Volleyball Heads to Dayton to Close Out Season

RHODE ISLAND at DAYTON
Friday, Nov. 11 at 7:00 p.m.
Saturday, Nov. 12 at 4:00 p.m.
Frericks Center (Dayton, Ohio)
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RHODE ISLAND (6-23, 2-14 Atlantic 10)

Rhode Island hits the road for its final matches of the season, Friday and Saturday at Dayton.
The Rams are 10-38 all time against the Flyers, and have lost each of the last 12 meetings between the two teams.
URI's last win over UD was a 3-2 victory during the 2013 season.
The Rams rank fourth in the conference in service aces per set (1.53), but are last in every other statistical category – points per set (13.35), hitting percentage (.136), kills per set (10.19), assists per set (9.42), blocks per set (1.63) and digs per set (12.45).
Individually, sophomore Hannah Blaney is fourth in the A-10 in total service aces (37) and seventh in digs per set (3.85).
Grad student Gabrielle Shilling has the team's best hitting percentage (.279) and leads URI in total blocks, with 90 (15 solos).
Junior Brynne Wright leads the Rams in total kills (257) and is second in both service aces (30) and digs (193).
Freshman Hope Passerello has been the team's starting setter in each of the last 12 matches. She is averaging 6.25 assists per set.

DAYTON (16-13, 10-6 Atlantic 10)

Dayton enters the ranked third in the Atlantic 10 with a 10-6 league record.
It is an unfamiliar spot for the Flyers, who have earned a first-round bye (top-2 teams) in the A-10 Championship in 15 of the last 16 seasons since the conference tournament expanded to six teams.
The only other time UD finished the regular season outside of the top-2 was in 2013.
The Flyers are 6-5 when playing on their home court this season.
Dayton leads the conference in total team blocks with 217.
UD ranks second in service aces (198), kills (1,431) and assists (1,295).
Individually, Lexie Almodovar leads the A-10 in both kills per set (3.97) and points per set (4.58).
Amelia Moore is third in the conference in hitting percentage (.337) and blocks per set (1.33). In total, she has 150 blocks.
Four different players – Anna Wuensch (322), Grace Dynda (233), Almodovar (211) and Karissa Kaminski (202) – have 200 or more digs for the Flyers.
Dynda leads the team with 41 service aces, which ranks second in the A-10.

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Players Mentioned

#5 Hannah Blaney: L/DS; 5' 5"; Sophomore

#10 Hope Passerello: S/RS; 6' 0"; Redshirt Freshman

#9 Gabrielle Shilling: OH; 6' 0"; Graduate Student

#3 Brynne Wright: OH; 6' 0"; Junior

Players Mentioned

#5 Hannah Blaney
: 5' 5"; Sophomore
: L/DS

#10 Hope Passerello
: 6' 0"; Redshirt Freshman
: S/RS

#9 Gabrielle Shilling
: 6' 0"; Graduate Student
: OH

#3 Brynne Wright
: 6' 0"; Junior
: OH