Creighton vs Villanova Volleyball: Creighton Wins 3-1

Final · 4 setsFri, Oct 16, 2026ESPN+

3:1

RallyIQ pre-match: Creighton 76.7% · favorite wonLocked before first serve (Oct 16, 4:56 PM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

Creighton won at Villanova 3-1 (25-23, 25-23, 24-26, 25-16) on Fri, Oct 16, 2026.

Data through Nov 4, 2:50 PM CT · final Oct 16

Set	1	2	3	4	Sets
CREIGH	25	25	24	25	3
NOVA	23	23	26	16	1

Match story · written from the play-by-play

Creighton led in all four phases.

Win probability never moved more than 6.8 points on one rally; Villanova topped out at 34% in Set 1. Creighton went in as RallyIQ's 77% pick.

CreightonVillanova

Hitting+.131
.373.242
56 K / 12 E against 55 K / 23 E.
Longest run+3
63
Creighton scored 6 straight in the second set to turn a 3–6 deficit into a 9–6 lead. That set ended 25–23.

Villanova above 50Creighton belowMax swing 6.8%

CreightonVillanova

Aces: Creighton 8·Villanova 5
Serve err: Creighton 16·Villanova 12
Blocks: Creighton 7·Villanova 30 BS · 14 BA vs 1 BS · 4 BA
Digs: Creighton 41·Villanova 47

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

Villanova above 50 · Creighton below

Biggest swing: 6.8% to Creighton — set 1, CREIGH 25-23 NOVA. Abby Harrell stuffed by Eloise Brandewie & Ashlyn Paymal. NOVA win probability 19% → 12%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

CREIGH 81.2%18.8% NOVA

Creighton wins

3-0

32.7%

3-1

30.5%

3-2

17.9%

Villanova wins

3-0

3.0%

3-1

6.2%

3-2

9.6%

CREIGH break %: 45.2% vs this opp
NOVA break %: 38.5% vs this opp

Exact Markov model on each team's RallyIQ serve and receive strength, adjusted for schedule and applied to this matchup (D1 average break % 42.5%). Ratings use the whole season, including this match. Gold = actual result.

Top plays

Largest win-probability swings

01
Eloise Brandewie&Ashlyn PaymalBlock+6.8%
Abby Harrell stuffed by Eloise Brandewie & Ashlyn Paymal
Set 1 · CREIGH 25-23 NOVA · CREIGH 81% → 88%
02
Ashlyn PaymalKill+5.7%
Kill by Ashlyn Paymal (set by Katie Dalton)
Set 1 · CREIGH 24-23 NOVA · CREIGH 75% → 81%
03
Campbell McKinnonKill+4.5%
Kill by Campbell McKinnon (set by Abby Harrell)
Set 1 · CREIGH 21-21 NOVA · NOVA 20% → 25%
04
Nora WurtzKill+4.5%
Kill by Nora Wurtz (set by Katie Dalton)
Set 1 · CREIGH 23-22 NOVA · CREIGH 75% → 79%
05
Abby HarrellKill+4.4%
Kill by Abby Harrell (set by Alyssa Nelson)
Set 1 · CREIGH 23-23 NOVA · NOVA 21% → 25%
06
Ashlyn PaymalAttack error+4.0%
Attack error by Ashlyn Paymal
Set 3 · CREIGH 24-26 NOVA · NOVA 9% → 13%
07
Ayden AmesKill+3.9%
Kill by Ayden Ames (set by Katie Dalton)
Set 2 · CREIGH 25-23 NOVA · CREIGH 92% → 96%
08
Campbell McKinnonKill+3.8%
Kill by Campbell McKinnon (set by Alyssa Nelson)
Set 1 · CREIGH 22-22 NOVA · NOVA 21% → 25%

