Creighton sweeps Butler to finish two-match Big East road trip

OMAHA — Creighton swept Butler 25–20, 25–14, 25–19 on Sunday at Hinkle Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana, closing a weekend road trip with a second straight 3-0 win.

Butler stayed close in the opening set, putting down 15 kills on.222 hitting, but Creighton hit.444 to take it. The Bluejays hit.520 in the second set while Butler managed five kills against four errors. In the third, both teams struggled to finish: Creighton hit.103, and Butler had 11 attack errors and finished the set below zero.

For the match, Creighton hit.319 with 41 kills. Butler hit.059, with 28 kills and 22 attack errors. Creighton also led in blocks, 7–4.

Trinity Shadd-Ceres led Creighton with 11 kills. Eloise Brandewie added nine kills on.412 hitting and three blocks, and Ayden Ames had seven kills and a match-high four blocks. Katie Dalton had 31 assists, Saige Damrow had nine digs and two aces, and Abbey Hayes added eight digs and two aces.

Chase Lemming led Butler with nine kills, and Kaylee Finnegan had 10 assists and eight digs.

Creighton is 17–9 overall and 12–2 in the Big East. Butler fell to 11–15 and 5–9.

The Bluejays return to D.J. Sokol Arena to host Georgetown at 6 p.m. Friday, Nov. 13, and Villanova at 1 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 15. Admission was not listed for either match.

Source: Creighton Athletics: official box score, Creighton at Butler, Nov. 8, 2026 and the Creighton volleyball schedule.

How we checked this: Reported from Creighton Athletics' official box score for Creighton at Butler and the team's schedule, opened Nov. 8, 2026, at 9:09 p.m. CT, and checked against the record by our copy desk before publishing.