Volleyball falls at No. 5 Creighton in BIG EAST Final

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OMAHA, Nebraska – Aubrey Hamilton had a match-high 18 kills but the Marquette University women's volleyball team fell 25-14, 25-16, 25-19 to No. 5 Creighton in 2024 BIG EAST Conference Women's Volleyball Championship Presented by JEEP on Saturday at D.J. Sokol Arena.

Hamilton and setter Yadhira Anchante were each named to the all-tournament team for their play against CU and Villanova in Friday's semifinal contest. Hamilton landed a tournament-best 6.00 kills per set and hit a combined .360 in the two matches with 14 total digs and a pair of blocks. Anchante posted 70 assists on the weekend (11.67 per set) with 2.83 digs per set and four total blocks.

The Golden Eagles (23-8) hit a combined .099 on Saturday, while the Bluejays claimed the tournament title with a hitting mark of .295.

Creighton setter Kendra Wait earned tournament most valuable player honors and posted 35 assists, 11 digs and a pair of blocks. Outside hitters Ava Martin and Norah Sis joined Wait on the all-tournament team and each posted 10 kills on Saturday.

NOTABLE:

Hamilton joins Hope Werch (2018-20) as the only two players in Marquette history to earn three all-tournament nods in the BIG EAST Championship.
ln five tournament matches during her three seasons at MU, Hamilton has posted 93 total kills for an average of 4.89 per set.
In 20 matches against BIG EAST foes this season, Creighton has dropped just three of 63 total sets. MU has won two of those and DePaul the other.
MU is now 14-16 all-time in the BIG EAST Championship.
Marquette has now advanced to the title match on nine occasions, but is just 1-8 in those games. MU won the 2013 tournament title over Creighton in Omaha.
Marquette is 7-30 all-time against the Bluejays with all but five of those meetings coming after CU joined the BIG EAST for the 2013 campaign.
The tournament was last at D.J. Sokol Arena in 2022 when MU swept UConn in the semifinals and fell in five sets to then-No. 15 Creighton. MU won the fourth set against the Jays, 33-31, to even the title match before falling, 15-12, in the fifth. Hamilton and senior libero Carly Skrabak earned all-tournament recognition for their play.
Last season, MU fell to St. John's in five sets at the Al McGuire Center in the league semifinals.

UP NEXT: The NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Selection Show airs live on ESPN at 5 p.m. Central time on Sunday. The Golden Eagles are in search of their 13th NCAA tournament berth since 2011.

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Volleyball falls at No. 5 Creighton in BIG EAST Final

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Team Stats

Aubrey Hamilton

Ella Foti

Hattie Bray

Natalie Ring

Players Mentioned

Yadhira Anchante

Aubrey Hamilton

Players Mentioned

Yadhira Anchante

Aubrey Hamilton