Box score

Official NCAA box

Creightonaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BA	BLK	PTS
19Nora WurtzMB	4	11	0	15	.733	3	1	3	0	0	2	1	13
10Eloise BrandewieMB	4	10	2	16	.500	2	0	0	1	0	5	2.5	12.5
2Abbey HayesOH	4	11	3	31	.258	0	0	3	8	1	0	0	11
22Ashlyn PaymalOH	4	8	2	17	.353	0	0	0	0	0	3	1.5	9.5
5Katie DaltonS	4	1	1	7	.000	46	0	2	9	0	3	1.5	2.5
3Peyton CarlsonDS	3	0	0	0	–	0	2	3	0	0	0	0	2
9Ayden AmesMB	4	11	0	21	.524	0	0	1	3	0	1	0.5	11.5
0Trinity Shadd-CeresOH	4	4	3	10	.100	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	4
24Sydney BreissingerDS	4	0	1	1	-1.000	2	3	1	9	2	0	0	3
13Saige DamrowL/DS	4	0	0	0	–	2	2	1	9	2	0	0	2
4Rayna ChristiansonS	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		56	12	118	.373	55	8	16	41	5	14	7	99

Villanovahome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
10Abby HarrellOH	4	18	4	39	.359	2	1	3	5	2	0	0	0	19
0Campbell McKinnonMB	4	14	11	41	.073	0	2	3	9	2	0	2	1	17
44Reagan McGivernMB	4	8	1	14	.500	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	8.5
25Annika VeurinkMB	4	4	3	13	.077	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1.5	5.5
7Alyssa NelsonS	4	0	0	2	.000	48	0	2	11	0	0	0	0	0
8Marikate RitterbuschL/DS	4	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
4Taylor LewisOH	4	10	4	22	.273	1	1	1	4	0	0	0	0	11
9Cat YoungOH	4	1	0	1	1.000	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	2
21Mina DiggsL/DS	4	0	0	0	–	2	0	2	15	1	0	0	0	0
14Loren WinnOPP	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		55	23	132	.242	53	5	12	47	8	1	4	3	88

Starters listed first. BLK is the NCAA total: a solo counts 1, a block assist ½. Recaps and press releases usually quote solos + assists instead, so the same night can be reported as a bigger, whole number. The box score is the source for every counting stat on this page.

Creighton vs Villanova

Season series · Creighton leads 1-0

Fri, Oct 16, 2026Creighton at Villanova · Creighton won 3-1This match
Sun, Nov 15, 2026Villanova at CreightonPreview →

Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 6 CREIGH · NOVA 3

Set 1

25-23

Longest run 4 CREIGHNOVA 3

Set 2

25-23

Longest run 6 CREIGHNOVA 3

Set 3

24-26

Longest run 3 CREIGHNOVA 3

Set 4

25-16

Longest run 5 CREIGHNOVA 2

Bars above the line = Villanova leads, below = Creighton leads. Bright bars are points inside a run of 3+.

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

Creighton

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	71%12/17	33%5/15
2	61%11/18	45%9/20
3	65%11/17	45%9/20
4	71%10/14	9%1/11
5	75%9/12	55%11/20
6	73%8/11	25%3/12
All	69%61/89	39%38/98

Villanova

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	52%12/23	33%5/15
2	61%11/18	25%4/16
3	67%10/15	48%10/21
4	50%9/18	33%5/15
5	69%9/13	10%1/10
6	82%9/11	25%3/12
All	61%60/98	31%28/89

Slot = rotations since the start of the set (slot 1 is the lineup a team opened the set in), not a fixed player alignment. Only clean sets count (4 of 4 here): sets where the NCAA play-by-play has gaps or score corrections are left out because the rotation can't be tracked through them.

