DAYTON, Ohio – The University of Dayton volleyball team dismissed Fordham in straight sets, 3-0 (25-16, 25-8, 25-13), Friday night at Frericks Center in the Flyers' Atlantic 10 home opener. The win extends Dayton's win streak to eight matches and the Flyers improve to 10-5 on the season and 3-0 in league action. Fordham falls to 7-12 overall and 1-2 in conference play.
STATS OF THE MATCH• Senior
Jenna Jendryk was swinging at a blistering .750 Friday night, recording six kills in eight attempts while also tallying four blocks. Senior
Alaina Turner led all attackers with a match-high 11 kills to go with four digs and two service aces.
• Senior
Jill Loiars was also error free, connecting on eight kills for a .667 attack percentage and she also had four blocks in the match. Senior
Janna Krafka passed a match-high nine digs for the Flyers and sophomore
Jane Emmenecker set a match-high 22 assists.
• Freshman
Kendyll Brown was also strong at the net for UD, collecting four blocks while sophomore
Jessica Sloan served up three aces.
• Fordham was led by Natalie Martinez with eight kills and Breanna Jones with seven digs.
• For the match, Dayton out-hit Fordham, .465 to .123, and the Flyers had 9.5 team blocks to the Rams' 4.0.
SET-BY-SET• Set One: A kill from Turner capped a 4-1 start for the Flyers in the first set and the Dayton lead was six at 10-4 when Turner served up an ace. UD was leading by five again, 19-14, following an ace from Emmenecker and the Flyers used an 8-2 run to close out the first game on top, 25-16.
• Set Two: Krafka served up an ace to set the score at 5-1 in favor of the Flyers and Dayton pushed on to a 13-3, 10-point lead – a run that included three kills from senior
Jill Loiars. It was smooth sailing from there on out as UD cruised to a 25-8 second-set win.
• Set Three: Senior
Jenna Jendryk scored three of the Flyers' first four points of set three as UD jumped out to an 8-1 advantage. Fordham pulled to within four, 13-9, but Dayton rattled off four straight points to force a Ram timeout. FOR would only score four more points as UD took the third set, 25-13, and the match, 3-0.
UP NEXT• The Flyers remain at home for the second of two Atlantic 10 matches this weekend at Frericks Center. Dayton will play host to Rhode Island on Sunday with first serve scheduled for 1:05 p.m. The match will be broadcast live on Time Warner Cable SportsNetwork.
