Sean Prophit’s touchdown lunge (above) was a highlight, but it was the lowlights that plagued Dayton Saturday in a frustrating loss to visiting Duquesne. Read Hal McCoy’s account of the game in today’s Press Pros inside feature.
Recent Dayton Flyers Articles
Sep
10
UD Football: When Less Seems More…
UD’s home-opening win over Division I Southeast Missouri served as friendly reminder…that the best things in life (and especially sports) are easier than you think, and not to be taken for granted.
Sep
9
Hal: UD Plays ‘Large’ In Win Over Southeast Missouri…
Out-sized, Dayton’s running game simply wore down the bigger Southeast Missouri Redhawks Saturday for the Flyers’ first win of the season. Read more on the game from Hal McCoy in today’s Press Pros inside feature.
Sep
2
McCoy: All Good Things Must Come To An End…
Their charmed existence over Robert Morris ran out. Dayton falls in the season opener on a freshman kicker’s 26 yard field goal, 13-10. Read more about the game from Hal McCoy… with our debut of Flyer football in today’s Press Pros inside feature.
May
10
Raiders Edge Flyers In A Classic Repeat
Like “deja vu all over again”, Dayton and Wright State hooked up Tuesday with the exact same results of their game earlier this season. Funny, unless you’re a Flyer fan…or Tony Vittorio. Read the latest Flyer update in today’s Press Pros.
May
7
Dayton Plays Past Errors To Take Series From A-10 Leader VCU
What A ‘Relief’….Connor Echols salutes his eighth inning homer as he circles the bases, and the Dayton Flyers survived Sunday’s high winds and six errors to come back and beat the A-10’s top team, the VCU Rams. Read about it in the latest Flyer baseball update on Press Pros.
May
7
UD Holds On To Hope With Win Over VCU…
Kevin Piersol and the UD Flyers beat the best team in the A-10 in the first game of Saturday’s doubleheader to keep their hopes alive for a conference tourney berth. Read about it from Greg Billing in the latest update on Flyers baseball from Press Pros.
Apr
19
April showers … When it rains it pours for Flyers, who drop to 2-12 in April
Inconsistency struck again at Spectrum Stadium. The UD Flyers committed miscues and couldn’t come up with that clutch hit in an 11-7 loss to Toledo on Wednesday.
Apr
15
Snakebit, Or Worse…Flyers Drop Series To George Mason
The Flyers scored early, and often enough through the first five innings; but could not withstand prosperity. They lost the first game of their Saturday twinbill, and the series, to George Mason.
Apr
14
The Numbers Don’t Lie…UD Drops Series Opener To George Mason
Hard To Watch? Dayton’s Connor Echols’ mood reflects his frustration Friday as the Dayton Flyers’ season woes continued. The Flyers lost to George Mason in game one of their weekend A-10 Conference series. Read more on the game in the latest Press Pros inside feature.
Mar
21
Sunshine On A Cloudy Day…Flyers Prep For Conf. With Win Over BG
While the sun was shining, a freshman pitcher came up aces – and the bullpen got a final tuneup before this weekends conference opener with Richmond. Dayton beat Bowling Green Tuesday, 3-1. Read about the game in today’s inside feature on Press Pros Magazine.
Mar
6
Hal: Turtle Power…Flyers Drop Weekend Finale to Big Ten Maryland…
The Flyers got pitched to by powerful Maryland, and had no response of their own from youth on the mound. Dayton drops the final game of the weekend in North Carolina, 11-2.
Mar
4
Hal: “Consistency” A Problem In Flyers’ Loss To William And Mary
They hit like the ’27 Yankees one day, and they’re baffled the next by a young sophomore from William and Mary. The Dayton Flyers look to find some consistency on the mound and at the plate before A-10 play begins.
Mar
3
Hal: UD Bats Continue To Thunder, Take Series Opener In NC…
The bats stay hot and the Flyers got enough pitching to win the opening game of their weekend series at the Notre Dame Irish Baseball Classic. Hal McCoy reports on the UD Flyers at the Notre Dame Classic, in Cary, North Carolina.
Feb
22
Hal At Large: Crosby Cashes In For A Win And A Standing “O”…
Sometimes a hero can emerge from strange places, like a fox hole or the inside of a doghouse, places least expected. Tuesday night in UD Arena, Crosby not only emerged from season-long funkadelics, when he left the game against George Mason he received a standing ovation. Read Hal McCoy inside feature on the Flyers.
Feb
19
Forget the ’27 Yankees: Flyers Pound Their Way To First Win
The Dayton Flyers continued their torrid hitting and got just enough pitching and defense to notch their first win of the season…over Furman. Read about the game in our latest Flyer post.
Feb
18
Offensive Highlights, But No Win: Flyers Drop Second Game To Furman
Could Have, Should Have…The Dayton Flyers scored enough runs to win, but for the second day in a row the pitching couldn’t keep Furman off home plate. Catcher Bailey Montoya stretches to try to tag out a runner in the Paladins’ three-run third. Read more on the game in today’s inside feature.
Feb
18
Hardman Legacy Leaves Its Mark On Flyer Baseball
The baseball passion of one Dayton Flyers comes with a very familiar story, and from a very familiar source.
Feb
17
Opening Day Blues (Purple): Flyers Fall To Furman In Baseball Opener
Two bad innings spelled doom for UD in their baseball opener against Furman. But in between…glimpses of better things to come.
Feb
17
On The Road With The Flyers: It Happens Every Spring….!
They call college baseball the purest form of good baseball. But I had forgotten… life on a bus, dinner at Golden Corral, and the fun that comes with a baseball team on the road.
