Creighton vs Xavier Volleyball: Creighton Wins 3-0 (Nov 7)

FinalSat, Nov 7, 2026ESPN+

3:0

RallyIQ pre-match: Creighton 75.6% · favorite wonLocked before first serve (Nov 7, 1:55 PM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

Creighton won at Xavier 3-0 (25-14, 25-15, 25-17) on Sat, Nov 7, 2026. Creighton's Trinity Shadd-Ceres led with 16 kills.

Data through Nov 10, 6:20 PM CT · final Nov 7

Set	1	2	3	Sets
CREIGH	25	25	25	3
XAVIER	14	15	17	0

Match story · written from the play-by-play

.455 and 16 kills for Trinity Shadd-ceres as Creighton rolled past Xavier.

The biggest single-rally swing was 2.5 points, and Xavier's high was 30% in Set 1. The gap came from these numbers. Creighton went in as RallyIQ's 76% pick.

CreightonXavier

Break %+27.0 pts
56.229.2
On serve: 41/73 against 14/48 (Xavier sideout 43.8%).
Hitting+.262
.350.088
Kills and errors: 52–10 vs 27–17.
Longest run+3
74
Creighton scored 7 straight in the first set to stretch a 15–12 lead to 22–12. The set finished 25–14.

Xavier above 50Creighton belowMax swing 2.5%

CreightonXavier

Aces: Creighton 3·Xavier 2
Serve err: Creighton 6·Xavier 2
Blocks: Creighton 5·Xavier 42 BS · 6 BA vs 1 BS · 6 BA
Digs: Creighton 61·Xavier 51

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

Xavier above 50 · Creighton below

Biggest swing: 2.5% to Xavier — set 1, CREIGH 5-7 XAVIER. Kill by Macy Hatkevich (set by Kelsey Niesen). XAVIER win probability 27% → 30%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

CREIGH 80.1%19.9% XAVIER

Creighton wins

3-0

31.7%

3-1

30.2%

3-2

18.2%

Xavier wins

3-0

3.2%

3-1

6.6%

3-2

10.0%

CREIGH break %: 45.5% vs this opp
XAVIER break %: 39.1% 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
Macy HatkevichKill+2.5%
Kill by Macy Hatkevich (set by Kelsey Niesen)
Set 1 · CREIGH 5-7 XAVIER · XAVIER 27% → 30%
02
Katie DaltonKill+2.4%
Kill by Katie Dalton (set by Trinity Shadd-Ceres)
Set 1 · CREIGH 7-7 XAVIER · CREIGH 72% → 74%
03
Katie DaltonBad set+2.3%
Bad set by Katie Dalton
Set 1 · CREIGH 4-5 XAVIER · XAVIER 25% → 27%
04
Trinity Shadd-CeresKill+2.3%
Kill by Trinity Shadd-Ceres (set by Sydney Breissinger)
Set 1 · CREIGH 8-7 XAVIER · CREIGH 74% → 77%
05
Charlotte MoriartyAttack error+2.1%
Attack error by Charlotte Moriarty
Set 1 · CREIGH 9-7 XAVIER · CREIGH 77% → 79%
06
Abbey HayesAttack error+2.1%
Attack error by Abbey Hayes
Set 1 · CREIGH 4-4 XAVIER · XAVIER 23% → 25%
07
Gabrielle SemonaAttack error+2.0%
Attack error by Gabrielle Semona
Set 1 · CREIGH 11-8 XAVIER · CREIGH 79% → 81%
08
Gabrielle SemonaAce+1.9%
Ace by Gabrielle Semona on Trinity Shadd-Ceres
Set 1 · CREIGH 13-11 XAVIER · XAVIER 19% → 20%

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	16	1	33	.455	1	0	1	5	1	0	2	1	17
9Ayden AmesMB	3	9	0	15	.600	0	1	3	4	0	1	3	2.5	12.5
10Eloise BrandewieMB	3	11	1	26	.385	2	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	12
2Abbey HayesOH	3	6	4	19	.105	1	1	0	14	0	0	1	0.5	7.5
22Ashlyn PaymalOH	3	4	0	11	.364	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	4
5Katie DaltonS	3	3	3	11	.000	38	0	1	8	0	0	0	0	3
13Saige DamrowL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	3	1	0	14	0	0	0	0	1
24Sydney BreissingerDS	3	0	0	0	–	1	0	1	13	0	0	0	0	0
6Jaya JohnsonMB	1	3	1	5	.400	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
Team totals		52	10	120	.350	46	3	6	61	2	2	6	5	75

