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Box Score

Butler Butler 3-3,0-0 Big East

Dayton UD 4-1,0-0 Atlantic 10

Butler Butler

3-3,0-0 Big East

Final

Sep. 02, 2023

Dayton UD

4-1,0-0 Atlantic 10

Set Scores
Team	1	2	3	F
Butler Butler	19	23	23	(0)
Dayton UD	25	25	25	(3)

Game Recap: Women's Volleyball | 9/2/2023 4:27:00 PM | Ethan Polak

@ButlerVB Drops to the Host Flyers in the Final Outing at the Dayton Flyer Classic

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Dayton Flyer Classic All-Tournament Team

DAYTON — On the final day of the Dayton Flyer Classic, the Butler volleyball team lost in a three-match decision (25-19, 25-23, 25-23) against the host Flyers. The Bulldogs move to 3-3 on the season while Dayton improves to 4-1. Jaymeson Kinley was named to the 2023 Dayton Flyer Classic Team after tallying 64 digs (5.33 digs per set) over the weekend.

Set 1: Dayton 25-19
The start of the first was all Bulldogs after a kill and serving ace by Abby Maesch helped the team storm out to a 5-0 lead. Dayton would come flying back to tie the game back at 6-6 and pull away. Butler would crawl back with the help of kills by Mariah Grunze to tie the score at 18 a piece. The Flyers then took control of the game right back, closing out the first set on a 6-0 spurt. Grunze finished with a team-high five kills while Kinley and Cora Taylor tied for a set-high four digs.

Set 2: Dayton 25-23
Butler opened the second set with another early 3-0 lead using kills from Grunze and Jaeda Lockhart. The Flyers would hang around eventually expanding 13-9. The Bulldogs fought back to regain the lead after a 4-0 spurt after a kill from Elise Ward and a serving ace by Maesch to bring the score to 19-16. Dayton followed by rattling off points to take the lead and sneak away with the win 25-23. Four Bulldogs finished with three or more kills including Ward and Lockhart at three kills and Grunze and Maesch at four kills.

Set 3: Dayton 25-23
For the third frame in a row, Butler started with the lead after kills by Lockhart and a serving ace by Rylie Tam brought the score to 6-3. Dayton responded with a 3-0 spurt to tie the game at 8-8. The two teams would remain within two points for the rest of the set until the Flyers reached their largest lead of the set at 23-20. The Bulldogs had one last-ditch effort bringing the deficit to one point at 24-23, but Dayton would then score on the final point to win the match. Ward's four kills led the team while Taylor reached 12 assists in the set.

Stat of the Match
Out of all four teams at the Dayton Flyer Classic, Mariah Grunze was the only hitter to earn three straight double-doubles this weekend. Grunze tallied 12 kills and 10 digs against Dayton to bring her total to 36 kills and 41 digs over the last three matches.

Inside the Box Score

Taylor ended the match with 29 assists, seven digs, and two blocks
Kinley amassed a game-high 18 digs along with four assists
Grunze totaled 12 digs and 10 digs
Maesch padded the stat sheet with nine kills, eight digs, and two serving aces
Lockhart finished with the highest hitting percentage at .385 to go with her eight kills and one block
Ward set new career highs with eight kills and seven digs

Up Next
Butler will head south to Morehead, Ky. next weekend for the MSU Comfort Inn-vitational. The Bulldogs will start their first of three matches against Northern Kentucky beginning on Friday, Sept. 8 at 1 p.m.

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