Jaali Winters
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Volleyball's Taylor & Winters Help Teams To 2-0 Start at European Global Challenge
7/11/2017 7:36:00 PM | Volleyball
Taylor and Winters will square off at 3 am Central on Wednesday morning
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PULA, Croatia -- A pair of women from the Creighton Volleyball team helped their respective teams to 2-0 starts at the European Global Challenge in Pula, Croatia, on Tuesday.
Rising junior Jaali Winters is participating in the event with the U.S. Women's Collegiate National Team-Europe, while redshirt freshman Jaclyn Taylor is on BIP Midwest. Both are in the U23 division.
Winters' team defeated Israel (25-17, 29-27, 25-6) in the morning before downing Czech U23 last evening (25-17, 25-18, 25-18). Taylor's club also swept Czech U23 (25-17, 25-18, 25-20), then won 2-of-3 sets against Israel (25-20, 25-19, 23-25). Stats were not immediately available for the event.
The Creighton teammates will meet on opposite sides of the net on Wednesday morning when the Winters' CNT-Europe club faces Taylor's BIP Midwest squad. That contest takes place at 3 am Central (10 am in Croatia), and will be streamed live on Court 1 at http://bringitusa.com/gc2017/livestream. The free video feed is of a singular static camera and does not have graphics, replays or a score visible. Video from the matches is not archived.
The winning team will have a bye until Thursday, while the losing team will play at 11 am Central on Wednesday on Court 2.
The teams will also have matches on Thursday and Friday before stopping in Venice, Italy, en route to returning to the United States.
Winters was named MVP of the 2016 BIG EAST Championship and is well on her way to becoming the most decorated student-athlete in program history. She's been named First Team All-BIG EAST and AVCA All-American twice each, and last December the Ankeny, Iowa, native was named to the NCAA Tournament's All-Austin Regional squad. Taylor has yet to play in a match that counts for CU after redshirting during her initial season on The Hilltop last fall. The St. Charles, Ill., native showed a glimpse of her potential last fall when she had 35 assists and nine digs in the annual Blue-White Scrimmage, and earlier this spring set the Bluejays to a set victory over Wisconsin.
The mission of the European Global Challenge is to give American players experience playing international teams with FIVB rules. The tournament is designed to match up teams from North America with teams from Europe. Teams stay in the beach front Hotel Pula to encourage a cultural exchange between players and coaches. The hotel is perfectly positioned within walking distance to both the competition arena and the crystal teal water of the Adriatic Sea. The town of Pula Croatia is marked by 3,000 year old Roman ruins including one of the last remaining fully intact Roman Colosseums in the world dating back to 68 AD – which is where the tournament's opening ceremony will take place.Â
Winters and Taylor are two of four Creighton volleyball players to spend time this summer with USA Volleyball or overseas. Libero Brittany Witt ventured to Thailand with USA Volleyball in May, while Taryn Kloth recently returned after participating with USA Volleyball in Minneapolis.
Creighton (29-7 last year) is three-time defending BIG EAST regular-season and tournament champion, last year becoming the first volleyball team in conference history to go 18-0 in league play. The Bluejays have won 28 straight contests against league competition and will return three All-Americans among five starters and 11 letterwinners.
For ticket information for all Creighton sports, contact the Ticket Office at (402) 280-JAYS.
European Global Challenge on Twitter
European Global Challenge on Facebook
Free Video of Wednesday's 3 am match (Court 1):
Free Video of Wednesday's 11 am match (Court 2):
PULA, Croatia -- A pair of women from the Creighton Volleyball team helped their respective teams to 2-0 starts at the European Global Challenge in Pula, Croatia, on Tuesday.
Rising junior Jaali Winters is participating in the event with the U.S. Women's Collegiate National Team-Europe, while redshirt freshman Jaclyn Taylor is on BIP Midwest. Both are in the U23 division.
Winters' team defeated Israel (25-17, 29-27, 25-6) in the morning before downing Czech U23 last evening (25-17, 25-18, 25-18). Taylor's club also swept Czech U23 (25-17, 25-18, 25-20), then won 2-of-3 sets against Israel (25-20, 25-19, 23-25). Stats were not immediately available for the event.
The Creighton teammates will meet on opposite sides of the net on Wednesday morning when the Winters' CNT-Europe club faces Taylor's BIP Midwest squad. That contest takes place at 3 am Central (10 am in Croatia), and will be streamed live on Court 1 at http://bringitusa.com/gc2017/livestream. The free video feed is of a singular static camera and does not have graphics, replays or a score visible. Video from the matches is not archived.
The winning team will have a bye until Thursday, while the losing team will play at 11 am Central on Wednesday on Court 2.
The teams will also have matches on Thursday and Friday before stopping in Venice, Italy, en route to returning to the United States.
Winters was named MVP of the 2016 BIG EAST Championship and is well on her way to becoming the most decorated student-athlete in program history. She's been named First Team All-BIG EAST and AVCA All-American twice each, and last December the Ankeny, Iowa, native was named to the NCAA Tournament's All-Austin Regional squad. Taylor has yet to play in a match that counts for CU after redshirting during her initial season on The Hilltop last fall. The St. Charles, Ill., native showed a glimpse of her potential last fall when she had 35 assists and nine digs in the annual Blue-White Scrimmage, and earlier this spring set the Bluejays to a set victory over Wisconsin.
The mission of the European Global Challenge is to give American players experience playing international teams with FIVB rules. The tournament is designed to match up teams from North America with teams from Europe. Teams stay in the beach front Hotel Pula to encourage a cultural exchange between players and coaches. The hotel is perfectly positioned within walking distance to both the competition arena and the crystal teal water of the Adriatic Sea. The town of Pula Croatia is marked by 3,000 year old Roman ruins including one of the last remaining fully intact Roman Colosseums in the world dating back to 68 AD – which is where the tournament's opening ceremony will take place.Â
Winters and Taylor are two of four Creighton volleyball players to spend time this summer with USA Volleyball or overseas. Libero Brittany Witt ventured to Thailand with USA Volleyball in May, while Taryn Kloth recently returned after participating with USA Volleyball in Minneapolis.
Creighton (29-7 last year) is three-time defending BIG EAST regular-season and tournament champion, last year becoming the first volleyball team in conference history to go 18-0 in league play. The Bluejays have won 28 straight contests against league competition and will return three All-Americans among five starters and 11 letterwinners.
For ticket information for all Creighton sports, contact the Ticket Office at (402) 280-JAYS.
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