The University of Dayton women's soccer team (0-3-0, 0-0-0 A-10) hosts Xavier (2-1-1) this Friday, Sept. 2 at 5 p.m. at Baujan Field. Admission is free. The match will be aired on Time Warner Cable TV. Nina DiGuardi Vasiliu (color commentary) and Alex Mikos (play-by-play) will have the call. 

Promotions for the Xavier match include:
• Free popcorn for kids
• College Colors Day - wear red and show off your Dayton pride
• Bounce house
• Get your punch card and attend eight UD men's or women's soccer games to get your free official Dayton Flyer soccer scarf.
• A 50-inch TV will be raffled off at halftime of the men's match which starts at 8 p.m. Must be present to win.


The Flyers then host Purdue (2-2-0) Sunday, Sept. 4 at 1 p.m.. This match will be streamed on the Atlantic 10 Network for free.

Promotions for the Purdue match include:
• Bounce house
• Get your punch card and attend eight UD men's or women's soccer games to get your free official Dayton Flyer soccer scarf.
•  The #UDWSOC team will sign autographs following the match. 
• A 50-inch TV will be raffled off at halftime of the men's match which starts at 4 p.m. Must be present to win.

UP NEXT
•  Dayton hits the road to take on Nebraska Friday, Sept. 9 at 8:05 p.m. ET and then Omaha on Sunday, Sept. 11 at 12:30 p.m. ET.

LAST TIME OUT
• The Flyers suffered a 2-1 setback vs. Kent State on Sunday, Aug. 28, UD's home opener. Alexis Kiehl scored Dayton's lone goal on a PK in the 66th minute. 
• Dayton's game vs. Bucknell was canceled due to lightning. 
• The Flyers have lost all three matches by a score of 2-1 this year.
 
FLYER FACTS
• The Flyers finished the 2015 season with a 10-9-1 overall record and an 8-2-0 mark in the Atlantic 10, finishing second in the league's regular season standings.
• Dayton lost two seniors to graduation who accounted for 52 percent of the Flyers' goal scoring in 2015: Ashley Campbell (17) and Nicole Waters (6); 23 of the 44 Flyer goals scored. They also accounted for 53 percent of UD's assists last year: Waters (17) and Campbell (9); 26 of 49. 
• Dayton's leading returning goal scorer is junior Alexis Kiehl (8 goals), who was named to the 2016 A-10 Preseason Team. She was a First Team All-Atlantic 10 forward in 2015 and a second team selection in 2014 as a freshman. She accounts for all three of UD's goals scored this season. She is ranked 20th in the nation in goals scored per game. 
• Kaelyn Johns started every game in goal as a true freshman last year. She finished her rookie campaign with 79 saves and a 1.65 GAA. 

SCOUTING XAVIER
• The Musketeers are 2-1-1 to start the season. Xavier started the season 2-0 with wins over Evansville (2-0) and Eastern Kentucky (2-0). Xavier tied Ball State 1-1 and most recently, came off a 2-1 loss at Pitt. 
• Tori Doss leads Xavier with two goals scored, including one game-winner. Samantha Dewey leads X in assists with two, plus has scored one goal. Rachel Piccus has started all four matches and owns a .71 GAA with 22 saves. 
• The Musketeers are coming off an 8-9-1 season in which they finished seventh in the BIG EAST with a 2-6-0 conference record.

SCOUTING PURDUE
• Purdue is 2-2-0 going into the week. The Boilermakers play nationally-ranked West Virginia Thursday. They have wins over Marshall (2-1) and Cincinnati (2-1 in OT). *Dayton defeated Marshall 3-2 in an exhibition match to start the 2016 season, and lost 2-1 to UC in double OT with just 14 seconds left in the match. Purdue has losses to Montana (2-1 in OT) and Baylor (5-1). 
• Purdue is led by Hannah Leinert's two goals and two assists. Andrea Petrina has two goals and one assist. Mikayla Lasky has scored both the Boilermakers' game-winners. 
• Purdue was predicted to finish 11th in the 2016 Big Ten preseason poll.

THE SERIES
• Dayton leads the series vs. Xavier 25-8-3 and has won the last 14 matchups. The Flyers are 12-3-1 when hosting the Musketeers at Baujan Field. The last meeting was a 3-0 Flyer win at Baujan Field on Oct. 13, 2012. 
• The Flyers leads the series 2-0 over the Boilermakers. Dayton defeated Purdue 3-1 on Sept. 6, 1998 in Purdue's inaugural season. UD defeated Purdue the following season 3-1 at Baujan Field. 

#SKYISTHELIMIT
• Follow the Dayton women's soccer team via their social media accounts. Like them on Facebook and follow them on Twitter at @DaytonWSoccer. Check out cool photos on Instagram at DaytonWSoccer. Also don't forget to add DaytonAthletics to your Snapchat.

BELIEVIN' IN BAUJAN 
• The Flyers are 215-62-20 all-time in games played at Baujan Field. UD owns a .762 winning percentage in those matches.  In the last six years, Dayton is 60-11-5 at home, an astounding .821 winning percentage at Baujan. 
• Dayton's first home match of the 2015 season vs. then No. 18 Ohio State drew 2,102 fans, the second-largest attendance for a UD women's soccer match at Baujan Field in program history.

KIEHL EARNS PRESEASON RECOGNITION
• For the second consecutive season, Flyer forward Alexis Kiehl was named to the A-10 Preseason team.

FLYERS ARE FAVORED AGAIN
• For the eighth consecutive year, the Dayton women's soccer team has been chosen as the 2016 Atlantic 10 Conference preseason favorite in a vote conducted by the league's 14 head coaches. The Flyers earned 185 votes and eight first place votes to take the top spot in the rankings.

DAYTON'S A-10 BACKGROUND 
• Dayton has won the A-10 Tournament Championship more than any other team in the conference: nine times (1996, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2014). 
• 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. 

TERRIFIC TUCKER
• Flyer Head Coach Mike Tucker is in his 22nd season at UD and has amassed an overall record of 304-117-30 overall and 163-31-11 vs. A-10 opponents. 
• The legendary coach announced he will retire following the 2016 season. 
• UD's 3-1 win over Fordham on Oct. 18, 2015 at Baujan Field marked the 300th career victory for Coach Mike Tucker. He is one of just 17 active coaches to have won 300 matches in NCAA Division I Women's Soccer.

FLYER SUCCESS 
• The Dayton women's soccer program owns an overall record of 428-182-47 since it became a varsity program in 1984. 
• The Flyers made NCAA Tournament appearances in 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2009, 2010, 2011, and 2014, advancing to the second round in both 2009 and 2010 and to the Sweet Sixteen in 2001. 

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.
• 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 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 in 2014.

CINCINNATI CONNECTIONS
• Nine Flyers call Cincinnati home: senior Sarah Byrne, juniors Abby Weigel, Alexis and Kaitlyn Kiehl, and freshmen Hanna Merritt, Caroline Mink, Madeleine Morrissey, Alex Powell, and Sara Robertson.