The University of Nebraska Board of Regents last Friday approved the development of two projects at UNO for Omaha Athletics totaling $67.5 million. The state-of-the-art projects will be entirely privately funded and will reinforce Omaha as an emerging force in athletics nationally.
The Omaha Athletics Training Facility will be constructed east of Baxter Arena and connected by an elevated skywalk. It will provide a headquarters for Omaha Athletics, featuring practice courts, a 1,300-seat competition court, locker rooms, lounges, academic and life-skills spaces and integrated strength and conditioning, sports science, nutrition and mental health zones.
Project Two will provide Omaha baseball and softball with their own clubhouse, featuring locker rooms, team lounges, meeting spaces, coaches’ offices, pitching and batting cages, sports science and an athletic training and sports medicine area.
Once completed, the Omaha baseball, softball, men’s and women’s basketball and hockey programs will have dedicated facilities on campus. The baseball and softball clubhouse is scheduled to begin construction in 2026 with occupancy expected by 2027. Omaha Athletics’ Training Facility is scheduled for construction beginning in 2026 with expected occupancy by 2028.
Creighton Volleyball (27-5) faces Arizona State (28-3) today 12 noon at the Memorial Coliseum in Lexington, Ky., in the NCAA Tournament Regional Semifinal. The Bluejays survived a scare in the first round, defeating Northern Colorado 3-2 before taking down Northern Iowa 3-1 in the second round. Thursday’s winners will meet the winner of Kentucky vs. Cal Poly on Saturday, with time and broadcast plans to be announced later. Thursday’s match will be broadcast on ESPN2.
Creighton men’s basketball lost to Nebraska on Sunday 71-50, shooting a season-low 30.8 percent from the field and 24.2 percent from three-point range. Nebraska owns the nation’s longest-active win streak with 13 straight wins dating back to last year. Creighton returns home this Saturday, December 13, to host Kansas State at 2 p.m. Saturday’s game will be broadcast on FOX.
Creighton women’s basketball is on a three-game winning streak after picking up its first Big East conference win against St. John’s last Thursday and a 73-60 victory over Tulsa over the weekend. Freshman Ava Zediker was named Big East Freshman of the Week by the conference on Monday after dropping a career-high 26 points against Tulsa. Twenty-one of those points came in the first half. Creighton will host Kansas State this Sunday, December 14, at 2:30 p.m.
Three Creighton volleyball seniors earned All-Region honors from the American Volleyball Coaches Association on Tuesday. Annalea Maeder, Kiara Reinhardt and Ava Martin earned honors in the West Region that includes 18 teams from Colorado, Nebraska, Nevada, Utah and Wyoming. This is the 11th straight year that two or more Bluejays have earned AVCA First Team All-Region honors, tying Creighton with Pittsburgh for the sixth-longest active streak in the nation. All-America honors will be announced Wednesday, Dec. 17.
Omaha women’s basketball fell to No. 24 Nebraska on Tuesday night, taking a thumping in the in-state rivalry match, 87-35. The Mavericks head to Western Illinois on Saturday for a 1 p.m. tipoff and then will return home to host another rivalry match against Creighton. That game will be held at Baxter Arena on Wednesday, December 17 at 6:30 p.m.
Creighton men’s soccer had three players earn All-Region honors from the United Soccer Coaches Association on Tuesday. Matthew Reed was named to the All-East First Team, Miguel Arilla was named to the second team, and Omar Ramadan earned a spot on the region’s third team. Reed and Arilla will each return to the Bluejays for their senior season in 2026.
Omaha Hockey will travel to Grand Forks, N.D., this weekend to face No. 4 North Dakota in a weekend series. Omaha was last on the ice November 29 at Yale, when it split a weekend series 1-1 in its only two games this season against unranked opponents. The Mavericks will play at 7:07 p.m. on Friday and 6:07 p.m. on Saturday. Both games will be broadcast locally on 1290 KOIL.
Upcoming Games
- #11 Creighton volleyball vs. Arizona State | Thursday, Dec. 11 | 12 p.m.
- Omaha Lancers at Youngstown | Friday, Dec. 12 | 6:05 p.m.
- Omaha Hockey at #4 North Dakota | Friday, Dec. 12 | 7:07 p.m.
- Omaha women’s basketball at Western Illinois | Saturday, Dec. 13 | 1 p.m.
- Creighton men’s basketball vs. Kansas State | Saturday, Dec. 13 | 2 p.m.
- Omaha Lancers at Youngstown | Saturday, Dec. 13 | 5:05 p.m.
- Omaha Hockey at #4 North Dakota | Saturday, Dec. 13 | 6:07 p.m.
- Creighton women’s basketball vs. Kansas State | Sunday, Dec. 14 | 2:30 p.m.
- Omaha men’s basketball vs. York | Tuesday, Dec. 16 | 7 p.m.
- Creighton men’s basketball at Xavier | Wednesday, Dec. 13 | 5:30 p.m.
- Creighton women’s basketball vs. Omaha | Wednesday, Dec. 17 | 6:30 p.m.
