DAYTON - The University of Dayton women's soccer team notched its sixth-consecutive win Thursday night with a 2-0 shutout of visiting La Salle. Junior Molly Russell's first career goal proved to be the game-winner as the Flyers picked up three more points to remain in first place in Atlantic 10 standings.

Dayton improves to 12-3 on the season and 6-1 in A-10 matches while La Salle is now 7-4-5 overall and 2-3-3 in league action.

KEY STATS
90 - eight Flyers played the entire 90 minutes, including junior goalkeeper Batoul Reda, the only Flyer to play all 1,350 minutes this season, on her way to 2,180 consecutive minutes in goal for UD
A - current A-10 Rookie of the Week Laney Smith tallied her first career assist as freshman Avery May scored on a rebound from Smith's shot that hit the post
G - Russell netted her first career goal, becoming the 12th different Flyer to score a goal this season
Win - Reda (12-3-0); Loss - Michela Auguadro (7-4-5)

SCORING SUMMARY
30:40     DAY     Molly Russell (1)
41:54     DAY     Avery May (2)  Assisted By: Laney Smith

CAUTIONS AND EJECTIONS
YC    48:55     DAY     #14 Riley Kerber
YC    58:35     LAS     #21 Liv Vrcella
YC    59:11     LAS     #4 Sunni DiElmo
YC    64:17     LAS     #5 Haley Gschrey
YC    71:04     LAS     #17 Niki Siafarika

UP NEXT
Dayton will return to the friendly confines of Baujan Field Sunday to close out the week. UD will welcome VCU to town Oct. 20 for a 1 p.m. matinee. Sunday's match is women's soccer's Breast Cancer Awareness Game and the first 50 fans will receive a long-sleeve t-shirt. Fans are encouraged to wear pink.

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