Dayton (23-5 overall) finished 16-0 in the regular season, going undefeated in league play for the fifth time. It has not lost an A-10 match since the final game of the 2019 regular season when VCU beat it 3-2 in Dayton. It has won six of the last seven A-10 tournaments.
Dayton takes a 17-match winning streak into the A-10 tournament. It received a first-round bye and will play No. 4 seed Davidson (14-12, 10-6) or No. 5 Duquesne (12-15, 7-9) in the semifinal at 1:30 p.m. Saturday. No. 2 VCU (18-11, 13-3) will play No. 3 Saint Louis (18-11, 11-5) or No. 6 Fordham (8-20, 5-11) in the other semifinal at 4 p.m.
The championship match will take place at 1:30 p.m. Sunday. The winner earns a berth in the NCAA Tournament.
All the A-10 tournament matches will air on ESPN+.
Recruiting news: Dayton announced the signing of five 2022 recruits on Wednesday: Karissa Kaminski (Howards Grove, Wis./Howards Grove); Kaitlyn McNeel (Richmond, Va./Godwin); Mia Otten (Bartlesville, Okla./Bartlesville); Liana Sarkissian (Cos Cob, Conn./Greenwich); and Emily Young (Louisville, Ky./Sacred Heart).
“This class is going to be a great complimentary piece to our returners and we believe they will fill in some gaps that we needed to address moving forward to create a highly competitive team for the next few years,” Horsmon said in a press release. “We love the character of these individuals and think they will continue our tradition and legacy of highly competitive teams while representing UD at a very high level. They are a great fit to our Dayton Flyer family.”
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