• The University of Dayton women's soccer team (9-9-3, 4-4-2 A-10) will play in its 10th NCAA tournament this Saturday, Nov. 12. The Flyers will face Ohio State (10-6-3, 4-4-3 Big 10) at Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium. Kickoff is 6 p.m. ET. 
 • Saturday's match will be streamed by Ohio State.
• The Flyers have made nine NCAA Tournament appearances before this year: 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2009, 2010, 2011, and 2014. UD advanced to the second round in both 2009 and 2010 and to the Sweet Sixteen in 2001. 

TICKETS
Tickets to Saturday's match are $8 for adults and $5 for children while parking is free. Tickets can be purchased 90 minutes prior to the game Saturday at the southwest entrance to Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium.

HOW THE FLYERS GOT HERE
• The Flyers earned the Atlantic 10's automatic bid to the NCAA Championship hosted in Kingston, R.I. by University of Rhode Island. Dayton outscored opponents 12-0 in the three matches. 
• Freshman Micayla Livingston, sophomores Nadia Pestell and Kaelyn Johns, juniors Nicolette Griesinger and Alexis Kiehl and senior Libby Leedom were all named to the A-10 All-Championship team. Leedom was named the Most Outstanding Player.
• Flyer junior Alexis Kiehl broke the tournament record for points (12) and goals scored (5). 
• The defense of senior Sarah Byrne, junior Nicolette Griesinger, sophomores Nadia Pestell and Kaelyn Johns (goalkeeper) and freshman Hanna Merritt did not allow a goal in 270 minutes in the A-10 Championship. 
• 20 years ago, Head Coach Mike Tucker, who is retiring after 22 years as head coach at Dayton, won his first A-10 Championship with the Flyers at Rhode Island.

DAYTON'S A-10 BACKGROUND 
• Dayton has won the A-10 Tournament Championship more than any other team in the conference: 10 times (1996, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2016).  UD has also won or shared 11 Atlantic 10 Regular Season titles (1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2009, 2010, 2013). The next closest is Massachusetts with five. 
• This year marked the 14th time the Flyers advanced to the A-10 Championship final.
• Dayton has appeared in 20 A-10 tournaments, earning a berth every year the Flyers have been a member of the conference. 
• This year marked Dayton's fifth title game appearance in the last six years.

THE SERIES vs. OHIO STATE
• Ohio State leads the all-time series 10-3-1 over Dayton.  
• The last time these two teams faced off, the Buckeyes won 2-1 at Baujan Field on Aug. 27, 2015. It was the second-highest attended women's soccer game at Dayton with 2,101 fans.
• The last time Dayton won vs. Ohio State was a 1-0 victory on Sept. 14, 2011 in Columbus. 
• The Flyers and Buckeyes faced off in the Second Round of the 2010 NCAA Championship. The game ended in a 0-0 tie and Ohio State advanced 4-2 on PKs. The Buckeyes advanced all the way to the semifinals, falling 1-0 to eventual National Champion Notre Dame. 

KIEHL THE SCORING MACHINE
• Two-time First Team All-Atlantic 10 forward (2015 & 2016) Alexis Kiehl accounts for 20 of UD's 40 goals scored this season. She is fourth all-time at UD for goals in a single season ahead of three-time All-American Colleen Wiliams '12 and UD's all-time leading goal scorer Ashley Campbell '15 who scored 18 in a season.
• The junior leads the Flyers with 45 points (20 goals, 5 assists). She is currently tied for first in the nation in NCAA DI women's soccer for total goals scored and second for total points. 
• Kiehl has scored multiple goals in five matches this year: 4 vs. Davidson; 2 vs. St. Bonaventure; 3 vs. UMass; 2 vs. George Washington; and 2 vs. Saint Joseph's. 
• She scored a career-high four goals (14th, 30th, 54th, 55th minutes), in Dayton's 5-0 shutout of Davidson Oct. 6, at Alumni Soccer Stadium. She became the first player in Head Coach Mike Tucker's 22 seasons to score four goals in one match.
• She was named the NSCAA Division I College Player of the Week and TopDrawer Soccer National Player of the Week after leading Dayton to the A-10 title with a conference-record for points (12) and goals (5).  

