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Volleyball Closes BIG EAST Slate With Two Home Matches
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Release: 11/19/2013
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This Weekend
Nov. 22 7 pm Georgetown at Creighton (1290 AM) Omaha, Neb. (D.J. Sokol Arena)
Nov. 24 1 pm Villanova at Creighton Omaha, Neb. (D.J. Sokol Arena)
This Weekend
Creighton Volleyball (19-7, 10-4 BIG EAST) closes out its first regular-season of BIG EAST play this weekend with home matches against Georgetown and Villanova.
Friday's contest vs. Georgetown (10-18, 4-11 BIG EAST) will start at 7 pm Central, while Sunday's match vs. Villanova (12-16, 4-11 BIG EAST) is set for a 1 pm start.
Both matches will be held at D.J. Sokol Arena inside the Wayne and Eileen Ryan Athletic Center (2,500) in Omaha, Neb.
Senior Day Recognition Planned
Creighton will honor
Savannah Smith
prior to Sunday's match as part of Senior Day festivities.
Though just a junior eligibility-wise, Smith is enrolled in her fourth year academically and plans to graduate in the spring.
Radio Information
Friday's contest will air on KOIL (1290 AM) in Omaha. Brad Burwell will call the play-by-play, while Erin (Swanson) Russell handles color analyst duties.
Friday's match is available by clicking on the "Listen Live" banner at the top of the page at mighty1290koil.com.
Sunday's match will not be broadcast on radio.
Video Information
Both matches will be video webcast, and include audio from Brad Burwell and Erin (Swanson) Russell. To sign up, visit www.gocreighton.com and click on the Live Video tab on the top menu bar.
A 4-month subscription costs $34.95, while a monthly subscription costs $10.95 per month. Fans can also purchase a 24-hour pass ($4.99) or a 48-hour pass ($5.99) that begins the moment you sign up.
Live Stats Information
Both matches this weekend will have free live stats. Visit www.gocreighton.com and click on the Live Stats tab on the top of the page for the exact link. Fans can also access live stats on their mobile phone by clicking on www.gocreightonstats.com.
Scouting Creighton
Creighton is 19-7 on the year and tied for third in the BIG EAST Conference with a 10-4 league mark. The Bluejays own six wins over NCAA Tournament teams from a year ago (No. 13 BYU, Bowling Green, Northern Colorado, Kansas, Wichita State and Marquette) and are ranked 12th in this week's official NCAA RPI rankings.
CU boasts a balanced attack, with six women averaging at least 1.49 kills per set. That group is led by juniors
Leah McNary
(3.09 kps.) and
Kelli Browning
(2.39 kps., .321%, 1.49 bps.). Freshmen
Lauren Smith
(2.11 kps., 1.23 bps., .273%) and
Jess Bird
(2.39 kps., 2.68 dps.) have made immediate impacts, as well.
Michelle Sicner
(9.84 aps., 2.49 dps, 1.49 kps.) and
Ashley Jansen
(1.55 aps., 1.52 dps.) have shared the setting role the past two weekends.
Creighton averages 13.45 kills, 1.00 aces, 15.00 digs and 3.10 blocks per set while hitting .220 as a team.
Scouting Georgetown
Georgetown has lost five straight and brings a 10-18 mark into Friday, including a 4-11 mark in BIG EAST action. Friday's match will be GU's final contest of the year, as it has been eliminated from conference tournament contention.
Lauren Saar (3.11 kps., 3.27 dps.) is the team's top attacker, with Dani White (2.80 kps., 0.98 bps., .277%) and Alex Johnson (2.50 kps., 2.61 dps.) also producing strong seasons.
Caitlin Brauneis (10.00 aps.) quarterbacks the Hoya offense, while MacKenzie Simpson (3.72 dps.) leads the defense.
Georgetown averages 11.81 kills, 1.17 aces, 15.88 digs and 1.78 blocks per set on .157 hitting as a team.
Scouting Villanova
Villanova is 12-16 on the season and 4-11 in conference play and arrives in the midst of a six-match losing streak. Sunday's match will be VU's final contest of the year, as it has been eliminated from conference tournament contention.
Lauren Carpenter paces the Wildcats with 3.53 kills per set, with Claire Crutchfield (2.83 kps.) and Gabby Pethokoukis (2.58 kps., .356%) not far behind.
The daughter of legendary Nebraska coach Terry Pettit, Emma Pettit (10.39 aps.) runs the Villanova offense. Mariah Henley (5.09 dps.) leads the defense.
As a team, Villanova averages 12.66 kills, 1.42 aces, 15.35 digs and 1.71 blocks per set on .208 hitting.
The Coaches
Creighton is coached by Kirsten Bernthal Booth (Truman State, 1997), who owns a 206-126 record in her 11th season with the Bluejays. She became the program's all-time winningest coach on Aug. 25, 2007 with a 3-0 win over Stephen F. Austin, joined the 100-win club with an Oct. 31, 2008 win at Drake and the 200-win club with a Oct. 18 win vs. Xavier.
She was named the 2010 CVU.com National Coach of the Year after leading Creighton to the second round during its first NCAA Tournament appearance, and named the CaptainU College Coach of the Year in 2012 following another run to the second round of the NCAA's.
Last season, Booth helped Creighton move into the top-25 for the first time in program history while also leading the team to a program-record 29 wins and first-ever MVC regular-season and tournament titles. For her efforts, she was named 2012 MVC Coach of the Year.
Booth came to Creighton after going 112-41 in three years at Kirkwood Community College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. A native of Lincoln, Neb., Booth played volleyball at Truman State, where she was named conference MVP, an Academic All-American and Missouri's 1997 NCAA Woman of the Year. She ranked third in Division II history with 6,077 assists when she graduated.
Booth is helped by assistant coaches
Tom Mendoza
Angie Oxley Behrens
and volunteer assistant Amanda (Gates) Sjuts.
Arlisa Williams (Wisconsin, 1993). owns an 87-142 mark in her eight seasons, which also doubles as her career mark. She arrived at Georgetown after four seasons as an assistant at Florida and two seasons at American. She is assisted by Sarah Cullen and Otavio Souza.
Josh Steinbach (Penn State, 2002) is 110-96 in his seventh season at Villanova, making him the longest-tenured coach in program history. Before heading to Villanova, he had been an assistant at Wright State, Cincinnati, Penn State and San Diego Mesa CC. He is assisted by Amy Pauly and Andrew Kroger.
Series History vs. Georgetown
Creighton defeated Georgetown in four sets (18-25, 25-22, 25-22, 25-21) in Washington, DC, on Nov. 9 in the first meeting between the programs.
Ashley Jansen
had her first career double-double with 39 assists and 10 digs, while
Lauren Smith
had a CU-freshman record with 12 blocks.
Georgetown was led by 47 assists and 10 digs from Caitlin Brauneis, while Alex Johnson had 12 kills and 17 digs for the Hoyas.
Kirsten Bernthal Booth
is 1-0 all-time against Georgetown and coach Arlisa Williams.
Series History vs. Villanova
Creighton is 1-0 all-time vs. Villanova, sweeping the Wildcats (25-21, 25-21, 25-21) on the road on Nov. 8th.
Leah McNary
led CU with 12 kills, while
Lauren Smith
had a match-best eight blocks.
Villanova was led by 31 assists from Emma Pettit, while Mariah Henley had a match-best 20 digs.
Kirsten Bernthal Booth
is 1-0 all-time against Villanova and coach Josh Steinbach.
Last Weekend Summary
Creighton split a pair of four-set road matches last weekend, winning at St. John's before falling at Seton Hall.
Jess Bird
led Creighton with 26 kills on the weekend, while
Kate Elman
paced the defense with 43 digs and surpassed the 1,000 dig mark for her career.
Block Stars
Aided by at least 12 blocks in each of the last six matches, Creighton enters this weekend ranked second nationally with 3.10 blocks per set. The figure trails only Penn State (3.13). Here's the top-five:
Rank Team Blocks/Set
1. Penn State 3.13
2. Creighton 3.08
3. Dayton 3.10
4. Stanford 3.05
Seeking 300
Creighton Volleyball owns 299 wins since restarting its program prior to the 1994 season. With a victory this weekend, the team will reach 300. Here's a look at how long its taken to reach each milestone:
Creighton's Milestone Wins Since 1994
W-L Opponent Date
1-0 vs. Chattanooga 09/02/94
50-91 Southern Illinois 09/10/99
100-160 at Bradley 10/04/03
150-197 Drake 09/22/06
200-224 Texas Tech 08/28/09
250-263 Wichita State 11/04/11
299-278 so far...
