The City of Omaha will host a parade downtown this Saturday, September 27, at 10 a.m. to celebrate Terence Crawford’s historic victory over Canelo Alvarez. The parade will begin at 19th & Farnam Street and travel to 10th & Harney Street before culminating with a ceremony at Heartland of America Park at The RiverFront. The parade follows the same route as the victory parade held after Crawford’s historic 2023 win over Errol Spence. In that fight, Crawford became the first male to become undisputed champion in two weight classes during the four-belt era.
Athletes Unlimited Volleyball Championship is coming to Omaha next Thursday, October 3, as 44 of the world’s top players have been invited to compete in two of the nation’s premier volleyball hubs. Games will be held at Liberty First Credit Union Arena from October 3 to 13 in Omaha, and in Madison, Wis., October 23 through November 2.
The AU Pro Volleyball Championship will feature Athletes Unlimited’s innovative scoring system, with individual athletes earning points based on both team wins and individual performance, and the leaderboard changing constantly. In addition, teams change each week with the top four athletes in the standings serving as captains and drafting their teams. At the end of the five-week season, the player with the most points will be crowned the champion.
Creighton Volleyball improved to 7-5 to close its nonconference schedule with an impressive weekend at the Creighton Classic. The Bluejays won the round-robin with impressive sweeps over both South Florida on Saturday and No. 17 Kansas on Sunday. The latter was Creighton’s second ranked win this season, with the first also coming against Kansas. Creighton, the conference’s unanimous preseason pick to win the Big East, embarks on its journey this weekend. The now No. 16 Bluejays host a pair of home matches against Xavier (Friday, 6:30 p.m.) and Butler (Saturday, 6 p.m.) at D.J. Sokol Arena.
Creighton Volleyball’s Ava Martin was named Big East Offensive Player of the Week, league officials announced on Monday. Martin played perhaps her best match in the lone loss last week, Tuesday against No. 1 Nebraska, recording 16 kills and six digs. She didn’t slow down over the weekend, averaging more than 15 kills across two matches to become Creighton Classic MVP.
Omaha Athletics will induct five new members to its hall of fame this year, the 50th anniversary of its hall of fame. This year’s class features Diane Ninemire (softball), Abayomi (Taiwo) Onatolu (football), Rose Shires (volleyball head coach), Sami Spenner Richardson (track and field), and Dhafir (Roy) Washington (wrestling). The inductees will be recognized on-ice at Omaha Hockey’s October 24 game against UMass.
Riding a four-game win streak, Creighton men’s soccer earned a pair of weekly honors from the Big East Conference. Freshman defender Brian Edelman was named the Big East Freshman of the Week after holding Marquette scoreless while adding the lone goal in the 1-0 shutout last Friday. Goalkeeper Matthew Hudson was named to the Big East honor roll after posting his fourth shutout in the last five matches. Creighton travels to Chicago this weekend for a match against DePaul Saturday at 2 p.m.
The Omaha Storm Chasers played their final game of the season, a 3-1 loss at Columbus on Sunday. Omaha finished tied for second to last in the International League at 62-86 this season.
Creighton women’s basketball released its full 2025-26 schedule last week. Big East play will begin on December 4 at St. John’s, and Creighton’s home opener is against DePaul on December. 20. This season, the Big East returned to a 20-game round robin conference schedule, the same as what the men’s programs play. Creighton women’s basketball’s full schedule can be found on the Creighton Athletics website.
Single game tickets for Creighton men’s basketball exhibition games on October 17 and 25 against Iowa State and Colorado State will be available Friday September 26 at 10 a.m. Tickets can be purchased on Ticketmaster.com or through the Creighton ticket office.
Upcoming Games
- Omaha women’s soccer at North Dakota State | Thursday, Sept. 25 | 6 p.m.
- Omaha Volleyball at South Dakota State | Thursday, Sept. 25 | 7 p.m.
- #16 Creighton Volleyball vs. Xavier | Friday, Sept. 26 | 6:30 p.m.
- Omaha Volleyball at St. Thomas | Saturday, Sept. 27 | 12 p.m.
- Creighton men’s soccer at DePaul | Saturday, Sept. 27 | 2 p.m.
- Creighton women’s soccer vs Marquette | Saturday, Sept. 27 | 4 p.m.
- Union Omaha at Chattanooga | Saturday, Sept. 27 | 6 p.m.
- #16 Creighton Volleyball vs. Butler | Saturday, Sept. 27 | 6 p.m.
- Omaha men’s soccer vs. St. Thomas | Saturday, Sept. 27 | 7 p.m.
- Omaha women’s soccer at North Dakota | Sunday, Sept. 28 | 1 p.m.
- Union Omaha vs. Portland | Wednesday, Oct. 1 | 12 p.m.
- Creighton women’s soccer vs. Xavier | Wednesday, Oct. 1 | 7 p.m.
