DAYTON – The University of Dayton volleyball team came out strong, taking down RV Marquette in four sets (25-23, 22-25, 25-21, 25-21).
Freshman Sidney Sprada started out hot in set one for the Flyers, starting a four-point run with a kill and three back-to-back aces. After tying the set at 22 apiece, another ace for Sprada and a kill by Abigail Cresse gave Dayton set point, taking the set lead on a kill by Kamryn Hunt.
Dayton took an early 5-2 lead in the second set, but the Golden Eagles held on, tying the set seven times before making the match even at one set each.
A pair of four-point runs in the third helped keep momentum with the Flyers. Gabriela Machin Borges began the first run for a 9-6 lead, with Cresse sending Dayton to double-digits. A pair of kills by Sprada widened the lead to 12-6. Trailing 18-16, a block by sophomores Addi Gallentine and Charlotte Vinson earned the sideout to send Dayton ahead, before taking a two-set advantage from a kill by Machin Borges.
Marquette started the fourth set with a 16-13 lead before Dayton went on a seven-point tear featuring a kill each from Hunt, Machin Borges and Sprada. Marquette attempted a comeback, putting the set within two at 23-21 in favor of the Flyers before Vinson and Hunt put away the match.
BY THE NUMBERS
18 – Kills on 38 attacks for Sidney Sprada, pacing the Flyers
3 – Flyers with double-digit kills: Gabriela Machin Borges (10), Charlotte Vinson (15) and Sprada (18)
29 – Assists for Natalie Harrington in her collegiate debut
5 – Block assists for Addi Gallentine
6 – Total service aces for Dayton, led by Sprada's four
8 – Total team blocks for UD, compared to seven for Marquette
29 – Tie scores on the night, with 12 lead changes
UP NEXT
Dayton will face Santa Clara at noon and end the Flyer Invitational against Eastern Illinois at 7 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 29.
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