Savannah Smith
Creighton will honor
Savannah Smith
prior to Sunday's match as part of Senior Day festivities.
Though just a junior eligibility-wise, Smith is enrolled in her fourth year academically and plans to graduate in the spring.
Smith enters this weekend having played in 65 career matches, including 16 starts. She owns 72 kills, 70 blocks and 23 digs in 107 sets played.
RPI Warriors
Creighton ranks 12th nationally in the official RPI released by the NCAA on Monday. The 11 schools ahead of the Bluejays are Texas, Penn State, Washington, Florida, Missouri, Nebraska, USC, Stanford, Kentucky, Hawai'i and Kansas.
Other notable teams behind Creighton include Marquette (13), Minnesota (14) and unbeaten Colorado State (18).
Does Top-12 RPI Lead To Hosting?
Armed with a No. 12 RPI this week, you would think Creighton has to be considered among the 16 teams that will be selected to host NCAA Tournament matches this fall. Consider the following..
-Each of the last four teams with a Selection Sunday RPI of 12 were selected to host.
-EVERY team with a top-12 RPI on Selection Sunday has hosted in the past two years. The last top-12 RPI team on Selection Sunday to not host was geographically-challenged Hawai'i (No. 11 in 2010).
-In the last five NCAA Tournaments, 53 of the 60 teams with a Selection Sunday RPI in the top 12 have been selected to host.
Elman Reaches 1,000 Digs
Sophomore libero
Kate Elman
became the 12th Bluejay player to reach 1,000 digs last weekend when she reached the milestone at Seton Hall on Nov. 16th.
Elman reached the milestone in her 59th career match, third-quickest in Bluejay history. She joins
Julianne Mandolfo
as the second sophomore in school history to reach that mark.
Below is a list of how long it took each Bluejay to reach the 1,000 career dig club.
Creighton's Quickest Players To 1,000 Digs (Career)
Name MP Date Opponent
Bianca Rivera 53 11/08/08 Illinois State
Julianne Mandolfo
56 10/22/11 Evansville
Kate Elman
59 11/16/13 at Seton Hall
Nayka Benitez 60 11/27/10 at Northern Iowa
Kailey Reyes 77 09/01/01 vs. UTSA
Janeen Piller 80 09/25/04 at Missouri State
Melissa Walsh 85 09/08/01 at #24 Santa Clara
Allie Oelke 95 09/04/10 vs. Iowa
Melissa Weisensee 97 10/04/97 at Missouri State
Sarah Schulze 101 11/13/09 Southern Illinois
Korie Lebeda 108 10/17/08 Evansville
Megan Bober
118 10/27/12 Southern Illinois
Creighton MB
Kelli Browning
tied for the national lead with 204 blocks last season, and is picking up where she left off. The preseason BIG EAST Co-Player of the Year entered this week with 1.49 blocks per set, ninth-best nationally, amongst the NCAA stat leaders.
Browning owns 385 career blocks, sixth-most in Creighton history. She set the Creighton record for fewest matches to 300 career blocks against South Dakota on Sept. 21st. That came in her 65th career match, three quicker than the previous mark held by Jessica Houts (68).
Browning owns 385 blocks in 80 matches and is in line to become to need fewer matches than any player in school history to reach 400 blocks.
Creighton's Quickest Players To 400 Total Blocks Name MP Date Opponent
Jessica Houts 88 10/31/08 at Drake
Ashley Williams 96 10/08/04 Drake
JoDe Cieloha 100 10/31/97 Missouri State
Laurel Sanford
105 11/12/11 at Bradley
Megan Bober
123 11/16/12 at Wichita State
A Bunch Of Winners
Creighton has experienced a great deal of success in recent seasons, and the current squad has enjoyed victories at historical levels.
Creighton's 48 victories in the past two seasons are two more than other two-year span in program history, previoiusly done from 2011-12.
Creighton's 65 victories in the past three seasons are two shy of the mark for the best three-year span in program history, trailing only the 2010-12 total of 67.
Creighton's 86 victories in the past four seasons are five more than other four-year span in program history, which was also done from 2009-12.
An Eye Towards The BIG EAST Tournament
The four teams for the BIG EAST Tournament have been determined (Marquette, Xavier, Butler, Creighton), but the seedings have not been. Below is a list of who can still get each seed:
1) Marquette or Xavier
2) Marquette, Xavier, Butler, Creighton
3) Xavier, Butler, Creighton
4) Xavier, Butler, Creighton
In the event of a tie, below are the tie breaking procedures for seeding in the BIG EAST Tournament. Notably, Creighton would win any two- or three-way tie with Xavier and/or Butler.
Two way ties
• Head to head match record.
• Head to head set record.
• Head to head point total.
• Match record vs. highest finishing conference opponent.
• Match record vs 2nd highest finishing conference opponent (and so forth).
Ties of three teams or more
• As soon as one team breaks the tie, the tie-breaking procedure starts over.
• Tied teams are viewed as a mini-conference.
• Best match record within the mini-conference.
• Best set record within the mini-conference.
• Best point percentage (total points scored divided by total points played) within the mini-conference.
• Match record vs. highest finishing conference opponent.
• Match record vs. 2nd highest finishing conference opponent (and so forth).
Smith Earns League Honor, Again
Creighton Volleyball's
Lauren Smith
was named BIG EAST Freshman of the Week on Monday, Nov. 11. A redshirt freshman from Lincoln, Neb., Smith averaged a whopping 2.86 blocks per set while adding 1.43 kills per set in road wins at Villanova (3-0) and Georgetown (3-1) last weekend.
She hit .429 and had seven kills and eight blocks on Friday while helping Creighton become the first team all season to sweep Villanova at Nevin Field House.
On Saturday, Smith had 12 blocks and three kills in a victory at Georgetown. The 12 blocks were most in school history by a freshman for any match, and third-most in CU history for any player in a four-set match.
This is the second time this fall that Smith has been named BIG EAST Freshman of the Week, joining her honor from Sept. 16.
Bird's Flying High
Jess Bird
owns five double-doubles in her last seven outings, and eight overall on the season. In the last seven matches Bird has averaged 12.14 kills and 11.86 digs per match.
Earlier this month, Bird became the first Bluejay freshman with three straight double-doubles since Allie Oelke did on Sept. 11-15, 2007.
Bird's eight double-doubles mark the third straight season CU has had a freshman with at least seven double-dips, joining current teammates
Melanie Jereb
(7 in 2012) and
Michelle Sicner
(7 in 2011), and are the most by any Bluejay freshman since Allie Oelke had 14 in 2007.
Avoiding Season Sweeps
Creighton has lost just 15 times since Oct. 16, 2011, and none of those teams have beaten CU twice in that span.
In fact, when facing a team that has beaten the Jays since then, Creighton is a perfect 13-0 when facing such a team.
The last time CU lost twice to the same team in the same season came in 2011, when Texas A&M, Missouri State and UNI all did it.
Sweet 16, Again
Kirsten Bernthal Booth
arrived at Creighton, the school-record for wins in a season was 16 done by the 2000 club.
Now in her 11th season at Creighton, Booth has led Creighton to 16 wins or more nine times, including a 19-7 mark this fall heading into this weekend. This is the seventh time Booth has led Creighton to 18 or more victories in a year.
Creighton won a school-record 29 matches in 2012, and 21 contests in 2006, 2007 and 2010 as it looks to gain its fifth 20-win season in the program's modern history (since 1994).
Ready, Set, Go
Ashley Jansen
's first four career starts at setter paid big dividends, as the sophomore directed Creighton to three wins in four road contests.
Jansen had 29 assists, five digs and three kills in a 3-0 win at Villanova on Nov. 9 before having 39 assists, 10 digs, three blocks and three kills in a 3-1 victory at Georgetown the following day. The Georgetown contest marked her first career double-double, and the fifth Bluejay with a double-dip this season.
Jansen started last weekend with 16 assists, five digs and three aces in a 3-1 win at St. John's before she had 16 assists, seven digs and a career-high four kills in a 3-1 setback against Seton Hall.
Tourney Field Is Set
Creighton will host the BIG EAST Volleyball Tournament on Nov. 29-30, and the participants have now been determined. The four-team field will consist of Butler, Creighton, Marquette and Xavier.
Friday's semifinals will start at 4 pm and 6:30 pm, and Saturday's final will be at 5 pm. Creighton will play in the second semifinal regardless of its eventual seed.
Smith Has Block Party
Lauren Smith
had 12 blocks in the Nov. 9th 3-1 win at Georgetown, most in Creighton history by a freshman. She had already shared the previous freshman record of nine with
Megan Bober
Smith's 1.23 blocks per set so far this season lead all BIG EAST freshmen, and are the 12th-best nationwide among her classmates.
Sweep, Then Swept
On Oct. 25 Creighton was swept for the first time in league play in more than two years when Marquette defeated CU by a 3-0 score.
It was the first 3-0 loss for the Jays in a conference match since a 3-0 loss to Oct. 15, 2011 vs. Northern Iowa.
Additionally, it marked just the second time since CU reinstated volleyball in 1994 that the Bluejays swept and were swept by the same team. The only other time that happened came in 1997 against Indiana State, where CU lost in Terre Haute 3-0 on Oct. 25 but swept the Sycamores 3-0 on Nov. 20 at the MVC Tournament in Normal, Ill.
One Of The Best
Creighton's been on quite a run since the start of last season to rank among the nation's best clubs. Combine a 29-4 campaign in 2012 with this year's 19-7 start and Creighton is 48-11.
The 48-11 mark gives the Jays a .814 win percentage in that span, 14th-best nationally.
Creighton's 48 wins in the same span rank tied for 19th nationally.
Best Win Percentages, Since 2012 (thru 11/10/13)
Name W L Pct.
Penn State 57 5 .919
Texas 48 6 .889
Central Arkansas 56 8 .875
Hawai'i 47 7 .870
Western Kentucky 60 9 .870
Florida 51 8 .864
Washington 48 8 .857
Colorado State 46 8 .852
Stanford 50 9 .847
North Carolina 50 9 .847
Southern California 52 11 .825
Louisville 50 11 .820
Creighton 48 11 .814
Florida State 48 11 .814
Nebraska 47 11 .810
American 51 12 .810
Most Wins, Since 2012 (thru 11/10/13)
Name W L Pct.
Western Kentucky 60 9 .870
Penn State 57 5 .919
Central Arkansas 56 8 .875
Southern California 52 11 .825
Florida 51 8 .864
American 51 12 .810
Stanford 50 9 .847
North Carolina 50 9 .847
Louisville 50 11 .820
Missouri 50 12 .806
Georgia Southern 50 12 .806
College of Charleston 50 13 .794
Morehead State 50 14 .781
Minnesota 50 14 .781
Tulsa 49 16 .754
Wichita State 49 16 .754
Texas 48 6 .889
Washington 48 8 .857
Creighton 48 11 .814
Florida State 48 11 .814
Marquette 48 12 .800
All Four One
Creighton hit .372 in its four-set win over DePaul on the afternoon of Oct. 26, the third-best mark in program history for a four-set contest.
The only matches the Jays have done better were .418 vs. Evansville on Nov. 2, 1996 and a .380 mark at Southern Illinois on Oct. 6, 2001.
Doubling Up
Michelle Sicner
owned a double-double in eight straight matches from Sept. 21 - Oct. 20, tying a school record set in 2000 by Melissa Walsh. She came up just short of having the record to herself, as she finished with 25 assists and nine digs at Marquette on Oct. 25.
Consecutive Matches, Double-Double
8 Melissa Walsh, Oct. 24-Nov. 17, 2000
Michelle Sicner
, Sept. 21-Oct. 20, 2013
7 Korie Lebeda, Nov. 4-24, 2006
7 Kailey Reyes, Oct. 23-Nov. 18, 1999
Megan Bober
, Oct. 26-Nov. 16, 2012
Browning Earns Top Nod
Kelli Browning
was named BIG EAST Player of the Week on Oct. 21 after helping Creighton to wins over Xavier and Butler, moving the Bluejays into first place in the BIG EAST standings for the first time. Browning led Creighton by averaging team-bests of 3.22 kills, 1.11 blocks and hit .420 on the weekend.
Browning helped Creighton to a come-from-behind 3-2 win vs. Xavier on Friday night with 14 kills and five blocks on .458 hitting. After CU lost the first set, Browning had five kills in as many swings during the second set. She would later add two kills and two blocks in the fifth set win, including a stuff to give CU a 12-11 lead it would never surrender.
She concluded her weekend with a match-best 15 kills, tying a season-high, and adding a team-best five blocks in a 3-1 win over Butler in which she hit .385.
Browning was also flawless in 14 service attempts after entering the week with just six serves all fall.
Weekly Honors
A pair of Creighton Volleyball players were honored by the BIG EAST Conference on Oct. 14 after a 2-0 weekend that included victories over DePaul and Marquette.
Michelle Sicner
was named the BIG EAST Conference Player of the Week, while
Jess Bird
was named BIG EAST Conference Freshman of the Week. It was Sicner's second BIG EAST honor of the season, joining the recognition she received Sept. 2. It was the first BIG EAST plaudit of Bird's young career.
Sicner had triple-doubles in both matches to help Creighton to wins over DePaul (3-1) and Marquette (3-0) in the first two BIG EAST home matches in program history, hitting .579 while averaging 10.29 assists, 3.86 digs, 3.43 kills and 0.57 blocks per set. For the week, Sicner led Creighton in assists (72), kills (24), digs (27) and hitting percentage (.579) in seven sets of work.
Bird helped Creighton to a pair of home wins while averaging 2.86 kills, 2.29 digs and 1.00 blocks per set. Bird opened her week with 12 kills, seven digs, five blocks, four assists and two aces in a 3-1 win vs. DePaul in which she hit .333, then had eight kills, nine digs, two blocks and an assist in a 3-0 sweep of league-leading Marquette on Sunday.
Just Plain Sick
In addition to earning top honors from the BIG EAST Conference,
Michelle Sicner
was also named the Sports Imports/AVCA National Player of the Week on Oct. 15th.
Sicner is the first player in program history to earn the honor from the AVCA.
A Dramatic 200th
Creighton head coach
Kirsten Bernthal Booth
enters this weekend with a 206-126 record in her 11th year with the Bluejay program, after picking up her 200th win with a 3-2 triumph over Xavier on Oct. 18.
Booth became the program's winningest coach in program history in 2007, and picked up her 100th victory on Oct. 31, 2008 vs. Drake.
She has beaten 66 different schools to amass the 206 wins at CU.
Booth's Milestone Wins
W-L Opponent Date
1-1 vs. Auburn 8/30/03
50-43 Jacksonville State 9/1/06
100-71 at Drake 10/31/08
150-108 Drake 9/16/11
200-123 Xavier 10/18/13
Triple-Double Trouble
Michelle Sicner
had near-identical numbers while posting a pair of triple-doubles in home wins over Marquette and DePaul earlier this season.
Sicner had 39 assists, 12 digs and 12 kills on Oct. 11 in four sets vs. DePaul, then followed that up with 33 assists, 15 digs and 12 kills on Oct. 13 in a 3-0 sweep of Marquette. In both matches, Sicner had identical hitting lines of 12 kills and one error in 19 swings for a .579 hitting percentage.
Sicner had her third triple-double of the fall on Nov. 1 when she had 44 assists, 10 kills and 10 blocks vs. St. John's.
Sicner is the second player in Creighton history to post consecutive triple-doubles, as
Megan Bober
did it three times. Her three triple-doubles in a season are third-most in school history, and her four career triple-doubles are tied for second-most in Bluejay annals.
Matches With a Triple-Double, Season
T-D Name Year
Megan Bober
Megan Bober
Michelle Sicner
1 Melissa Weisensee 1994
1 JoDe Cieloha 1995
1 JoDe Cieloha 1996
1 Melissa Weisensee 1997
1 Kailey Reyes 1998
1 Kailey Reyes 1999
1 Kailey Reyes 2000
1 Kailey Reyes 2001
Michelle Sicner
Matches With a Triple-Double, Career
T-D Name Years
Megan Bober
4 Kailey Reyes 1998-2001
Michelle Sicner
2 Melissa Weisensee 1994-97
2 JoDe Cieloha 1994-97
Beta Blocker
Michelle Sicner
became the second setter in Creighton history with 10 or more blocks in a match when she had 10 rejections against St. John's on Nov. 1.
Megan Bober
's 11 blocks vs. Tulsa on Sept. 8, 2012, are the most by a Bluejay player with 10 or more assists in the same contest.
