UConn vs Creighton Volleyball: Creighton Wins 3-0 (Oct 22)

FinalThu, Oct 22, 2026FS1

0:3

RallyIQ pre-match: Creighton 96.6% · favorite wonLocked before first serve (Oct 22, 7:55 PM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

Creighton beat visiting UConn 3-0 (25-15, 25-18, 25-14) on Thu, Oct 22, 2026. Creighton's Ayden Ames and Trinity Shadd-Ceres led with 10 kills each, and Saige Damrow added 15 digs.

Data through Nov 4, 2:50 PM CT · final Oct 22

Set	1	2	3	Sets
UCONN	15	18	14	0
CREIGH	25	25	25	3

Match story · written from the play-by-play

Ayden Ames hit .714 with 10 kills as Creighton rolled past UConn.

No single rally moved win probability more than 0.6 points. UConn peaked at 4% in Set 1. These are the stats that built the gap. Creighton went in as RallyIQ's 97% pick.

UConnCreighton

Break %+25.6 pts
30.656.2
On serve: 41/73 against 15/49 (UConn sideout 43.8%).
Hitting+.240
.119.359
42 kills, 9 errors vs 27 kills, 15 errors.
Longest run+3
47
7 straight Creighton points in the second set broke a 2–2 tie and made it 9–2. The set finished 25–18.

Creighton above 50UConn belowMax swing 0.6%

UConnCreighton

Aces: UConn 5·Creighton 9
Serve err: UConn 8·Creighton 6
Blocks: UConn 3·Creighton 71 BS · 4 BA vs 1 BS · 12 BA
Digs: UConn 33·Creighton 52

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

Creighton above 50 · UConn below

No single rally moved win probability by a full point: Creighton stayed the heavy favorite throughout.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

UCONN 3.3%96.7% CREIGH

UConn wins

3-0

0.3%

3-1

0.9%

3-2

2.1%

Creighton wins

3-0

61.1%

3-1

27.8%

3-2

7.8%

UCONN break %: 35.2% vs this opp
CREIGH break %: 49.2% 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.

Box score

Official NCAA box

UConnaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
14Maja DacaOH	3	8	6	28	.071	0	2	3	3	0	0	0	0	10
7Courtney GraysonMB	3	6	2	15	.267	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	6.5
12Helena EinarsdottirOH	3	4	0	13	.308	0	2	2	6	0	0	1	0.5	6.5
13Jordyn HughesMB	3	2	2	9	.000	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1.5	3.5
8Audrey JensenS	3	1	0	3	.333	20	1	0	3	0	0	1	0.5	2.5
11Sydney BorowyOH	2	1	4	12	-.250	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
15Grace MariaOH	3	0	0	6	.000	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
3Hazuna AkishigeL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	1	0	1	9	4	0	0	0	0
2Maggie CarleyS	3	0	0	0	–	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
10Olivia PasternakOH	2	4	1	12	.250	0	0	2	4	2	0	0	0	4
19Hailey MaesMB	2	1	0	3	.333	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1
4Isabella SohlS	2	0	0	0	–	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		27	15	101	.119	25	5	8	33	9	1	4	3	47

Creightonhome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
9Ayden AmesMB	3	10	0	14	.714	0	0	2	2	0	1	2	2	12
0Trinity Shadd-CeresOH	3	10	4	28	.214	0	0	0	5	3	0	0	0	10
2Abbey HayesOH	3	7	4	19	.158	1	1	2	8	2	0	1	0.5	8.5
10Eloise BrandewieMB	3	6	0	13	.462	2	0	0	2	0	0	4	2	8
22Ashlyn PaymalOH	3	7	0	10	.700	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	8
5Katie DaltonS	3	2	1	8	.125	30	2	1	9	0	0	3	1.5	5.5
24Sydney BreissingerDS	3	0	0	0	–	2	3	0	9	0	0	0	0	3
13Saige DamrowL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	1	2	1	15	0	0	0	0	2
3Peyton CarlsonDS	3	0	0	0	–	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
19Nora WurtzMB	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		42	9	92	.359	36	9	6	52	5	1	12	7	75

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.

Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 4 UCONN · CREIGH 7

Set 1

15-25

Longest run 2 UCONNCREIGH 5

Set 2

18-25

Longest run 4 UCONNCREIGH 7

Set 3

14-25

Longest run 3 UCONNCREIGH 6

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

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

UConn

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	46%6/13	33%3/9
2	67%6/9	14%1/7
3	38%6/16	33%3/9
4	33%5/15	45%5/11
5	56%5/9	29%2/7
6	36%4/11	17%1/6
All	44%32/73	31%15/49

Creighton

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	67%6/9	56%5/9
2	75%6/8	50%6/12
3	55%6/11	60%9/15
4	60%6/10	50%6/12
5	100%5/5	64%9/14
6	83%5/6	55%6/11
All	69%34/49	56%41/73

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 (3 of 3 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

122 rallies

#	UCONN-CREIGH	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer
Set 1
1	0-1	UCONN	CREIGH	Kill	Abbey Hayes	set Katie Dalton
2	0-2	CREIGH	CREIGH	Kill	Ashlyn Paymal	set Eloise Brandewie
3	1-2	CREIGH	UCONN	Kill	Jordyn Hughes	set Audrey Jensen
4	2-2	UCONN	UCONN	Attack err	Abbey Hayes
5	2-3	UCONN	CREIGH	Kill	Abbey Hayes	set Katie Dalton
6	3-3	CREIGH	UCONN	Kill	Helena Einarsdottir	set Audrey Jensen
7	3-4	UCONN	CREIGH	Kill	Eloise Brandewie	set Katie Dalton
8	4-4	CREIGH	UCONN	Kill	Maja Daca	set Hazuna Akishige
9	5-4	UCONN	UCONN	Kill	Maja Daca	set Saige Damrow
10	5-5	UCONN	CREIGH×5	Serve err	Helena Einarsdottir
11	5-6	CREIGH	CREIGH×5	Ace	Saige Damrow	aced Hazuna Akishige
12	5-7	CREIGH	CREIGH×5	Bad set	Isabella Sohl
13	5-8	CREIGH	CREIGH×5	Kill	Katie Dalton	set Sydney Breissinger
14	5-9	CREIGH	CREIGH×5	Ace	Saige Damrow	aced Hazuna Akishige
15	6-9	CREIGH	UCONN	Kill	Courtney Grayson	set Isabella Sohl
16	6-10	UCONN	CREIGH×3	Kill	Ayden Ames	set Katie Dalton
17	6-11	CREIGH	CREIGH×3	Kill	Ayden Ames	set Katie Dalton
18	6-12	CREIGH	CREIGH×3	Blocked	Sydney Borowy	blk Ayden Ames, Ashlyn Paymal
19	7-12	CREIGH	UCONN	Kill	Maja Daca	set Isabella Sohl
20	7-13	UCONN	CREIGH×3	Blocked	Sydney Borowy	blk Ashlyn Paymal, Ayden Ames
21	7-14	CREIGH	CREIGH×3	Attack err	Jordyn Hughes
22	7-15	CREIGH	CREIGH×3	Attack err	Sydney Borowy
23	8-15	CREIGH	UCONN	Kill	Hailey Maes	set Isabella Sohl
24	9-15	UCONN	UCONN	Kill	Sydney Borowy	set Audrey Jensen
25	9-16	UCONN	CREIGH	Blocked	Maja Daca	blk Ayden Ames
26	10-16	CREIGH	UCONN	Serve err	Ayden Ames
27	10-17	UCONN	CREIGH	Kill	Ashlyn Paymal	set Katie Dalton
28	11-17	CREIGH	UCONN	Attack err	Abbey Hayes
29	11-18	UCONN	CREIGH	Kill	Eloise Brandewie	set Katie Dalton
30	11-19	CREIGH	CREIGH	Attack err	Courtney Grayson
31	12-19	CREIGH	UCONN	Attack err	Trinity Shadd-Ceres
32	13-19	UCONN	UCONN	Ace	Helena Einarsdottir	aced Trinity Shadd-Ceres
