PREVIEW: Dukes Prepare for Dayton on a Quick Turnaround

PITTSBURGH – The Duquesne volleyball team travels to Dayton for a single match Tuesday evening at 5:00 P.M. It's a quick turnaround for the Dukes after playing two matches this weekend.

The match will available to watch on ESPN+ and live stats will be available.

SERIES BREAKDOWN VS. DAYTON

All-Time Series: Duquesne is 4-51 all-time against Dayton.
First Meeting: Sept. 15, 1990 at DUQ – Dayton won 3-0
Last Meeting: Nov. 20, 2021 at DUQ – Dayton won 3-2 | Recap | Box Score
Streak: Dayton, W15

THE DUKES

Duquesne is 3-13 overall and 0-4 in conference play. The Dukes dropped both games to George Washington this past weekend.
In the five-set loss Friday, five different Duquesne players had double-digit kills for the first time all season.
The Dukes are on a five-game losing streak and will try to break that against the 8-9 Dayton Flyers.
In the most recent matchup between these two, Dayton won a 3-2 match in the A-10 Semifinals last November.
Freshman Carsyn Henschen leads the team and ranks third in the A-10 with 174 kills.
Henschen was named to the Duquesne/RMU Invitational All-Tournament Team Sept. 3 after totaling 41 kills and seven service aces in the three matches.
Freshman Ariel Helm was named to the Chattanooga Classic All-Tournament Team Sept. 10. She leads the team with 49 blocks, which ranks eighth in the conference.
Senior Morgan Kelly ranks second on the team with 2.79 kills per set. The senior returns after earning a spot on the Atlantic 10 All-Conference Second Team in 2021 after putting up 3.48 kills per set, which was the second-best in the conference.
Kelly is coming off of a weekend where she totaled 26 kills in two matches to lead the team.
Senior Anita Parrott was named to the Penn State Invitational All-Tournament Team the first weekend of the season. She recorded 15 kills and 1.1 blocks per set in the three matches.
Senior setter Hailey Poling is tied for the conference lead with 518 assists and ranks second with 8.63 assists per set. She led the A-10 with 1,114 assists in 2021.
Sophomore Anna Shoemake returns after being named to the A-10 All-Rookie Team last season after ranking fourth on the team with 254 points and third with 206 kills.
The Dukes are coming off of a 13-16 (7-9 A-10) season that ended in the A-10 Championship semifinals against the eventual-champion Dayton in a five-set thriller.
Three of the Dukes' top four point-getters return for the 2022 season.
Duquesne was picked to finish sixth in the A-10 by the league's coach in the 2022 Atlantic 10 Preseason Poll.

DUQUESNE HEAD COACH STEVE OPPERMAN (Ohio State '87)

Steve Opperman enters his 25^th season as the head coach of the Dukes in 2021.
He owns a career-record of 465-479 and a mark of 346-363 at Duquesne.
Opperman collected his 450^th-career victory with a 3-0 win over Youngstown State in the 2021 season opener.
The New Bremen, Ohio native is Duquesne's all-time winningest coach with 344 career victories on The Bluff.
He is a four-time Atlantic 10 Coach of the Year (co-2001, co-2004, co-2010 and 2013).
Opperman coached the first two AVCA All-Americans in program history, Liz Homan (2010) and Arielle Love (2014).
The Ohio State alum has coached 16 First or Second Team A-10 All-Conference players (a total of 24 times).
He has coached 23 A-10 All-Rookie Team members.
Opperman arrived in Pittsburgh in 1998 after spending seven seasons as the head coach at Wright State, where he amassed a record of 119-116 from 1991-97.

SCOUTING DAYTON (ROSTER | SCHEDULE | STATS)

Dayton is 8-9 and 2-2 in conference play. The Flyers are coming off two losses this past weekend to Davidson.
The Flyers are the reigning A-10 Champions and eliminated the Dukes last season in the A-10 semifinals.
Redshirt junior Amelia Moore (166), senior Grace Dynda (160) and redshirt sophomore Lexie Almodovar (155) lead the team in kills as a trio.
Moore is tied for the conference lead in blocks with 94.
Redshirt junior Livie Sandt ranks third in the A-10 with 511 assists.
After winning the conference tournament last season, the Flyers advanced to the second round of the NCAA tournament before losing to Purdue.
Dayton was picked to win its fifth-straight A-10 title this year.
Moore, Sandt and Almodovar were each named to the 2021 All-Conference team.
Tim Horsmon is in his 14^th overall season as the head coach of the Flyers. He has an overall record of 507-263