Crowded House
Creighton's crowd of 2,109 on Oct. 13 vs. Marquette was the eighth-largest in program history, and fifth-largest ever at D.J. Sokol Arena.
In addition, the attendance was the largest home crowd for any BIG EAST Volleyball home match this season.
Below is a list of CU's 10 largest home crowds ever, with matches at D.J. Sokol Arena in bold.
Largest Home Crowds
Att. Opponent Date CU Result
13,081 #18 Cal Poly 09/02/07 L 0-3
12,112 #1 Nebraska 09/24/06 L 1-3
8,037 #2 Nebraska 10/05/08 L 0-3
2,514 #7 Nebraska 08/31/10 L 0-3
2,325 Northern Iowa 10/05/12 W 3-1
2,285 Texas Tech 08/28/09 W 3-0
2,135 Bradley 10/14/11 W 3-1
2,109 Marquette 10/13/13 W 3-0
1,832 Xavier 10/18/13 W 3-2
1,557 Northern Iowa 11/21/08 W 3-0
Sunday Funday
After playing just five Sunday home matches in
Kirsten Bernthal Booth
's first 10 years at Creighton, the Bluejays have four home tilts on Sunday this season.
Including the near-capacity crowd of 2,109 on Oct. 13, Creighton is now averaging 4,968 fans in eight home matches played on a Sunday under Booth. That list includes five of the top nine home crowds in program history.
Another 45 Record
Creighton's win vs. Marquette on Oct. 13 was the program's 45th at D.J. Sokol Arena, its most in any facility in history.
CU is now 48-17 all-time at the five-year old facility, surpassing the 44-26 mark attained at the Omaha Civic Auditorium from 2003-08.
Non-Conference Gauntlet
Creighton Volleyball finished its non-conference season with a 9-3 record against some of the nation's best teams. Six of the opponents have been ranked in the top-25 this season.
Not counting their result vs. Creighton, the 12 squads are a combined 212-103 (.673). The teams are also 121-60 (.669) in league play this year.
Strength In Numbers
Creighton finished non-conference play with five victories over teams that reached the 2012 NCAA Tournament. On a national level, Hawai'i and Wisconsin were the only schools more such victories (both six), while Penn State and VCU joined Creighton as the only other schools to claim five such wins.
Jays Fall Out Of AVCA Voting Range
After a 10-week run in the AVCA poll dating to Nov. 5, 2012, Creighton fell out of the AVCA Top 25 poll released on Oct. 7th.
Creighton received votes in the AVCA poll just once in its first 18 years, but had a streak of 21 straight polls with votes from Sept. 10, 2012 until Oct. 28, 2013 before falling out of the Nov. 4, 2013 poll completely.
Creighton in the AVCA Poll, All-Time
Date Votes Received Rank
12/21/10 3 36th
08/27/12 2 T-38th
09/10/12 7 T-36th
09/17/12 34 32nd
09/24/12 14 33rd
10/08/12 2 T-37th
10/15/12 22 32nd
10/22/12 35 28th
10/29/12 31 27th
11/05/12 80 25th
11/12/12 156 23rd
11/19/12 242 21st
12/18/12 172 24th
08/12/13 133 25th
09/02/13 423 19th
09/09/13 180 24th
09/16/13 164 23rd
09/23/13 211 23rd
09/30/13 216 22nd
10/07/13 32 T-33rd
10/14/13 60 30th
10/21/13 63 26th
10/28/13 20 T-31st
Taking The Fifth
One major reason for Creighton's success in recent seasons has been its play on the road in the fifth set.
Creighton has won five straight road matches to go five sets, including wins last year over Northern Iowa, Wichita State and Missouri State, and wins this year at Denver and Wichita State.
It's also worth noting that Creighton is 6-1 all-time in home matches at D.J. Sokol Arena.
Let's Compare
Let's take a look at how Creighton's start in 2013 compares to the last three seasons after 26 matches.
Stat 2013 2012 2011 2010
W-L Thru 26 19-7 23-3 16-10 16-10
Final W-L ? ? ? 29-4 17-14 21-12
Postseason ? ? ? NCAA None NCAA
Tourney Titles 1 3 0 0
Kills/Set 13.45 13.44 12.92 13.14
Hitting % .220 .256 .209 .209
Aces/Set 1.00 1.29 1.19 1.33
Digs/Set 15.00 17.51 17.20 18.67
Blocks/Set 3.10 3.03 2.47 2.41
Have You Heard?
Freshman OH
Jess Bird
made an immediate impact in her first tournament. Bird had a match-high 14 kills and added 12 digs in Creighton's 3-1 win over No. 13 BYU on August 30th.
Bird's 14 kills were the most ever for a player making their Creighton debut, one more than the 13 by JoDe Cieloha in 1994.
Bird's double-double made her the fourth player in CU history to debut with a double-double, but first with a kill-dig double-dip since Cieloha also did it in 1994. The last CU player with a double-double debut had been setter Korie Lebeda (39 assists, 10 digs) in 2005.
Bird added 10 kills in her second career match, joining Cieloha as the second player in CU history with double-digit kills to start a career. 5ieloha did it in eight straight matches to begin her career.
Bird enters this weekend averaging 2.39 kills and 2.68 digs per set. By comparison,
Melanie Jereb
averaged 2.43 kills and 2.90 digs per set after her first 26 matches as a freshman last year when she would go on to be named first-team All-MVC.
Speaking of Freshmen
Lauren Smith
is averaging 2.11 kills and 1.23 blocks per set after 26 career matches. Only one player in CU history has finished her freshmen year surpassing both those marks, Jessica Houts.
Houts averaged 2.84 kills and 1.27 blocks per set as a freshman in 2005. After 26 matches, Houts was averaging 2.78 kills and 1.22 blocks per set.
Sicner Reaches 1,000 Assists
Michelle Sicner
became the sixth player in Creighton Volleyball's modern (since 1994) history to reach 1,000 career assists on Oct. 4 at Butler.
Sicner achieved the milestone in her 72nd career match, and her 267th set overall.
Sicner is the first junior in program history to reach the 1,000-assist career mark. Each of the first five players reached that mark as freshmen or sophomores.
Freshmen Phenoms
Creighton boasts two freshmen who are averaging at least two kills per set,
Jess Bird
(2.39) and
Lauren Smith
There have been just three previous seasons where multiple freshmen averaged 2.00 kills per set or more. It's also happened in 1998 (Melissa Walsh & Erin Swanson), 2004 (Kelly Goc & Carolyn Decker) and 2005 (Amanda Cvejdlik & Jessica Houts).
Those six women listed above combined for eight First-Team all-MVC honors and three additional Second-Team all-MVC accolades in their careers.
Smith's Record-Setting Week
Redshirt freshman
Lauren Smith
etched her name in the Creighton record book in two different matches in mid-September. Smith's nine blocks vs. Kansas on September 10th tied the Creighton record by a freshman in one match, previously done by
Megan Bober
on Sept. 4, 2009 vs. Lipscomb.
On September 13 against Cal State Northridge, Smith hit .909 with 10 kills in 11 errorless swings. That ranks as the best hitting percentage in Creighton history by any player with a minimum of 10 swings.
For her efforts, Smith was named BIG EAST Freshman of the Week on September 16.
Speaking Of Smith
Lauren Smith
is off to a fantastic start to her freshman campaign, with 209 kills and 122 blocks while hitting .273 to date.
Her junior teammate
Kelli Browning
was named an Honorable-Mention All-American as a sophomore and Preseason BIG EAST Co-Player of the Year as a junior, but Browning recorded season totals of 54 kills and 33 blocks on .197 hitting in 2011 as a freshman.
Multiple Choice
Creighton has had seven players earn All-Tournament Team honors at least once this season.
Week one saw
Michelle Sicner
earn MVP honors and join
Kelli Browning
Lauren Smith
on the All-Tournament Team at the Hampton Inn Invitational, while
Melanie Jereb
Leah McNary
earned All-Tourney accolades at the Bluejay Invitational. Sicner and McNary were honored at the Denver Invitational, while
Jess Bird
Kate Elman
picked up recognition at the Shocker Volleyball Classic.
Use The Fours
Creighton went 13-2 last season in four-set matches. According to numbers crunched by Rich Kern of RichKern.com fame, the 13 four-set wins led the country in 2012, one more than Georgia Southern.
This year's team is 8-3 in four-set matches.
