The first stop on a four-match road trip to start conference play fell squarely into the “gritty, not pretty” category for the Creighton volleyball team. The 16th-ranked Bluejays out-dug a scrappy Butler squad 92-83 to earn a 25-16, 25-22, 23-25, 25-19 win in four sets at Hinkle Fieldhouse on Friday night.
The Bulldogs recorded six aces for the fifth time this season and found enough creative ways to score, despite hitting .135 as a team, to keep CU from putting together any of the lengthy runs that helped them win 36 of the 42 sets they played during the non-conference portion of their schedule.