Xavierhome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
4Charlotte MoriartyOH	3	10	5	34	.147	0	0	0	6	0	1	1	1.5	11.5
16Margo KempMB	3	8	1	21	.333	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	9
14Catherine FlahartyOH	3	3	3	16	.000	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	3
8Macy HatkevichS	3	2	2	11	.000	23	0	0	5	0	0	2	1	3
9Quinci ThomasOH	3	1	2	16	-.063	1	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	1
3Jamison GordonS	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17Gabrielle SemonaMB	3	1	2	7	-.143	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
11Kasey QuenichetL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	1
5Jenna BarhorstS	3	0	0	1	.000	2	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0
2Kelsey NiesenL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	1	0	0	21	2	0	0	0	0
18Iyanna BattleMB	2	2	1	6	.167	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0.5	2.5
10Cameron SherOH	2	0	1	2	-.500	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		27	17	114	.088	27	2	2	51	3	1	6	4	46

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 Xavier

Season series · Creighton leads 2-0

Sun, Oct 11, 2026Xavier at Creighton · Creighton won 3-1Result →
Sat, Nov 7, 2026Creighton at Xavier · Creighton won 3-0This match

Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 7 CREIGH · XAVIER 4

Set 1

25-14

Longest run 7 CREIGHXAVIER 4

Set 2

25-15

Longest run 6 CREIGHXAVIER 3

Set 3

25-17

Longest run 4 CREIGHXAVIER 3

Bars above the line = Xavier 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	78%7/9	29%2/7
2	86%6/7	57%8/14
3	55%6/11	50%6/12
4	75%6/8	50%6/12
5	71%5/7	69%11/16
6	67%4/6	67%8/12
All	71%34/48	56%41/73

Xavier

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	46%6/13	25%2/8
2	46%6/13	25%2/8
3	60%6/10	45%5/11
4	38%5/13	25%2/8
5	42%5/12	0%0/5
6	33%4/12	38%3/8
All	44%32/73	29%14/48

