How It Happened
Rhode Island (10-10, 3-2 A-10) snapped a 20-match losing streak against Dayton, beating the Flyers in five sets Saturday night. The Rams won 14-25, 25-22, 27-25, 12-25, 19-17.

After Dayton (8-10, 2-4 A-10) breezed through the opening set, the Rams won the next two. In the third set, Rhody trailed 24-21 before scoring seven of the final eight points to close the set out.

The Flyers powered back to take the fourth set and even the match. However, Rhode Island built a 9-6 lead in the fifth set. The teams traded a few points before the Flyers scored back-to-back points to make it 12-11. The teams again traded points, before a kill by Layne Self gave the Rams match point at 14-12. Dayton stayed alive with a kill by Jill Loiars, and tied it on a block by Megan Campbell and Isolde Hannan.

Another kill from Self gave the Rams a third match point at 15-14, but Dayton again managed to stay alive with a Hannan kill. Self followed with yet another kill, but for the fourth time, the Flyers responded with a point of their own.

This time, Dayton set up its own match point at 17-16, but a Jill Anderson kill kept the Rams alive. Freshman Lena Vedder put the Rams up 18-17, and sophomore Franki Darnold closed out the win with a kill assisted by senior Britta Baarstad.

It was Rhode Island's first win over Dayton since a 3-1 victory on Sept. 28, 2001.
 
Inside the Box Score

• Freshman Callan Kinnan recorded the eighth double-double of her career, finishing with 54 assists and 15 digs. Sophomore Franki Darnold added her team-best ninth double-double of the season with 17 kills and 12 digs.
• With the 54 assists, Kinnan topped 50 for the fifth time this season. She now has 723 assists this season and needs just 277 more to become just the eighth player in program history with 1,000 in one season. The last player to do so was Chelsea Wisz, who had 1,011 in 2004.
• Freshman Lena Vedder had 17 kills, setting a new career high. In her last three matches she has 33 kills. She had 37 kills combined in her first 12 matches.
• In her second match back from injury, senior captain Jill Anderson had nine kills.
• Sophomore Lizzy Scanlon had 14 digs. It was the 11th time the libero has reached double digits.
• Senior Britta Baarstad provided 16 digs, giving her 33 combined in the last three matches.

Stat of the Day
15 – Rhode Island had dropped 15 consecutive sets to Dayton before taking the second set, 25-22 Saturday. The last set the Rams had won against the Flyers was the second set of a 3-1 loss on Oct. 10, 2009.

Stat of the Day II
64 – Each team had 64 kills in the match. 

What's Next
Rhode Island plays a pair of road matches next weekend, travelling to Duquesne Friday, Oct. 18 for a 7 p.m. start. The Rams then go to Dayton Sunday, Oct. 20 at 1 p.m.