33	13-20	UCONN	CREIGH	Blocked	Maja Daca	blk Eloise Brandewie, Katie Dalton
34	13-21	CREIGH	CREIGH	Attack err	Courtney Grayson
35	14-21	CREIGH	UCONN	Kill	Maja Daca	set Audrey Jensen
36	14-22	UCONN	CREIGH	Serve err	Maja Daca
37	15-22	CREIGH	UCONN	Kill	Courtney Grayson	set Audrey Jensen
38	15-23	UCONN	CREIGH×3	Kill	Trinity Shadd-Ceres	set Katie Dalton
39	15-24	CREIGH	CREIGH×3	Kill	Ayden Ames	set Audrey Jensen
40	15-25	CREIGH	CREIGH×3	Ace	Peyton Carlson	aced Sydney Borowy
Set 2
1	0-1	CREIGH	CREIGH	Kill	Ayden Ames
2	1-1	CREIGH	UCONN	Kill	Helena Einarsdottir	set Audrey Jensen
3	1-2	UCONN	CREIGH	Serve err	Hazuna Akishige
4	2-2	CREIGH	UCONN	Serve err	Ayden Ames
5	2-3	UCONN	CREIGH×7	Kill	Eloise Brandewie	set Katie Dalton
6	2-4	CREIGH	CREIGH×7	Ace	Sydney Breissinger	aced Hazuna Akishige
7	2-5	CREIGH	CREIGH×7	Attack err	Maja Daca
8	2-6	CREIGH	CREIGH×7	Kill	Abbey Hayes	set Eloise Brandewie
9	2-7	CREIGH	CREIGH×7	Kill	Abbey Hayes	set Katie Dalton
10	2-8	CREIGH	CREIGH×7	Ace	Sydney Breissinger
11	2-9	CREIGH	CREIGH×7	Attack err	Maja Daca
12	3-9	CREIGH	UCONN×4	Kill	Courtney Grayson	set Audrey Jensen
13	4-9	UCONN	UCONN×4	Ace	Maja Daca	aced Trinity Shadd-Ceres
14	5-9	UCONN	UCONN×4	Ace	Maja Daca	aced Trinity Shadd-Ceres
15	6-9	UCONN	UCONN×4	Kill	Courtney Grayson	set Audrey Jensen
16	6-10	UCONN	CREIGH×3	Blocked	Sydney Borowy	blk Eloise Brandewie, Katie Dalton
17	6-11	CREIGH	CREIGH×3	Kill	Trinity Shadd-Ceres	set Katie Dalton
18	6-12	CREIGH	CREIGH×3	Kill	Eloise Brandewie	set Katie Dalton
19	7-12	CREIGH	UCONN	Kill	Maja Daca	set Audrey Jensen
20	7-13	UCONN	CREIGH	Kill	Trinity Shadd-Ceres	set Saige Damrow
21	7-14	CREIGH	CREIGH	Kill	Trinity Shadd-Ceres	set Sydney Breissinger
22	8-14	CREIGH	UCONN	Blocked	Katie Dalton	blk Jordyn Hughes
23	8-15	UCONN	CREIGH×3	Kill	Ayden Ames	set Katie Dalton
24	8-16	CREIGH	CREIGH×3	Kill	Trinity Shadd-Ceres	set Katie Dalton
25	8-17	CREIGH	CREIGH×3	Kill	Ashlyn Paymal	set Katie Dalton
26	9-17	CREIGH	UCONN	Serve err	Katie Dalton
27	9-18	UCONN	CREIGH	Serve err	Olivia Pasternak
28	10-18	CREIGH	UCONN	Kill	Maja Daca	set Audrey Jensen
29	10-19	UCONN	CREIGH	Kill	Ashlyn Paymal	set Katie Dalton
30	11-19	CREIGH	UCONN	Kill	Helena Einarsdottir	set Audrey Jensen
31	12-19	UCONN	UCONN	Ace	Helena Einarsdottir	aced Abbey Hayes
32	12-20	UCONN	CREIGH	Attack err	Maja Daca
33	13-20	CREIGH	UCONN	Attack err	Abbey Hayes
34	13-21	UCONN	CREIGH	Serve err	Maja Daca
35	14-21	CREIGH	UCONN×3	Serve err	Abbey Hayes
36	15-21	UCONN	UCONN×3	Attack err	Trinity Shadd-Ceres
37	16-21	UCONN	UCONN×3	Kill	Audrey Jensen	set Maggie Carley
38	16-22	UCONN	CREIGH	Kill	Eloise Brandewie	set Katie Dalton
39	17-22	CREIGH	UCONN	Kill	Olivia Pasternak	set Katie Dalton
40	17-23	UCONN	CREIGH	Kill	Ayden Ames	set Katie Dalton
