DAYTON – The No. 19-ranked University of Dayton volleyball team pushed its winning streak to 15 matches with another Atlantic 10 sweep on Tuesday evening, turning aside Duquesne 25-11, 25-15, 25-14 in the Frericks Center.Â
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Redshirt senior
Lexie Almodovar set a new season-high for kills in a three-set match with 22 on the night, and also hit at a robust .425 average. Senior setter
Alyssa Miller had 34 assists (11.33/set), while redshirt senior
Alayna Yates had eight kills while hitting an incredible .727 from the floor.
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Junior libero
Karissa Kaminski led the defense with a match-high 16 digs, while sophomore
Gaby Arroyo put up 11 of her own.
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The Flyers aced the Dukes eight times in the contest, led by Arroyo's four.
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BY THE NUMBERS
.727 – attack percentage for redshirt senior
Alayna Yates, the highest in a three-set match for a Flyer in the 2024 campaign
.360 – attack percentage for Dayton in the match, its fifth instance of hitting .360 or better this season
25.5 – total points for
Lexie Almodovar, who had three blocks and two service aces to go along with 22 kills
21 – consecutive wins over the Dukes for the Flyers
34 – assists for
Alyssa Miller, her third straight match averaging 10+ assists/set
16 – digs for
Karissa Kaminski, her fifth-straight double-digit dig game
14 – times this season the Flyers have hit over .300 on the season after hitting .360
3 – blocks for Almodovar, Yates and junior
Liana Sarkissian
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UP NEXT
UD returns to the road with a weekend series in Fairfax, Va. taking on George Mason this weekend, Nov. 2-3. The Flyers and Patriots play at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 2 and then finish the weekend on Sunday, Nov. 3 at 12 p.m.
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