Rally log

187 rallies

#	CREIGH-NOVA	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	1-0	CREIGH	CREIGH	Kill	Abbey Hayes	set Katie Dalton	+1.8
2	1-1	CREIGH	NOVA	Kill	Reagan McGivern	set Alyssa Nelson	+1.4
3	1-2	NOVA	NOVA	Kill	Campbell McKinnon	set Alyssa Nelson	+2.0
4	2-2	NOVA	CREIGH	Serve err	Villanova		+1.4
5	2-3	CREIGH	NOVA×3	Serve err	Creighton		+1.6
6	2-4	NOVA	NOVA×3	Kill	Abby Harrell	set Alyssa Nelson	+2.2
7	2-5	NOVA	NOVA×3	Attack err	Trinity Shadd-Ceres		+2.3
8	3-5	NOVA	CREIGH	Kill	Abbey Hayes	set Katie Dalton	+1.5
9	3-6	CREIGH	NOVA	Kill	Abby Harrell	set Mina Diggs	+1.8
10	4-6	NOVA	CREIGH	Serve err	Villanova		+1.6
11	4-7	CREIGH	NOVA	Kill	Abby Harrell	set Alyssa Nelson	+1.8
12	4-8	NOVA	NOVA	Blocked	Eloise Brandewie	blk Campbell McKinnon, Reagan McGivern	+2.4
13	5-8	NOVA	CREIGH×4	Kill	Nora Wurtz	set Katie Dalton	+1.5
14	6-8	CREIGH	CREIGH×4	Ace	Saige Damrow	aced Abby Harrell	+2.2
15	7-8	CREIGH	CREIGH×4	Attack err	Campbell McKinnon		+2.3
16	8-8	CREIGH	CREIGH×4	Blocked	Taylor Lewis	blk Nora Wurtz, Ayden Ames	+2.3
17	8-9	CREIGH	NOVA×3	Kill	Campbell McKinnon	set Alyssa Nelson	+1.9
18	8-10	NOVA	NOVA×3	Kill	Reagan McGivern		+2.7
19	8-11	NOVA	NOVA×3	Kill	Abby Harrell	set Alyssa Nelson	+2.7
20	9-11	NOVA	CREIGH	Kill	Ayden Ames	set Katie Dalton	+1.7
21	9-12	CREIGH	NOVA	Kill	Campbell McKinnon	set Alyssa Nelson	+2.1
22	9-13	NOVA	NOVA	Kill	Abby Harrell	set Alyssa Nelson	+2.7
23	10-13	NOVA	CREIGH×4	Kill	Ashlyn Paymal	set Katie Dalton	+1.6
24	11-13	CREIGH	CREIGH×4	Kill	Abbey Hayes	set Nora Wurtz	+2.5
25	12-13	CREIGH	CREIGH×4	Ace	Peyton Carlson	aced Mina Diggs	+2.7
26	13-13	CREIGH	CREIGH×4	Ace	Peyton Carlson		+2.8
27	13-14	CREIGH	NOVA	Kill	Abby Harrell	set Alyssa Nelson	+2.3
28	14-14	NOVA	CREIGH	Kill	Nora Wurtz	set Katie Dalton	+2.1
29	14-15	CREIGH	NOVA	Serve err	Creighton		+2.4
30	14-16	NOVA	NOVA	Kill	Annika Veurink	set Alyssa Nelson	+3.4
31	15-16	NOVA	CREIGH×4	Kill	Abbey Hayes	set Katie Dalton	+2.2
32	16-16	CREIGH	CREIGH×4	Kill	Abbey Hayes	set Katie Dalton	+3.2
33	17-16	CREIGH	CREIGH×4	Attack err	Campbell McKinnon		+3.2
34	18-16	CREIGH	CREIGH×4	Kill	Abbey Hayes	set Eloise Brandewie	+3.0
35	18-17	CREIGH	NOVA	Kill	Abby Harrell	set Alyssa Nelson	+2.1
36	18-18	NOVA	NOVA	Attack err	Abbey Hayes		+3.5
37	19-18	NOVA	CREIGH	Kill	Eloise Brandewie	set Katie Dalton	+2.7
