RICHMOND, Va. - The University of Dayton volleyball team dropped a five-set decision at VCU Friday night, 3-2 (25-20, 16-25, 19-25, 25-18, 15-6), in a battle of the top two teams in the Atlantic 10. Senior Lauren Bruns led all attackers with 19 kills while sophomore Bridget Doherty recorded a double-double (17A, 12D) for the Flyers.

Dayton moves to 17-7 on the season and 8-2 in league play while VCU improves to 15-7 overall and 10-0 in conference action.

KEY STATS
• 19 - Bruns recorded a match-high 19 kills and she also got up for four blocks
• 17 & 12 - Doherty posted her fifth double-double of the season with 17 assists and 12 digs to go with her career-high three kills
• 17 - senior Margo got under a team-high 17 digs
• 10.5 - as a team, the Flyers had 10.5 blocks, including a career-high two solo blocks by sophomore Brooke Westbeld
• 9 - both senior Kendyll Brown and Freshman Alli Papesh tallied nine kills. Papesh also had three digs, two blocks and two service aces

UP NEXT
Dayton will travel to the Charlotte, North Carolina, area on Saturday ahead of its Sunday afternoon match at Davidson. First serve between the Flyers and Wildcats is set for 1 p.m. at Davidson's Belk Arena.