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Volleyball Championship History

Championship results, all-time leaders and individual tournament records through 2025.

First Championship 1982 Inaugural volleyball championship
Current Champion Creighton 2025 BIG EAST Champion
Most Championships Creighton & Pittsburgh 11 championships each
BIG EAST Championships 44 1982 through 2025

Championship Leaders

Programs That Defined the Tournament

The five winningest programs in BIG EAST Volleyball Championship history.

Creighton logo

Creighton

11championships
Pittsburgh logo

Pittsburgh

11championships
Notre Dame logo

Notre Dame

9championships
Louisville logo

Louisville

5championships
Providence logo

Providence

3championships
Creighton
11
Pittsburgh
11
Notre Dame
9
Louisville
5
Providence
3
St. John's
2
Marquette
1
Georgetown
1
Cincinnati
1

Annual Results

Championship Results

Search by year, school, coach, runner-up or score. Select a decade to narrow the list.

Through 202544 championships shown
YearChampionCoachFinal Match ScoreRunner-Up
2025CreightonBrian Rosen3-0 (25-19, 25-20, 25-20)Xavier
2024CreightonKirsten Bernthal Booth3-0 (25-14, 25-16, 25-19)Marquette
2023CreightonKirsten Bernthal Booth3-0 (25-13, 25-9, 25-23)St. John's
2022CreightonKirsten Bernthal Booth3-2 (16-25, 25-20, 25-18, 33-31, 15-12)Marquette
2021CreightonKirsten Bernthal Booth3-0 (25-20, 25-22, 25-20)Marquette
2020*CreightonKirsten Bernthal Booth3-1 (18-25, 25-19, 31-29, 25-22)Marquette
2019St. John'sJoanne Persico3-1 (25-20, 25-22, 19-25, 25-21)Marquette
2018CreightonKirsten Bernthal Booth3-1 (26-28, 25-22, 25-21, 25-21)Marquette
2017CreightonKirsten Bernthal Booth3-2 (22-25, 25-18, 23-25, 25-17, 15-11)Marquette
2016CreightonKirsten Bernthal Booth3-0 (25-19, 25-15, 27-25)Xavier
2015CreightonKirsten Bernthal Booth3-0 (25-18, 25-18, 25-17)Villanova
2014CreightonKirsten Bernthal Booth3-1 (25-21, 26-24, 19-25, 25-21)Seton Hall
2013MarquetteBond Shymansky3-1 (25-18, 25-27, 25-21, 25-16)Creighton
2012LouisvilleAnne Kordes3-0 (25-19, 25-23, 26-24)Marquette
2011CincinnatiReed Sunahara3-0 (25-22, 25-21, 27-25)Notre Dame
2010LouisvilleLeonid Yelin3-0 (25-20, 25-20, 25-15)Cincinnati
2009LouisvilleLeonid Yelin3-1 (25-22, 25-21, 22-25, 25-20)Cincinnati
2008LouisvilleLeonid Yelin3-1 (25-23, 28-26, 15-25, 25-22)Notre Dame
2007St. John'sJoanne Persico3-0 (30-24, 30-14, 30-26)Louisville
2006LouisvilleLeonid Yelin3-2 (26-30, 25-30, 30-24, 30-17, 15-12)Notre Dame
2005Notre DameDebbie Brown3-2 (28-30, 31-28, 30-21, 23-30, 15-8)Louisville
2004Notre DameDebbie Brown3-0 (30-24, 30-26, 30-26)Pittsburgh
2003PittsburghChris Beerman3-0 (30-20, 30-26, 31-29)Notre Dame
2002Notre DameDebbie Brown3-1 (30-19, 31-29, 27-30, 30-19)Miami
2001Notre DameDebbie Brown3-2 (30-22, 24-30, 27-30, 30-20, 15-11)Georgetown
2000Notre DameDebbie Brown3-0 (15-8, 15-8, 15-10)Rutgers
1999GeorgetownLi Liu3-0 (15-11, 15-10, 15-8)Notre Dame
1998Notre DameDebbie Brown3-0 (15-11, 15-10, 15-13)Georgetown
1997Notre DameDebbie Brown3-1 (9-15, 15-12, 18-16, 15-11)Villanova
1996Notre DameDebbie Brown3-1 (15-5, 15-6, 13-15, 15-10)Pittsburgh
1995Notre DameDebbie Brown3-1 (5-15, 15-7, 15-1, 15-4)Pittsburgh
1994PittsburghCindy Alvear3-2 (15-11, 13-15, 12-15, 15-11, 15-10)Seton Hall
1993PittsburghCindy Braziel3-2 (9-15, 9-15, 15-5, 15-8, 15-9)Seton Hall
1992PittsburghSue Woodstra3-0 (15-8, 15-3, 15-10)Providence
1991PittsburghSue Woodstra3-0 (15-10, 15-11, 15-8)Syracuse
1990PittsburghSue Woodstra3-2 (15-6, 11-15, 15-4, 13-15, 15-5)Georgetown
1989PittsburghSue Woodstra3-1 (15-17, 15-3, 15-9, 15-10)Syracuse
1988PittsburghShelton Collier3-0 (15-8, 15-8, 15-9)Syracuse
1987ProvidenceDick Bagge3-0 (15-10, 15-11, 15-12)Georgetown
1986PittsburghShelton Collier3-1 (15-6, 14-16, 15-2, 15-12)Providence
1985ProvidenceDick Bagge3-2 (15-5, 15-8, 3-15, 14-16, 15-3)Pittsburgh
1984PittsburghShelton Collier3-1 (15-8, 6-15, 15-12, 15-9)Providence
1983ProvidenceDick Bagge3-0 (19-17, 15-7, 15-10)Pittsburgh
1982PittsburghShelton Collier3-0 (15-7, 15-6, 15-13)Georgetown
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* Championship played in spring 2021 due to COVID-19.

