By Leo Adam Biga for VolleyballMag
Could this be the year that the Bluejays break through?
Creighton, the perennial national power from Omaha but No. 2 in the state of Nebraska, just might have the goods to make it to the NCAA Division I Women’s Volleyball Championship.
“Everything we do is to build for the NCAA Tournament,” veteran coach Kirsten Bernthal Booth said.
To wit, Creighton has its typical extremely challenging early season non-conference schedule before beginning Big East play.
“We’re always trying to set up a schedule to give us our best chance to earn that opportunity and hopefully host (NCAA Tournament matches), and to do that you have to play great teams,” said Bernthal Booth, who is entering her 22nd year at the helm.
“Every single match we play in the non-con is going to be tough but we recruit players that know that. It’s a grind but it’s a good grind. Our players love it. I know how excited we are to play some of the top teams in the country.”
Creighton, No. 12 in the AVCA preseason poll, returns an impressive core and brings in a couple of highly touted transfers to a team that finished 29-5 last year, which included winning the Big East, before losing to Louisville in a tough five sets in the third…
