• The University of Dayton women's soccer team (3-2-1 overall, 0-0-1 A-10) hosts No. 22 Saint Louis (6-1-0, 1-0-0 A-10) this Thursday, March 18 at 4:05 p.m. ET at Baujan Field.
• This is UD's home conference opener.
• The match is scheduled to be streamed on ESPN+ with Alex Mikos on the call.
• Based on campus and local COVID-19 protocols and capacity restrictions, Dayton home athletic events will not be open to the general public. Limited seating is available to guests of Dayton student-athletes (names must be on a pass list for admission). Currently, visiting team fans are not permitted in/at the facility. Additionally, attendance at Dayton home athletic events will be socially distanced and fans are required to wear masks.
• Live stats will be available fans can follow Dayton women's soccer social media for updates: on Twitter: & Instagram: @daytonwsoccer 

THE SERIES
• The Flyers lead the all-time series 10-5-3 over Saint Louis.
• In the last five matches, however, UD is 1-3-1 vs. SLU. The last meeting was a 4-1 loss at Hermann Field on Sept. 29, 2109. Audrey Steiert scored the lone goal for the Flyers to put Dayton up 1-0 before Saint Louis scored four unanswered.
• The Flyers are 4-3-2 all-time vs. the Billikens in matches played at Baujan Field.
 
FLYER FACTS
• Dayton closed out non-conference play with a 1-0 loss to Louisville via a PK, on March 6 at Baujan Field, finishing with a 3-2-0 record going into league play.
• The Flyers opened the A-10 campaign with a double overtime 1-1 draw at Duquesne. Freshman Madison Wilson scored in the match for Dayton.
• Prior to the 1-1 double overtime tie at Duquesne Sunday, March 14, Dayton's last A-10 regular season match was Oct. 27, 2019, a 3-2 loss at La Salle.  When the Flyers took on the Dukes it marked 504 days since UD's last conference match.
• This season the Flyers are averaging 1.17 goals per game in the six matches this season. Six of the seven goals have come from UD freshmen this season: Itala Gemelli and Madison Wilson lead Dayton with two goals each and Diana Benigno and Mia Perri each have one goal. Senior Kara Camarco scored the game-winning goal in UD's 1-0 victory over Marshall on Feb. 28.
• Sophomore Jessica Sheldon leads the Flyers with four assists. Fellow sophomore Laney Huber has two assists. Freshmen Benigno and Wilson have one assist each, and sophomores Audrey Steiert and Marlee Taylor also have one assist apiece to their credit.
• Freshman Madison Wilson leads UD in points (2 goals and 1 assist for five points) and shots on goal (8). Fellow freshman Itala Gemelli leads Dayton shots (14).
• UD returns eight starters from a squad that went 7-9-3 overall and 5-3-2 in conference play in 2019. Dayton was 1-7-2 in matches not played at Baujan Field in 2019, and 6-2-1 at home.
• The six Flyers who have started every match this season are freshmen (Itala Gemelli, Katie Houck, Madison Wilson) and sophomores (Mackenzie Lutz, Jessica Sheldon, Audrey Steiert).
• Sophomore defender Mackenzie Lutz leads all Flyers with 541 minutes played.
• Sophomore Madelyn Dewey earned her first collegiate start vs. Louisville (March 6) and also started vs. Duquesne (March 14). In the other four matches she came off the bench to start the second half. Dewey is 3-1-1 on the season with 15 saves.
• Head coach Eric Golz is in his fourth season at the helm of the Flyers. He previously served as an assistant at UD in 2011.
 
SCOUTING SAINT LOUIS
• Saint Louis is 6-1-0 overall and 1-0-0 in A-10 play. The lone loss was a 1-0 overtime setback to Oklahoma State (March 6), currently 9-2-1 and ranked No. 14 in the United Soccer Coaches Top 25 National poll.
• The Billikens opened A-10 play with a dramatic 1-0 win over St. Bonaventure Sunday, with freshman Hannah Larson scoring the golden goal with just 5.6 second left in the second overtime.
• SLU is averaging 2.29 goals per match and holding opponent to just 0.57 per match. 10 different Billikens have scored this season.
• Saint Louis is led in scoring by Emily Groark with four goals. Larson has three goals and an assist.
• Anna Walsh and Hannah Friedrich lead the Billikens with four assists each.
• Freshman Emily Puricelli has started all seven matches in goal and has a 0.55 GAA and 24 saves.

UP NEXT
• The Flyers continue Atlantic 10 play this Sunday, March 21 at St. Bonaventure at 12 p.m. This match is scheduled to be streamed on ESPN+.