Tournament Bests

Individual Championship Records

Choose a category to view the top performances in BIG EAST Championship competition.

  1. .867 - Gwen Rucker, Louisville vs. St. John's (Sept. 16, 2012)
  2. .812 - Sara Albert, Georgetown vs. Seton Hall (2002)
  3. .765 - Gwen Rucker, Louisville vs. Cincinnati (Sept. 17, 2012)
  4. .722 - Ana Yartseva, Louisville vs. Syracuse (Nov. 19, 2005)
  5. .688 - Jana Matiasovska, Louisville vs. Notre Dame (Nov. 17, 2007)
  1. 31 - Kimberley Todd, Marquette vs. Louisville (Nov. 18, 2006)
  2. 30 - Dana Fiume, Syracuse vs. Providence (Nov. 19, 1999)
  3. 29 - Hanna Tylska, UConn vs. Villanova (Nov. 27, 2024)
  4. 29 - Jamie Lee, Notre Dame vs. Villanova (Nov. 23, 1997)
  5. 27 - Taylor Louis, Marquette at Creighton (Nov. 27, 2015)
  6. 27 - Becky Kulbago, Villanova vs. UConn (Nov. 21, 1992)
  7. 27 - Simone Kollmann, Georgetown vs. Providence (Nov. 23, 1991)
  1. 74 - Monica Renfrow, Marquette vs. Louisville (Nov. 18, 2006)
  2. 70 - Wioleta Leszczynska, St. John's vs. USF (Nov. 17, 2007)
  3. 68 - Ruth Ann Blankenheim, Villanova vs. UConn (Nov. 22, 1997)
  4. 67 - Jenelle Latagne, Pittsburgh vs. Georgetown (Nov. 18, 1990)
  5. 64 - Chelsea Heier, Marquette vs. Cincinnati (Nov. 19, 2011)
  6. 64 - Vicky Dispenza, Villanova vs. UConn (Nov. 21, 1992)
  1. 40 - Jamie Grass, Miami vs. Virginia Tech (Nov. 23, 2002)
  2. 37 - Jamie Frey, Cincinnati vs. Notre Dame (Nov. 17, 2006)
  3. 35 - Lauren Houg, Marquette at Creighton (Nov. 27, 2015)
  4. 35 - Lauren Houg, Marquette vs. Seton Hall (Nov. 28, 2014)
  5. 35 - Annette Ryan, UConn vs. Notre Dame (Nov. 21, 1998)
  6. 35 - Dee MacAuley, Pittsburgh vs. Georgetown (Nov. 18, 1990)
  1. 8 - Casie Alexander, Seton Hall vs. UConn (Nov. 20, 1993)
  2. 6 - Kristen Conway, Syracuse vs. Pittsburgh (Nov. 18, 2005)
  3. 6 - Lena Ustymenko, Louisville vs. Marquette (Nov. 18, 2005)
  4. 5 - Tatyana Kolesnikova, Louisville vs. Marquette (Nov. 18, 2006)
  5. 5 - Lena Ustymenko, Louisville vs. Notre Dame (Nov. 20, 2005)
  6. 5 - Heidi West, Georgetown vs. Pittsburgh (Nov. 19, 1990)
  7. 5 - Sandi Reda, Providence vs. Georgetown (Nov. 22, 1986)
  1. 19 - Jenn Brown, Marquette vs. Pittsburgh (Nov. 17, 2006)
  2. 13 - Jen Crownover, Syracuse vs. Providence (Nov. 19, 1999)
  3. 12 - Kiesha Leggs, Pittsburgh vs. Louisville (Nov. 18, 2011)
  4. 12 - Rui Liu, Louisville vs. Notre Dame (Nov. 20, 2005)
  5. 12 - Lauren Brewster, Notre Dame vs. Miami (Nov. 24, 2002)
  6. 11 - Campbell McKinnon, Villanova vs. UConn (Nov. 27, 2024)
  7. 11 - Kiara Reinhardt, Creighton vs. Marquette (April 3, 2021)
  8. 11 - Lauren Smith, Creighton vs. Seton Hall (Nov. 29, 2014)
  9. 11 - Lauren Brewster, Notre Dame vs. Cincinnati (Nov. 19, 2005)
  10. 11 - Jennifer Hoffman, Louisville vs. Syracuse (Nov. 19, 2005)
  11. 11 - Meagan Dooley, Pittsburgh vs. Cincinnati (Nov. 21, 2008)
  12. 11 - Malinda Goralski, Notre Dame vs. UConn (Nov. 18, 2000)
  1. 35.0 - Kimberley Todd, Marquette at Louisville (Nov. 18, 2006)
  2. 30.5 - Hanna Tylska, UConn vs. Villanova (Nov. 27, 2024)
  3. 30.0 - Mallorie Croal, Notre Dame at Cincinnati (Nov. 17, 2006)
  4. 28.5 - Lena Ustymenko, Louisville vs. Syracuse (Nov. 19, 2005)
  5. 28.0 - Lena Ustymenko, Louisville vs. Marquette (Nov. 18, 2005)

All-Time Standings

Championship Summary

Program totals through the 2025 BIG EAST Volleyball Championship.

Most ChampionshipsCreighton and Pittsburgh11 each
Most Runner-Up FinishesMarquette8 finishes
Current ChampionCreighton2025
Most Titles Since 2013Creighton11 championships
SchoolChampionshipsRunner-Up Finishes
Pittsburgh115
Creighton111
Notre Dame95
Louisville52
Providence33
St. John's21
Marquette18
Georgetown15
Cincinnati12
Seton Hall03
Syracuse03
Villanova02
Xavier02
Miami01
Rutgers01