Creighton men’s basketball opens play in the College Basketball Crown Thursday night against Rutgers in a quarterfinal game tipping off at 9:30 p.m. CDT on FS1. The winner will advance to Saturday’s semifinal round and face the winner of Stanford and West Virginia.
Greg McDermott will coach his final game at Creighton this weekend, after 16 seasons and 365 wins with the Bluejays. McDermott announced his retirement on March 23. Current Creighton associate head coach and head coach-in-waiting Alan Huss will take over for him at the conclusion of the season.
LOVB Nebraska denied Houston the regular-season championship on Wednesday, with a 3-1 victory in the LOVB Match of the Week. Nebraska (10-9) now sits in third place in league standings prior to the season finale on Saturday against LOVB Austin (8-10) at Baxter Arena, and can clinch one of the league’s four playoff spots with a Salt Lake victory over Austin tonight, or a win on Saturday. That match will not just be LOVB Nebraska’s final home game of the season, it will also be the final home match of Jordan Larson’s legendary 17-year professional career. The club will celebrate ‘Jordan’s Last Serve’ during the match.
Omaha Supernovas duo Brooke Nuneviller and Emily Londot faced off against each other at Saturday’s MLV All-Star Match as members of Team Launiere and Team Meskie, respectively. Londot helped lift Team Meskie to the win, recording six points on five kills and one block while adding four digs. The majority of her production – four kills and all four digs – came in the second set. Brooke Nuneviller started the final two sets of the three-set match for Team Launiere, finishing with five kills and six digs.
The Supernovas (10-10) sit in third place in MLV standings and will break an eight-day hiatus tonight when they travel to Atlanta to take on the Vibe for a 6 p.m. bout. Following tonight’s match, Omaha returns home to host the league-leading Indy Ignite on Saturday, April 4, at 3 p.m. Saturday’s match will feature the franchise’s Blue Out and the first-ever mascot reveal.
Omaha softball swept Kansas City over the weekend, outscoring the Roos 27-0 in three run-rule victories. Pitcher Alexis Wiggins was named Summit League Peak Pitcher of the Week, announced Tuesday, for her efforts in the Mavericks’ dominant showing. Wiggins allowed just three hits in 28 batters faced over two outings.
Omaha (24-7, 6-0) will play its first Summit League road games this weekend, traveling to Grand Forks, N.D., to face the North Dakota Fighting Hawks (22-14, 0-3). The series will now be played as a doubleheader beginning at 1 p.m. on Sunday, April 5, and a single game at 12 p.m. on Monday, April 6, due to inclement weather.
Creighton softball lost to No. 8 Nebraska on Tuesday night in front of a sellout crowd of 604 at the Creighton Softball Stadium, 8-2. Nebraska jumped out to an early 2-0 lead in the first inning, but Creighton answered in the bottom of the second to tie the game 2-2. Following scoreless third and fourth innings, the Huskers finally overpowered the Bluejays, scoring runs in the fifth, sixth and seventh to seal the victory.
Creighton (18-9, 7-2) now returns to Big East play after nearly two weeks, traveling to face Butler (16-10, 8-1) for a series beginning Thursday, April 2 at 2 p.m.
Creighton baseball also fell to its in-state rival, No. 19 Nebraska, on Tuesday night. The Bluejays were down 6-0 heading into the bottom of the sixth inning, where they scored five runs to cut the deficit to one and attempt yet another come-from-behind victory this season. That attempt was thwarted by the Cornhuskers, who controlled the remainder of the game to secure a 6-5 victory and take the early lead in the season series. Creighton, now 13-13 on the season, will open Big East play today at 5:05 p.m. at Connecticut (15-15, 2-1).
Omaha baseball pitcher Sam Beck was named Summit League Peak Pitcher of the Week, following his outing on March 29 at St. Thomas. Beck allowed one run on three hits over five innings in the Mavericks’ 11-7 win. Omaha took the series against the Tommies, 2-1. Omaha will travel to Brookings, S.D. on Saturday, April 4, for a game against South Dakota State at 12 p.m. The first two games of the planned series have been postponed due to inclement weather.
Creighton and Omaha volleyball held an exhibition match last Saturday that followed LOVB Nebraska’s match against LOVB Salt Lake at Baxter Arena. Creighton won the tightly contested match, sweeping Omaha 25-22, 25-16, 29-27. Creighton will play Kansas, Arkansas and Missouri in the UMKC Tournament in Kansas City, Mo., on Saturday, April 11, prior to their home exhibition against Nebraska on Friday, April 17.
Earlier this week, LOVB Nebraska outside hitter Anne Buijs earned her second League One Volleyball Player of the Week honor of the 2026 season. Buijs was named Offensive Player of the Week, helping lead the charge offensively for Nebraska in last week’s pair of wins. She scored 41 points in eight sets, notching 36 kills on an impressive .469 hitting percentage. Buijs has reached double-digit kills in eight of her last nine matches.
Union Omaha defeated Corpus Christi FC on Saturday, 2-1, to improve to 2-1 on the young USL League One regular-season. Omaha narrowly escaped with the win, as Samuel Owusu scored what would be the game-winner in the 93rd minute. Omaha now heads to Lancaster, Calif. to face AV Alta on Saturday at 9:30 p.m. CDT.
The Omaha Storm Chasers began their 2026 season over the weekend at Louisville, dropping all three games to the Bats. Omaha is currently hosting its first home series of the season against the Buffalo Bisons. Buffalo took the opener on Tuesday, 6-4, but Omaha secured a 3-0 victory on Wednesday to bring it back to even. Tonight, $3 Thursday returns, where fans can enjoy select concessions, Busch Light cans and select tickets for just $3 each. First pitch is set for 6:35 p.m.
Upcoming Events
- Omaha Storm Chasers vs. Buffalo | March 31 – April 5 | 6:35 p.m. Thursday
- Creighton softball at Butler | April 2 – April 4 | 2 p.m. Thursday
- Creighton baseball at UConn | April 2 – April 4 | 5:05 p.m. Thursday
- Omaha Supernovas at Atlanta Vibe | Thursday, April 2 | 6 p.m.
- Omaha baseball at South Dakota State | Saturday, April 4 | 12 p.m.
- Omaha Supernovas vs. Indy Ignite | Saturday, April 4 | 3 p.m.
- LOVB Nebraska vs. Austin | Saturday, April 4 | 7 p.m.
- Omaha softball at North Dakota | April 5 – April 6 | 1 p.m. Sunday
- Creighton softball vs. South Dakota | Tuesday, April 7 | 6 p.m.
- Creighton softball at Drake | Wednesday, April 8 | 5 p.m.
- Creighton baseball vs. North Dakota State | Wednesday, April 8 | 6 p.m.
