Dayton volleyball team, ranked 18th in the country, has won 20 matches in a row

Flyers play at Rhode Island this weekend
Lexie Almodovar, center, of the Dayton volleyball team, serves during a match against Western Kentucky at the Frericks Center on Friday, Aug. 24, 2023. Photo courtesy of University of Dayton Athletics

Lexie Almodovar, center, of the Dayton volleyball team, serves during a match against Western Kentucky at the Frericks Center on Friday, Aug. 24, 2023. Photo courtesy of University of Dayton Athletics

The beat rolls on for the Dayton Flyers volleyball team, which hasn’t lost a match since Sept. 6. Here’s a breakdown of all the team has accomplished:

* Dayton (25-2) has won 20 matches in a row. That’s tied for the fourth-longest winning streak in school history. Its only losses are to Marquette (15-8), which ranks 25th in the country, and Louisville (20-2), which ranks third.

• Dayton is ranked 18th in the American Volleyball Coaches Association poll.

• Dayton ranks 20th in the RPI.

• Dayton is 14-0 in the Atlantic 10 Conference. It has lost only two sets in A-10 play. It has a two-game lead over Loyola Chicago (12-2) with four to play.

Dayton plays two matches at Rhode Island this weekend and two against Virginia Commonwealth next weekend at the Frericks Center.

If Dayton wins its last four matches, it will have its winningest season since 2016, when it was 30-2. It would be its first unbeaten A-10 finish since 2021 when it was 16-0.

• On Monday, junior Lexie Almodovar was named the A-10 Player of the Week, and senior Lindsey Winner, a Versailles graduate, was named Defensive Player of the week.

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