DAYTON - The University of Dayton volleyball team will be heading west this week for a two-game set at second-ranked Wisconsin. The Flyers and Badgers are set to square off Thursday at 7:30 p.m. and Friday at 8 p.m. at UW Field House in Madison.

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ABOUT DAYTON
Dayton (2-1) opened the 2021 season at home last weekend with its annual Dayton Invitational, picking up wins over Cincinnati and Texas State and dropping a contest to third-ranked Kentucky. R-senior Jamie Peterson and r-freshman Lexie Almodovar led the Flyers' offense with 2.92 kills/set and 0.42 aces/set apiece. At the net, r-sophomore Amelia Moore tallied 1.58 blocks/set while graduate student Mahalia Swink collected 1.17 blocks/set for UD.

SCOUTING WISCONSIN
Second-ranked Wisconsin (2-0) recorded a 3-0 win over TCU and a 3-1 win over No. 10 Baylor over the weekend as it played host to the Big Ten-Big 12 Challenge at UW Field House. Two Badgers picked up Big Ten Weekly awards for their play in middle blocker Dana Rettke who averaged 3.33 kills/set and 1.67 blocks/set and setter Sydney Hilley with a league-best 12.14 assists/set.

SERIES STUFF
Wisconsin leads, 4-0
In a series that dates back to 1974, Wisconsin has claimed four wins over Dayton. The pair last met in Madison on Sept. 15, 2000 as the Badgers notched a straight-set win over the Flyers.

RPI RANKINGS
In the NCAA's final Rating Percentage Index (RPI) for the 2020 season, Dayton ranked 21st according to NCAA.com. Wisconsin came in at 7.  

HAUSFELD COURT
Former Flyer Kacie Hausfeld passed away tragically in an airplane crash during her time as a Dayton Flyer. In her memory, her family made a substantial contribution to the Dayton volleyball program. That donation enabled the program to renovate Frericks Center, adding a new public address and sound system, new seating on the event level, new scoreboards and video boards and the playing surface was named "Hausfeld Court" among many other improvements to the facility.

FLYER FACTS
• Tim Horsmon is in his 13th season overall, and eighth since 2007, as head coach of the Flyers in 2021. His record at Dayton is 299-85 and his career win-loss mark sits at 475-249 in 23 seasons as a head coach. Horsmon is the program's second-winningest coach behind only R. Elaine Dreidame who amassed 310 wins 1970-79.
• Over the last 12 seasons (2009-2020), the Flyers have recorded a 151-14 (.915) mark in regular season Atlantic 10 Conference play, including a perfect 14-0 mark in 2016, 2015 and 2012 and a 15-0 record in 2010. UD suffered only one conference loss in 2020, 2019, 2017, 2014, 2011 and 2009.
• Dayton made its 21st-consecutive and 24th overall appearance in the Atlantic 10 Championship in 2020. The Flyers have reached conference post-season play every year they have been a member of the A-10 except 1995 and 1999. UD holds a 31-10 record in league tournaments.
• Dayton has won the Atlantic 10 Regular Season title 14 times (2020, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2001, 1998). The Flyers have won the A-10 Championship title a league-record 14 times (2020, 2019, 2018, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2007, 2005, 2004, 2003).
• In the program's 15 NCAA Tournament appearances, Dayton has reached the Second Round eight times and the Flyers hold an 8-15 all-time record in NCAA tourney matches.
• With two wins at the 2014 Bowling Green Hampton Inn Invitational, Dayton surpassed the 1,000-win mark as a program to become just the 13th NCAA DI team to attain that level of success. The Flyers currently rank 12th all-time in the Division I record book with an overall program tally of 1,169-602 (.660) over 52 seasons (1970).
• The Flyers finished the 2020 season with a 14-2 overall record and an 8-1 Atlantic 10 mark, finishing in first place in regular-season league play. 2020 was the program's 42nd winning season.

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