No Ordinary Smith
Redshirt freshman MB
Lauren Smith
averaged 2.57 kills and 0.71 blocks per set while hitting a league-best .531 at the season-opening Hampton Inn Invitational. As a result, she became the second CU freshman in program history to earn All-Tournament Team honors in her first event as a collegian, joining JoDe Cieloha in 1994.
Smith had nine kills in 14 errorless swings to hit .643 in her debut, a 3-1 win vs. No. 13 BYU. She added four blocks in the win over the highest-ranked team Creighton has ever beaten.
The following morning, Smith once again had nine kills on .444 hitting while adding a block and two digs in a 3-0 sweep at Mid-American Conference favorite Bowling Green.
Smith is the only CU player ever with nine or more kills on .350 or better hitting in each of the first two matches of her career.
Some Fab Freshmen
Jess Bird
on Aug. 30 vs. BYU, Creighton has started six true freshmen in a season opener in the last four years, and 12 such players since 2000.
Since 2000, the only true freshmen to start CU's season-opener have been Brittany Coleman (2003), Carolyn Decker (2004), Korie Lebeda (2005), Allie Oelke (2007),
Brooke Boggs
Heather Thorson
Julianne Mandolfo
Katie Neisler
Michelle Sicner
Melanie Jereb
Ashley Jansen
(2012) and Bird (2013).
Seven of those 11 women (Coleman, Decker, Lebeda, Oelke, Mandolfo, Sicner and Jereb) went on to land a spot on the MVC's All-Freshman Team.
Home Streak Ends
Creighton Volleyball had its school-record home win streak of 13 straight home wins snapped in a Sept. 7 loss to California.
CU is 19-3 at home the past two seasons, with two of those setbacks coming during the Bluejay Invitational. Creighton is also now 37-5 in its last 42 home matches against unranked competition.
All four of Creighton's streaks of six straight home wins or longer have been snapped in the Bluejay Invitational.
Creighton's Longest Home Win Streaks
Wins Dates Snapped By
13 Sept. 1, 2012 - Sept. 7, 2013 California, 3-0
8 Sept. 25-Nov. 20, 2010 Northern Illinois, 3-0
7 Oct. 17, 2008-Aug. 28, 2009 #10 Illinois, 3-0
6 Oct. 22, 2005-Sept. 2, 2006 Iowa, 3-2
Jays vs. Ranked Teams
Creighton's win over No. 13 BYU on Aug. 30 marked the team's third win over a ranked foe in the last five seasons. The Jays defeated No. 25 Wichita State in 2009 and No. 16 Iowa State in 2010. The victory over BYU was the highest-ranked team that Creighton has ever beaten.
Creighton is 3-50 all-time against ranked schools (3-34 under
Kirsten Bernthal Booth
), and 0-18 vs. top-10 clubs. That includes an 0-26 road record, 1-17 at home and 2-7 at neutral sites.
Creighton vs. Ranked Teams All-Time
Date Opponent Result
09/01/98 at #5 Nebraska L 0-3
09/04/98 vs. #19 Texas A&M (@Pacific) L 0-3
09/05/98 at #11 Pacific L 0-3
09/14/99 at #24 Kansas State L 0-3
10/16/99 #19 Northern Iowa L 0-3
09/08/00 at #6 Hawai'i L 0-3
10/03/00 at #1 Nebraska L 0-3
09/08/01 at #24 Santa Clara L 1-3
09/09/01 vs. #13 UC Santa Barbara (at Santa Clara) L 0-3
09/25/01 at #1 Nebraska L 0-3
10/13/01 #16 Northern Iowa L 0-3
11/09/01 at #18 Northern Iowa L 0-3
09/06/02 vs. #13 Pacific (at Columbia, S.C.) L 0-3
09/21/02 at #7 Northern Iowa L 1-3
09/29/02 at #5 Nebraska L 0-3
10/18/02 #10 Northern Iowa L 0-3
10/04/03 at #10 Northern Iowa L 1-3
11/01/03 #12 Northern Iowa L 1-3
10/10/04 vs. #5 Nebraska (North Platte, Neb.) L 0-3
09/06/05 at #24 Kansas State L 0-3
09/10/05 vs. #3 Stanford (Boulder, Colo.) L 0-3
10/11/05 at #1 Nebraska L 0-3
10/29/05 at #25 Wichita State L 1-3
09/24/06 #1 Nebraska L 1-3
08/31/07 at #1 Nebraska L 0-3
09/02/07 #18 Cal Poly L 0-3
09/15/07 at #13 Minnesota L 1-3
11/10/07 at #24 Wichita State L 0-3
08/29/08 #16 Minnesota L 0-3
09/27/08 #14 Wichita State L 1-3
10/05/08 #2 Nebraska L 0-3
10/24/08 at #12 Wichita State L 0-3
08/29/09 #10 Illinois L 0-3
09/01/09 at #6 Nebraska L 0-3
10/02/09 #25 Wichita State W 3-1
11/10/09 #20 Saint Louis L 0-3
11/20/09 at #21 Northern Iowa L 1-3
11/27/09 #20 Northern Iowa L 0-3
09/01/10 #7 Nebraska L 0-3
09/24/10 #16 Northern Iowa L 1-3
10/23/10 at #14 Northern Iowa L 0-3
11/27/10 at #11 Northern Iowa L 1-3
12/03/10 vs. #16 Iowa State (Minneapolis) W 3-2
12/04/10 at #12 Minnesota L 0-3
09/08/11 at #11 Nebraska L 0-3
10/15/11 #12 Northern Iowa L 0-3
11/11/11 at #12 Northern Iowa L 1-3
09/01/12 #21 Kansas State L 0-3
12/01/12 at #11 Minnesota L 1-3
08/30/13 vs. #13 BYU (Bowling Green, Ohio) W 3-1
09/14/13 vs. #11 UCLA (Denver, Colo) L 1-3
09/20/13 vs. #7 Hawai'i (Wichita, Kan.) L 2-3
As A Ranked Team
All-time, Creighton is 17-5 when playing as a ranked team in the AVCA poll, including a 16-2 mark versus unranked teams.
Creighton As A Ranked Team All-Time
Date CU Rank Opponent Result
11/09/12 25 Indiana State W 3-0
11/10/12 25 Illinois State W 3-1
11/16/12 23 at Wichita State W 3-2
11/17/12 23 at Missouri State W 3-2
11/23/12 21 vs. Illinois State W 3-1
11/24/12 21 vs. Wichita State W 3-0
11/30/12 21 vs. Marquette W 3-0
12/01/12 21 at #11 Minnesota L 1-3
08/30/13 25 vs. #13 BYU W 3-1
08/31/13 25 at Bowling Green W 3-0
09/06/13 19 Northern Colorado W 3-0
09/07/13 19 South Florida W 3-0
09/07/13 19 California L 0-3
09/10/13 24 Kansas W 3-1
09/13/13 24 vs. Cal St. Northridge W 3-0
09/13/13 24 at Denver W 3-2
09/14/13 24 vs. #11 UCLA L 1-3
09/20/13 23 vs. #7 Hawai'i L 2-3
09/21/13 23 vs. South Dakota W 3-0
09/22/13 23 at Wichita State W 3-2
10/04/13 22 at Butler L 1-3
10/05/13 22 at Xavier W 3-1
The Votes Add Up
Creighton had six matches scheduled against teams that received votes in the preseason AVCA Top 25 poll, including five teams in the top-25.
Creighton had matches against teams that were preseason ranked No. 11 (Hawai'i), No. 12 (UCLA), No. 13 (BYU), No. 20 (Kansas) and No. 24 (Wichita State).
Creighton also hosted Cal, which received enough points to finish 37th in the voting.
Among teams in the preseason top-25, Creighton's five non-conference matches vs. top-25 foes was tied for the national lead with Texas, Hawai'i, Florida State and Western Kentucky.
2-0 Better Than 0-2
Creighton is 190-8 (.960) all-time when leading a match 2-0, including a 132-2 mark under
Kirsten Bernthal Booth
. They own an 88-4 all-time mark in home matches they lead 2-0 in.
Conversely, the Jays are 7-175 (.038) all-time when trailing a match 0-2, including an 0-60 mark in those home matches. Those seven comebacks from down 0-2 are listed below:
Date Opponent Sets 3-5 scores Coach
09/19/97 at Bradley 15-11, 15-13, 15-8 Wallace
10/01/99 at Drake 15-6, 17-15, 15-11 Wallace
09/03/04 vs. Montana 30-20, 30-21, 15-11 Booth
10/15/04 at Bradley 30-22, 30-23, 15-11 Booth
10/15/05 at So. Illinois 30-25, 30-24, 15-8 Booth
09/21/07 at No. Iowa 31-29, 30-26, 15-12 Booth
11/16/12 at Wichita St. 25-16, 25-20, 16-14 Booth
Survival of the Fittest
Creighton has won six matches under
Kirsten Bernthal Booth
after surviving an opponent's match point. Three of those wins have come against Wichita State.
