Cards Volleyball disposes of Dayton in three sets -- TUESDAY CARDINAL COUPLE

 FLYERS GROUNDED IN LNFCUA

The Dayton Flyers came to visit the Louisville volleyball squad Monday night for a match in the LNFCUA, but might have been well advised to just stay home and save the travel expense. Louisville took down the Flyers in three sets -- 25-14, 25-14 and 25-11. 

In the process, UofL set a new record for team hitting percentage (.487). Here's a brief recap:

SET ONE

Dayton did get the first two points of the set, but Louisville came back aggressively and took a 7-2 lead. The Cards continued to keep up the attack and a 8-3 run had them up 15-5. After the media break, Dayton did their best to keep pace with Uofl, and just narrowly lost the final segment 10-9. Louisville showed out for an appreciative home crowd and took the opener 25-14. 

SET TWO

Dayton was able to stay pretty close to open the second set...playing to a 3-3 tie early on.  That may have raised an eyebrow or two among the Louisville fan base. Chloe Meester decided she wanted to get in on the party, though, and had six kills in a 12-3 stretch that had the Cards up 15-6 at the media break. Addison Makun impressed with two kills to close out the second set -- giving UofL another 25-14 win. 

SET THREE

After the halftime break, the Cards decided to flex a bit and scored the first seven points of the set. Dayton did try to battle back as best they could and the ensuing 8-6 Louisville advantage  set the score at 15-6 at the media timeout. Chloe Chicoine decided to slam a few across the net, and UofL took the final segment 10-5 and end the match. A  25-11 closing set. 

A good workman-like effort by the Cards against the A-10 foe, and Dan Meske remarked after the match: 

"It was a great match. Dayton is a really good program that plays teams tough .and to play the way we did against a program like that was really impressive. It's nice to get a lot of people involved. It's always the plan to play our best, and if we have opportunities to get people some chances ,we'll take advantage and today was a great day for that. We had a lot of people get extended time, and that was nice."

Louisville, now 3-1 on the season, will host TCU next in the L&N on Friday. Sept 4th.

paulie