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Kirsten Bernthal Booth Yearly SummaryBooth vs. OpponentsOpponentW-LArkansas 0-1Arkansas State 1-0Auburn 1-0Bradley 13-1Cal Poly 0-1Cal Riverside 1-0Charlotte 1-0Colorado 0-1Connecticut 0-1Dayton 0-1Drake 13-2Eastern Washington 0-1Evansville 13-1Florida Atlantic 1-0Florida International 0-1Green Bay 1-0Illinois 0-2Illinois State 8-8Indiana State 11-3Iowa 1-1Iowa State 1-3Jacksonville State 2-0Kansas 0-2Kansas State 0-1Liberty 1-0Lipscomb 0-1LSU 0-1Loyola Marymount 0-1Marquette 1-0McNeese State 1-0Miami (Ohio) 1-0Middle Tennessee 1-1Minnesota 0-2Mississippi 1-0Mississippi State 1-0Missouri 1-0Missouri State 3-11Montana 1-0Montana State 2-0Nebraska 0-6Nevada 1-0New Mexico 1-0North Carolina 0-1North Dakota State 2-0Northeastern 0-1Northern Colorado 1-1Northern Iowa 3-16Saint Louis 1-1Samford 1-0San Diego State 1-0South Dakota State 2-1Southern Illinois 15-0Stanford 0-1Stephen F. Austin 1-0Tennessee 1-0Texas A&M 1-0Texas Tech 1-0UAB 0-1UMKC 2-0Wichita State 4-11Wyoming 0-1TOTALS 120-892010 opponents in bold italicYear-by-Year Under Kirsten Bernthal Booth2009 (14-17, 10-8 MVC, Final RPI of 86)Creighton opens the D.J. Sokol Arena inside the Wayne and Eileen RyanAthletic Center, setting a school record with 10 home wins. Creightonbeats #25 Wichita State on Oct. 2 for its first win over a ranked opponentever, and hosts the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament for the firsttime at year’s end. The team overcomes a 3-8 non-conference mark with afourth-place finish in the MVC. Jessica Houts is named first-team all-MVCto lead a Creighton defense that ranked third nationally in blocks per set.2008 (18-9, 15-3 MVC, Final RPI of 46)Once again Creighton narrowly misses an NCAA bid, finishing with thesecond-best RPI of any team left out of the field. The Jays dropped keyfive-set matches to #21 LSU and UAB early in the year and a chance to pickup some key wins was lost when a tournament was cancelled due to a hurricanein Texas. Creighton cruises through the league with a best-ever 15-3 mark, including a 3-0 sweep of UNI on the last weekend of the year, tofinish alone in second-place and set a program record with an eighthstraight win. However, the Bluejays dropped a five-set match to UNI in theMVC Tournament semifinals. Jessica Houts is named MVC Defensive Playerof the Year and honorable-mention All-American and joined teammatesKorie Lebeda and Amanda Cvejdlik on the All-MVC First Team.2007 (21-10, 14-4 MVC, Final RPI of 56)Creighton does not receive an NCAA Tournament at-large biddespite wrapping up a second straight 21-10 campaign. TheJays tie for second in the MVC but despite one of the nation’stop-15 toughest non-conference schedules, aren’t amongfour MVC teams selected to the NCAA’s. Kelly Goc and KorieLebeda both repeat as first-team All-Valley picks, with Gocalso named an honorable-mention All-American. Allie Oelkeis MVC Freshman of the Year, while libero Bianca Rivera setsnew single-season dig marks. Creighton averages a record1,860 fans per match, hosting more than 13,000 at QwestCenter Omaha for a Sept. 2 contest against Cal Poly.2006 (21-10, 12-6 MVC, Final RPI of 57)Creighton’s first team to win 20 or more matches ranks among the national leaders in attendance as well. A five-setroad win at Wichita State and exciting four-set match against eventual national champion Nebraska before morethan 12,000 fans prove the program has reached unprecedented heights. Kelly Goc and Korie Lebeda are bothnamed first-team All-Valley as the Jays beat three teams that reached the NCAA Tournament.2005 (16-14, 10-8 MVC, Final RPI of 124)A road win at Northern Iowa highlights a 16-14 season. Leah Ratzlaff repeats her All-MVC honors and finishes 12thin league history in career kills. Freshman Korie Lebeda led the MVC with a school-record 13.34 assists per set andwas joined by talented classmates Jessica Houts and Amanda Cvejdlik.2004 (18-11, 10-8 MVC, Final RPI of 95)A then-school-record seven-match winning streak thatincluded wins at Missouri, New Mexico and Iowa helpedCreighton set a record with 18 wins. Leah Ratzlaff is firstteamAll-MVC, while Carolyn Decker and Kelly Goc arenamed to the MVC’s All-Freshman Team.2003 (12-18, 9-9 MVC, Final RPI of 170)Though it’s virtually the same personnel, Booth’s first teamimproves its win total by nine wins to finish 12-18. The seasonmarks the program’s move to the Omaha Civic Auditorium,and attendance records fall. Single-season schoolrecords were set for kills (Leah Ratzlaff), digs (Janeen Piller),blocks (Ashley Williams) and assists (Brittany Coleman).14
