Creighton vs Butler Volleyball: Creighton Wins 3-0 (Nov 8)

FinalSun, Nov 8, 2026ESPN+

3:0

RallyIQ pre-match: Creighton 88.6% · favorite wonLocked before first serve (Nov 8, 11:55 AM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

Creighton won at Butler 3-0 (25-20, 25-14, 25-19) on Sun, Nov 8, 2026. Creighton's Trinity Shadd-Ceres led with 11 kills, and Saige Damrow added 9 digs.

Data through Nov 10, 6:25 PM CT · final Nov 8

Set	1	2	3	Sets
CREIGH	25	25	25	3
BUTLER	20	14	19	0

Match story · written from the play-by-play

Creighton swept Butler, and no set was closer than 5 points.

No single rally moved win probability more than 2.0 points. Butler peaked at 16% in Set 1. These are the stats that built the gap. RallyIQ gave Creighton 89% before first serve.

CreightonButler

Break %+18.4 pts
54.836.4
On serve: 40/73 against 20/55 (Butler sideout 45.2%).
Hitting+.260
.319.059
41 kills, 12 errors vs 28 kills, 22 errors.
Longest run+1
65
Down 4–7 in the third set, Creighton scored 6 straight to lead 10–7. Final score of the set: 25–19.

Butler above 50Creighton belowMax swing 2.0%

CreightonButler

Aces: Creighton 5·Butler 5
Serve err: Creighton 8·Butler 6
Blocks: Creighton 7·Butler 42 BS · 10 BA vs 2 BS · 4 BA
Digs: Creighton 44·Butler 35

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

Butler above 50 · Creighton below

Biggest swing: 2.0% to Butler — set 1, CREIGH 11-12 BUTLER. Butler ace on Sydney Breissinger. BUTLER win probability 13% → 14%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

CREIGH 89.5%10.5% BUTLER

Creighton wins

3-0

43.5%

3-1

31.6%

3-2

14.3%

Butler wins

3-0

1.4%

3-1

3.2%

3-2

5.9%

CREIGH break %: 47.0% vs this opp
BUTLER break %: 37.4% 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
ButlerAce+2.0%
Butler ace on Sydney Breissinger
Set 1 · CREIGH 11-12 BUTLER · BUTLER 13% → 14%
02
Chase LemmingKill+1.9%
Kill by Chase Lemming (set by Ava Hunter)
Set 1 · CREIGH 8-10 BUTLER · BUTLER 14% → 16%
03
Elise WardAttack error+1.8%
Attack error by Elise Ward
Set 1 · CREIGH 17-15 BUTLER · CREIGH 88% → 90%
04
Ava HunterBad set+1.8%
Bad set by Ava Hunter
Set 1 · CREIGH 13-12 BUTLER · CREIGH 87% → 89%
05
Trinity Shadd-CeresAttack error+1.7%
Attack error by Trinity Shadd-Ceres
Set 1 · CREIGH 8-9 BUTLER · BUTLER 12% → 14%
06
Ellery ReesAttack error+1.7%
Attack error by Ellery Rees
Set 1 · CREIGH 10-10 BUTLER · CREIGH 85% → 87%
07
Trinity Shadd-CeresKill+1.6%
Kill by Trinity Shadd-Ceres (set by Katie Dalton)
Set 1 · CREIGH 20-17 BUTLER · CREIGH 90% → 92%
08
Sydney BreissingerKill+1.6%
Kill by Sydney Breissinger (set by Saige Damrow)
Set 1 · CREIGH 11-10 BUTLER · CREIGH 87% → 89%

Box score

Official NCAA box

Creightonaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
0Trinity Shadd-CeresOH	3	11	7	27	.148	3	0	1	6	2	0	1	0.5	11.5
10Eloise BrandewieMB	3	9	2	17	.412	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	2	11
9Ayden AmesMB	3	7	1	16	.375	0	0	1	3	1	1	3	2.5	9.5
2Abbey HayesOH	3	6	1	15	.333	0	2	1	8	0	0	0	0	8
5Katie DaltonS	3	3	1	5	.400	31	0	0	7	0	0	2	1	4
22Ashlyn PaymalOH	2	4	0	8	.500	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	1	5
13Saige DamrowL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	3	2	1	9	0	0	0	0	2
24Sydney BreissingerDS	3	1	0	1	1.000	0	0	1	7	1	0	0	0	1
19Nora WurtzMB	2	0	0	0	–	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
7Ivy LeuckS	1	0	0	0	–	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
6Jaya JohnsonMB	1	0	0	2	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		41	12	91	.319	38	5	8	44	5	2	10	7	75

