Coastal Carolina volleyball loses to Creighton in NCAA tournament

Coastal Carolina’s Leah Hardeman had a career-high 27 kills, but it wasn’t enough as the Chanticleers lost 3-1 (27-29, 25-23, 22-25, 22-25) to Creighton in the first round of the NCAA volleyball tournament Friday.

Coastal finished the season 25-5 for the best winning percentage (.833) in program history.

The Chants’ victory in the second set marked their first set win in five NCAA tournament appearances.

Hardeman also led Coastal with 22 digs. Natasa Savovic and Lian Bernett added 12 kills each and Annayka Legros contributed 11.

This story was originally published December 4, 2015 at 9:50 PM with the headline "Coastal Carolina volleyball loses to Creighton in NCAA tournament."