DAYTON – The University of Dayton women's soccer team (5-5-2 overall, 1-2-1 Atlantic 10) continues conference action at home this Thursday, Oct. 4 at 7 p.m. vs. Saint Louis (9-3-1 overall, 4-0-0 A-10) and then hits the road to take on Davidson (2-9-0, 0-4-0 A-10) Sunday, Oct. 7 at 2 p.m.
• The matches will be broadcast on ESPN+. Alex Mikos and Nina Vasiliu will have the call on the Saint Louis match.
HOME MATCH PROMOTIONS vs. SAINT LOUIS
• Fans will have the opportunity to start bidding on each players' pink jerseys starting at this match. The bidding ends Oct. 11 at the La Salle match. Proceeds will go to help support breast cancer survivors.
• Vuvuzelas to the first 25 fans.
• Thunder sticks for everyone.
THE SERIES vs. SAINT LOUIS
• Dayton is 10-2-3 all-time vs. Saint Louis.
• The last meeting was a 1-1 double overtime tie on Oct. 5, 2017 in St. Louis.
Quincy Kellett had the assist in that match on Alex Kiehl's goal.
• The Flyers are 4-2-2 all-time vs. the Billkens at home.
• UD has a 13-match unbeaten streak against SLU, the last loss coming on Oct. 15, 2006.
• The Flyers took out the Billikens in the quarterfinals of the 2016 A-10 Championship en route to winning the title.
Beth Kamphaus scored in that 3-0 Flyer win.
THE SERIES vs. DAVIDSON
• Dayton is 5-0-0 all-time vs. Davidson.
• The Flyers won 2-0 at home on Oct. 1, 2017 in the last meeting.
Micayla Livingston had a goal an assist in the match and
Keagin Collie had two assists.
• The last time UD played at Davidson, the Flyers won 5-0 on Oct. 6, 2016.
• Dayton has outscored the Wildcats 19-4 in its previous five meetings.
NEXT HOME MATCH
• The Flyers will host defending A-10 champions La Salle on Thursday, Oct. 11 at 7 p.m. at Baujan Field. Admission is free. The Flyers will be wearing their breast cancer awareness pink jerseys, which will be up for auction until 9 p.m.
• A PATH event on mental health will be held prior to the match in Collins Gym at 6 p.m.
FLYER QUICK HITS
• The Flyers are 3-1-1 on the road this season, and 2-4-1 in home matches. Two of the home losses came against teams that have been nationally-ranked his season: Louisville was ranked as high as No. 24 and Butler was ranked as high as No. 22. Both of those setbacks were 1-0 losses on own goals.
• Eight different Flyers have scored goals this season: led by junior
Micayla Livingston with four, freshman
Izzy Greene with two, and one each for seniors
Keagin Collie,
Quincy Kellett, and
Nadia Pestell, sophomores
Morgan Henderson and
Kara Camarco, and freshman
Hannah Osland.
• Nine different Flyers have assists this season led by senior
Quincy Kellett's four.
• Junior
Micayla Livingston is UD's top returning scorer after notching seven goals and five assists last year.
• Senior goalkeeper
Kaelyn Johns has started 73 matches in her career and has 316 career saves. Her 17.5 career shutouts are fourth all-time at UD.
• UD has 11 freshmen on its roster this season.
• Head coach
Eric Golz is in his second season at the helm of the Flyers. He previously served as an assistant at UD in 2011.
SCOUTING SAINT LOUIS
• Saint Louis is 9-3-1 overall and a top the A-10 standings with a perfect 4-0-0 record (UMass, VCU, and Fordham are also 4-0-0 in A-10 play). SLU is ranked No. 6 in the latest United Soccer Coaches East Region poll.
• The Billkens have outscored conference opponents 11-2 in their four league matches this season, including a 6-1 win over Richmond in their last outing on Sept. 30. Junior Alyssa Seitzer had a hat trick vs. the Spiders.
• Seitzer leads the Billikens and the A-10 with nine goals.
• Freshman Hannah Friedrich leads SLU and the A-10 in assists with six, and she has also scored six goals.
• Junior goalkeeper Olivia Silverman has a .66 GAA, which is second best in the conference, only behind UMass's Peyton Ryan.
SCOUTING DAVIDSON
• Davidson is 2-9-0 overall and 0-4-0 in the A-10.
• Cameron France and Alexis Pheng have each scored two goals to lead the Wildcats.
• Perry Zollicoffer leads Davidson with three assists.
• The Wildcats have been outscored 22-9 this season and have been shut out five times.
JOHNS ONE OF TOP IN THE NATION
• UD senior goalkeeper
Kaelyn Johns is ranked 11th in the nation in career saves (316) among current active goalkeepers.
• Johns is ranked fifth in the nation in career minutes played (6,589).
BELIEVIN' IN BAUJAN
• The Flyers are 226-70-22 all-time in games played n their home field, Baujan Field. In the last six years, Dayton is 70-18-7 at home.
LAST TIME OUT
• After falling 4-0 to VCU at Baujan Field on Sept. 27, the Flyers bounced back with a 1-0 home win over Saint Joseph's on Sept. 30. Senior
Quincy Kellett scored her first collegiate goal, the game winner vs. the Hawks.
HOME SWEET HOME
• Dayton has 10 home matches on its home Baujan Field this season.
• Baujan Field will be the site of the 2018 Atlantic 10 Women's Soccer Championship semifinals on Nov. 2 and the final on Nov. 4.
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