct. 6 in the last matchup. Hamilton hit .379 (13-2-29) with a match-high 13 kills and Hattie Bray hit .412 (10-3-17) with five blocks.
The two squads also split the two regular season matches last season and each team won on its home court.
The Jays won both matches last season in Omaha in five sets. The Golden Eagles tied the BIG EAST tournament final with a 33-31 fourth set victory before falling, 15-12, in the fifth. Hamilton had a career- and match-high 25 kills for MU, while Yadhira Anchante had 57 assists and a career-best 25 digs.
Marquette was picked to win the BIG EAST in the preseason coaches' poll with seven first place votes. Creighton received four.
Saturday is MU's 10th match this season against a team currently ranked in the AVCA Coaches Poll (No. 2 Wisconsin, No. 6 Pitt, No. 7 Oregon, No. 11 Tennessee, No. 14 Kansas, No. 17 Creighton (twice), No. 18 Dayton, No. 19 Purdue and No. 23 Western Kentucky.

UP NEXT: Marquette has just two regular season road matches remaining next weekend on the East Coast at Georgetown and Villanova. MU then closes its regular season schedule on Nov. 17-18 against St. John's and Seton Hall in Milwaukee.

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