On the other hand, Creighton is 206-2 under Booth when it reaches a match point opportunity, falling only when it wasted two match points on Sept. 4, 2010 to Iowa in an eventual 20-18 fifth set loss, and two other match points on Nov. 1, 2013 in a 17-15 fifth set loss to St. John's.
Surviving Match Points, Under Booth
Date Opponent MP(s) Faced Final Set 5
08/30/03 vs. McNeese State 13-14, 15-16 18-16
10/10/03 Wichita State 13-14 16-14
10/13/06 at Wichita State 12-14, 13-14, 14-15 17-15
09/11/07 at Drake 13-14, 14-15 17-15
08/26/11 vs. UTSA 12-14, 13-14 16-14
11/16/12 at Wichita State 13-14 16-14
Taking The Fifth
Creighton is 36-19 in five-set matches under
Kirsten Bernthal Booth
, including a 3-2 mark this year and an 12-5 home record in five-setters. That's impressive since Creighton had never finished a season with a winning record in fifth sets prior to Booth's arrival.
Below is a list of Creighton's record in five-set matches on a yearly basis:
Year Set 5 W-L Total W-L
1994 0-2 5-20
1995 0-2 11-19
1996 2-6 9-19
1997 3-5 15-13
1998 2-3 7-18
1999 3-3 13-15
2000 3-3 16-12
2001 1-1 14-13
2002 1-3 3-23
2003 5-1 12-18
2004 4-0 18-11
2005 3-1 16-14
2006 4-2 21-10
2007 2-0 21-10
2008 2-3 18-9
2009 1-4 14-17
2010 3-3 21-12
2011 5-2 17-14
2012 4-1 29-4
2013 3-2 19-7
Total 51-47 299-278
Marian Pipeline
This is the 11th straight season that Creighton Volleyball had at least one product of Omaha Marian High School on the roster, as sophomores
Kate Elman
Ashley Jansen
are in the program.
Interestingly, the Jays had never had a volleyball player from Marian between 1994-2002. Here's a look at Creighton's pipeline of players from Marian.
Kate Elman
Ashley Jansen
Kate Elman
Ashley Jansen
Julianne Mandolfo
2010: Lisa Greisch,
Julianne Mandolfo
2009: Lisa Greisch
2008: Emily Crowley, Korie Lebeda
2007: Korie Lebeda, Katie Mehal
2006: Korie Lebeda, Katie Mehal, Emily Greisch
2005: Korie Lebeda, Katie Mehal
2004: Katie Mehal, Emily Greisch
2003: Emily Greisch
Production Returning
Creighton returned 9-of-14 letterwinners to the court from last season. Below is a breakdown of the production that returns:
Stat Returners Departures
Points 1705.5 (77.8%) 487.5 (22.2%)
Kills 1164 (70.1%) 496 (29.9%)
Digs 1468 (68.3%) 680 (31.7%)
Aces 104 (67.5%) 50 (32.5%)
Matches Started 126 (63.6%) 72 (36.4%)
Blocks 237.5 (62.7%) 141.5 (37.3%)
Assists 256 (16.9%) 1260 (83.1%)
Just Do It, Again
Eleven of Creighton's 29 wins last year came against 2011 NCAA Tournament teams in Ball State, Tulsa, Marquette, Northern Colorado, Missouri State, (twice), Northern Iowa (twice) and Wichita State (three times).
This year's 19 wins include six triumphs over squads that were in the 2012 NCAA Tournament (BYU, Bowling Green, Northern Colorado, Kansas, Wichita State, Marquette).
Year W-L vs. Previous Season NCAA Teams
1994 0-4
1995 0-2
1996 0-2
1997 0-3
1998 0-5
1999 2-4
2000 0-4
2001 1-6
2002 0-5
2003 0-3
2004 2-2
2005 0-6
2006 4-6
2007 4-9
2008 6-8
2009 1-11
2010 4-7
2011 2-6
2012 11-2
2013 5-4
TOTAL Under Booth 39-64
BIG EAST Preseason Poll
Creighton was picked to win the BIG EAST Conference in a preseason poll of league coaches.
CU received 63 points in the poll and seven of a possible eight first-place votes. Marquette received the remained votes for first place and was second with 57 points, while Xavier was third with 50 points.
Creighton also led the way with three of the 12 members on the BIG EAST's preseason all-conference team, a trio that included
Kelli Browning
Melanie Jereb
Leah McNary
Browning was named Co-Preseason Player of the Year, an honor she shared with Marquette setter Elizabeth Koberstein.
This is the first time that Creighton Volleyball has ever been picked to win its league, and the school's first team picked to win the BIG EAST in any sport.
Radio Broadcast Information
Brad Burwell and former Bluejay volleyball player Erin (Swanson) Russell will broadcast at least nine home matches this season.
The matches will air on KZOT (1180 AM) and KOIL (1290 AM) and be webcast online at www.gocreighton.com as well. The pre-match show typically starts approximately 5-15 minutes before first serve. The post-match show also lasts about 15 minutes and includes post-match interviews.
A complete list of remaining matches follows:
2013 Volleyball Remaining Broadcast Schedule
Nov. 22 Georgetown (KOIL 1290 AM)
Set 1 Result = Match Result
Creighton is 173-20 overall under
Kirsten Bernthal Booth
when it wins set one. In that same time span, CU is just 33-106 under Booth when it drops the first set.
Creighton went 24-1 last season when winning the opening set of a match. The season-ending loss to Minnesota was the first time all season that it lost after leading a match after any completed set.
This year's team is 19-2 when leading in sets played at any point of a match.
Last Year Summary
Last year's team finished 29-4 while compiling one of the best seasons from any women's team in Creighton history. The Bluejays closed their 19-year run in the MVC by winning the program's first Valley regular-season and Tournament titles.
CU won early-season tournaments at USF and Northern Colorado before clinching the outright league crown with a memorable 3-2 comeback win at rival Wichita State. The Jays would sweep the Shockers eight days later for the Valley Tourney title, and sweep Marquette to open NCAA Tournament play before falling at Minnesota.
Megan Bober
was named MVC Player of the Year and Tournament MVP, while
Kelli Browning
was tabbed MVC Defensive Player of the Year. Both women were named Honorable Mention All-Americans and were joined on the All-MVC First Team by
Melanie Jereb
Kirsten Bernthal Booth
was named MVC Coach of the Year and CaptainU National Coach of the Year. Creighton spent four weeks in the AVCA Top 25 for the first time, reaching as high as No. 21 before finishing No. 24.
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ALBANY, N.Y.-- A third upstate New York town has won a court challenge to its ban on natural gas drilling.
Gas drilling company Lenape Resources had sued the Livingston County town of Avon and the state Department of Environmental Conservation over the town's moratorium on drilling, saying the action threatened to put it out of business after it had operated in the town for decades.
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Price Police Officer Brandon Sicilia arranges to transport Selestino Lujan to the Carbon County Jail.
On the morning of Feb. 17, East Carbon City Police, Price law enforcement, Carbon Metro Drug Task Force representatives and medical personnel executed a warrant at Lujan's residence in East Carbon.
According to East Carbon Police Chief Sam Leonard, the warrant was obtained through citizen information and law enforcement's surveillance of the area. Lujan was booked into the county jail at 10:20 a.m. for possession of methanphetamines and possession of paraphernalia.
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I consider the roider a junk ball pitcher. By that I mean he will get you out with pitches out of the zone, rarely will he challenge. So if you see a lot of weakly hit grounders being pulled or weak fly balls early, it will be a long evening.
Because he likes to live on the outside of the zone, with the occasional inside pitch to keep you honest, the key is to take the ball the other way. Once you establish that you will take what he gives you, he will have to change strategy, and at that point there will be more pitches that can be driven, maybe even out of the park.
Working the pitch count is also important. We're talking about a 40 year old which apparently means nothing in today's game, as it seems everyone has found the fountain of youth so why am I even bothering to mention it... The Orioles must get him out of the game by the 5th inning either due to the count, or with runs which have been hard to come by. Why? Because the Orioles are the worst team in the AL in scoring runs off of left handed pitching.