FLYER SUCCESS 
• The Dayton women's soccer program owns an overall record of 437-188-50 since it became a varsity program in 1984. 

LOVELY LEEDOM
• Two-time Second Team All-Atlantic 10 midfielder (2015 & 2016) senior Libby Leedom has tallied 23 points (nine goals and five assists), and is Dayton's second-leading scorer this year. 
• Leedom was named to the A-10 All-Academic Team this year.
• She was selected to the 2016 CoSIDA Academic All-District Women's Soccer Team. This accolade recognizes the nation's leading student-athletes for their exemplary athletic and academic accomplishments. Leedom has a 3.91 GPA with a double major in pre-medicine and psychology and has already been accepted into medical school.
• Leedom was named MVP of the 2016 A-10 Championship. 

HOW MAY WE ASSIST YOU?
• Freshman Micayla Livingston leads the Flyers with six assists this season. 
• Senior Libby Leedom and junior Alexis Kiehl each have notched five assists. 

KO FOR KJ
• Kaelyn Johns started every game in goal as a freshman last year. She finished her rookie year with 79 saves. 
• She registered her first shutout of the 2016 season in UD's 3-0 win over Purdue, tallying a career-high eight saves. She tied her career high with eight saves in a 5-0 Flyer win at Davidson (Oct. 6). 
• She has seven shutouts this season and is a two-time A-10 Defensive Player of the Week. 

TERRIFIC TUCKER
• Head Coach Mike Tucker is in his 22nd season as head coach at UD (25th including three seasons as an assistant coach for the Flyers) and has amassed an overall record of 313-123-33 overall and 170-35-12 vs. A-10 opponents. 
• The Flyers won 3-1 over UMass in Tucker's last game at Baujan Field. It was Tucker Appreciation Day with Mike Tucker bobble head and poster giveaways.
• UD's 3-1 win over Fordham on Oct. 18, 2015 at Baujan Field marked the 300th career victory for Coach Mike Tucker. He was one of just 17 active coaches to have won 300 matches in NCAA Division I Women's Soccer.

O'MALLEY MOST TENURED FLYER
• Senior Erin O'Malley has played more games than any other current Flyer. She has played in 81 matches and logged 6,228 minutes. 
• Prior to this season she has never missed a match. She was injured in the 2016 season opener at Cincinnati (Aug. 19) and returned back to the lineup vs. Nebraska (Sept. 9).

CINCINNATI CONNECTIONS
• Nine Flyers are from the Cincinnati area: senior Sarah Byrne, juniors Abby Weigel, Alexis and Kaitlynn Kiehl, and freshmen Hanna Merritt, Caroline Mink, Madeleine Morrissey, Alex Powell, and Sara Robertson.

FANTASTIC FRESHMEN 
• Dayton's freshmen have a history of making an impact. 
• The Flyers have had at least one representative on the A-10 All-Rookie team every year since it started in 2000.
• Micayla Livingston and Caroline Mink were both named to the 2016 A-10 All-Rookie Team. 
• Livingston has one goal and four assists. She scored her first collegiate goal, the game-winner, in her first collegiate start in Dayton's 3-0 win over Purdue (Sept. 4)
• Mink has scored two goals and had one assist this season. Her first collegiate goal was in the 1-1 tie vs. No. 2 seed Saint Louis (Sept. 29). 
• Beth Kamphaus was named to the All-Rookie team in 2015 after coming on strong in conference play.
• Kaelyn Johns started every match in goal for the Flyers in 2015. 
• Nadia Pestell started 19 matches for the Flyers on defense and logged 1,474 minutes in 2015. She played for the U-17 Canadian National Team and won a silver medal at the CONCACAF Women's U17 Championships in Jamaica. 
• In 2014, Alexis Kiehl and Nicolette Griesinger were both named to the A-10 All-Rookie team. 
• Kiehl was the third-leading scorer for the Flyers and Griesinger started every match and led UD in minutes played with 2,135.

#SKYISTHELIMIT
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