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Creighton Volleyball Enters 2025 Season with High Expectations

Strategic Insights

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The Creighton University volleyball team, seeking its 12th consecutive BIG EAST regular-season title, kicked off its first two fall practices on August 4th. With a strong returning core and added transfers, the team is poised for success under first-year head coach Brian Rosen. Rosen, previously the 2024 AVCA National Assistant Coach of the Year, takes the reins after Kirsten Bernthal Booth's resignation. The Bluejays return 11 players from the 2024 team that went 32-3 and advanced to the Elite Eight, including senior outside hitter Ava Martin, a National Player of the Year Watch List selection for the second consecutive season.

Key Takeaways:

  • The Creighton volleyball team hosts its first two practices of the fall on August 4th, led by first-year head coach Brian Rosen, who was promoted after Kirsten Bernthal Booth's resignation.
  • Eleven players return from the 2024 team that went 32-3 and advanced to the Elite Eight, including four All-Americans: Ava Martin, Destiny Ndam-Simpson, Ava TeStrake, and Kiara Reinhardt.
  • Martin is on the National Player of the Year Watch List for the second consecutive season, seeking her fourth consecutive All-BIG EAST accolade.
  • The team adds four transfers and two true freshmen, including Ohio State transfer Eloise Brandewie and California transfer Annalea Maeder, who did not train at Creighton in the spring.
  • The Bluejays face a challenging non-conference schedule, opening with 2024 NCAA champion Penn State in Lincoln before traveling to Madison to take on 2022 and 2023 NCAA champ Texas.
  • The team's core defensive specialists include senior Sky McCune, junior Sydney Breissinger, sophomore Alivia Hausmann, and Wisconsin transfer Saige Damrow.

Statistics:

  • The Creighton volleyball team returns 11 players from the 2024 team that went 32-3.
  • The team adds four transfers and two true freshmen.
  • Ava Martin is on the National Player of the Year Watch List for the second consecutive season.
  • Kiara Reinhardt anchors Creighton's middle blocking corps as the sixth-year senior.
  • The team faces a challenging non-conference schedule, including matches against 2024 NCAA champion Penn State and 2022 and 2023 NCAA champion Texas.

Sources:

  • Nebraska by Creighton University Athletics, August 2024.

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