41	17-24	CREIGH	CREIGH	Ace	Katie Dalton	aced Olivia Pasternak
42	18-24	CREIGH	UCONN	Kill	Jordyn Hughes	set Audrey Jensen
43	18-25	UCONN	CREIGH	Serve err	Olivia Pasternak
Set 3
1	0-1	UCONN	CREIGH	Kill	Ashlyn Paymal	set Katie Dalton
2	1-1	CREIGH	UCONN	Kill	Olivia Pasternak	set Audrey Jensen
3	1-2	UCONN	CREIGH×4	Kill	Eloise Brandewie	set Katie Dalton
4	1-3	CREIGH	CREIGH×4	Ace	Abbey Hayes	aced Jordyn Hughes
5	1-4	CREIGH	CREIGH×4	Kill	Trinity Shadd-Ceres	set Abbey Hayes
6	1-5	CREIGH	CREIGH×4	Attack err	Maja Daca
7	2-5	CREIGH	UCONN×3	Kill	Maja Daca	set Audrey Jensen
8	3-5	UCONN	UCONN×3	Blocked	Trinity Shadd-Ceres	blk Helena Einarsdottir, Courtney Grayson
9	4-5	UCONN	UCONN×3	Attack err	Trinity Shadd-Ceres
10	4-6	UCONN	CREIGH	Kill	Trinity Shadd-Ceres	set Katie Dalton
11	4-7	CREIGH	CREIGH	Kill	Trinity Shadd-Ceres	set Katie Dalton
12	5-7	CREIGH	UCONN	Kill	Courtney Grayson	set Audrey Jensen
13	5-8	UCONN	CREIGH×4	Kill	Trinity Shadd-Ceres	set Katie Dalton
14	5-9	CREIGH	CREIGH×4	Kill	Ayden Ames	set Katie Dalton
15	5-10	CREIGH	CREIGH×4	Ace	Katie Dalton	aced Olivia Pasternak
16	5-11	CREIGH	CREIGH×4	Kill	Ayden Ames
17	6-11	CREIGH	UCONN	Kill	Maja Daca	set Audrey Jensen
18	6-12	UCONN	CREIGH	Serve err	Maja Daca
19	6-13	CREIGH	CREIGH	Kill	Abbey Hayes	set Katie Dalton
20	7-13	CREIGH	UCONN	Kill	Courtney Grayson	set Audrey Jensen
21	8-13	UCONN	UCONN	Blocked	Abbey Hayes	blk Audrey Jensen, Jordyn Hughes
22	8-14	UCONN	CREIGH	Kill	Ashlyn Paymal	set Katie Dalton
23	9-14	CREIGH	UCONN×3	Kill	Olivia Pasternak	set Audrey Jensen
24	10-14	UCONN	UCONN×3	Ace	Audrey Jensen	aced Abbey Hayes
25	11-14	UCONN	UCONN×3	Kill	Olivia Pasternak	set Audrey Jensen
26	11-15	UCONN	CREIGH×6	Kill	Ashlyn Paymal	set Katie Dalton
27	11-16	CREIGH	CREIGH×6	Ace	Sydney Breissinger	aced Hazuna Akishige
28	11-17	CREIGH	CREIGH×6	Kill	Katie Dalton	set Hazuna Akishige
29	11-18	CREIGH	CREIGH×6	Blocked	Jordyn Hughes	blk Katie Dalton, Eloise Brandewie
30	11-19	CREIGH	CREIGH×6	Kill	Abbey Hayes	set Katie Dalton
31	11-20	CREIGH	CREIGH×6	Blocked	Olivia Pasternak	blk Eloise Brandewie, Abbey Hayes
32	12-20	CREIGH	UCONN	Kill	Helena Einarsdottir	set Audrey Jensen
33	12-21	UCONN	CREIGH	Kill	Abbey Hayes	set Katie Dalton
34	13-21	CREIGH	UCONN	Serve err	Abbey Hayes
35	13-22	UCONN	CREIGH×3	Kill	Trinity Shadd-Ceres	set Katie Dalton
36	13-23	CREIGH	CREIGH×3	Kill	Ayden Ames	set Katie Dalton
37	13-24	CREIGH	CREIGH×3	Kill	Ayden Ames	set Katie Dalton
38	14-24	CREIGH	UCONN	Serve err	Saige Damrow
39	14-25	UCONN	CREIGH	Serve err	Helena Einarsdottir

Score shown after each rally, UConn first.“NCAA feed gap” rows mark points the NCAA play-by-play never logged (tap Why? for details).

Creighton def. UConn 3–0

Ayden Ames hit .714 with 10 kills as Creighton rolled past UConn.