DAYTON, Ohio – The University of Dayton volleyball team remains unbeaten in Atlantic 10 Conference play with its 3-1 (25-22, 16-25, 25-21, 25-15) win over Saint Louis Saturday afternoon at Frericks Center. The win extends the Flyers' winning streak to 15 matches as UD improves to 17-5 on the season and 9-0 in the A-10 while SLU falls to 18-7 overall and 7-2 in league action.
STATS OF THE MATCH• Senior
Alaina Turner led all attackers with 17 kills and passed seven digs for Dayton. Also with double-digit kills was sophomore
Amber Erhahon with 11. Erhahon also had a match-high six blocks to go with eight digs.
• Senior
Janna Krafka passed a match-high 22 digs for the Flyers and sophomore
Jane Emmenecker led the team with 26 assists.
• Three Flyers chipped in eight kills: seniors
Angel Agu,
Jenna Jendryk and
Jill Loiars. Agu led the team with a .467 hitting percentage.
• Saint Louis was led by Danielle Rygelski with 15 kills and Meredith Boe with 26 assists and nine digs.
• Dayton out-hit Saint Louis, .280 to .155, and the Flyers recorded 59 kills to the Billikens' 37.
SET-BY-SET• Set One: A Saint Louis attacking error capped a 5-1 run for Dayton to open set one and the Flyer led was five, 8-3, after Turner laid down a kill. The Billikens battled back to even the set at nine points apiece but the Flyers put together a 3-0 spurt to pull ahead, 13-10. SLU's attack error put UD up five, 23-18, and Erhahon for the Flyers to set point with her third kill of the frame. Saint Louis held three times but sophomore
Jessica Sloan took the set with a kill as Dayton went up 1-0 with the 25-22 win.
• Set Two: Three consecutive kills set the score at 4-2 in favor of Dayton early in the second set but Saint Louis was able to get ahead five, 14-9. The Billikens served up an ace to take a six-point, 19-13 lead and they didn't look back. SLU claimed a 25-16 set-two win to even the match, 1-1.
• Set Three: Game three was tied five times by the time Dayton and Saint Louis reached 6-6 but a 4-0 run by the Billikens put SLU ahead, 9-6. A Turner solo block pulled UD to within one, 10-9, and the set was even again at 13-13 after a 4-0 Dayton run. Another 4-0 Flyer run was capped by an Erhahon-Sloan block to put UD up, 20-18, and a kill from Sloan set up game point, 24-20. Turner tallied the set's last score as Dayton won the frame, 25-21.
• Set Four: The Flyers rattled off nine points to get out to a 12-4 lead in the fourth set. Saint Louis cut the advantage to five, 13-8, but Dayton surged ahead nine, 19-10. The Flyers were able to control the rest of the set, taking a 25-15 win to claim a 3-1 match victory.
UP NEXT• The Flyers will host an out-of-conference match on Tuesday against the Eastern Kentucky Colonels at 6 p.m. Dayton will then have a three-match road swing next weekend kicking off at Rhode Island on Friday with a 1 p.m. match against the Rams. On Saturday, Dayton will head to NYC for a 7 p.m. tilt at Fordham and Sunday UD will be at Seton Hall at 3 p.m.
