NEW YORK – The NCAA Volleyball Championship First Rounds will start Thursday and continue Friday with the Second Rounds at campus sites. Two BIG EAST teams, Creighton and Marquette, will begin their quest to Columbus, Ohio where the 2016 NCAA Volleyball final four will be held.
No. 21 Creighton’s first round opponent will be Northern Iowa, which Marquette played in the first round of the 2015 NCAA Tournament. The Golden Eagles won in a five-set match. Creighton swept Northern Iowa earlier this year in Los Angeles on Sept. 2.
Creighton is currently 26-6 overall, dropping just five sets while finishing off the only 18-0 mark in BIG EAST history.