Other than that, when the opportunities present themselves, the offense has got to capitalize. Moving runners, sacrifices and taking the extra base are all going to matter tonight. Assuming Chen holds up his end of things.
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Of the many things in which George Soros (pictured) has been involved, critics now say he is working to "stack the courts." Soros has already established a reputation for spending millions of dollars each year in support or political, social, and global issues. As he is well known for his financial ability as a political maneuverer, this latest revelation should come as no surprise.
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Optimizing Diagnostics Of Syncope Events Using Intelligent Telemetric Solutions. (TELEMARC3)
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The purpose of this study is to assess efficacy of prolonged Full Disclosure electrocardiogram (ECG) monitoring and signal analysis using advanced telemetric technology to diagnose syncope in comparison with standard diagnostic procedure
Cardiac Arrhythmia
Cardiogenic Syncope
Device: repeated 24 hours ECG Holter monitoring
Device: Telemetric ECG monitoring
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Open Label
Primary Purpose: Diagnostic
|Official Title:
|Optimizing Diagnostics And Therapy Of Arrhythmia And Syncope Events Using Intelligent Telemetric Solutions. Diagnostics Of Syncope In Children.
- Recording of symptomatic or life threatening arrhythmia event [ Time Frame: within 30 days since the start of monitoring ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]ECG monitoring is conducted until occurrence of symptomatic arrhythmia or life threatening arrhythmia but not longer than 30 days. Patients in the control group will have standard ECG Holter monitoring repeated twice
- Occurrence of silent (asymptomatic) arrhythmia event [ Time Frame: within 30 days since the start of monitoring ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
- 1. Verification of patient self assessment based on the Quality of Life questionnaire and EHRA scale against evidence of cardiac arrhythmia occurrence [ Time Frame: within 30 days since the start of monitoring ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
|Estimated Enrollment:
|Study Start Date:
|February 2011
|Estimated Study Completion Date:
|January 2013
|Estimated Primary Completion Date:
|December 2012 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Experimental: Telemetric ECG monitoring
Telemetric Full Disclosure ECG monitoring
Device: Telemetric ECG monitoring
Telemetric ECG full disclosure monitoring with GSM technology
|Experimental: 24 hours standard Holter monitoring
Device: repeated 24 hours ECG Holter monitoring
repeated 24 hours ECG Holter monitoring
Detailed Description:
Syncope can be caused by many conditions, often benign but in some cases syncope can be a symptom of severe arrhythmia. Early diagnosis of the underlying disease is very important to identify patients with severe cardiac arrhythmia to commence adequate treatment. Standard diagnostic methods such as 24 hours Holter electrocardiogram (ECG) monitoring or Event Holter do not guarantee early diagnosis of the arrhythmia. Prolonged heart rhythm recording and analysis using an automatic full disclosure telemetric device can increase probability of arrhythmia diagnosis and early administration of adequate treatment. Study patients will be diagnosed using standard Holter ECG monitoring, Event Holter or 30 days telemetric ECG monitoring. Efficacy of telemetric monitoring in diagnosis of cardiac arrhythmia will be assessed in comparison with the standard Holter monitoring and Event Holter.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|up to 18 Years
|Genders Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- History of syncope
- Ability to operate the telemetric device at home
- Exclusion of underlying neurological disease
- informed consent undersigned by the parents
- informed consent undersigned by the child if over 16 years of age
Exclusion Criteria:
- Syncope with known underlying disease
- Inability to operate the telemetric device at home
- Complete Heart block
- QT>500ms
- Implantation of ICD
- Inability to comply with the study protocol
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01265290
|Contact: Katarzyna Bieganowska, Prof. MD PhD
|Contact: Maria Miszczak-Knecht, MD, PhD
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|Principal Investigator: Bożena Werner, MD PhD
|Sub-Investigator: Tomasz Florianczyk, MD
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|Institute of Cardiology, Warsaw, Poland
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|Children's Memorial Health Institute
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|Study First Received:
|December 22, 2010
|Last Updated:
|December 2, 2011
|Health Authority:
|Poland: Ethics Committee
Keywords provided by Institute of Cardiology, Warsaw, Poland:
Cardiac arrhythmia
Cardiogenic syncope
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Arrhythmias, Cardiac
Cardiovascular Diseases
Consciousness Disorders
Heart Diseases
Nervous System Diseases
Neurobehavioral Manifestations
Neurologic Manifestations
Pathologic Processes
Signs and Symptoms
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By RICHARD SHAWSun Advocate
The Helper council met last Thursday and officials considered a number of items concerning city business, including the idea of abandoning alleyways to private landowners.
The matter is a subject the council members have been working on for quite some time. The officials had asked city attorney Gene Strate to review the situation and tell them what Helper legally had comply with to do so.
"We have the final list of the legal descriptions of the alleyways," Strate told the council. "Now we need to inform the public about your intentions. We must publish a notice of intention in a general circulation newspaper in town once a week for four weeks. I would like to have us do that and set a date of Sept. 27 for a public hearing on this matter."
According to Strate the city must also make sure easements for utilities on these pieces of property are also kept intact.
The council voted to go ahead and publish the notice of intent and to hold the public hearing on the suggested date.
In another action the council looked at the condemnation of three particularly troublesome properties within Helper's city limits because of nuisance violations.
"These properties have been a mess and a health threat for a long time," pointed out Mayor Mike Dalpiaz. "One property has been a problem for the city for over 10 years."
The council discussed the various properties and the situations on each one. One of the properties has been under a court order concerning the clean up and repair for some time.
"We have a procedure for this in city ordinances," Strate told the council. "We need to follow our own procedure."
That procedure includes having the board of health inspect the properties and to serve notices to the individual owners. Then the private owner has 10 days to correct the problems. The private owner can also request an audience with the council to discuss the situation before the city does anything.
Finally, if something isn't done the city can go in and clean up the situation and then officials have 20 days to inform the owner of what they owe for doing that.
"The council needs to be aware that the cost of the cleanup on a couple of these could be quite expensive," said Strate. "Whether we could get the costs incurred back is uncertain."
There were a couple of discussions about the problems on the properties.
"The bottom line is that these properties are a fire and health hazard and something needs to be done," said Councilman Richard Sherman.
There was more discussion about the possibility of the city just going in and taking care of the problem rather than having to jump through all the legal hoops.
But Councilman Jim Robinson cautioned the council on this type of action.
"We had a walk through with some officials on a situation like this a few years ago and afterward the lady who owned the property claimed some valuable stuff was missing from the place afterwards," said Robinson. "Just think what they would claim in a cleanup without following the procedures."
The council approved taking action through the ordinance toward getting the properties cleaned up, beginning with a health department inspection.
Addressing other agenda items last Thursday, Helper officials:
Discussed the revamping of the business license fees for the city.
Attorney Strate had completed some of the preliminary work in connection with the matter. The council members added to and adjusted the information.
In general, it appears that the business license fees in Helper city will double when the new schedule is approved by the officials.
"People have to realize how old this fee schedule is," said Robinson. "It was put into effect many years ago.'
In a related matter, the idea of how to handle temporary business licenses was also discussed when Jona Skerl, the city recorder, brought up a request from a woodworker to bring in items to sell in a store parking lot for 30 days.
The question arose as to what a temporary license is and how it should be approved.
"Under ordinance a temporary business license is one that is to be used for less than six months," Strate told the council.
Some discussion resulted concerning granting the request, including whether the council should make all decisions regarding the issuance of temporary licenses or whether the matter should be left to the city recorder.
"The city council needs to review all business licenses, even those that are just for a day," advised Strate. "People who want these types of licenses need to apply in advance so they can be looked at during regular city council meetings.'
Most of the council was in agreement with this concept, but the concern of keeping people from doing business because of red tape concerned everyone.
"We certainly don't want to discourage people from operating in Helper," indicated Robinson. "But we must know what people are doing to control zoning and other ordinances."
The council agreed and voted that the Helper officials must approve every business license during the city's regular public meetings.
The officials approved the amending of ordinance 98-3 with ordinance 2001-2.
This ordinance has to do with curb and gutter installation on city streets.
The council approved a request from the museum to apply for a grant to set up a website for the museum. The grant they are applying for is for $3000.
The officials approved the purchase of a new lawnmower for the city at a cost of $2,300.
In reports from various city department heads, the following information was introduced at the meeting.