38	20-18	CREIGH	CREIGH	Attack err	Taylor Lewis		+3.4
39	20-19	CREIGH	NOVA	Serve err	Creighton		+2.3
40	21-19	NOVA	CREIGH	Blocked	Campbell McKinnon	blk Katie Dalton, Eloise Brandewie	+2.7
41	21-20	CREIGH	NOVA	Kill	Taylor Lewis	set Alyssa Nelson	+2.4
42	21-21	NOVA	NOVA	Kill	Campbell McKinnon	set Abby Harrell	+4.5
43	22-21	NOVA	CREIGH	Kill	Ayden Ames	set Katie Dalton	+3.8
44	22-22	CREIGH	NOVA	Kill	Campbell McKinnon	set Alyssa Nelson	+3.8
45	23-22	NOVA	CREIGH	Kill	Nora Wurtz	set Katie Dalton	+4.5
46	23-23	CREIGH	NOVA	Kill	Abby Harrell	set Alyssa Nelson	+4.4
47	24-23	NOVA	CREIGH	Kill	Ashlyn Paymal	set Katie Dalton	+5.7
48	25-23	CREIGH	CREIGH	Blocked	Abby Harrell	blk Eloise Brandewie, Ashlyn Paymal	+6.8
Set 2
1	0-1	NOVA	NOVA	Ace	Villanova	aced Abbey Hayes	+1.6
2	1-1	NOVA	CREIGH	Serve err	Villanova		+1.1
3	1-2	CREIGH	NOVA	Kill	Reagan McGivern	set Alyssa Nelson	+1.2
4	1-3	NOVA	NOVA	Attack err	Abbey Hayes		+1.7
5	2-3	NOVA	CREIGH	Serve err	Villanova		+1.2
6	2-4	CREIGH	NOVA	Kill	Abby Harrell	set Alyssa Nelson	+1.3
7	2-5	NOVA	NOVA	Blocked	Katie Dalton	blk Annika Veurink	+1.8
8	3-5	NOVA	CREIGH	Kill	Eloise Brandewie	set Katie Dalton	+1.2
9	3-6	CREIGH	NOVA	Serve err	Creighton		+1.4
10	4-6	NOVA	CREIGH×6	Blocked	Campbell McKinnon	blk Katie Dalton, Eloise Brandewie	+1.2
11	5-6	CREIGH	CREIGH×6	Attack err	Abby Harrell		+1.7
12	6-6	CREIGH	CREIGH×6	Attack err	Annika Veurink		+1.7
13	7-6	CREIGH	CREIGH×6	Kill	Ayden Ames	set Katie Dalton	+1.7
14	8-6	CREIGH	CREIGH×6	Ace	Saige Damrow		+1.5
15	9-6	CREIGH	CREIGH×6	Kill	Nora Wurtz	set Katie Dalton	+1.4
16	9-7	CREIGH	NOVA	Kill	Campbell McKinnon	set Alyssa Nelson	+1.0
17	10-7	NOVA	CREIGH	Kill	Nora Wurtz	set Katie Dalton	+1.0
18	11-7	CREIGH	CREIGH	Blocked	Campbell McKinnon	blk Nora Wurtz, Ashlyn Paymal	+1.2
19	11-8	CREIGH	NOVA	Kill	Taylor Lewis	set Alyssa Nelson	+0.8
20	12-8	NOVA	CREIGH	Kill	Ashlyn Paymal	set Nora Wurtz	+0.9
21	12-9	CREIGH	NOVA	Serve err	Creighton		+0.8
22	12-10	NOVA	NOVA	Ace	Villanova	aced Saige Damrow	+1.4
23	13-10	NOVA	CREIGH	Kill	Trinity Shadd-Ceres	set Katie Dalton	+1.1
24	13-11	CREIGH	NOVA	Serve err	Creighton		+1.1
25	14-11	NOVA	CREIGH	Blocked	Abby Harrell	blk Eloise Brandewie, Ashlyn Paymal	+1.2
26	14-12	CREIGH	NOVA	Attack err	Abbey Hayes		+1.1
27	15-12	NOVA	CREIGH	Kill	Trinity Shadd-Ceres	set Katie Dalton	+1.2
