OMAHA, Neb. –– All Americans Ava Martin, Norah sister And Kendra Wait had a double-doubles to lead No. 6 Creighton Volleyball to a 3-1 victory over rival Marquette Tuesday night in front of a national television audience on FS1. The scores of CU’s win were 25-20, 25-18, 23-25, 25-12.

Creighton is now 12-2 on the year and 3-0 in BIG EAST play after its fifth straight win, while Marquette fell to 6-6 overall and is 2-1 in league play.

Martin had 15 kills and 10 digs, Sister added 14 kills and 13 digs, while Wait contributed 47 assists and 11 digs for the Bluejays, who also got huge efforts from the Wisconsinites Elise Goetzinger (12 kills, 6 blocks) and Kiara Reinhardt (9 kills, 5 blocks). Maddy Bilinović In his first taste of the BIG EAST’s best rivalry, the fifth-year libero collected 20 digs. Creighton finished the night leading the Golden Eagles in kills (60-38), hitting percentage (.278 – .116), assists (55-36), aces (9-8), digs (70-65) and blocks (13). -5).

Goetzinger had two kills and a block in an early 5-0 run as the Bluejays took a 6-4 lead to open the match. CU would gradually extend the lead to 20-14, then hold off a Marquette comeback that was too little too late. Goetzinger had six kills and three blocks in the opener and Bilinovic increased eight digs.

Creighton raced to an 11-4 lead in the second set when Wait scored a 6-0 run behind the service line. The Golden Eagles again drew within three at 13-10, 17-14, 20-17, but got no closer as the Bluejays closed out the 25-18 set win to take a 2-0 lead in the match. Sister had five kills and Reinhardt owned four kills and a pair of blocks as CU held the Golden Eagles to .098.

Marquette became the first BIG EAST visitor to win a regular-season set in Omaha since Oct. 16, 2022, when it rallied for a 25-23 set three victory, snapping CU’s 46-set home winning streak in league play. The Bluejays were in control 22-19 and looking for a sweep before the Golden Eagles closed the set with a 6-1 jump to extend the match. Yadhira Anchante served up a late 5-0 run, including an ace from a timeout at 23-22, to lead MU. Creighton hit .281 in the set and had four blocks, but lost the service game after receiving five aces and owning five service errors.

The Bluejays wasted no time closing out the match, gaining a 13-4 lead in the fourth frame and pushing the lead into double figures at 15-5. A murder of Jaya Johnson the match ended in just over two hours. Creighton hit .500 in the fourth set with 17 kills in 32 swings. Sister had six kills and five digs, while Martin had five kills, two aces and a solo dig to close out MU for the 23rd time in the last 27 meetings.

Marquette got nine kills each from Carsen Murray and Ella Foti, who also had 11 digs. Anchante had 32 assists and 12 digs and Jenna Reitsma had four aces and 14 digs despite being held at -.133 hitting.

Creighton returns to action on Friday at 6:00 PM Central with a game at Butler.

NOTES: Creighton entered the game having played the No. 2 schedule in the country, while Marquette faced the No. 3 strength of schedule…Creighton and Marquette have shared the last three BIG EAST regular season titles , although Creighton has won the last three BIG EAST tournaments… Creighton has won 41 straight home games played in the month of October, last losing in the 10th month in 2011… Creighton improved to 94-3 all-time times in BIG EAST home games…Creighton is now 8-0 at home this year and extended its program-record home winning streak to 21 straight games…Creighton has won 54 of its last 56 sets at home…Creighton is now 11-0 in winning the first set this year… Creighton is now 5-0 in the fourth set this year, but lost the third set for the first time all fall… Maddy Bilinović had her ninth straight match with 10+ digs and is now at just eight digs out of 1,000 in her career… Elise Goetzinger 12 murders gives her exactly 700 in her career… Ava Martin has moved over 400 career digs, 10 of them tonight… Kendra Wait (4,229) passed Kailey Reyes (4,207) for the third-most assists in program history…Creighton has won 228 consecutive games against conference teams when taking a 2-0 lead…Creighton has won 119 straight sets when setting a set point. .. Ava Martin had her 56th straight game with five or more kills…Creighton has won 37 straight home games against league teams.