DAYTON, Ohio - In its first home match of October, University of Dayton volleyball will host La Salle Friday night at 7 p.m. The team will be sporting pink during the match in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness month. Please be sure to wear PINK!

About Dayton
Dayton (20-1, 7-0) continues to lead the Atlantic 10 as the only remaining unbeaten league team and holds the nation's best winning percentage (.952). The Flyers picked up victories last week at VCU and Davidson to extend their winning streak to nine. Junior Jessica Sloan averages a team-best 3.73 kills/set (3rd A-10) and 0.40 aces/set (2nd A-10) while sophomore Margo Wolf leads the team with 4.92 digs/set (2nd A-10). UD's middle-blocker duo of junior Amber Erhahon and sophomore Kendyll Brown are tough on both offense and defense. Brown leads the A-10 with a .442 hitting percentage (7th NCAA) and averages 1.06 blocks/set (7th A-10) while Erhahon hits at .425 (2nd A-10, 9th NCAA) and gets 1.01 blocks/set (9th A-10).

Scouting La Salle
La Salle (10-13, 1-6 A-10) opened 2016 with a six-match winning streak but hit a snag at the start of Atlantic 10 Conference play, dropping its first six league contests. The Explorers have recorded wins in their last two outings, a 3-2 win at home against Fordham and a 3-0 win at Delaware State on Tuesday.  Devon Corah leads La Salle with 3.15 kills/set (5th A-10) and 0.38 aces/set (5th A-10) while Jensen Sharrits leads the league with 5.18 digs/set.

Series Stuff
In a series that dates back to 1992, Dayton has never lost to La Salle. The Flyers hold a 36-0 advantage over the Explorers and UD has not even lost a set to LAS since Oct. 7, 2006.

RPI Rankings
In the NCAA's most recent Rating Percentage Index (RPI) posted Tuesday, Oct. 18, Dayton came in at 34 according to NCAA.com. La Salle is ranked 251st.

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 205-56 and his career win-loss mark sits at 381-220 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 99-9 (.920) 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 (.952), fourth in assists/set (13.65) and sixth in kills/set (14.50). Individually, sophomore Kendyll Brown ranks seventh in the NCAA with a .442 hitting percentage and right behind her is junior Amber Erhahon is in ninth with a .425 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
Despite a not-so-stellar hitting performance, Dayton was able to claim a 3-0 win at Davidson Sunday afternoon in North Carolina. Only one player in the entire match tallied double-digit kills: Dayton sophomore Kendyll Brown. Brown scored the rest of her 13.5 points with a service ace and five assisted blocks. Junior Jane Emmenecker set 31 assists while sophomore Margo Wolf passed 13 digs for the Flyers.

She's at the Top
Junior Amber Erhahon has a very efficient swing, currently ranking ninth in all of NCAA DI with a .425 hitting percentage this season. For her career, Erhahon's .401 hitting percentage (694-154-1348) ranks number one all-time in the Flyers' record book and ranks sixth nationally among active career leaders.

Moving Up the Ranks
Junior Jane Emmenecker recently moved into fourth place all-time among Dayton's setters with 3,292 career assists. The two-time Atlantic 10 Setter of the Year is looking to move up the ranks this season and is now 322 assists behind former Flyer and 2006 A-10 Setter of the Year Erin Schroeder who currently ranks third (3,614) in the career assists column.

Hit Me One More Time
Dayton's front court has two very formidable middle blockers in junior Amber Erhahon (1.01 blocks/set, 9th A-10) and sophomore Kendyll Brown (1.04 blocks/set, 7th A-10). What is unique about this duo of blockers is that they are both very accurate on the attack as well. Brown hits at a league-best .442 which ranks seventh nationally while Erhahon swings at .425 (2nd A-10, 9th NCAA).

200 and Counting
Dayton head coach Tim Horsmon currently has 205 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 77 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 1,075-564 (.656) over 47 seasons (1970).

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 62nd 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 remains at home this weekend for a Sunday afternoon match-up against Duquesne on Oct. 23. First serve between the Flyers and the Dukes is set for 1 p.m. at Frericks Center and, as always, admission is free.