Butlerhome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
8Raegan DurbinOH	3	7	8	28	-.036	1	0	0	3	3	0	0	0	7
16Elise WardOH	3	6	3	14	.214	0	1	2	5	0	0	0	0	7
17Zoe McDonaldMB	3	1	0	7	.143	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	1	3
9Kaylee FinneganS	3	0	0	1	.000	10	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0
14Karen DutroMB	2	2	2	9	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
11Sawyer JonesOH	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
3Chase LemmingOH	3	9	3	26	.231	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1.5	10.5
7Ellery ReesMB	3	2	4	10	-.200	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2
4Ava HunterS	3	0	0	1	.000	9	1	0	5	0	0	1	0.5	1.5
18Marin ThaxtonDS	3	0	0	1	.000	0	1	1	5	0	0	0	0	1
5Jersey LoyerDS	3	0	0	0	–	2	1	0	6	1	0	0	0	1
6Aesha VogtDS	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
13Carly SlusserMB	1	1	2	4	-.250	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2
Team totals		28	22	101	.059	23	5	6	35	5	2	4	4	53

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 Butler

Season series · Creighton leads 2-0

Fri, Oct 9, 2026Butler at Creighton · Creighton won 3-0Result →
Sun, Nov 8, 2026Creighton at Butler · Creighton won 3-0This match

Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 6 CREIGH · BUTLER 5

Set 1

25-20

Longest run 5 CREIGHBUTLER 5

Set 2

25-14

Longest run 4 CREIGHBUTLER 2

Set 3

25-19

Longest run 6 CREIGHBUTLER 5

Bars above the line = Butler 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	70%7/10	0%0/5
2	86%6/7	60%9/15
3	50%6/12	50%6/12
4	60%6/10	57%8/14
5	50%5/10	72%13/18
6	83%5/6	44%4/9
All	64%35/55	55%40/73

Butler

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	50%6/12	36%4/11
2	43%6/14	14%1/7
3	50%6/12	50%6/12
4	28%5/18	40%4/10
5	56%5/9	44%4/9
6	63%5/8	17%1/6
All	45%33/73	36%20/55