28	15-13	CREIGH	NOVA	Kill	Annika Veurink	set Alyssa Nelson	+1.1
29	16-13	NOVA	CREIGH	Kill	Ayden Ames	set Katie Dalton	+1.3
30	16-14	CREIGH	NOVA	Kill	Annika Veurink	set Alyssa Nelson	+1.2
31	17-14	NOVA	CREIGH	Kill	Nora Wurtz	set Katie Dalton	+1.3
32	17-15	CREIGH	NOVA	Kill	Campbell McKinnon	set Alyssa Nelson	+1.2
33	18-15	NOVA	CREIGH	Kill	Nora Wurtz	set Katie Dalton	+1.4
34	18-16	CREIGH	NOVA	Kill	Campbell McKinnon	set Alyssa Nelson	+1.2
35	19-16	NOVA	CREIGH	Kill	Nora Wurtz	set Katie Dalton	+1.4
36	19-17	CREIGH	NOVA	Serve err	Creighton		+1.2
37	20-17	NOVA	CREIGH×4	Kill	Ashlyn Paymal	set Katie Dalton	+1.5
38	21-17	CREIGH	CREIGH×4	Ace	Sydney Breissinger	aced Abby Harrell	+1.5
39	22-17	CREIGH	CREIGH×4	Ace	Sydney Breissinger		+0.9
40	23-17	CREIGH	CREIGH×4	Kill	Eloise Brandewie	set Sydney Breissinger	+0.4
41	23-18	CREIGH	NOVA×3	Kill	Abby Harrell	set Alyssa Nelson	+0.1
42	23-19	NOVA	NOVA×3	Kill	Campbell McKinnon	set Mina Diggs	+0.3
43	23-20	NOVA	NOVA×3	Attack err	Eloise Brandewie		+0.7
44	24-20	NOVA	CREIGH	Kill	Katie Dalton	set Sydney Breissinger	+0.9
45	24-21	CREIGH	NOVA×3	Kill	Abby Harrell	set Alyssa Nelson	+0.3
46	24-22	NOVA	NOVA×3	Kill	Campbell McKinnon	set Taylor Lewis	+0.9
47	24-23	NOVA	NOVA×3	Ace	Villanova	aced Sydney Breissinger	+2.3
48	25-23	NOVA	CREIGH	Kill	Ayden Ames	set Katie Dalton	+3.9
Set 3
1	0-1	CREIGH	NOVA	Kill	Abby Harrell	set Alyssa Nelson	+0.6
2	0-2	NOVA	NOVA	Attack err	Ashlyn Paymal		+0.9
3	1-2	NOVA	CREIGH	Kill	Eloise Brandewie	set Katie Dalton	+0.6
4	2-2	CREIGH	CREIGH	Attack err	Taylor Lewis		+0.8
5	2-3	CREIGH	NOVA	Kill	Taylor Lewis	set Alyssa Nelson	+0.6
6	2-4	NOVA	NOVA	Kill	Taylor Lewis	set Abby Harrell	+0.9
7	3-4	NOVA	CREIGH×3	Serve err	Villanova		+0.6
8	4-4	CREIGH	CREIGH×3	Attack err	Campbell McKinnon		+0.8
9	5-4	CREIGH	CREIGH×3	Kill	Ayden Ames	set Eloise Brandewie	+0.8
10	5-5	CREIGH	NOVA	Attack err	Sydney Breissinger		+0.6
11	6-5	NOVA	CREIGH	Serve err	Villanova		+0.6
12	6-6	CREIGH	NOVA	Kill	Taylor Lewis	set Alyssa Nelson	+0.6
13	7-6	NOVA	CREIGH	Serve err	Villanova		+0.6
14	7-7	CREIGH	NOVA	Kill	Reagan McGivern	set Alyssa Nelson	+0.7
15	8-7	NOVA	CREIGH	Kill	Ayden Ames	set Katie Dalton	+0.6
16	9-7	CREIGH	CREIGH	Kill	Nora Wurtz	set Katie Dalton	+0.8
17	9-8	CREIGH	NOVA	Kill	Abby Harrell	set Alyssa Nelson	+0.6
18	10-8	NOVA	CREIGH	Kill	Ashlyn Paymal	set Katie Dalton	+0.6