Attorneys for the man injured earlier this month on a diving board at the Helper swimming pool have requested copies of the accident/ police report, according to the city attorney.
Chief George Zamantakis revealed that the state has awarded some grant money to be used during the period of Aug. 27 through Sep. 3 for increased patrols by the city police during the Labor Day weekend.
That means, according to Zamantakis, a Helper officer will be available for the town and one for the highway.
The grant will pay the overtime that needs to be expended for the increased presence.
Councilman Kirk Mascaro discussed the rock concert/battle of the bands show that was recently presented at the civic auditorium.
Apparently, the program had originally been scheduled at College of Eastern Utah's Bunnell-Dmitrich Athletic Center, but a reservation glitch kept that from happening, so Spangler allowed the show to be staged in the Helper auditorium.
The concert was presented as a fundraising benefit event for the Rio Theatre construction project.
Unfortunately, at least one fight broke out during the concert and there was some vandalism to rest rooms. Approximately $100 in damage was incurred in connection with the incident.
The city will be sending a letter to the concert's organizers about the situation.


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The "plungers," as they call themselves, each raised a minimum of $50 to participate in the event, with 100 percent of the proceeds going to Special Olympics Oregon.
Attendance was at an all-time high this year, according to Polar Plunge organizer Allison Ellermeier, with donations topping $30,000 dollars.
"Law enforcement around the country raise money and awareness for Special Olympics Oregon," said Ellermeier.
Although some were shivering uncontrollably, once they ran out of the Willamette river, onto the safety and relative warmth of dry land, most seemed to be pleased to have participated in the event that raised funds for such a worthy cause.
"It was fun," said a woman from a group of participants representing the University of Oregon Law School. "It was very cold, but very fun."


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By TERRY WILLISSun Advocate writer
I headed up to South Dakota to visit my grandson. I had to fly and lately flying has not been a pleasant experience. But on this trip it actually wasn't too bad.
I researched prices and finally found a flight out of Salt Lake that went through Grand Junction and Denver before it hit Sioux Falls. It was well over $400. As always the direct flight was over $600.
So I looked into starting the flight in Grand Junction to cut off one leg of the flight. It actually saved me over $200 dollars. The drive was only slightly longer and so much less zooy than heading into the big city.
I arrived in Grand Junction at 11 a.m. for a 1:15 p.m. flight and parked in the back of the parking lot. It took me five minutes to walk into the airport and get to screening. Nice change there. Once I got through the screeners (who actually smiled at me and called be by name), I was at my gate.
I hoped it was my gate since it had no flight numbers or times on the board, just a list of the city "Denver" repeated six times. I was very early and they were boarding another flight to Denver and I overheard another lady asking if she could take the earlier flight. They seemed OK so I stepped up and asked too. In a heart beat they gave me a new boarding pass and sent me on my way and they were smiling.
I now had plenty of time to eat while waiting for my connection in Denver. No rushing to figure things out, just relaxed time spent getting to my destination.
Flying back was equally as nice. Sioux Falls airport is almost as small. My flight did not have a gate listed by it on their board so I just walked to the end of the terminal and there it was. The terminal was only seven gates long.
As I sat waiting, the airline check in person came over and gave me a luggage tag without my needing to ask. I engaged in a small book club like discussion with several fellow passengers as we waited. Each of us giving a review of our books we were in the middle of and comparing favorite authors.
Boarding was quick and painless. They took our carry-ons and checked them at the gate. The airline stated I would have had to pay at least $15 dollars to check my luggage at time of ticketing. This was free.
At each stop they were prompt to get our bags back in our hands in the jet way. Again I had plenty of time to easily get a bite to eat before making my connection in Denver.
We went out on the tarmac to board the plane from Denver to Grand Junction. The elderly women right ahead of me in line turned to me and ask "Is this one of those prop planes?" I smiled and pointed up at the winged prop just over our heads. I assured her I thought we would be okay and she climbed the stairs and found her seat.
I found myself seated next to a very nice women from Grand Junction who showed me pictures of her son attending West Point. She was returning from a visit with him.
We arrived in Grand Junction ahead of schedule and I was off the plane with luggage in hand in less than five minutes. Only another five minutes expired before I was finished in the bathroom, out of the terminal and seated in my car ready for the drive home.
Despite still having to take off my shoes to walk through the metal detector and not take any liquids in my carry-on, it was almost a throwback to flying in my earlier days.
I know we can never go back to that more relaxed days of flying, but for this trip, it was sure a treat. And it cost me less, too.


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M10 Jacket (Men's)
In Stock Product Number: 32118
Alpine dash essentials: rope, skeleton rack, the men's Patagonia M10 Jacket on your back. It's an alpine climbing jacket made for those who thrive on thin and technical climbs in full alpine conditions. A study in minimalism, and the lightest H2No Performance Standard hard shell we make, the 3-layer waterproof/breathable M10 Jacket is a must-have for both Patagonia's alpine and rock climbing ambassadors. The soft, pliable waterproof/breathable nylon ripstop fabric yields surprising durability for its weight and protects against monsoon-season precip and summit ridge gusts. We've simplified the design, eliminated the pit-zips and handwarmer pockets – our ambassadors didn't want 'em – and gave it a single exterior zippered chest pocket that doubles as a stuffsack (with reinforced clip-in loop). Details include sonically welded seams with the narrowest possible tape, watertight zippers, a microfleece-lined neck and chin and cuffs that adjust with minimalist hook-and-loop closures. A single pull adjusts the helmet-compatible hood (with laminated visor) and a drawcord hem blocks out spindrift backdraft. Slim fit for technical use over light-to-medium layers.
* This product does not qualify for shipping to all countries.
- H2No Performance Standard shell is built with 3-layer waterproof/breathable nylon ripstop, with a DWR (durable water repellent) finish
- Full-zip jacket has coated, watertight zipper with a DWR finish
- Single-pull adjustable hood with laminated visor is helmet compatible
- Microfleece-lined neck and chin for comfort
- Exterior left chest pocket has coated, watertight zipper with a DWR finish
- Self stuffs into chest pocket with carabiner clip-in loop
- Self-fabric hook-and-loop cuff closures; drawcord hem
Gender: Men's
Weight: 229 g (8.1 oz)
Material: H2No Performance Standard shell: 3-layer, 2.2-oz 15-denier 100% nylon ripstop, with a waterproof/breathable barrier and a DWR (durable water repellent) finish
Fit: Slim Fit
Technologies: [H2No Performance, Deluge DWR finish]
H2No Performance
Deluge DWR finish
Season: F14 S15 F15
Vendor ProductId: 84171
Review ProductId: 32118


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Posted on September 17, 2013SCAR THE MARTYR, the new project put together by SLIPKNOT drum legend, Joey Jordison, has been added to the Alice In Chains UK tour in November!
SCAR THE MARTYR's self-titled debut album is set to hit stores on 30th September. You can check out preview clips of six album tracks right here.
Full dates run as follows:
Sat 9th Nov - LONDON Alexandra Palace
Sun 10th Nov - LEEDS O2 Academy
Mon 11th Nov - MANCHESTER Academy
Wed 13th Nov - BIRMINGHAM O2 Academy
Thu 14th Nov - GLASGOW O2 Academy
Sat 16th Nov - NEWPORT Centre
Tickets are on sale now from www.kililive.com and www.seetickets.com, or via credit card hotline on 0844 871 8803.
Widely acknowledged as one of the hard rock & metal genre's most technically gifted, all-round musicians (Joey is one of very few artists with both a signature drum kit AND a signature guitar model), Joey plays not only drums, but also bass and rhythm guitars on the SCAR THE MARTYR record. He enlisted guitarist friends, Jed Simon (ex-Strapping Young Lad) and Kris Norris (Darkest Hour) to play leads, and the project also features vocalist Henry Derek and keyboard scientist Chris Vrenna (Nine Inch Nails). "I wrote the core of the music myself, but Henry did all the vocals and wrote all the lyrics, and Chris Vrenna from NIN did all the keys," Joey states.
Joey is really looking forward to bringing his new band to these shores, commenting; "We are extremely excited to be a part of the upcoming Alice In Chains tour! This will be our first opportunity to bring our brand of musical psychosis live to the UK. With Ghost on the bill as well, it's quite a package to behold. The only thing to make this more lethal is the attendance of the UK fans themselves. The UK fans always deliver, and we intend to do the same. See you soon!"
SCAR THE MARTYR's debut album can be pre-ordered online at the following links: