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#UDWSOC FACES VCU IN BATTLE OF A-10 UNDEFEATED TEAMS

Flyers Play at Rams this Sunday, Oct. 11

• The University of Dayton women's soccer team (5-7-0, 3-0-0 A-10) plays at VCU (5-6-1, 3-0-0 A-10) Sunday, Oct. 11 at 1 p.m. at Sports Backers Stadium. 
• The Flyers and Rams are two of three women's soccer teams that remain undefeated in Atlantic 10 play. The other is George Washington.
• The Flyers are coming off a 4-1 win over Davidson Oct. 8 at Baujan Field.
• The Rams are coming off a 3-2 overtime win over Fordham Oct. 8. VCU has also defeated Duquesne 1-0 (Oct. 4) and Davidson 4-2 (Oct. 1).

THE SERIES
• Dayton is 2-0-3 all-time vs. VCU with all five meetings occurring in the last three years. 
• Last season the two teams fought to a 1-1 draw during the regular season (Nov. 2) at Baujan Field and the Flyers defeated the Rams 3-0 in the A-10 Championship semifinals last year. 
Ashley Campbell had two goals and an assist in that match, while Alexis Kiehl had two assists and Meghan Blank scored the other goal.

TERRIFIC TUCKER
•  Mike Tucker is in his 21st season as head coach of the Flyers in 2015. He has an overall record of 299-112-29.
•  His astounding career conference mark of 158-29-10 is an A-10 record .828 winning percentage.

CAMPBELL'S CLIMB
• Senior Ashley Campbell recently moved up to second on UD's all time scoring list with 53 career goals (needs five to tie for first). 
• Her game-winning goal vs. UC Santa Barbara (Sept. 20) was the 50th of Campbell's career. She became just the third Flyer to score 50 goals. 
• With her four points in UD's 5-2 win over Rice on Sept. 11, Campbell moved up to second all-time at Dayton for career points. She currently has 126.
• Campbell scored 18 goals during the 2013 season, which is tied for fourth best at UD for a single season.

NEW KID IN GOAL
• True freshman Kaelyn Johns has started every match in goal for the Flyers.
• She has amassed 52 saves in 12 matches. 

WATERS CAN ASSIST YOU
• Senior Nicole Waters was fourth, nationally, in assists (18) in 2014 and led the nation with 17 assists in 2013. 
• Waters holds the UD single-season assists record with 18.
• Her 44 career assists rank second on UD's all-time Top 10 list (six from tying for the lead).

BACK ON TRACK
• The Flyers are 5-2 in their last seven matches with home wins over Rice, George Mason and Davidson, and road wins over UC Santa Barbara and Saint Louis.  
• In the first five matches Flyers scored just three goals. In the last seven matches UD has scored 18 goals. 

UP NEXT
• The Flyers play at La Salle on Oct. 15 at 7 p.m.
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Players Mentioned

Meghan  Blank

#21 Meghan Blank

F/MF
5' 5"
Junior
Cincinnati United Premier
Ashley  Campbell

#8 Ashley Campbell

F
5' 8"
Senior
Newmarket United Soccer Club
Alexis Kiehl

#5 Alexis Kiehl

F
5' 4"
Sophomore
Kings Hammer Academy
Nicole  Waters

#14 Nicole Waters

MF
5' 5"
Senior
Burlington Heat
Kaelyn Johns

#1 Kaelyn Johns

GK
5' 8"
Freshman
Penn Fusion Soccer Academy

Players Mentioned

Meghan  Blank

#21 Meghan Blank

5' 5"
Junior
Cincinnati United Premier
F/MF
Ashley  Campbell

#8 Ashley Campbell

5' 8"
Senior
Newmarket United Soccer Club
F
Alexis Kiehl

#5 Alexis Kiehl

5' 4"
Sophomore
Kings Hammer Academy
F
Nicole  Waters

#14 Nicole Waters

5' 5"
Senior
Burlington Heat
MF
Kaelyn Johns

#1 Kaelyn Johns

5' 8"
Freshman
Penn Fusion Soccer Academy
GK