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

121 rallies

#	CREIGH-XAVIER	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	1-0	XAVIER	CREIGH×3	Kill	Ashlyn Paymal	set Katie Dalton	+1.4
2	2-0	CREIGH	CREIGH×3	Kill	Eloise Brandewie		+1.8
3	3-0	CREIGH	CREIGH×3	Attack err	Quinci Thomas		+1.6
4	3-1	CREIGH	XAVIER	Serve err	Creighton		+1.1
5	4-1	XAVIER	CREIGH	Kill	Abbey Hayes	set Katie Dalton	+1.2
6	4-2	CREIGH	XAVIER×4	Blocked	Abbey Hayes	blk Margo Kemp, Macy Hatkevich	+1.2
7	4-3	XAVIER	XAVIER×4	Kill	Margo Kemp	set Macy Hatkevich	+1.8
8	4-4	XAVIER	XAVIER×4	Attack err	Abbey Hayes		+2.1
9	4-5	XAVIER	XAVIER×4	Bad set	Katie Dalton		+2.3
10	5-5	XAVIER	CREIGH	Attack err	Charlotte Moriarty		+1.6
11	5-6	CREIGH	XAVIER	Attack err	Trinity Shadd-Ceres		+1.7
12	5-7	XAVIER	XAVIER	Kill	Macy Hatkevich	set Kelsey Niesen	+2.5
13	6-7	XAVIER	CREIGH×4	Kill	Trinity Shadd-Ceres	set Katie Dalton	+1.7
14	7-7	CREIGH	CREIGH×4	Kill	Katie Dalton	set Trinity Shadd-Ceres	+2.4
15	8-7	CREIGH	CREIGH×4	Kill	Trinity Shadd-Ceres	set Sydney Breissinger	+2.3
16	9-7	CREIGH	CREIGH×4	Attack err	Charlotte Moriarty		+2.1
17	9-8	CREIGH	XAVIER	Kill	Gabrielle Semona	set Macy Hatkevich	+1.5
18	10-8	XAVIER	CREIGH	Kill	Ayden Ames	set Katie Dalton	+1.6
19	11-8	CREIGH	CREIGH	Attack err	Gabrielle Semona		+2.0
20	11-9	CREIGH	XAVIER	Kill	Charlotte Moriarty	set Macy Hatkevich	+1.3
21	12-9	XAVIER	CREIGH	Blocked	Gabrielle Semona	blk Ayden Ames	+1.4
22	13-9	CREIGH	CREIGH	Kill	Ayden Ames	set Katie Dalton	+1.7
23	13-10	CREIGH	XAVIER	Kill	Catherine Flaharty	set Macy Hatkevich	+1.1
24	13-11	XAVIER	XAVIER	Ace	Gabrielle Semona	aced Trinity Shadd-Ceres	+1.9
25	14-11	XAVIER	CREIGH	Kill	Ayden Ames	set Katie Dalton	+1.5
26	15-11	CREIGH	CREIGH	Ace	Ayden Ames	aced Quinci Thomas	+1.8
27	15-12	CREIGH	XAVIER	Serve err	Creighton		+1.1
28	16-12	XAVIER	CREIGH×7	Kill	Ashlyn Paymal	set Eloise Brandewie	+1.3
29	17-12	CREIGH	CREIGH×7	Attack err	Quinci Thomas		+1.4
30	18-12	CREIGH	CREIGH×7	Kill	Katie Dalton	set Macy Hatkevich	+0.9
31	19-12	CREIGH	CREIGH×7	Kill	Eloise Brandewie	set Katie Dalton	+0.6
32	20-12	CREIGH	CREIGH×7	Kill	Trinity Shadd-Ceres	set Katie Dalton	+0.3
33	21-12	CREIGH	CREIGH×7	Attack err	Cameron Sher		+0.1
34	22-12	CREIGH	CREIGH×7	Kill	Eloise Brandewie	set Katie Dalton	+0.1
35	22-13	CREIGH	XAVIER	Blocked	Abbey Hayes	blk Margo Kemp, Macy Hatkevich	·
36	23-13	XAVIER	CREIGH	Kill	Abbey Hayes	set Katie Dalton	·
37	23-14	CREIGH	XAVIER	Kill	Charlotte Moriarty	set Macy Hatkevich	·
38	24-14	XAVIER	CREIGH	Kill	Eloise Brandewie	set Katie Dalton	·
39	25-14	CREIGH	CREIGH	Kill	Katie Dalton	set Macy Hatkevich	·
Set 2
1	0-1	CREIGH	XAVIER	Kill	Charlotte Moriarty	set Macy Hatkevich	+1.2
