Over the years since 2006 when I started following, UD has had many players ranked in the Top 100 in individual stats on a national level. Never have we done what we have done so far this season. Ever. Not even close.
I just looked up every individual stat on NCAA.com, which they have updated through yesterday 10/3/23. Not counting Triple-doubles, which isn’t really a stat, but rather a compiled list…Dayton has a Top 100 person FOR EVERY CATEGORY —ALL 16. All but 1 are Top 52. And, there are 6 players in this group. I would bet we’ve never had more that 3 players at any time in the Top 100 stat leaders.
Drum roll please…here are the Flyer National Stat Leaders:
#4 Total Kills - Lexie
#8 Total Points - Lexie
#8 Total Aces - Taylor
#9 Total Assists - Alyssa
#11 Total Attacks - Lexie
#13 Total Blocks - Amelia
#14 Kills/Set - Lexie
#16 Points/Set - Lexie
#30 Attacks/Set - Lexie
#34 Assists/Set - Alyssa
#34 Aces/Set - Taylor
#41 Blocks/Set - Amelia
#50 Digs/Set - Karissa
#52 Total Digs - Karissa
#100 Hitting Percentage - Alayna
I can not express how impressive all of this is. In the off-season there were a couple of us that privately expressed we needed more players to step up and improve their level of play. We said if we only have Lexie and Amelia performing at an A10 First Team level, we would struggle again this year. Never in our wildest dreams did we expect so many players playing at such a high level. It’s unprecedented for Flyer Volleyball, and historically we’ve had some very good teams. And then you add in the following players as role players and/or are just young but playing so well that see the court every match - Anna, Emily, Gaby and Liana. It’s just been a pleasure to see this team come together and they aren’t finished yet.
