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DAYTON WOMEN’S SOCCER FALLS 2-1 AT LA SALLE

PHILADELPHIA – The University of Dayton women’s soccer team (5-9-0, 3-2-0 A-10) lost its second consecutive Atlantic 10 Conference road match, a 2-1 setback, to La Salle (6-6-2, 3-2-0 A-10) Thursday night at McCarthy Stadium.

STATS OF THE MATCH
Freshman goalkeeper Kaelyn Johns saved a La Salle PK in the 40th minute and just seconds later freshman Beth Kamphaus scored the lone goal for the Flyers.
For the second consecutive match, the Flyers fell behind early as the Explorers scored two goals in the first 21 minutes of the match.
The Explorers outshot Dayton 17-12, including 7-4 on goal.

DAYTON GOAL
40th minute – Kamphaus scored with a low shot after collecting a pass from Ashley Campbell. (La Salle 2, Dayton 1)

LA SALLE GOALS
14th minute – Marykate Bateman chipped a pass to herself over Johns and then shot low rights side after from Clarissa Kirch-Downs passed to her. (La Salle 1, Dayton 0)
22nd minute – Chrissy Vollrath scored on a cornerkick taken by Jessica Kagan. Deja Davis headed it to Vollrath who finished top shelf from the top of the box. (La Salle 2, Dayton 0)

UP NEXT
The Flyers host Fordham this Sunday, Oct. 18 at 1 p.m. at Baujan Field.

Promotions include:

• Wing-eating contest for students with a chance to win a Dayton men’s basketball voucher.
• Posters to the first 150 fans
• Sunglasses giveaway
• Chocolate Cupcake Day – cupcakes to the first 100 fans.
• Free postmatch clinic for all kids, 8th grade and under. (Clinic will begin immediately following the match)
• Dayton Flyer soccer scarves. Be sure to get your card punched eight times to receive a scarf or they are $15 each while supplies last.
• Admission is free to all regular season Dayton home matches at Baujan.

Mireles named Buckeye Charters Athlete of Distinction for September

Dayton, OH -€“ The Athletic Department is pleased to announce that Sophomore Melissa Mireles has received the Buckeye Charters Student-Athlete of Distinction Award for the month of September.

Each month the Athletic Department in conjunction with Buckeye Charters, will select a Student-Athlete that has been a leader in all three categories; Community Service, Classroom and Competition,€“ also known as the 3 C’€™s.

This month we would like to honor Sophomore Melissa Mireles of the Volleyball team.  Melissa has been active with the team this fall in the community and continues to lead the way in the Classroom.  She was Academic All-Conference last season and was a member of the 2014-15 Sinclair Volleyball team that earned a prestigious team honor of NJCAA All-Academic Team for an overall team GPA of over 3.0 for the year. Melissa has also been a leader on the court helping the Pride to a 14-9 record to date.

Special thanks go out to Buckeye Charters for helping establish this monthly award that honors those student-athletes that are great in the three C’€™s.  Buckeye Charters have been providing quality and reliable transportation for student-athletes around the region as well as many other groups for over 22 years.  They have proven over the many years of partnership with the athletic department that they also value the commitment to high standards, and this is why we are pleased to name this monthly award: The Buckeye Charters Student-Athlete of Distinction