Saturday, September 14
Louisville, Ky.
10 AM
Rice University
4-2,0-0AAC
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Creighton
7-1,0-0Big East
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Creighton
25
25
25
3
Rice
16
21
12
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Volleyball Falls to Ninth-Ranked Creighton in Cardinal Classic
9/14/2024 11:54:00 AM | Women's Volleyball
Rice concludes time in the Bluegrass State on Sunday against UNI
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - The Rice volleyball team (4-2) dropped a neutral-site match to the ninth-ranked Creighton Bluejays (7-1), 3-0, on Saturday morning at the KFC Yum! Center in Louisville, Kentucky.
"Creighton is a great team and they straight-up beat us today," head coach Genny Volpe said. "We need to wipe this one clean and focus on UNI. We know why we are capable of doing and just didn't show it today unfortunately."
Cindy Tchouangwa led the Owls offensively with seven kills in 27 attempts, followed by Samarah Hill's six kills in 25 attempts. Lola Foord earned five kills in 16 attempts for a team-high .250 hitting percentage with a minimum of five attempts.
Savannah Skopal tallied 20 of Rice's 23 assists, and also had a service ace in the second set. Thea Carter led the Owls with two service aces, and Gaby Mansfield and Hill both had one.
Darby Harris and Mansfield combined for half of the Owls' 40 digs, and Hill contributed of seven of those digs. Nia McCardell finished with five, Skopal had four, Carter had two, and Foord tallied one.
Taylor Johnson made her 2024 debut in the match, with one attack attempt and one dig.
HOW IT HAPPENED
SET ONE (CREIGHTON 25-16)
Rice built up an early 5-2 lead, taking advantage of early errors by the Bluejays, but the Bluejays would then go on a 6-0 run to force the Owls to take a time out. After that timeout, Creighton would build up a 16-10 lead before Rice would be forced to use its final timeout of the first set. The two sides traded blows before the Bluejays went on a 4-0 run to take a 23-14 lead. While Rice would score two to cut the lead to 23-16, Creighton was able to put the first set away with two final points.
SET TWO (CREIGHTON 25-21)
The Owls came out more aggressive in the second set, putting up a 7-0 run and taking a 10-7 lead to start the set. The set was tightly contested the rest of the way, but Creighton was able to pull away with a handful of attack errors by the Owls, taking the 25-21 decision and a 2-0 advantage into the third set.
SET THREE (CREIGHTON 25-12)
The early of the set was a back-and-forth affair, with the Owls and Bluejays both swapping leads until the Bluejays went ahead 6-5, where they would hold the lead for the rest of the match. After a kill by Tchouangwa to make the score 13-8, Creighton would go on a 8-0 run to take a 21-8 lead. After another small run, a kill by Hill and an ace by Carter would serve as the Owls' cut the deficit in half as 24-12, but a service error would set Creighton up with the match point.
UP NEXT
Rice will take on Northern Iowa to conclude its time in the Cardinal Classic on Sunday, September 15, at 9 a.m.
"Creighton is a great team and they straight-up beat us today," head coach Genny Volpe said. "We need to wipe this one clean and focus on UNI. We know why we are capable of doing and just didn't show it today unfortunately."
Cindy Tchouangwa led the Owls offensively with seven kills in 27 attempts, followed by Samarah Hill's six kills in 25 attempts. Lola Foord earned five kills in 16 attempts for a team-high .250 hitting percentage with a minimum of five attempts.
Savannah Skopal tallied 20 of Rice's 23 assists, and also had a service ace in the second set. Thea Carter led the Owls with two service aces, and Gaby Mansfield and Hill both had one.
Darby Harris and Mansfield combined for half of the Owls' 40 digs, and Hill contributed of seven of those digs. Nia McCardell finished with five, Skopal had four, Carter had two, and Foord tallied one.
Taylor Johnson made her 2024 debut in the match, with one attack attempt and one dig.
HOW IT HAPPENED
SET ONE (CREIGHTON 25-16)
Rice built up an early 5-2 lead, taking advantage of early errors by the Bluejays, but the Bluejays would then go on a 6-0 run to force the Owls to take a time out. After that timeout, Creighton would build up a 16-10 lead before Rice would be forced to use its final timeout of the first set. The two sides traded blows before the Bluejays went on a 4-0 run to take a 23-14 lead. While Rice would score two to cut the lead to 23-16, Creighton was able to put the first set away with two final points.
SET TWO (CREIGHTON 25-21)
The Owls came out more aggressive in the second set, putting up a 7-0 run and taking a 10-7 lead to start the set. The set was tightly contested the rest of the way, but Creighton was able to pull away with a handful of attack errors by the Owls, taking the 25-21 decision and a 2-0 advantage into the third set.
SET THREE (CREIGHTON 25-12)
The early of the set was a back-and-forth affair, with the Owls and Bluejays both swapping leads until the Bluejays went ahead 6-5, where they would hold the lead for the rest of the match. After a kill by Tchouangwa to make the score 13-8, Creighton would go on a 8-0 run to take a 21-8 lead. After another small run, a kill by Hill and an ace by Carter would serve as the Owls' cut the deficit in half as 24-12, but a service error would set Creighton up with the match point.
UP NEXT
Rice will take on Northern Iowa to conclude its time in the Cardinal Classic on Sunday, September 15, at 9 a.m.
Team Stats
CU
Rice
Kills
42
24
Errors
15
18
Attempts
103
100
Hitting %
.262
.060
Points
61.0
31.0
Assists
40
23
Aces
9
5
Blocks
10
2
Game Leaders
Kills-Aces-Blocks
Kills
7
Aces
0
Blocks
1
Kills
6
Aces
1
Blocks
0
Kills
5
Aces
0
Blocks
0
Kills
2
Aces
0
Blocks
1
Players Mentioned
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