2	1-1	XAVIER	CREIGH	Kill	Ashlyn Paymal	set Katie Dalton	+1.1
3	2-1	CREIGH	CREIGH	Kill	Abbey Hayes	set Eloise Brandewie	+1.5
4	2-2	CREIGH	XAVIER	Serve err	Creighton		+1.1
5	3-2	XAVIER	CREIGH	Kill	Eloise Brandewie	set Katie Dalton	+1.1
6	3-3	CREIGH	XAVIER	Attack err	Katie Dalton		+1.2
7	4-3	XAVIER	CREIGH×3	Kill	Trinity Shadd-Ceres	set Katie Dalton	+1.1
8	5-3	CREIGH	CREIGH×3	Kill	Trinity Shadd-Ceres	set Katie Dalton	+1.5
9	6-3	CREIGH	CREIGH×3	Kill	Trinity Shadd-Ceres	set Katie Dalton	+1.3
10	6-4	CREIGH	XAVIER	Kill	Charlotte Moriarty	set Macy Hatkevich	+0.9
11	7-4	XAVIER	CREIGH×4	Kill	Trinity Shadd-Ceres	set Abbey Hayes	+1.0
12	8-4	CREIGH	CREIGH×4	Kill	Ayden Ames	set Katie Dalton	+1.2
13	9-4	CREIGH	CREIGH×4	Kill	Ayden Ames	set Katie Dalton	+1.0
14	10-4	CREIGH	CREIGH×4	Ace	Saige Damrow	aced Kelsey Niesen	+0.8
15	10-5	CREIGH	XAVIER×3	Kill	Catherine Flaharty	set Macy Hatkevich	+0.5
16	10-6	XAVIER	XAVIER×3	Attack err	Katie Dalton		+0.9
17	10-7	XAVIER	XAVIER×3	Kill	Margo Kemp	set Macy Hatkevich	+1.1
18	11-7	XAVIER	CREIGH×6	Kill	Trinity Shadd-Ceres	set Saige Damrow	+0.9
19	12-7	CREIGH	CREIGH×6	Blocked	Catherine Flaharty	blk Trinity Shadd-Ceres, Ayden Ames	+1.0
20	13-7	CREIGH	CREIGH×6	Kill	Ayden Ames		+0.8
21	14-7	CREIGH	CREIGH×6	Attack err	Charlotte Moriarty		+0.6
22	15-7	CREIGH	CREIGH×6	Attack err	Margo Kemp		+0.4
23	16-7	CREIGH	CREIGH×6	Blocked	Catherine Flaharty	blk Trinity Shadd-Ceres, Ayden Ames	+0.2
24	16-8	CREIGH	XAVIER	Kill	Charlotte Moriarty	set Macy Hatkevich	+0.1
25	16-9	XAVIER	XAVIER	Kill	Quinci Thomas	set Jenna Barhorst	+0.2
26	17-9	XAVIER	CREIGH	Kill	Ashlyn Paymal	set Katie Dalton	+0.2
27	17-10	CREIGH	XAVIER	Kill	Margo Kemp	set Macy Hatkevich	+0.2
28	17-11	XAVIER	XAVIER	Attack err	Abbey Hayes		+0.3
29	18-11	XAVIER	CREIGH	Serve err	Kasey Quenichet		+0.3
30	18-12	CREIGH	XAVIER	Kill	Margo Kemp	set Macy Hatkevich	+0.2
31	19-12	XAVIER	CREIGH	Kill	Eloise Brandewie	set Katie Dalton	+0.3
32	19-13	CREIGH	XAVIER	Kill	Charlotte Moriarty	set Jenna Barhorst	+0.2
33	20-13	XAVIER	CREIGH	Kill	Eloise Brandewie	set Katie Dalton	+0.3
34	20-14	CREIGH	XAVIER	Kill	Charlotte Moriarty	set Macy Hatkevich	+0.2
35	21-14	XAVIER	CREIGH×3	Kill	Eloise Brandewie	set Katie Dalton	+0.2
36	22-14	CREIGH	CREIGH×3	Kill	Trinity Shadd-Ceres	set Katie Dalton	+0.2
37	23-14	CREIGH	CREIGH×3	Kill	Trinity Shadd-Ceres	set Katie Dalton	·
38	23-15	CREIGH	XAVIER	Kill	Charlotte Moriarty	set Macy Hatkevich	·
39	24-15	XAVIER	CREIGH	Serve err	Iyanna Battle		·
40	25-15	CREIGH	CREIGH	Kill	Trinity Shadd-Ceres	set Saige Damrow	·
Set 3
1	1-0	XAVIER	CREIGH×4	Kill	Abbey Hayes	set Katie Dalton	+0.6
2	2-0	CREIGH	CREIGH×4	Bad set	Macy Hatkevich		+0.8
