DAYTON — The Wright State volleyball team makes the short trip across town to play in the Dayton Invitational Friday and Saturday, with the Raiders taking on UIC and Ball State on Friday before a matchup with Dayton on Saturday afternoon. Wright State will get underway against UIC at 11 a.m. from the Frericks Center before facing off against Ball State at 5 p.m. Friday night. Saturday's matchup against Dayton is set for a 1 p.m. start and is expected to be streamed on ESPN+.

MATCH INFORMATION
Friday, September 8 - vs. UIC - 11 a.m. - Live Stats
Friday, September 8 - vs. Ball State - 5 p.m. - Live Stats
Saturday, September 9 - at Dayton - 1 p.m. - Watch - Live Stats

LAST TIME OUT
Wright State went 1-2 last weekend at the Hampton Inn Invitational, sweeping (RV) Loyola Chicago in the process. The Raiders opened the weekend pushing Texas A&M to five sets in a matchup that went back-and-forth all afternoon, while they also fell in four sets to tournament host Bowling Green.

WESSLING WEEKEND WRAP
Jenny Wessling was named to the Hampton Inn Invitational all-tournament team, one of seven players to earn the recognition, after finishing with 53 digs in 12 sets played, adding a service ace in all three matches along with 14 assists. Wessling has now had four or more assists in her last four matches, with eight last weekend against Louisville. The eight helpers against Louisville marked the third time in her career she's reached that mark (career-high is 14), while she passed out four or more assists seven times last year at High Point.

DAYTON INVITATIONAL
Wright State will open tournament action with a familiar foe in former Horizon League opponent UIC, squaring off for the 66th time. The Raiders ahd Ball State have 22 prior meetings and Wright State-Dayton will meet for the 62nd time on Saturday afternoon.

HELLO FAMILIAR FOE
Wright State and Dayton will face each other for the fourth straight season, dating back to the Spring 2021 season, and the fifth time overall in that time span. Prior to the Spring 2021 meeting, the teams hadn't met since the 2016 season and had only met four times since 2010.

KNOW THE FOES
- UIC has opened the season 5-2, with all seven matches coming at home. UIC notched a 22-10 overall record and a 13-5 conference record in the Missouri Valley Conference. The Flames fell to Drake in the MVC semifinal match to end their 2022 season. The Raiders will look to inch closer in the all-time series against their former Horizon League foe, with the Flames leading 37-28.
- Ball State has lost its last three matches and is 2-4 overall on the young season. A season ago, Ball State finished as the Mid-American Conference runner-up and received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament. The Cardinals fell to Marquette in the first round of the NCAA tournament, but not before recording a 24-9 record overall and 15-3 mark in the MAC. The Cardinals lead the all-time series, 14-8.
- Dayton is off to a 5-2 start, all at home, and is coming off a Wednesday loss to Louisville. The 2022 season saw the Dayton finish as the runner-up in the Atlantic 10 conference. The Flyers tallied 20 victories and 14 defeats overall, including a 12-6 record in conference play. The Raiders swept the Flyers last year to come within one game of tying up the all-time series, a series the Flyers lead 31-30.

QUICK HITTERS FROM THE WEEKEND
-Megan Alders' 23 kills Thursday are now tied for her career-high with a 23-kill effort against Marshall in 2021. The three service aces for Alders were one shy of her career best four, set at Green Bay back in October 2019. The three service aces Thursday were the first of the season for her after she recorded just one over the 2020, 2021 and 2022 seasons.
-Callie Martin's double-double vs. Texas A&M was her first of the season after she recorded 10-plus kills and digs 13 times in 2022. She now has 26 double-doubles in her career.
-Camryn Hausler's four kills on Thursday were one more than her career total entering the day and her first since November 12, 2022 at Youngstown State.
-Down two points late in the fifth set, freshman Lauren Yacobucci was called on for her first collegiate action, promptly passing out the first assist of her career.
-Friday, Reilly Zegunis recorded five blocks for the second straight match and has now recorded multiple blocks in the last four contests after none in her collegiate debut. Her nine kills just missed out on her second double-digit kill performance of her young career.
-Aaliyah Byers turned in seven kills Friday for the second consecutive match and now has five or more kills in all four matches played this season. She had five-plus kills 18 times in 2022, recording 10 or more kills four times.
-Jenny Morey reached double-digit digs for the third time this season and second time last  weekend with 11 on Saturday. She entered the year with 17 combined double-digit dig efforts over her first two seasons.