Assistant CoachesAngie Oxley BehrensTom MendozaA former national champion and four-year starterat the University of Nebraska, Angie Oxley Behrensreturns for her eighth season as an assistant coach atCreighton. She is the longest tenured assistant coachin program history.Behrens works closely with Creighton’s outside hitterswhile also assisting with scouting and recruiting.The last seven years have seen the Creighton teamrecord its top five single-season kill totals all-time, as well as the top four individualsingle-season marks that were set by Leah Ratzlaff and Kelly Goc.Behrens has also trained four players to a spot on the MVC’s All-Freshmanteam, middle blockers Kelly Goc (2004) and Jessica Houts (2005) as well asoutside hitters Carolyn Decker (2004) and Allie Oelke (2007). Oelke becamethe program’s first player named Valley Freshman of the Year as well.A member of KirstenBernthal Booth’s originalstaff, Behrens has seenCreighton go 120-89 in herseven completed seasonson the bench.While at NU, Behrenswon three Big 12 titles, wasnamed 1997 Big 12 Freshmanof the Year and waschosen as the University’sfemale student-athlete ofthe year in 2001 after leadingthe Cornhuskers to a 34-0 mark and national title inthe fall of 2000 as a senior.She closed her career as theschool’s all-time digs leader with1,086.In the classroom, Behrens was aChancellor’s Scholar and four-timeHighest Honors Distinction Medalhonoree. She also was a four-yearacademic All-Big 12 selection, arecipient of an NCAA PostgraduateScholarship and one of 10 finalistsfor the 2001 NCAA Woman of theYear. She was also a member of theMortar Board Honor Society, Pi Lambda Theta Honor Society, Golden Key,2000 Homecoming Royalty Court and the Dean’s List.Along with her coaching duties, Behrens helps organize Creighton’s volleyballcamps in addition to her role in the Bluejay compliance office.Behrens and her husband, Matt, were married in June of 2006. The coupleresides in Lincoln with their son, Logan, who was born on June 5, 2010.Additional Support StaffKevin GebhardtManagerMorgan NicholsAthletic TrainerBrandy InglesVolleyball Administrator15Tom Mendoza is in his first year as an assistantcoach at Creighton.He was hired in June after spending the previousseason at the University of Evansville. Whilewith the Purple Aces, Mendoza worked with the setters,outside hitters and primary passers. He alsorecruited for the Purple Aces program.“The number one thing I look for when hiring ishigh character,” said Kirsten Bernthal Booth. “Tom is a high character personin addition to being a fantastic coach. He was an outstanding collegiate playerand we look forward to him bringing in new training ideas to enhance ourteam. In addition, he was heavily involved with recruiting at Evansville andhas connections in areas of the country where we’d like to make additionalinroads.”Mendoza, a native of Buffalo Grove, Ill., came to UE after spending twoseasons as the volunteer assistant at Michigan State. While at Michigan State,Mendoza and the Spartans appeared in the NCAA Sweet 16 in 2007. He alsoserved on the Michigan State volleyball summer camp staff in 2007 and 2008and was the director of Spartan Session volleyball camps and clinics.A three-year letterwinner in volleyball at Newman University and a oneyearletterwinner at Lewis University,Mendoza had an outstanding playingcareer. He was a 10-time Mid-AmericaMen’s Volleyball Intercollegiate ConferenceSetter of the Week and was athree-time all-conference selection.During his playing career, he was alsonamed a NAIA All-American.Mendoza served as the head coachof the Spartan Junior 16 Girls club teamthat finished first in the Michigan PowerLeague. He was also the head coach forthe Juggernaut Volleyball Club inWheat Ridge, Colo., and the Sports Performance 15 Elite Boys that earnedfifth place at the Junior Olympic Nationals.Mendoza received his bachelor’s degree in management information systemsfrom Lewis University in Romeoville, Ill.He is single and resides in Omaha.Amanda (Gates) SjutsFormer University of Nebraska middle blockerAmanda (Gates) Sjuts was named volunteer assistantcoach at Creighton in July.Sjuts’ primary responsibilities will be helping withpractices -- specifically training middle blockers -- aswell as some administrative tasks.A native of Columbus, Neb., she competed atNebraska from 2005-08 under her maiden name ofAmanda Gates. She enjoyed a decorated career with the Huskers as part of asenior class that went 127-8 over four years as the Cornhuskers won thenational title in 2006, were NCAA runner-up in 2005, reached the NCAA Tournamentsemifinals in 2008 and the NCAA quarterfinals in 2007.In 2008 she was named a CoSIDA/ESPN The Magazine First Team AcademicAll-American in addition to honorable-mention All-Big 12 accolades whileserving as a Husker tri-captain. She was a recipient of Postgraduate Scholarshipsfrom both the NCAA and Big 12 Conference, a two-time first-team AcademicAll-Big 12 pick and was a nine-time selection to the Big 12 Commissioner’sHonor Roll.She and her husband, Anthony, were married in July and reside in Omaha.
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