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

128 rallies

#	CREIGH-BUTLER	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	0-1	BUTLER	BUTLER	Kill	Raegan Durbin	set Kaylee Finnegan	+1.3
2	0-2	BUTLER	BUTLER	Kill	Raegan Durbin	set Kaylee Finnegan	+1.5
3	1-2	BUTLER	CREIGH×5	Serve err	Butler		+1.0
4	2-2	CREIGH	CREIGH×5	Attack err	Karen Dutro		+1.3
5	3-2	CREIGH	CREIGH×5	Attack err	Raegan Durbin		+1.2
6	4-2	CREIGH	CREIGH×5	Kill	Ashlyn Paymal	set Katie Dalton	+1.1
7	5-2	CREIGH	CREIGH×5	Blocked	Karen Dutro	blk Eloise Brandewie	+0.9
8	5-3	CREIGH	BUTLER	Kill	Karen Dutro	set Kaylee Finnegan	+0.7
9	5-4	BUTLER	BUTLER	Kill	Elise Ward	set Kaylee Finnegan	+1.1
10	6-4	BUTLER	CREIGH	Kill	Eloise Brandewie	set Katie Dalton	+0.8
11	7-4	CREIGH	CREIGH	Kill	Eloise Brandewie	set Katie Dalton	+1.0
12	7-5	CREIGH	BUTLER	Kill	Zoe McDonald	set Kaylee Finnegan	+0.7
13	8-5	BUTLER	CREIGH	Kill	Abbey Hayes	set Katie Dalton	+0.7
14	8-6	CREIGH	BUTLER×5	Kill	Raegan Durbin	set Ava Hunter	+0.7
15	8-7	BUTLER	BUTLER×5	Kill	Chase Lemming		+1.2
16	8-8	BUTLER	BUTLER×5	Kill	Ellery Rees	set Jersey Loyer	+1.5
17	8-9	BUTLER	BUTLER×5	Attack err	Trinity Shadd-Ceres		+1.7
18	8-10	BUTLER	BUTLER×5	Kill	Chase Lemming	set Ava Hunter	+1.9
19	9-10	BUTLER	CREIGH×3	Kill	Eloise Brandewie	set Katie Dalton	+1.2
20	10-10	CREIGH	CREIGH×3	Attack err	Ellery Rees		+1.7
21	11-10	CREIGH	CREIGH×3	Kill	Sydney Breissinger	set Saige Damrow	+1.6
22	11-11	CREIGH	BUTLER	Kill	Chase Lemming	set Ava Hunter	+1.2
23	11-12	BUTLER	BUTLER	Ace	Butler	aced Sydney Breissinger	+2.0
24	12-12	BUTLER	CREIGH	Serve err	Butler		+1.3
25	13-12	CREIGH	CREIGH	Bad set	Ava Hunter		+1.8
26	13-13	CREIGH	BUTLER	Kill	Karen Dutro	set Ava Hunter	+1.4
27	14-13	BUTLER	CREIGH	Kill	Ayden Ames	set Katie Dalton	+1.3
28	14-14	CREIGH	BUTLER	Serve err	Creighton		+1.4
29	15-14	BUTLER	CREIGH	Attack err	Raegan Durbin		+1.4
30	15-15	CREIGH	BUTLER	Serve err	Creighton		+1.5
31	16-15	BUTLER	CREIGH	Kill	Abbey Hayes	set Trinity Shadd-Ceres	+1.4
32	17-15	CREIGH	CREIGH	Attack err	Elise Ward		+1.8
33	17-16	CREIGH	BUTLER	Kill	Elise Ward	set Kaylee Finnegan	+1.3
34	18-16	BUTLER	CREIGH	Attack err	Raegan Durbin		+1.4
35	18-17	CREIGH	BUTLER	Kill	Ellery Rees	set Ava Hunter	+1.4
36	19-17	BUTLER	CREIGH×3	Kill	Eloise Brandewie	set Katie Dalton	+1.5
37	20-17	CREIGH	CREIGH×3	Kill	Trinity Shadd-Ceres	set Katie Dalton	+1.6
38	21-17	CREIGH	CREIGH×3	Ace	Saige Damrow	aced Raegan Durbin	+1.1
39	21-18	CREIGH	BUTLER	Kill	Chase Lemming	set Ava Hunter	+0.5
40	22-18	BUTLER	CREIGH	Kill	Ayden Ames	set Katie Dalton	+0.8
41	22-19	CREIGH	BUTLER	Attack err	Trinity Shadd-Ceres		+0.5
42	23-19	BUTLER	CREIGH	Kill	Ashlyn Paymal	set Katie Dalton	+0.7
43	23-20	CREIGH	BUTLER	Kill	Chase Lemming	set Kaylee Finnegan	+0.4
