By: Rob Anderson

MILWAUKEE, Wis. – All-American outside hitters Norah sister (23) and Ava Martin (16) combined for 39 kills as No. 5 Creighton Volleyball earned a 3-1 victory over rival Marquette on Sunday afternoon.

The scores of the match in favor of CU were 21-25, 25-12, 25-18, 25-13. Creighton (23-2, 14-0 BIG EAST) has now won 16 straight games and is in the driver’s seat for an 11th consecutive BIG EAST regular-season title. Marquette snapped its 12-game win streak, falling to 18-7 (12-2 BIG EAST), with both league losses coming to CU.

Creighton lost its first set in six weeks in the opener, dropping a 25-21 decision. The score was tied at 12-all before Marquette used an 8-3 run to go up 20-15. The Bluejays would close within one at 22-21 before surrendering the set. SIs had six kills, but the host Golden Eagles had 17 kills and hit .293, while Aubrey Hamilton had five kills while hitting .444.

Sydney Breissinger Opening the second set with an ace, the Bluejays led wire to wire to tie the match. CU built the lead to 8-3 to force an early timeout from the Golden Eagles. CU dominated, hitting .696 in the second set. Ava Martin had six kills and sister had five more as part of an overwhelming CU attack.

Martin and Sis each had six kills in the third set, a 25-18 Bluejay victory that put the visitors in control of the match. CU hit .333 in the game.

Creighton pulled away in the fourth set to seal the match and snap Marquette’s 28-match win streak in BIG EAST regular season play. Breissinger had six digs and Sis six kills in the final. Marquette hit -.091 in the final set.

Creighton hit .356 and finished with 58 kills, 60 digs, 12 blocks and eight aces on .356 hitting. Sis had 23 kills on .429 hitting, while Martin picked up her fourth double-double of the fall with 16 kills and 11 digs on .424 hitting. Kendra Wait dished out 44 assists and had 13 digs while Kiara Reinhardt outpaced all players by six blocks.

Marquette recorded 46 kills, 59 digs, three blocks and one ace on .146 hitting. Hamilton led MU with 13 kills after a hot start.

Creighton returns to action on Friday when it hosts Seton Hall at 6 p.m.

NOTES: The game was broadcast on FS1… Creighton played its 200th all-time BIG EAST regular season game, and is now 184-16 in those games… Today marked the 13th meeting between Creighton and Marquette since February 4, 2021, and that doesn’t include two other matches canceled due to COVID-19…Creighton had its program record-setting win streak snapped at 31 with a loss in the first set… Creighton’s .696 hitting percentage in the second set is the sixth-best single-set mark ever…Creighton is 28-1 all-time against the Golden Eagles when winning at least one set, including 24 straight wins…Creighton topped -two finishes in the league standings and the bye that comes with it for the BIG EAST tournament. CU will play in the first semifinal on Nov. 29 at 2:30 p.m. … Creighton extended its win streak to 16 this fall, the sixth-longest win streak in program history … Creighton is now 24-4 against Marquette since the start of the season 2014…Creighton has won 27 consecutive regular-season games, four shy of the program record…Creighton’s seven consecutive true road wins are tied for the fifth-longest streak in the program history…Creighton has not trailed in 21 of 44 sets in BIG EAST play this year… Ava Martin hit .250 or better for the 16th straight match…Creighton has won 40 straight matches that are four sets or fewer.