Volleyball Finishes Season 16th In AVCA Poll

Year-End AVCA Poll
NCAA RPI Team Sheets
VolleyMob.com Poll

OMAHA, Neb. -- The Creighton Volleyball team has been ranked 16th in the year-end American Volleyball Coaches Association poll, which was released on Monday.

It is the fourth time that Creighton has owned a spot in the year-end top 25, and third straight campaign. CU was previously 24th in 2012, 19th in 2015 and ninth in 2016.

The Bluejays finished the 2017 season with a 26-7 record and won their fourth consecutive BIG EAST regular-season and tournament titles. In the NCAA Tournament, Creighton topped Coastal Carolina before falling to eventual quarterfinalist Michigan State in the Second Round.

The Bluejays have now been ranked in 36 all-time polls, and are one of 14 clubs to be ranked in each of the last 22 editions. CU has been in every poll since Oct. 31, 2016.

The Bluejays, who played the nation's fourth-toughest non-conference schedule according to the NCAA, faced seven teams that are ranked in this week's poll (No. 6 Kentucky, No. 7 USC, No. 8 Michigan State, No. 15 Washington, No. 18 Purdue, No. 23 Wichita State and No. 25 Iowa State).

Creighton is one of just 11 programs to be ranked in the year-end AVCA poll each of the previous three seasons, a list that consists of BYU, Creighton, Florida, Minnesota, Nebraska, Penn State, Stanford, Texas, UCLA, Washington and Wisconsin.

In other polls released on Monday, Creighton was also 12th in the final VolleyMob.com poll of the season. Creighton was also 14th in the year-end RPI released by the NCAA.

The Bluejays are coached by Kirsten Bernthal Booth and will return four, plus libero Brittany Witt, to the floor in 2018.

Creighton Volleyball's Year-End AVCA Poll Rankings
2012 - 24th
2015 - 19th
2016 - 9th
2017 - 16th

Rank	School (First-Place Votes)	Total Points Adjusted	2017 Record	Previous Week
1	Nebraska (64)	1600	32-4	5
2	Florida	1524	30-2	3
3	Penn State	1479	33-2	1
4	Stanford	1413	30-4	4
5	Texas	1315	27-3	2
6	Kentucky	1275	29-4	6
7	Southern California	1176	25-10	14
8	Michigan State	1136	24-9	12
9	BYU	1091	30-3	7
10	Minnesota	979	28-6	8
11	Utah	948	24-10	13
12	Wisconsin	903	22-10	11
13	San Diego	766	25-5	9
14	UCLA	739	21-11	17
15	Washington	639	25-8	10
16	Creighton	561	26-7	15
17	Illinois	527	23-11	NR
18	Purdue	492	23-10	16
19	Colorado	443	24-10	NR
20	Missouri	377	22-12	NR
21	Baylor	321	24-7	18
22	Cal Poly	264	27-3	21
23	Wichita State	214	29-4	20
24	Colorado State	170	29-4	23
25	Iowa State	147	22-7	22

Others receiving votes and listed on two or more ballots: Western Kentucky 107; Kansas 73; Oregon 58; Pittsburgh 20; Northern Iowa 19; Missouri State 12; Miami (FL) 5

Players Mentioned

Brittany Witt

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