44	24-20	BUTLER	CREIGH	Kill	Ashlyn Paymal	set Katie Dalton	+0.6
45	25-20	CREIGH	CREIGH	Kill	Trinity Shadd-Ceres	set Katie Dalton	+0.2
Set 2
1	0-1	CREIGH	BUTLER	Kill	Elise Ward	set Katie Dalton	+0.7
2	1-1	BUTLER	CREIGH	Kill	Abbey Hayes	set Saige Damrow	+0.6
3	1-2	CREIGH	BUTLER	Kill	Elise Ward	set Ava Hunter	+0.7
4	2-2	BUTLER	CREIGH	Serve err	Butler		+0.6
5	2-3	CREIGH	BUTLER	Serve err	Creighton		+0.7
6	3-3	BUTLER	CREIGH	Kill	Eloise Brandewie	set Katie Dalton	+0.6
7	3-4	CREIGH	BUTLER	Serve err	Creighton		+0.7
8	4-4	BUTLER	CREIGH×4	Kill	Katie Dalton	set Saige Damrow	+0.7
9	5-4	CREIGH	CREIGH×4	Kill	Trinity Shadd-Ceres	set Katie Dalton	+0.9
10	6-4	CREIGH	CREIGH×4	Ace	Saige Damrow		+0.8
11	7-4	CREIGH	CREIGH×4	Kill	Trinity Shadd-Ceres	set Katie Dalton	+0.7
12	7-5	CREIGH	BUTLER	Serve err	Creighton		+0.5
13	7-6	BUTLER	BUTLER	Ace	Butler	aced Trinity Shadd-Ceres	+0.8
14	8-6	BUTLER	CREIGH	Kill	Trinity Shadd-Ceres	set Katie Dalton	+0.6
15	8-7	CREIGH	BUTLER	Kill	Elise Ward	set Ava Hunter	+0.6
16	8-8	BUTLER	BUTLER	Ace	Butler	aced Trinity Shadd-Ceres	+1.0
17	9-8	BUTLER	CREIGH	Kill	Trinity Shadd-Ceres	set Katie Dalton	+0.7
18	9-9	CREIGH	BUTLER	Blocked	Ayden Ames	blk Zoe McDonald	+0.8
19	10-9	BUTLER	CREIGH×4	Kill	Abbey Hayes	set Katie Dalton	+0.7
20	11-9	CREIGH	CREIGH×4	Blocked	Raegan Durbin	blk Eloise Brandewie, Ashlyn Paymal	+0.9
21	12-9	CREIGH	CREIGH×4	Kill	Ashlyn Paymal	set Nora Wurtz	+0.8
22	13-9	CREIGH	CREIGH×4	Attack err	Raegan Durbin		+0.6
23	13-10	CREIGH	BUTLER	Serve err	Creighton		+0.4
24	14-10	BUTLER	CREIGH	Serve err	Butler		+0.5
25	15-10	CREIGH	CREIGH	Kill	Abbey Hayes	set Katie Dalton	+0.5
26	15-11	CREIGH	BUTLER	Kill	Raegan Durbin	set Kaylee Finnegan	+0.3
27	16-11	BUTLER	CREIGH×4	Kill	Trinity Shadd-Ceres	set Katie Dalton	+0.3
28	17-11	CREIGH	CREIGH×4	Kill	Trinity Shadd-Ceres		+0.3
29	18-11	CREIGH	CREIGH×4	Ace	Abbey Hayes	aced Jersey Loyer	+0.2
30	19-11	CREIGH	CREIGH×4	Attack err	Ellery Rees		+0.1
31	19-12	CREIGH	BUTLER	Kill	Chase Lemming	set Kaylee Finnegan	·
32	20-12	BUTLER	CREIGH	Kill	Katie Dalton	set Trinity Shadd-Ceres	+0.1
33	20-13	CREIGH	BUTLER	Attack err	Trinity Shadd-Ceres		·
34	21-13	BUTLER	CREIGH×4	Kill	Ayden Ames	set Katie Dalton	+0.1
35	22-13	CREIGH	CREIGH×4	Kill	Trinity Shadd-Ceres	set Katie Dalton	·
36	23-13	CREIGH	CREIGH×4	Blocked	Elise Ward	blk Ayden Ames, Ashlyn Paymal	·
37	24-13	CREIGH	CREIGH×4	Ace	Ivy Leuck	aced Raegan Durbin	·
38	24-14	CREIGH	BUTLER	Serve err	Creighton		·
39	25-14	BUTLER	CREIGH	Serve err	Butler		·
Set 3
1	0-1	BUTLER	BUTLER	Kill	Chase Lemming	set Raegan Durbin	+0.4
2	1-1	BUTLER	CREIGH	Attack err	Elise Ward		+0.3
3	1-2	CREIGH	BUTLER	Attack err	Trinity Shadd-Ceres		+0.3
