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DAYTON TAKES ON DIVISION II NATIONAL RUNNERS-UP
The Flyers take on Ashland University in an exhibition game this Saturday, Nov. 3 at 5 p.m. at UD Arena as a tune-up for the 2012-13 season.
Flyer fans can pick up their True Blue Cards Saturday! Fans who attend a certain percentage of UD women’s basketball games and get their True Blue Card punched each time will be entered in a drawing for prizes! The first chance to get your True Blue Card punched will be Nov. 14 when the Flyers take on Toledo.
FLYER FACTS
• The University of Dayton is coming off back-to-back-to-back NCAA Tournament appearances after receiving an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament for winning their first ever Atlantic-10 Championship. For the first time in University of Dayton history the Flyers won their first A-10 Championship defeating St. Bonaventure 56-53 last season.
• With their 23-7 record it marked the fifth season in a row that the Flyers have won 20+ games.
• Dayton returns six letterwinners from a team that posted the best winning percentage in Head Coach Jim Jabir’s career and won a program-best 12 Atlantic 10 games (12-2) last season.
• UD lost seven seniors, including four starters, from the 2011-12 squad, but is replacing the loss with an impressive freshman class of six newcomers. This Flyer class is ranked 1st nationally for a non-BCS school, 31st overall and first in the Atlantic 10.
• Dayton received seven first-place votes and has been tabbed to win the Atlantic 10 this year, according to a vote of the league’s 16 head coaches. On the same ballot, the coaches selected the three preseason All-Conference teams. Dayton’s Andrea Hoover, the reigning A-10 Rookie of the Year, was selected as a Preseason First Team Selection and fellow sophomore Ally Malott was a second team selection.
SCOUTING THE EAGLES
• Ashland returns four starters and 11 letterwinners from a team that posted a 32-2 overall record and was 19-0 in the GLIAC. The Eagles were also the NCAA D-II National Runners-up, falling in overtime to Shaw in the championship game
• Flyer fans will see a familar face today. Former Dayton basketball player Kari Daugherty transferred to Ashland last season. Daugherty, now a senior, put together one of the best seasons of any Division II player in history in 2011-12 for AU. She led the nation in rebounding (14.1 rpg.) and double-doubles (27). She averaged 21.3 ppg., shot 50.3 percent from the floor and 84.1 percent from the free throw line. She was a first team All-American and is the WBCA NCAA Division II National Player of the Year.
• AU Head Coach Sue Ramsey was inducted into Miami’s Cradle of Coaches in September of 2012. Ramsey has a career record of 382-326 and at Ashland is 287-195 in 17 seasons. She is AU’s career leader in victories and she has led the Eagles to four, 20-win seasons. Under Ramsey, AU has gone to the NCAA Division II playoffs three times. She earned her master’s degree in educational administration from Dayton in 1988.
UP NEXT
The Flyers will play in the Maggie Dixon Classic, which is being hosted by DePaul, Nov. 9-10 in Chicago. Dayton opens the Classic against Mississippi Valley State at 4 p.m. ET. The next day UD will play DePaul or Nicholls State. The Flyers then return to UD Arena for a four-game home stand starting with Toledo on Nov. 14 at 7 p.m. The first 1,500 fans will receive a free 2012-13 Dayton Women’s Basketball schedule poster.
SEASON TICKETS ON SALE NOW!
For $30 fans get season tickets for 13 home games against teams like perennial Top 20 Michigan State, Vanderbilt and Toledo. We will also have Xavier, Temple, and Saint Joseph’s as a part of our great Atlantic 10 schedule. Two of our home games will be televised nationally. We will play at UD Arena against Duquesne on Feb. 18th on CBS Sports Network and Saint Joseph’s on March 3rd on ESPN2. We want to show the nation what kind of support Dayton gives their Flyers. Contact the ticket office at 937-229-4433 or visit the box office.
