Dayton Flyers

Oct. 27, 2006

Richmond, Virginia - Freshman Mandi Back netted a hat-trick and juniors Dara Elk and Kristen Persichini each added a goal for the Dayton Flyers (8-5-3) as they rolled over the Richmond Spiders (2-13-2) 5-1 on Friday night. Dayton saw five out of their 12 shots on goals go into the net. Overall, the Flyers outshot the Spiders 18-8. The win brings the Flyers to 6-2 in the Atlantic 10, while Richmond falls to 2-6.

Richmond jumped on the board first at the 12 minute mark. Ashleigh Blumer took her own rebound after a corner kick and sent it flying to the right of Flyer goalkeeper Niki Reed to put the Spiders up 1-0.

The Flyers wasted no time tying the score. In the beginning of the 15th minute, freshman Mandi Back beat a defender down the middle of the field and went one-on-one with Spider goalkeeper Kate Hudson. She made her second shot on goal of the game count as she blasted the ball into the back of the net to the right of Hudson to tie the game.

Back was not finished for the night. In the 25th minute, the freshman from North Olmstead, Ohio, slid a shot past the keeper to the left of the goal to put the Flyers in the lead 2-1. Three minutes before the end of the first half, Back completed her first career hat trick by collecting the remains of a scramble after a Dayton corner kick. She beat a Spider defender and found goal to seal the lead at half 3-1.

In the second half, junior Dara Elk put the game out of the reach of Richmond. Sophomore Annette Bonasso took a shot that was saved by the Spiders in the 63rd minute. Elk was there for the rebound and tucked the ball into the net to seal the 4-1 victory for the Flyers.

Not to be outdone, junior Kristen Persichini added her own touch to the game. In the 88th minute, the Walsh Jesuit product fired a shot toward the goal that was blocked. Persichini picked up her own rebound and scored.

Junior Niki Reed had a relatively quiet night in goal. Reed faced only four shots on goal, saving three.

The Flyers will conclude the regular season on Sunday, October 29, at Charlotte. Game time is scheduled for 1:00 p.m. EST. Shortly after the conclusion of all Atlantic 10 matches on Sunday, the pairings for the conference tournament will be announced.