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DAYTON, Ohio - In a match-up between league-leading Dayton volleyball and second-placed Saint Louis, the Flyers will be battling the Billikens to remain on top of the Atlantic 10 standings Saturday afternoon at Frericks Center. First serve is set for 3 p.m. and admission is free. Be sure to wear red for the RED OUT!

Scouting Saint Louis
Saint Louis (17-6, 6-2 A-10) is currently enjoying a five-match winning streak, including three consecutive wins at home. The Billikens'' two Atlantic 10 losses this season have come at the hands of the VCU Rams and the Davidson Wildcats but SLU picked up tough road wins at Duquesne and George Washington. The Billikens are led by Danielle Rygelski with 3.64 kills/set (5th A-10) and Taylor Paulson with 1.10 blocks/set (7th A-10) while Meredith Boe serves as the team's primary setter with 10.97 assists/set (3rd A-10).

Series Stuff
• Dayton and Saint Louis have squared off 40 times in a series that dates back to three matches played in 1978. The Flyers hold a 24-16 advantage in the series and UD won the last meeting between the two, 3-1, in the quarterfinals of the 2013 Atlantic 10 Volleyball Championship. Dayton has won nine of the last 10 meetings between the two programs.

Flyer Facts
• Tim Horsmon is in his sixth season overall, but first since 2007, as head coach of the Flyers in 2014. His record at Dayton is 148-48 and his overall win-loss mark sits at 324-212 in 16 seasons as a head coach.
• The Flyers have won 13 of their last 14 contests, 10 of which were in three straight sets.
• Junior Alaina Turner leads the team and the Atlantic 10 while ranking sixth nationally with 0.57 service aces/set. She also leads the league and ranks 22nd nationally with 4.97 points/set. Additionally, Turner ranks in the top 25 nationally in five other categories, including third in service aces (51) and total attacks (1048).
• Freshman Amber Erhahon ranks second in the conference and 34th nationally with a .391 hitting percentage. Freshman Jane Emmenecker ranks second in the A-10 and 33rd nationally with 10.98 assists/set while junior Janna Krafka is first in the A-10 and 33rd nationally with 392 digs this season.
• With 148 team service aces, Dayton ranks fourth nationally out of 150 teams ranked by the NCAA. The team also ranks eighth with 1209 kills and 228.5 blocks, ninth in assists (1,130) and 14th with 1.66 aces/set.
• Dayton has won the Atlantic 10 Regular Season title 10 times (2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2001, 1998). The Flyers have won the A-10 Championship title eight times (2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2007, 2005, 2004, 2003) and have made nine NCAA appearances in program history.
• Over the last five seasons (2010-2014), the Flyers have recorded a 58-8 mark in Atlantic 10 Conference play, including a perfect 14-0 mark in 2012 and a 15-0 record in 2010. UD suffered only one conference loss in 2011, posting a 14-1 record that season. So far in 2014, the Flyers are 7-1 in league action.

RPI Rankings
Dayton heads into this week's matches holding a RPI (Rating Percentage Index) ranking of 131 according to ncaa.com. Saint Louis is just ahead of UD, coming in at 123.

13th to 1,000
With two wins at the season-opening Bowling Green Hampton Inn Invitational, Dayton has surpassed the 1,000-win mark as a program and is just the 13th NCAA DI team to attain that level of success. The Flyers currently rank 13th all-time in the Division I record book with an overall program tally of 1,018-565 (.643) over 44 seasons (1970).

Also Passing 1,000
Junior libero Janna Krafka has also passed 1,000 ... career digs. With her 33 digs at the BGSU Hampton Inn Invitational, she reached the 1,000-dig mark for her career. With 1,359 career digs, Krafka now ranks fifth all-time in the UD career record book. She is only 70 digs behind Cathy Wojciechowski (1990-93) who ranks fourth with 1,429 career digs.

Emmenecker "Set" to reach 1,000 against Saint Louis
Freshman setter Jane Emmenecker is poised to pass the 1,000-assist mark during Saturday's match against Saint Louis. She averages 10.98 assists/set (2nd A-10) and has a total of 977 assists so far this season. With 1,461 assists in 2006, former Flyer All-American Erin Schroeder holds the fifth-most single-season assists total - Emmenecker needs 484 more assists to break into the UD record book.

Don't Hit On Us
The middle blocker tandem of senior Isolde Hannan and freshman Amber Erhahon are two tough blockers to get past. Both are averaging 1.13 blocks/set this season and rank fifth and sixth, respectively, in Atlantic 10 individual standings.

Your Assistance, Please
Senior Isolde Hannan is moving up the Dayton career assisted blocks list as the top blocker for the Flyers this season. Hannan currently ranks fifth all-time with 428 block assists, after just recently passing previous fifth-placed former-Flyer Megan Campbell (415). So far this season, she has recorded a team-best 84 BAs and is averaging 1.13 total blocks/set (11 solo blocks). Heading into this season, Hannan has recorded three consecutive seasons with 100+ assisted blocks and is just five blocks off that mark this year.

Turn Down for What
As the team's kills leader, junior Alaina Turner consistently produces offensively for the Flyers. She ranks second in the Atlantic 10 and 43rd nationally with 4.07 kills/set. Turner also pops up in several other categories in the NCAA National Ranking Summary: third in service aces (51), third in total attacks (1048), sixth in aces/set (0.57), 13th in total kills (362), 19th in attacks/set (11.78) and 22nd in points/set (4.97).

Consistently Accurate
The team's hitting percentage has improved considerably since the beginning of the season and the Flyers currently rank first in the Atlantic 10, hitting at a .244 clip. In other league rankings,, Dayton is also first in opponent hitting percentage (.162), second in assists/set (12.70), blocks/set (2.57), service aces/set (1.66) and digs/set (15.72) and third in kills/set (13.58).

Erhahon named Defensive Player of Week, Again
Freshman middle blocker Amber Erhahon claimed her third weekly award this season after being named the Atlantic 10's Defensive Player of the Week on Oct. 20. She has previously earned both Defensive Player of the Week and Rookie of the Week honors. Erhahon averaged 1.78 blocks per set in three straight-set wins for Dayton in a three-match homestand during the week of Oct. 13-19. An Albany, Calif., native, Erhahon recorded seven blocks against Fordham on Friday and six blocks in UD's win over Rhode Island Sunday. She also had three blocks in a non-conference match against Morehead State.

Follow the Flyers on Social Media
Fans can follow the official UD Volleyball social media outlets by liking Facebook.com/udaytonvb, on Twitter by following this handle: @DaytonVB and udaytonvb on Instagram. Hashtags for Flyer Volleyball include UDVB and GoFlyers.

UD Picked Third in A-10 Preseason Poll
Dayton has been chosen to finish in third place in the Atlantic 10 for 2014. The Flyers, winners of four of the last five A-10 titles, tallied 78 points in voting among the league's head coaches as announced by the conference office Aug. 20. Defending champion Duquesne was selected to win the title, receiving eight first-place votes.

Up Next
Dayton will be on the road again next weekend to play two of its last three away matches of the 2014 season. On Friday, Oct. 31, the Flyers will be in Richmond, Va., at VCU to take on the Rams at 7 p.m. followed by a Sunday afternoon tilt against the Davidson Wildcats. Start time for Sunday's match is set for 1 p.m. in Davidson, N.C.
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