May 16, 2007

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UD closes out its regular season with a three-game series against Atlantic 10 foe Saint Louis. The Flyers and Billikens will meet on Thursday and Friday at 8 p.m. ET and Saturday at 2 p.m. ET. All three games can be followed with Gametracker at www.DaytonFlyers.com.

Entering the final weekend of the season, senior Michael Massa and the Flyers are looking to work their way up the record books. Massa heads to the `Gateway City' just four hits shy of the career record at UD - 270 base hits by Flyer Hall of Famer Ryan Fleming (1995-98). Dayton's leadoff batter is already the program's all-time leader in career runs scored, triples and stolen bases. Massa is second on the Dayton roster this season with 20 multi-hit games.

The Flyers also look to continue their move up the charts of the NCAA Record Book in times hit by pitch. UD became the first team in Atlantic 10 history and just the 12th team in NCAA history to be hit by pitch 100 times in a single season and have done so at a more rapid rate than any other team. The Flyers have now been punked 103 times in just 51 games played and are the only school in the nation to average at least two batters hit in each game. Dayton has the ninth highest total in collegiate history and reached its current mark in less games than any other team below it in the NCAA Record Book..

Dayton has already clinched its fourth straight 20-win season and its seventh since 2001 under the direction of eighth-year head coach Tony Vittorio. Over half of UD's 20-win campaigns (7 of 13) have taken place in the Vittorio era.