Volleyball Falls to Creighton in BIG EAST Championship

Sunday, November 23

Milwaukee, Wis.

3:00 p.m. ET

Xavier University

26-4,14-2Big East

Creighton

25-5,16-0Big East

Xavier

Creighton

Volleyball Falls to Creighton in BIG EAST Championship

11.23.25 | Volleyball

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The Musketeers dropped a three-set match to No. 12 Creighton in Milwaukee.

By: Abbey Curtis, Xavier Athletic Communications

MILWAUKEE - The Xavier volleyball team fell to No. 12 Creighton, 3-0, in the 2025 BIG EAST Volleyball Championship.

XU made its second all-time championship appearance since joining the BIG EAST in 2013.

After being picked seventh in the BIG EAST Preseason Poll, the Musketeers posted a program-record 14-2 league mark and finished runners-up in the BIG EAST Tournament.

Creighton came out swinging in the opening set, hitting a combined .462 to lead by as much as seven. The Musketeers fought off three set points, but the Bluejays closed the first set with a 25-19 win.

Anna Taylor powered Xavier through the second set, totaling six kills on a .600 clip. The Musketeers hit a match-best .275 in the second set, but Creighton took a 25-20 win.

Charlotte Moriarty tallied five kills with zero errors in the third set to power the Musketeer comeback. Both teams battled back-and-forth throughout the third as Xavier led by as much as two. XU led at 20-19, but the Bluejays closed out the match on a 6-0 run to earn their sixth straight BIG EAST Tournament Championship.

Xavier moves to 26-4 on the season while Creighton improves to 25-5. The NCAA Selection Show is slated for Sunday, Nov. 30 at 6:00 p.m.

notables

Anna Taylor led the Musketeers with 13 kills on a .348 clip.
Emma Grace followed up with 10 kills and eight digs for her fifth straight match in double figures.
Macy Hatkevich had 28 assists and nine digs, just one shy of her 27th career double-double.
Kelsey Niesen matched Hatkevich with a team-high nine digs along with seven assists.
Charlotte Moriarty had nine kills and eight digs with just one error.
Margo Kemp contributed a team-high three blocks.
Kasey Quenichet has tallied at least one ace in the last four straight matches.
Xavier's 26 wins are the most in program history since 1993.
The last time the Musketeers made an NCAA Tournament appearance was 2007.