RICHMOND, Va. - The University of Dayton volleyball team defeated VCU, 3-2 (18-25, 25-15, 19-25, 25-16, 15-12), Sunday afternoon in the finals of the Atlantic 10 Championship. The Flyers claimed their A-10 record 12th tournament title, the program's fourth in the last five years. Dayton's senior Lauren Bruns was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player and was joined on the All-Tournament Team by senior Kendyll Brown and sophomore Brooke Westbeld. The three-day tournament was held at VCU's Siegel Center.

Dayton improves to 23-7 on the season while VCU falls to 19-9 on the year.

KEY STATS
• 19 - Bruns led all attackers with 19 kills
• 14 - freshman Alli Papesh tallied 14 kills
• 12-22-16 - Westbeld recorded her fifth triple-double of the season with 12 kills, 22 assists and 16 digs to go with four service aces
• 12-21 - senior Margo Wolf posted her second career double-double with 12 assists and a match-high 21 digs
• 12 - Brown was the fourth Flyer in double-digit kills with 12, while swinging at a .458 clip, to go with seven blocks

NOTABLE
Dayton tallied 64 kills to VCU's 48 and the Flyers out-hit the Rams, .227 to .161.

UP NEXT
With today's championship win, Dayton earns the Atlantic 10's automatic berth into the 2018 NCAA Tournament. The selection show will be Sunday, Nov. 25, 8:30 p.m. and will be broadcast on ESPNU. The national tournament's first and second rounds will be played the weekend of Nov. 29-30, Dec. 1.