DAYTON, Ohio - University of Dayton volleyball continues its five-match road swing with a trip to VCU on Friday. The Flyers and Rams are set to square off at VCU's Siegel Center with first serve at 7 p.m.

About Dayton
Dayton (18-1, 5-0 A-10) extended its current winning streak to seven matches Saturday with a sweep of Fordham in the Bronx. The Flyers are the only remaining unbeaten team in Atlantic 10 play and sit atop the league standings. UD is led by junior Jessica Sloan with 3.84 kills/set (3rd A-10) and 0.41 aces/set (2nd A-10) while junior Amber Erhahon leads the league with a .451 hitting percentage (5th NCAA). Right behind her is sophomore Kendyll Brown, with a .450 percentage (2nd A-10, 6th NCAA), who also leads the team with 1.00 blocks/set (7th A-0).

Scouting VCU
VCU (13-8, 4-1 A-10) enters Friday's match with a three-game winning streak after dropping a 3-1 decision at Duquesne on Sept. 30 in its only A-10 loss this season. Last weekend VCU posted back-to-back sweeps over George Mason and George Washington. The Rams are led by Sahbria McLetchie with 3.07 kills/set (6th A-10) and Rebekah Strange with 4.89 digs/set (3rd A-10). VCU's Tori Baldwin is tough at the net with a team-best 1.32 blocks/set (2nd A-10).

Series Stuff
Dayton holds a 6-2 series lead over VCU, including wins in the last four consecutive meetings. The series dates back to a 3-0 Dayton win at home on Aug. 28, 2010 and the two most recently squared off on Oct. 18, 2015, also in Dayton.

RPI Rankings
In the NCAA's most recent Rating Percentage Index (RPI) released Monday, Oct. 10, Dayton came in at 34 through matches on Oct. 9 according to NCAA.com. VCU is ranked 157th.

Flyer Facts
• Tim Horsmon is in his eighth season overall, and third since 2007, as head coach of the Flyers in 2016. His record at Dayton is 203-56 and his career win-loss mark sits at 379-220 in 18 seasons as a head coach. Horsmon is the program's second-winningest coach behind only R. Elaine Dreidame who amassed 310 wins 1970-79.
• Over the last eight seasons (2009-2016), the Flyers have recorded a 97-9 (.915) mark in Atlantic 10 Conference play, including a perfect 14-0 mark in 2015 and 2012 and a 15-0 record in 2010. UD suffered only one conference loss in 2014, 2011 and 2009.
• Dayton has won the Atlantic 10 Regular Season title 12 times (2015, 2014, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2001, 1998). The Flyers have won the A-10 Championship title a league-record 10 times (2015, 2014, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2007, 2005, 2004, 2003) and made their 11th NCAA appearance in program history in 2015.
• Dayton currently ranks in the top 10 nationally in three categories: first in match win-loss percentage (.947), fourth in assists/set (13.77) and fifth in kills/set (14.60). Individually, junior Amber Erhahon ranks sixth in the NCAA with a .451 hitting percentage with sophomore Kendyll Brown right behind her in seventh with a .450 percentage.
• The Flyers finished the 2015 season with a 27-6 overall record and a 14-0 Atlantic 10 mark, finishing in first place in regular-season league play. 2015 was the program's 37th winning season.

Last Time Out
Dayton picked up two more road Atlantic 10 wins this past weekend, including its sweep of Fordham on Saturday evening. As a team, the Flyers hit at .391 for the match to the Rams' .055 and UD recorded 41 kills to FOR's 25. Sophomore Kendyll Brown led the Flyer attack with a career-high 12 kills to zero errors in 14 attempts for a blistering .857 hitting percentage while also tallying four blocks.

She's at the Top
Junior Amber Erhahon has a very efficient swing, currently ranking sixth in all of NCAA DI with a .451 hitting percentage this season. For her career, Erhahon's .407 hitting percentage (683-147-1317) ranks number one all-time in the Flyers' record book and ranks fourth nationally among active career leaders.

Moving Up the Ranks
Junior Jane Emmenecker currently ranks in fifth place all-time among Dayton's setters with 3,220 career assists. The two-time Atlantic 10 Setter of the Year is looking to move up the ranks this season and is only 31 assists behind former Flyer Ali Hayes who currently ranks fourth (3,251) in the career assists column.

200 and Counting
Dayton head coach Tim Horsmon currently has 203 wins at the helm of the Flyer program between his two stints (eight total seasons). Horsmon collected 128 wins between 2003 and 2007 and has 75 wins over 2014, 2015 and 2016. He is the second-winningest Dayton coach, behind UD's first head coach R. Elaine Dreidame who amassed 310 wins (1970-79).

13th to 1,000
With two wins at the 2014 Bowling Green Hampton Inn Invitational, Dayton surpassed the 1,000-win mark as a program and is just the 13th NCAA DI team to attain that level of success. The Flyers currently rank 13th all-time in the Division I record book with an overall program tally of 1,073-564 (.656) over 47 seasons (1970).

Brown's Earns First-Career A-10 Weekly Award
Sophomore middle blocker Kendyll Brown earned her first weekly award from the conference office Oct. 10 after being named the A-10 Co-Defensive Player of the Week. Brown averaged 2.86 kills per set and 1.86 blocks per set over two wins for Dayton the previous weekend. The middle blocker from Mechanicsville, Va., tallied eight kills and recorded a career-high nine blocks, two solo and seven assisted, in a 3-1 win at Rhode Island Friday night. On Saturday, Brown led the Flyers with a career-high 12 kills to zero errors in 14 attempts to hit at .857 while also recording four blocks in Dayton's sweep at Fordham. For the weekend, she hit for .704 and averaged 3.93 points/set for UD.

Hausfeld Court
Former Flyer Kacie Hausfeld passed away tragically in an airplane crash during her time as a Dayton Flyer. In her memory, her family made a substantial contribution to the Dayton volleyball program. That donation enabled the program to renovate Frericks Center, adding a new public address and sound system, new seating on the event level, new scoreboards and video boards and the playing surface was named "Hausfeld Court" among many other improvements to the facility.

Follow the Flyers on Social Media
Fans can follow the official UD Volleyball social media outlets by liking Facebook.com/udaytonvb, on Twitter by following this handle: @DaytonVB and udaytonvb on Instagram. Hashtags for Flyer Volleyball include UDVB and GoFlyers. You can also follow all of your favorite Flyers teams on the department's SnapChat account, DaytonAthletics.

Flyer Faithful
Dayton ranks first in the Atlantic 10 and 63rd out of 334 NCAA DI teams in average home attendance. Frericks Center averages 833 fans per home contest for the Flyers. Shout out to all the Flyer Faithful, including Red Scare, for giving the Flyers the home-court advantage!

Just Flyers Please
When referring to the University of Dayton volleyball team (or any other Dayton athletic team), we ask that you refer to us simply as "Flyers." Not "Lady Flyers". Thanks for your cooperation.

Up Next
Dayton will wrap-up its five-match road swing on Sunday as it squares off against Davidson. First serve between the Flyers and Wildcats is set for 1 p.m. at DC's Belk Arena. The match will be available via live web stream as well as live stats. Check www.DaytonFlyers.com for more info.