19	11-8	CREIGH	CREIGH	Attack err	Annika Veurink		+0.8
20	11-9	CREIGH	NOVA	Serve err	Creighton		+0.5
21	11-10	NOVA	NOVA	Kill	Abby Harrell	set Alyssa Nelson	+0.9
22	12-10	NOVA	CREIGH	Serve err	Villanova		+0.7
23	13-10	CREIGH	CREIGH	Ace	Sydney Breissinger	aced Campbell McKinnon	+0.8
24	13-11	CREIGH	NOVA	Serve err	Creighton		+0.6
25	13-12	NOVA	NOVA	Kill	Campbell McKinnon	set Alyssa Nelson	+0.9
26	14-12	NOVA	CREIGH	Attack err	Campbell McKinnon		+0.7
27	14-13	CREIGH	NOVA	Serve err	Creighton		+0.7
28	15-13	NOVA	CREIGH	Kill	Eloise Brandewie	set Katie Dalton	+0.8
29	15-14	CREIGH	NOVA	Kill	Cat Young	set Alyssa Nelson	+0.7
30	16-14	NOVA	CREIGH	Kill	Nora Wurtz	set Katie Dalton	+0.8
31	16-15	CREIGH	NOVA	Kill	Reagan McGivern	set Alyssa Nelson	+0.8
32	17-15	NOVA	CREIGH	Kill	Ayden Ames	set Katie Dalton	+0.8
33	18-15	CREIGH	CREIGH	Kill	Abbey Hayes	set Saige Damrow	+1.0
34	18-16	CREIGH	NOVA	Kill	Reagan McGivern	set Alyssa Nelson	+0.6
35	19-16	NOVA	CREIGH	Kill	Ashlyn Paymal	set Katie Dalton	+0.7
36	19-17	CREIGH	NOVA	Serve err	Creighton		+0.6
37	20-17	NOVA	CREIGH	Kill	Trinity Shadd-Ceres	set Katie Dalton	+0.8
38	20-18	CREIGH	NOVA	Kill	Taylor Lewis	set Alyssa Nelson	+0.6
39	20-19	NOVA	NOVA	Kill	Taylor Lewis	set Alyssa Nelson	+1.2
40	21-19	NOVA	CREIGH	Kill	Eloise Brandewie	set Katie Dalton	+1.1
41	21-20	CREIGH	NOVA	Kill	Campbell McKinnon	set Alyssa Nelson	+1.0
42	21-21	NOVA	NOVA	Attack err	Trinity Shadd-Ceres		+1.8
43	22-21	NOVA	CREIGH	Kill	Eloise Brandewie	set Katie Dalton	+1.5
44	22-22	CREIGH	NOVA	Serve err	Creighton		+1.6
45	23-22	NOVA	CREIGH	Kill	Trinity Shadd-Ceres	set Katie Dalton	+1.8
46	23-23	CREIGH	NOVA	Kill	Reagan McGivern	set Alyssa Nelson	+1.8
47	24-23	NOVA	CREIGH	Serve err	Villanova		+2.3
48	24-24	CREIGH	NOVA×3	Serve err	Creighton		+2.3
49	24-25	NOVA	NOVA×3	Kill	Abby Harrell	set Alyssa Nelson	+3.5
50	24-26	NOVA	NOVA×3	Attack err	Ashlyn Paymal		+4.0
Set 4
1	1-0	NOVA	CREIGH×5	Kill	Ashlyn Paymal	set Katie Dalton	+1.6
2	2-0	CREIGH	CREIGH×5	Ace	Nora Wurtz	aced Campbell McKinnon	+2.0
3	3-0	CREIGH	CREIGH×5	Kill	Ashlyn Paymal	set Katie Dalton	+1.8
4	4-0	CREIGH	CREIGH×5	Kill	Eloise Brandewie		+1.6
5	5-0	CREIGH	CREIGH×5	Attack err	Annika Veurink		+1.4
6	5-1	CREIGH	NOVA	Kill	Abby Harrell	set Alyssa Nelson	+0.9
7	6-1	NOVA	CREIGH	Kill	Abbey Hayes	set Katie Dalton	+1.0
