PHILADELPHIA - The University of Dayton softball team completed a series sweep of Atlantic 10 foe La Salle Saturday afternoon in Philadelphia. The Flyers downed the Explorers 5-0 and 12-3, moving Dayton into third place in A-10 standings behind Saint Joseph's and Massachusetts.

Dayton improves to 23-18 on the season and 10-4 in league action while La Salle falls to 14-19 overall and 4-8 in conference play.

KEY MOMENTS
- With a solo home run in the sixth inning of the first game, senior Gabrielle Snyder became Dayton's new all-time career hits leader. After today's games, Snyder now has 200 career hits.
- With a win in the first game, head coach Cara LaPlaca became Dayton's all-time winningest coach. She now has 233 career wins over 10 seasons at UD.

KEY STATS
5 - over the course of two games, junior Kailee Budicin recorded five hits in nine at-bats for a .556 average for the day. Included in the five hits was a home run, her first of the season and second of her career
4 - Snyder collected four RBI and scored four runs. Senior Hannah DeSalvo also scored four runs while senior Katie Ryan also tallied four RBI
0.00 - Snyder worked a complete-game, one-hit shutout in the first game and tossed 1.2 innings of relief in the second for a total of 8.2 innings of scoreless softball.
7-for-8 - as a team, the Flyers were 7-for-8 in stolen bases led by DeSalvo who stole three bases in three attempts.

UP NEXT
After Easter break, UD will play two away from home on Tuesday. Dayton is set to play a doubleheader at Akron on April 19 at the Zips' Jackson Softball Field. First pitch is set for 3 p.m.