PITTSBURGH - The University of Dayton volleyball team came up short against VCU, 3-2 (25-23, 21-25, 25-20, 17-25, 15-13), in the finals of the 2017 Atlantic 10 Championship. The three-day event was hosted by Duquesne at the Dukes' Palumbo Center.
Dayton moves to 23-8 on the season while VCU improves to 30-2.
Senior
Jessica Sloan and juniors
Kendyll Brown and
Lauren Bruns were named to the All-Championship Team following the match.
KEY STATS
- Sloan led three Flyers in double-digit kills with 16 and also tallied 13 digs for the double-double while also tallying two blocks, two assists and one service ace
- Brown and Bruns added 11 kills each. Senior Amber Erhahon led a ferocious Flyer block with 11 stuffs to go with her eight kills
- Sophomore Mackenzie Weaver narrowly missed the double-double with nine kills and 14 digs and junior Margo Wolf got under a match-high 19 digs
- Freshman Bridget Doherty (28 assists) and senior Jane Emmenecker (26 assists) split time at setter, recording six digs apiece
- For the match, both teams hit .207 as Dayton tallied 62 kills to VCU's 60
- The Rams were led by the championship's Most Outstanding Player Vicky Giommarini with 16 kills and 15 digs.
UP NEXT
The NCAA Tournament bracket will be announced Sunday, Nov. 26 at 9 p.m. on ESPNU. Dayton will wait to see if it makes the field of 64 with an at-large bid.
