The Creighton sports season is several weeks old now. With most of the fall teams on the road to start the season, there has been limited buzz on campus. But in the few games held on campus so far, there have been several students and fans in the stands. As the fall season continues and with basketball practice about a month away there will be more and more stories about the Creighton Bluejays. There will be some things you hear about and others you may miss.
In addition to the original and timely content provided by White & Blue Review, there are other writers across the vast Internet landscape crafting stories about Creighton athletics. Plus there are events going on across campus that we want to help communicate out to the fans so that they can be a part of these events as well. To help promote both of those things, we present to you Bluejay Bytes.
For the news you might have missed, Bluejay Bytes gives you links to stories and information that can satisfy your craving for more Creighton sports information. Let’s see what is happening this week.
Men’s Soccer
- MLS Soccer did a feature on head coach Elmar Bolowich and his first year at Creighton.
- Eric Miller’s decision to enroll early at Creighton is starting to pay off.
- Jake Brown was named MVC Defensive Player of the Week for the 5-0-o Bluejays. So far this season, a Bluejay men’s soccer player has been named MVC Defensive Player of the Week all three weeks the award has been given.
- Creighton has risen to third in the NSCAA National rankings this week after North Carolina lost this week, falling from first to eighth.
- The MVC Weekly Notebook talks about Brown’s award and Creighton’s season start.
- The Creighton men’s soccer staff put together some interesting stats about the Bluejays so far.
- Soccer notes for Saturday’s match vs. Providence.
- Here are some highlights from the game against Fordham courtesy of Creighton Men’s Soccer.
Women’s Soccer
- WBR Contributor Ryan Holmgren is on hiatus right now as he is working in a fellowship program with the Omaha World-Herald. Here is his first story with the OWH on the two remarkable women’s soccer goalies.
- The MVC Weekly Notebook recognizes Andrea Zuniga with a notable performance this week and talks about Creighton’s stifling defense.
- Soccer notes for Friday’s match vs. Northern Colorado and Sunday vs. Boise State.
Volleyball
- Michelle Sicner was named MVC Freshman of the Week after her performance at the Nebraska Ameritas Players Challenge last week. She joins fellow freshman Kelli Browning who won the award in week one.
- Sicner is recognized this week in the Omaha World-Herald for her quick impact.
- The MVC Weekly Notebook talks about Sicner’s award as well as Laurel Sanford’s notable performance. There is also a preview of the conference opener this week against Drake.
- The Creighton volleyball game against Wichita State at Sokol Arena on November 4 will be televised, but not in Nebraska. It is part of the Wichita State TV package that will be broadcast across the state of Kansas. This is a great date to circle to make sure Sokol Arena is full.
- Game notes for this weekend’s Creighton Classic.
Cross Country
- The MVC Weekly Notebook mentions Bluejay runner Courtney Sawle.
Golf
- The Men’s Golf team finished third out of ten teams this week to open their season, including a couple top ten individual finishes.
- The Women’s Golf team finished 14th out of 15 teams this week, but are really young with four of five golfers being freshmen.
Men’s Basketball
- Tickets went on sale to the general public for the Iowa vs. Creighton game in Des Moines at the Wells Fargo Center on November 20. They were available before to just season ticket holders.
- Bluejay Banter interviewed ESPN’s Fran Fraschilla this week and he gave some nice praise for the Bluejays.
- CollegeHoops.net thinks the MVC could get back to multiple bid status and focuses heavily on Creighton.
- CBS Sports Jeff Borzello helps give Creighton even more preseason hype with an article on Doug McDermott.
- The Omaha World-Herald’s Tom Shatel mentions Creighton center Gregory Echenique and Doug McDermott in this week’s First Downs and Second Guesses column.
- Speaking of Echenique, he is back on campus this week and in class.
- Another preview of the Bluejays from The Bottoms Line.
- Interested in going to a basketball clinic with several known names? Well there is the Nike Championship Basketball Clinic here in Omaha featuring the likes of Connecticut’s Jim Calhoun, St Louis University’s Rick Majerus, and Purdue’s Matt Painter. This is happening September 23-25.
- Creighton basketball players will be referees this weekend at St. Columbkille’s family festival 3-on-3 basketball tournament in Papillion.
- As of right now, it looks like former Creighton star Kyle Korver isn’t participating in some of these “Lockout Leagues” that are being formed by NBA players due to the current lockout. Kyle trains mostly in southern California.
