Dayton, Ohio – The Duquesne University volleyball team concluded its three-match road swing on Tuesday evening, dropping a 3-0 contest at #19 Dayton inside the Frericks Center. With the slip, the Dukes fall to 13-11 overall and 4-8 in Atlantic 10 action.

POINT OF EMPHASIS
Dayton (22-1 / 12-0) took an early 1-0 lead in the match after capturing a 25-11 victory in the opening stanza. In set two, the Flyers held a 5-1 advantage before Duquesne trimmed the deficit with a 3-1 stint. Juniors Carsyn Henschen and Ariel Helm sparked the run with a block, followed by a kill from graduate student Elizabeth Drelling. After a Dayton point, Drelling found the floor successfully again to cap the stint. The Flyers responded with five consecutive points to extend its lead, 11-4. Later in the stanza, the Dukes mounted four straight points to trim the deficit, 14-11. Sophomore Jordan Robertson started the run with a point, followed by a block from Robertson and classmate Avery Hobson. Duquesne took advantage of Back-to-back miscues by the Flyers to end the stint. A successful swing by Helm would bring the deceit to three (18-15) but that's as close as the Dukes would get as Dayton registered seven consecutive points to take a 25-15 win.

THIRD SET
It was a back-and-forth affair to begin set three as the two teams traded the first 12 points. The Flyers would open things up after stringing together a 9-1 run to hold a 15-7 advantage. Duquesne would counter with three straight points of its own to cut the deficit, thanks to kills from Drelling and freshman Emersen Schrom while tallying a block from Hobson and Robertson. Hobson would find the floor successfully to make it 19-13 but Dayton scored six of the final seven points to take the match, 25-14.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
Elizabeth Drelling led the way with nine kills and a .412 hitting percentage while Ariel Helm and Jordan Robertson each tallied four kills. Helm registered a .375 swing percentage and three blocks while Robertson totaled four rejections. Graduate student Grace Kristofic totaled 13 assists and seven digs while freshman Amalia Martin carded eight assists and six digs.

UP NEXT
Duquesne returns to Pittsburgh when it welcomes Loyola Chicago for a two-game series on Friday, Nov. 1 and Saturday, Nov. 2 inside UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse.