KINGSTON, R.I. - The University of Dayton volleyball team fought off elimination from the 2019 Atlantic 10 Championship with a 3-2 (25-27, 25-23, 25-17, 24-26, 19-17) win over Saint Louis Saturday night. Second-seeded Dayton advances to face off against No. 1 VCU in the finals Sunday afternoon.

Dayton improves to 21-8 on the season while Saint Louis moves to 17-12 overall.

KEY STATS
• 34 - sophomore Maura Collins got under a career-high 34 digs to lead all passers in the match
• 26&10 - sophomore Josie Vondran posted her first career double-double with 26 assists and a career-high 10 kills. She also hit at a match-high .500
• 22&15 - sophomore Jamie Peterson was the second Flyer with a double-double - she tallied a match-high 22 kills to go with 15 digs
• 6 - junior Olivia Dubay led the team with six blocks. The Flyers out-blocked the Billikens, 11.0 to 6.0 for the match

COACH'S QUOTE
"Saint Louis played really well and were more aggressive and composed through most of the match than we were. I liked how we came out in set three but, overall, we didn't finish some plays we needed to finish. We got down but found some grit and really showed it in the final plays of set five. Alli Papesh made some great plays and Carissa Beyer came in and served some great balls at the end. In the end, I'm glad we got the win and we're moving on to tomorrow."

UP NEXT
Dayton will take on VCU Sunday afternoon for the A-10 Championship title as the Flyers will compete for its 13th league tournament crown. First serve is set for 2 p.m. at Rhode Island's Keaney Gymnasium.