DAYTON, Ohio – The University of Dayton volleyball team put away visiting Eastern Illinois Saturday afternoon, 3-1 (25-20. 25-16, 24-26, 25-19), in its second match of the 2015 Dayton Invitational. With the win, Dayton improves to 3-5 on the season while Eastern Illinois falls to 5-4 for the year.

STATS OF THE MATCH
• Senior Jill Loiars was swinging at a .432 attack percentage for a career-high-tying 18 kills to lead the Flyers. Senior Alaina Turner turned in 16 kills to go with 14 digs for the double-double.
• Senior Jenna Jendryk was the third Flyer with double-digit kills at 11 as she was swinging at a blistering .529 pace. Sophomore Jane Emmenecker narrowly missed the double-double with 51 assists and nine digs while also tallying five blocks.
• Sophomore Amber Erhahon led the Flyers at the net with six blocks while also contributing eight kills and two service aces. Senior Janna Krafka got under a team-high 15 digs for UD.
• Eastern Illinois was led by Taylor Smith with 11 kills while two Panthers passed 15 digs.
• Dayton out-hit Eastern Illinois, .314 to .203, and the Flyers recorded 67 kills to the Panthers' 46. As a team, UD had 9.5 blocks while EIU had 5.5.

SET-BY-SET
• Set One: Dayton scored the first two points of the match but Eastern Illinois stayed neck-and-neck with UD through an 11-11 tie. The Panthers were able to take the lead at 12-11 on a Flyer attack error but Dayton answered with a 3-0 spurt to go up, 14-12. Trailing 19-15, Dayton rallied with a 5-0 run to pull ahead, 20-19. An Agu kill capped off another 5-0 Flyer run to end the set as Dayton took the game, 25-20.
• Set Two: The Flyers jumped out to an 8-2 lead to open the second set but the Panthers rallied to within two, 9-7. Dayton rattled off five straight to pull in front, 14-7, and the lead was 11, 21-10, after consecutive Eastern Illinois ball-handling errors. UD pushed forward for a 25-16 win in the second set.
• Set Three: Eastern Illinois scored four straight to take the 8-4 lead early in set three. Dayton battled back to knot the game at 11-11 and was in lead, 17-13, following a kill from sophomore Jessica Sloan. The second half of the set was much closer as the Panthers took advantage of a late 4-0 run to pull ahead, 23-22. EIU won the third set, 26-24, to remain alive in the match, 2-1.
• Set Four: The score was 5-2 in favor of Dayton in the fourth set but an Eastern Illinois rally turn the tables to give the Panthers the 8-7 lead. It was the Flyers' turn to go on a run and they rattled off seven straight for a 15-10 advantage. UD led by as many as eight points before claiming the 25-19 win in set four to take the match, 3-1.

UP NEXT
• The Flyers will close out the Dayton Invitational Saturday night with a 7 p.m. match-up with intrastate rival Cleveland State. All matches will be played at Frericks Center and admission is free.