For the 17th straight season, Creighton will play its home volleyball matches on campus at D.J. Sokol Arena in the Wayne and Eileen Ryan Athletic Center. The building has served as the host of seven conference volleyball tournaments (2009, 2013, 2015, 2018, 2020, 2022 and 2024). Creighton has also hosted the First and Second Round of the NCAA Volleyball Tournament there six times (2017, 2018, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024).
Creighton is 195-33 (.855) inside D.J. Sokol Arena since its 2009 opening. The Bluejays have been near-unbeatable during regular-season conference matches at Sokol, going 132-8 (.943). That mark climbs to 101-3 (.971) since joining the BIG EAST.
CU has hosted 24 straight crowds of 2,000 fans or more at D.J. Sokol Arena (and 61 overall), including a facility-record 2,665 vs. Ole Miss on Dec. 6, 2024.
More than 182,000 bricks, 654 tons of steel and 30 miles of electrical wire were used during construction, which employed up to 115 workers at one time.
The height of the roof ridge is 78’-10” above the arena floor, with a ceiling fan measuring 20 feet in diameter spinning high above the playing surface.
In addition to a large locker room and team lounge at D.J. Sokol Arena, Creighton’s volleyball program also benefits from coaching offices and athletic training rooms in the Ryan Athletic Center. The Ryan Athletic Center houses the offices for most of Creighton’s support staff, including ticketing, athletic development, marketing, and sports information.
A new Taraflex® surface surface was installed prior to the September 21, 2018 match vs. DePaul.
