The University of Dayton women's soccer team (1-6-0, 0-0-0 A-10) hits the road for a pair of non-conference matches in California vs. two Big West Conference opponents. First up is Cal Poly (3-2-2) this Friday, Sept. 18 at 10 p.m. ET and then UC Santa Barbara (4-2-1) on Sunday, Sept. 20 at 4 p.m. ET.
THE SERIES
vs. Cal Poly• The Flyers own a 3-0 all-time record vs. Cal Poly.
• The last meeting was Aug. 21, 2011 at Baujan Field. UD won 3-1.
• This will mark the second time UD has traveled to San Luis Obispo. The last time was in 2007 and resulted in a 2-0 Flyer win.
vs. UC Santa Barbara• This will be the second meeting between the Flyers and Gauchos.
• Dayton leads the all-time series 1-0 after a 2-0 victory at Baujan Field last year on Aug. 29, 2014.
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Nicole Waters scored a goal (63') and assisted the second goal by
Ashley Campbell in the 73rd minute last year against UCSB.
TERRIFIC TUCKER•
Mike Tucker is in his 21st season as head coach of the Flyers in 2015. He has an overall record of 295-111-29.
ATOP THE A-10• The Flyers led the A-10 in total goals (45) and assists (47) in 2014.
CAMPBELL'S CLIMB• Senior
Ashley Campbell is third on UD's all time scoring list with 48 career goals (four goals away from second and 10 to tie for first).
• 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 114, passing Karen Kazmaier '87 who had 113.
• Campbell scored 18 goals during the 2013 season, which is tied for fourth best at UD for a single season.
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.
• Her 39 career assists rank third on UD's all-time Top 10 list (four from second place and 11 from tying for the lead).
NEW KID IN GOAL• True freshman
Kaelyn Johns has started every match in goal for the Flyers.
• She has amassed 33 saves in seven matches.
SLOW START• The Flyers have never started the year 0-5-0 until this season. Dayton has only posted five consecutive losses in one other season, which was UD's longest losing streak of seven in 1994.
• The Flyers broke the five-game losing streak to start the season with a 5-2 win over Rice on Sept. 11.
BELIEVIN' IN BAUJAN • The Flyers are 210-61-20 all-time in games played at Baujan Field. UD owns a .758 winning percentage in those matches.
• In the last six years, Dayton is 55-11-5 at home, an astounding .819 winning percentage at Baujan.
• Dayton's first home match of the 2015 season vs. then #18 Ohio State drew 2,102 fans, the second-largest attendance for a UD women's soccer match at Baujan Field in program history.
CAMPBELL/WATERS TOP 100 PLAYERS• University of Dayton senior forward
Ashley Campbell is ranked No. 35, and senior midfielder
Nicole Waters is ranked No. 55 in the 2015 TopDrawerSoccer.com Preseason National Top 100 Women's Soccer list.
UP NEXT• The Flyers open Atlantic 10 Conference play at Saint Louis on Thursday, Oct. 1.
• Last year the Flyers defeated the Billikins 3-2 in overtime at Baujan Field on Oct. 4, 2014.