3	3-0	CREIGH	CREIGH×4	Blocked	Charlotte Moriarty	blk Eloise Brandewie	+0.7
4	4-0	CREIGH	CREIGH×4	Kill	Eloise Brandewie	set Katie Dalton	+0.6
5	4-1	CREIGH	XAVIER	Kill	Margo Kemp	set Macy Hatkevich	+0.4
6	4-2	XAVIER	XAVIER	Ace	Kasey Quenichet		+0.7
7	5-2	XAVIER	CREIGH	Kill	Eloise Brandewie	set Katie Dalton	+0.5
8	5-3	CREIGH	XAVIER	Serve err	Creighton		+0.5
9	6-3	XAVIER	CREIGH×3	Kill	Abbey Hayes	set Saige Damrow	+0.5
10	7-3	CREIGH	CREIGH×3	Attack err	Macy Hatkevich		+0.6
11	8-3	CREIGH	CREIGH×3	Attack err	Charlotte Moriarty		+0.5
12	8-4	CREIGH	XAVIER	Kill	Iyanna Battle	set Macy Hatkevich	+0.3
13	9-4	XAVIER	CREIGH	Attack err	Iyanna Battle		+0.4
14	10-4	CREIGH	CREIGH	Kill	Ayden Ames	set Macy Hatkevich	+0.4
15	10-5	CREIGH	XAVIER	Kill	Catherine Flaharty	set Macy Hatkevich	+0.3
16	11-5	XAVIER	CREIGH	Kill	Trinity Shadd-Ceres	set Katie Dalton	+0.3
17	12-5	CREIGH	CREIGH	Kill	Trinity Shadd-Ceres	set Katie Dalton	+0.3
18	12-6	CREIGH	XAVIER	Kill	Macy Hatkevich	set Quinci Thomas	+0.2
19	12-7	XAVIER	XAVIER	Attack err	Jaya Johnson		+0.3
20	13-7	XAVIER	CREIGH	Kill	Jaya Johnson	set Katie Dalton	+0.3
21	13-8	CREIGH	XAVIER	Kill	Margo Kemp	set Macy Hatkevich	+0.3
22	14-8	XAVIER	CREIGH	Kill	Jaya Johnson	set Katie Dalton	+0.3
23	14-9	CREIGH	XAVIER	Kill	Margo Kemp	set Macy Hatkevich	+0.2
24	15-9	XAVIER	CREIGH	Kill	Abbey Hayes	set Katie Dalton	+0.3
25	15-10	CREIGH	XAVIER×3	Kill	Margo Kemp	set Macy Hatkevich	+0.2
26	15-11	XAVIER	XAVIER×3	Blocked	Eloise Brandewie	blk Charlotte Moriarty, Iyanna Battle	+0.5
27	15-12	XAVIER	XAVIER×3	Kill	Iyanna Battle	set Macy Hatkevich	+0.6
28	16-12	XAVIER	CREIGH×3	Kill	Eloise Brandewie	set Katie Dalton	+0.6
29	17-12	CREIGH	CREIGH×3	Ace	Abbey Hayes	aced Kelsey Niesen	+0.6
30	18-12	CREIGH	CREIGH×3	Attack err	Macy Hatkevich		+0.4
31	18-13	CREIGH	XAVIER	Blocked	Katie Dalton	blk Charlotte Moriarty	+0.2
32	18-14	XAVIER	XAVIER	Kill	Charlotte Moriarty	set Macy Hatkevich	+0.4
33	19-14	XAVIER	CREIGH	Kill	Trinity Shadd-Ceres	set Katie Dalton	+0.4
34	20-14	CREIGH	CREIGH	Kill	Trinity Shadd-Ceres	set Katie Dalton	+0.4
35	20-15	CREIGH	XAVIER	Kill	Charlotte Moriarty	set Macy Hatkevich	+0.2
36	21-15	XAVIER	CREIGH	Kill	Trinity Shadd-Ceres	set Katie Dalton	+0.2
37	21-16	CREIGH	XAVIER	Serve err	Creighton		+0.1
38	22-16	XAVIER	CREIGH	Kill	Ayden Ames	set Katie Dalton	+0.2
39	23-16	CREIGH	CREIGH	Blocked	Catherine Flaharty	blk Abbey Hayes, Ayden Ames	+0.1
40	23-17	CREIGH	XAVIER	Serve err	Creighton		·
41	24-17	XAVIER	CREIGH	Kill	Ayden Ames	set Katie Dalton	+0.1
42	25-17	CREIGH	CREIGH	Kill	Jaya Johnson	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. Xavier 3–0

.455 and 16 kills for Trinity Shadd-ceres as Creighton rolled past Xavier.