Sept. 14, 2004

OXFORD, Ohio--Led by double-doubles from senior outside hitter Tara Buroker (Bluffton, Ohio/Bluffton) and freshman outside hitter Jeanna Staun (Loveland, Ohio/Ursuline Academy), Miami University's volleyball swept Dayton in three games, 30-18, 30-27 and 30-28 to move to 2-4 on the season. Dayton falls to 3-3.

Bolstered by a .400 team hitting percentage in the first game, Miami surged to a 30-18 win. After a Buroker kill, the RedHawks posted a seven-point advantage, 17-10. Dayton was able to close the gap to four, 20-16, but Miami went on a 10-2 flurry with help from three kills by Buroker and a junior setter Megan Clark (Solon, Ohio/Solon) service ace to end the game.

The second game was a much closer battle. Miami opened the game with a 7-3 lead, but the Flyers came back to tie things up, 12-12. No team led by more than three points until the RedHawks rattled off six unanswered points after a 20-20 tie. Senior outside hitter Angie Zent (Fort Wayne, Ind./Northrop) tallied two kills, while Buroker and redshirt freshman Kate Norris (Indianapolis, Ind./Bishop Chatard) knocked down a block and Staun served up and ace during the surge. Miami held a 29-23 lead, but the Flyers chalked up four straight points to put them within two of the RedHawks, 27-29. A UD attack error, however, ended the second game in favor of Miami, 30-27.

After a 5-5 tie in the first game, two Buroker service aces and two kills from Staun helped Miami post a 10-5 lead. Dayton closed the gap to one, 20-19, and eventually knotted the game four times at 23-23, 24-24, 25-25 and 26-26. Two Flyer attack errors and another Staun kill gave the RedHawks a three-point cushion, 29-26. A kill from Dayton's Shanna Pressler and a block by Andi Moran put the Flyers within one of the RedHawks, 28-29. Norris put down the final kill to ice the game for the RedHawks, 30-28.

Buroker posted a team-best 13 kills and posted 10 digs for Miami. Staun added 12 kills a team-best 13 digs and a .417 hitting percentage, while Norris added 10 kills, four blocks and a .562 hitting percentage.

For Dayton, Faye Barhorst tallied a match-high 15 kills and posted a .444 hitting percentage. Christy Utnage and Pressler contributed 10 kills apiece.

Miami returns to action this weekend when it hosts the Miami Best Western Sycamore Inn Classic, which features Georgia Tech, Middle Tennessee and IPFW along with the host RedHawks.

9/17-18 hosts Miami Best Western/Sycamore Inn Classic 9/17 Middle Tennessee vs. IPFW, 5 p.m. 9/17 Miami vs. Georgia Tech, 7 p.m.

9/18 Georgia Tech vs. Middle Tennessee, 9:30 a.m. 9/18 Miami vs. IPFW, 11:30 a.m. 9/18 IPFW vs. Georgia Tech, 4 p.m. 9/18 Miami vs. Middle Tennessee, 6:30 p.m.