THE FLYERS
The Flyers are 9-5-3 overall, 5-3-1 in the Atlantic 10 Conference and currently in fourth place in the conference standings. For the Flyers to make the six-team A-10 Championship field, UD would need just one loss from either Duquesne, Saint Joseph's or Massachusetts this weekend. If each of those three teams were to win out, Dayton would be shutout out of the A-10 Championship field for the first time since 1995 (the year the Flyers entered the A-10). Either way, UD's Baujan Field will host the A-10 Women's Soccer Championship Nov. 3-6.

UD LEADERS
Senior forward Reba Sedlacek, the defending A-10 Offensive Player of the Year, continues to lead the Flyers in scoring with 17 points on seven goals and three assists. She has struck for four game-winners. Sedlacek currently stands fifth all-time at UD in goals (34) and fourth all-time in points (87). Senior midfielder Katie Lowstuter has eight points on two goals and four assists. In goal, sophomore goalkeeper Niki Reed is putting together a stellar season as she owns the A-10's best goals against average of 0.76. She has five shutouts and a 9-5-3 record. Reed transferred from Vanderbilt University for this season.

SCOUTING TEXAS
Coming off an NCAA Sweet 16 appearance last season in their fourth-straight NCAA berth -- the Longhorns are led by the trio of Kelsey Carpenter, Caitlin Kennedy and Ashley Foster, each in double-digit points. Carpenter's 15 points (6 goals, 3 assists) is followed by 13 from Kennedy and 10 from Foster. Goalkeeper Dianna Pfenninger has played a bulk of the minutes in goal (1198 minutes) and owns a 0.98 GAA and 7-5-0 record. Texas is outscoring the opposition 27-18 in goals. UT and UD share no common opponents.

THE SERIES
Friday's match marks the first meeting between Dayton and Texas. Former UD assistant coach Greg Sheen (1999-2002) is now an assistant at Texas.

A-10 CHAMPIONSHIP COMING TO DAYTON
Baujan Field will play host to the 2005 Atlantic 10 Women's Soccer Championship Nov. 3-6. The top six teams in the conference will square off, with a berth in the NCAA Championship on the line. Thursday's quarterfinal matches are set for 5:30 and 8:00 p.m. The semifinals will also kickoff at 5:30 and 8:00 p.m. Friday, with Sunday's championship at 1:00 p.m. For ticket information, contact the UD Ticket Office at 937-229-4433 or visiting DaytonFlyers.com. This will mark the third time UD has hosted the A-10 Women's Soccer Championship.

HOME SWEET HOME
Baujan Field, which the Flyers have called home since 1984, has been quite an imposing place for visiting teams. UD has played 191 matches there all-time, compiling an impressive 138-42-11 (.751) record in that period. Dayton has never lost more than five times in one season (5-5-0 in 1996) and has been perfect at home three times (6-0-0 in 2001 and 8-0-0 in 1987 and 8-0-0 last season). UD has won four times at home this season (4-2-1).

UD PICKED AS A-10 FAVORITE
In the preseason poll of Atlantic 10 coaches, the Flyers were voted as the favorite to win the league and defend their title. Conference-newcomer Saint Louis was tabbed second, followed by Richmond and Rhode Island. The other A-10 newcomer, Charlotte, rounded out the top five.

HEAD COACH Mike Tucker
Now in his 11th season at the helm, head coach Mike Tucker continues to climb the charts among the NCAA's winningest coaches. With a career winning percentage of .731 (154-55-5) entering 2005, Tucker ranks 11th on the NCAA's Division I active coaches list and 29th on the all-time list (includes all divisions).

WINNING WAYS
Since 2000, the women's soccer team owns the seventh-best winning percentage of any program at the NCAA Division I level. Entering this year, UD was 84-23-2 between 2000 and 2004, a winning percentage of .780.

ONE-GOAL WONDERS
Since 2003, (61 matches), more than half (37) have been decided by one goal or less. The Flyers are 24-8-5 in those close-calls, including an incredible 12-2-0 last season and 5-4-3. UD had won 12-straight (including both in the A-10 Championship) last year, before the 2-1 loss in overtime to Wisconsin in the NCAA First Round. Already this season, 12 of UD's 17 matches have been decided by a goal or less.

A LITTLE BIT EXTRA
The Flyers were 3-1-0 in their overtime matches last season and are 0-0-3 this season. UD went to double overtime in both matches at the Virginia Nike Soccer Classic and ended with a 1-1 draw to William & Mary and 2-2 deadlock with Virginia. UD also tied Richmond 0-0 in double OT. All time, UD is 21-12-12 in overtime matches, but an impressive 15-5-8 under Tucker. The loss to Wisconsin in the NCAA Tournament First Round last season was UD's first overtime defeat since the 1999 season.

RECORDS FALL IN 2004
UD ended with a 20-2-0 record, held the nation's longest winning streak at 20 (a UD record), finished ranked 20th and had one of the NCAA's best winning percentages (.909). Additionally, the Flyers broke the school record for wins previously held by the 1999 team that went 18-5-0 and advanced to the NCAA Tournament for the first time in team history. UD allowed just 12 goals all season and shutout a school-record 13 of its 22 opponents -- the eighth-best percentage (.59) in the NCAA. UD also set a new school record for fewest goals allowed in a season (the old record of 14 was set in 2002).

PICTURE PERFECT
The undefeated run through the A-10 regular season was the Flyers' second perfect conference record in school history. UD went a similar 11-0-0 in 2001, swept through the A-10 Championship and made UD's deepest NCAA run to the Sweet 16. The Flyers went 17-6-0 that season against the toughest schedule in team history. Last year's perfect run helped the Flyers clinch their seventh-consecutive A-10 regular season title and record eighth overall. UD allowed A-10 opposition to score a league-low three goals during the regular season as the Flyers tallied a league-leading 28.