8	7-1	CREIGH	CREIGH	Attack err	Taylor Lewis		+1.1
9	7-2	CREIGH	NOVA	Blocked	Trinity Shadd-Ceres	blk Campbell McKinnon, Annika Veurink	+0.7
10	7-3	NOVA	NOVA	Ace	Villanova	aced Saige Damrow	+1.3
11	8-3	NOVA	CREIGH	Blocked	Campbell McKinnon	blk Katie Dalton, Eloise Brandewie	+1.0
12	8-4	CREIGH	NOVA	Kill	Reagan McGivern	set Katie Dalton	+1.0
13	8-5	NOVA	NOVA	Ace	Villanova	aced Sydney Breissinger	+1.6
14	9-5	NOVA	CREIGH	Attack err	Campbell McKinnon		+1.3
15	9-6	CREIGH	NOVA	Kill	Campbell McKinnon	set Alyssa Nelson	+1.2
16	10-6	NOVA	CREIGH	Kill	Ayden Ames	set Katie Dalton	+1.3
17	10-7	CREIGH	NOVA	Serve err	Creighton		+1.2
18	11-7	NOVA	CREIGH	Kill	Nora Wurtz	set Katie Dalton	+1.4
19	11-8	CREIGH	NOVA	Serve err	Creighton		+1.3
20	12-8	NOVA	CREIGH×3	Serve err	Villanova		+1.4
21	13-8	CREIGH	CREIGH×3	Attack err	Abby Harrell		+1.5
22	14-8	CREIGH	CREIGH×3	Kill	Eloise Brandewie	set Katie Dalton	+1.2
23	14-9	CREIGH	NOVA	Kill	Taylor Lewis	set Alyssa Nelson	+0.7
24	15-9	NOVA	CREIGH	Serve err	Villanova		+0.8
25	15-10	CREIGH	NOVA	Kill	Annika Veurink	set Alyssa Nelson	+0.7
26	16-10	NOVA	CREIGH	Attack err	Reagan McGivern		+0.8
27	16-11	CREIGH	NOVA	Kill	Taylor Lewis	set Alyssa Nelson	+0.6
28	17-11	NOVA	CREIGH×4	Kill	Ayden Ames	set Katie Dalton	+0.8
29	18-11	CREIGH	CREIGH×4	Attack err	Campbell McKinnon		+0.7
30	19-11	CREIGH	CREIGH×4	Kill	Abbey Hayes	set Katie Dalton	+0.4
31	20-11	CREIGH	CREIGH×4	Kill	Ayden Ames	set Nora Wurtz	+0.2
32	20-12	CREIGH	NOVA	Kill	Campbell McKinnon	set Alyssa Nelson	+0.1
33	21-12	NOVA	CREIGH	Serve err	Villanova		+0.1
34	21-13	CREIGH	NOVA	Serve err	Creighton		+0.1
35	22-13	NOVA	CREIGH	Attack err	Campbell McKinnon		+0.1
36	22-14	CREIGH	NOVA	Kill	Abby Harrell	set Alyssa Nelson	·
37	23-14	NOVA	CREIGH	Kill	Abbey Hayes	set Saige Damrow	+0.1
38	23-15	CREIGH	NOVA	Kill	Abby Harrell	set Alyssa Nelson	·
39	24-15	NOVA	CREIGH	Kill	Abbey Hayes	set Katie Dalton	·
40	24-16	CREIGH	NOVA	Kill	Taylor Lewis	set Alyssa Nelson	·
41	25-16	NOVA	CREIGH	Kill	Eloise Brandewie	set Katie Dalton	·

Score shown after each rally, Creighton first. WP Δ = match win-probability points gained, colored by the team that gained them.“NCAA feed gap” rows mark points the NCAA play-by-play never logged (tap Why? for details).

Creighton def. Villanova 3–1

Creighton led in all four phases.