BOWLING GREEN, Ohio - The University of Dayton volleyball team opened 2014 with a four-set win (21-25, 25-18, 25-18, 25-23) over Bowling Green in the team's first match of the Hampton Inn Invitational at the Falcons' Stroh Center. Junior Alaina Turner led the Flyers with a career- and match-high 22 kills to go with 10 digs, her sixth career double-double.

With the win, head coach Tim Horsmon is now 5-1 all-time in season openers at Dayton and the program moves to 999 all-time wins.

Also for UD, junior Jill Loiars tallied 15 kills while hitting at .367 and senior Rachel Jones passed a team-high 12 digs. Also with double-digit digs was junior Janna Krafka (10) and freshman Jane Emmenecker set 42 assists in her first career start.

Dayton (1-0) jumped out to a quick 4-1 lead in the first set and led by four, 7-3, after a kill from junior Angel Agu. Bowling Green (0-1) rallied to tie the game at eight points apiece and took its first lead at 11-10. The two squads traded points and a kill from Loiars evened the set at 18-18. The Falcons scored three-straight points and held onto the advantage the rest of the way. BG claimed the 25-21 first-set win to take a 1-0 lead over UD.

The Flyers again led 4-1 in the second frame but the two teams shared four ties before Turner's service ace put UD on top, 9-8. Dayton stretched its advantage to five, 15-10, off the strength of an Emmenecker service ace and the lead was six, 19-13, after an assisted block from Agu and Turner. A 3-0 spurt from the Flyers forced the Falcons into a timeout at 22-16 but a Bowling Green service error ended the set with Dayton ahead, 25-18, to even the match at two sets each.

Emmenecker started the third set off with a service ace as Dayton rattled off the first three points of the frame. Bowling Green scored five-straight points but senior Isolde Hannan put an end to the run with a kill and a Falcon attacking error evened the set at 5-5. Leading by two, 13-11, the Flyers stretched the lead to five, 16-11, and never looked back. Back-to-back kills from Loiars sealed the third-set win, 25-18, and Dayton took the 2-1 match lead.

In the deciding set, Dayton was up early, 4-3, when Bowling Green rattled off four consecutive points. The Flyers responded with three-straight points of their own to tie the set at 7-7 but the Falcons soon found themselves up three, 13-10. Down the stretch, a Flyer attacking error set the score at 21-19 in favor of the Falcons but a 4-1 UD rally put Dayton back on top for good. The Flyers held on for the 25-23 fourth-set victory to claim a 3-1 match win over the Falcons.

For the Falcons, Nicole Slimko had 19 kills and Madeline Garda got under a match-high 22 digs. BGSU's primary setter was Erica Fullencamp with 40 assists.

The Flyers return to action tomorrow with a 10:00 a.m. match-up against Pittsburgh followed by a 5:30 p.m. nightcap against Middle Tennessee.