4	2-2	BUTLER	CREIGH×3	Kill	Eloise Brandewie	set Katie Dalton	+0.3
5	3-2	CREIGH	CREIGH×3	Kill	Abbey Hayes	set Katie Dalton	+0.4
6	4-2	CREIGH	CREIGH×3	Kill	Katie Dalton	set Trinity Shadd-Ceres	+0.4
7	4-3	CREIGH	BUTLER×5	Kill	Elise Ward	set Ava Hunter	+0.3
8	4-4	BUTLER	BUTLER×5	Ace	Butler		+0.4
9	4-5	BUTLER	BUTLER×5	Blocked	Eloise Brandewie	blk Chase Lemming, Carly Slusser	+0.5
10	4-6	BUTLER	BUTLER×5	Blocked	Eloise Brandewie	blk Chase Lemming	+0.6
11	4-7	BUTLER	BUTLER×5	Attack err	Trinity Shadd-Ceres		+0.6
12	5-7	BUTLER	CREIGH×6	Kill	Eloise Brandewie	set Katie Dalton	+0.4
13	6-7	CREIGH	CREIGH×6	Attack err	Chase Lemming		+0.5
14	7-7	CREIGH	CREIGH×6	Kill	Trinity Shadd-Ceres	set Katie Dalton	+0.5
15	8-7	CREIGH	CREIGH×6	Kill	Trinity Shadd-Ceres	set Katie Dalton	+0.5
16	9-7	CREIGH	CREIGH×6	Attack err	Ellery Rees		+0.4
17	10-7	CREIGH	CREIGH×6	Ace	Abbey Hayes	aced Raegan Durbin	+0.4
18	10-8	CREIGH	BUTLER	Kill	Chase Lemming	set Jersey Loyer	+0.3
19	11-8	BUTLER	CREIGH×3	Kill	Eloise Brandewie	set Katie Dalton	+0.3
20	12-8	CREIGH	CREIGH×3	Blocked	Carly Slusser	blk Ayden Ames	+0.3
21	13-8	CREIGH	CREIGH×3	Blocked	Ellery Rees	blk Trinity Shadd-Ceres, Ayden Ames	+0.2
22	13-9	CREIGH	BUTLER×4	Kill	Raegan Durbin	set Kaylee Finnegan	+0.1
23	13-10	BUTLER	BUTLER×4	Ace	Butler	aced Ayden Ames	+0.3
24	13-11	BUTLER	BUTLER×4	Attack err	Trinity Shadd-Ceres		+0.4
25	13-12	BUTLER	BUTLER×4	Kill	Raegan Durbin	set Jersey Loyer	+0.5
26	14-12	BUTLER	CREIGH	Kill	Ayden Ames	set Katie Dalton	+0.4
27	14-13	CREIGH	BUTLER	Attack err	Trinity Shadd-Ceres		+0.4
28	15-13	BUTLER	CREIGH	Kill	Ayden Ames	set Katie Dalton	+0.4
29	15-14	CREIGH	BUTLER	Kill	Raegan Durbin	set Zoe McDonald	+0.4
30	16-14	BUTLER	CREIGH	Kill	Ayden Ames	set Katie Dalton	+0.4
31	17-14	CREIGH	CREIGH	Attack err	Chase Lemming		+0.5
32	17-15	CREIGH	BUTLER	Serve err	Creighton		+0.3
33	18-15	BUTLER	CREIGH	Serve err	Butler		+0.4
34	19-15	CREIGH	CREIGH	Kill	Eloise Brandewie		+0.4
35	19-16	CREIGH	BUTLER×3	Attack err	Katie Dalton		+0.2
36	19-17	BUTLER	BUTLER×3	Blocked	Abbey Hayes	blk Carly Slusser, Ava Hunter	+0.4
37	19-18	BUTLER	BUTLER×3	Kill	Chase Lemming	set Ava Hunter	+0.6
38	20-18	BUTLER	CREIGH	Blocked	Chase Lemming	blk Katie Dalton, Eloise Brandewie	+0.5
39	20-19	CREIGH	BUTLER	Kill	Carly Slusser	set Ava Hunter	+0.5
40	21-19	BUTLER	CREIGH×5	Attack err	Raegan Durbin		+0.6
41	22-19	CREIGH	CREIGH×5	Attack err	Carly Slusser		+0.6
42	23-19	CREIGH	CREIGH×5	Blocked	Raegan Durbin	blk Katie Dalton, Ayden Ames	+0.4
43	24-19	CREIGH	CREIGH×5	Kill	Ayden Ames	set Ava Hunter	+0.1
44	25-19	CREIGH	CREIGH×5	Attack err	Raegan Durbin		·

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. Butler 3–0

Creighton swept Butler, and no set was closer than 5 points.