GOOD TO BE BACK AT BAUJAN
• Dayton's 1-0 win over Marshall on Feb. 28 marked the first NCAA Division I women's soccer match at Baujan Field in 493 days. Prior to the Flyers taking on The Herd, the last women's soccer match at Baujan Field was a UD 3-0 victory over Fordham on Oct. 24, 2019.
• Senior Kara Camarco scored the game-winner over Marshall in the 74th minute.

EXHIBITION WIN
• Dayton defeated Akron 3-1 in an exhibition match on Feb. 25 at CJ's Roger Glass Stadium. The Flyers got goals from senior Kara Camarco and freshmen Itala Gemelli and Elle Lovdal.

ROOKIE OF THE WEEK HONORS FOR ITALA
•  Freshman Itala Gemelli was named the Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Week on Feb. 22. Gemelli scored her first collegiate goal, a game-winner in the 86th minute against Northern Kentucky in a come-from-behind 2-1 victory for UD. The rookie from Rochester, Mich., also scored the Flyers' lone goal in a 4-1 loss to undefeated Butler.
 
2-0-0 TO START
•  Dayton opened up this unorthodox spring campaign with a 2-0 win over Bellarmine at CJ's Roger Glass Stadium on Feb. 6. Freshmen Madison Wilson and Diana Benigno scored.
•  The Flyers followed that win a 2-1 come-from-behind victory over Northern Kentucky at indoor facility Wall2Wall in Mason, Ohio. Freshmen Mia Perri and Itala Gemelli scored.

FLYERS PICKED 4TH IN A-10 POLL
• The Dayton women's soccer team was selected  to finish fourth in the 2020-21 Atlantic 10 standings in a vote by the league's 14 head coaches. The Flyers were 5-3-2 in the conference in 2019 and finished fifth in the league.
• A four-team 2020-21 Atlantic 10 Championship will be played on the campus of the highest seed, April 15-17, with the winner advancing to the NCAA tournament.
• The Atlantic 10 has divided the 14 teams that participate in women's soccer into three geographical pods.
• The top team from each pod, and the next best team (regardless of pod) will play in the four-team Championship.

DAYTON'S A-10 BACKGROUND
• Dayton has won the A-10 Tournament Championship more than any other team in the conference: 10 times (1996, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2016).
• UD has also won or shared 11 Atlantic 10 Regular Season titles (1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2009, 2010, 2013). The next closest is Massachusetts with five.
• Dayton has appeared in 23 A-10 tournaments, earning a berth every year the Flyers have been a member of the conference.

BELIEVIN' IN BAUJAN
• The Flyers are 233-75-24 all-time in games played on their home field, Baujan Field.

OHIO CONNECTIONS
•  11 Flyers on the women's soccer team are from Ohio.
•  There are five from the Cincinnati area, including two from Fairfield: junior Lexy Kidd, and sophomore Alexis Goins. The other Cincinnati-area products include: senior Olivia Brown, sophomore Laney Huber and freshman Elle Lovdal.
•  There are three from the Columbus, Ohio area: junior Gillian Losey, Tennessee transfer Alicia Donley (won't be playing this spring due to NCAA rules in which she competed already this season for the Vols in the fall), freshman Natale Hegg.
•  Freshman Diana Benigno is from Beavercreek, Ohio.
•  Sophomore Mackenzie Lutz is from Sylvania, Ohio and fellow sophomore Jessica Sheldon is from Medina, Ohio.

MICHIGAN MIGRATION
•  The next highest geographical location for the Flyers is four from Michigan:
- sophomore Marlee Taylor -Plymouth
- sophomore Audrey Steiert - Linden
- freshman Gabby Tremonti - Royal Oak
- freshman Itala Gemelli - Rochester

INTERNATIONAL FLYERS
• The Flyers have four international student-athletes on the women's soccer team:
- sophomore Yaiza Navarro Leon and freshman Adriana Alonso-Gomez from Spain
- freshman Madison Wilson from London, Ontario, Canada
- freshman Liana Yara from England
 
FANTASTIC FRESHMEN
• Dayton's freshmen have a history of making an impact.
• This season, six (of 7) Flyers goals have come from freshmen: Itala Gemelli (2), Madison Wilson (2), Diana Benigno (1), and Mia Perri (1).
• UD's top scorers from 2019 were A-10 All-Rookie selections: Alexis Goins (7 goals, 3 assists) and Laney Huber (4 goals, 4 assists), with Goins also earning first-team honors. Nine different Flyers scored last season and five were freshmen.
• Until the 2017 season, the Flyers have had at least one representative on the A-10 All-Rookie team every year since it started in 2000, and have had a representative every year since 2017.