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Sixty-four teams in this NCAA volleyball tournament, and only one boasts a single loss. Its not the Big Red from Nebraska.Atlantic 10 champion Dayton (30-1), set to meet Pitt (24-8) in a first-round game at 5 p.m. on Friday, heads into the postseason behind the best winning percentage in the field. But anyone around this program in 2016 knew this was going to be a special season, long before coach Tim Horsmon even fathomed the first practice drill.In mid-January, Dayton volleyball received the largest donation in its history, $1.2 million, funds that went toward turning Daytons home gym into one of the finest in the nation. Lori Hausfeld contributed the money in memory of her daughter, Kacie, who played for the Flyers from 2007-2010. The Springboro, Ohio, native died April 1, 2010, when a plane, piloted by her father, Tom, crashed a mile or so from the family home the Thursday before Easter.Tom Hausfeld was going to Chicago to pick up Kacies sister, Ali, the 2006 ACC volleyball player of the year at Duke, who had since moved on to medical school. Kacie, home from college as a junior, tagged along to keep her dad company.I gave them each a kiss and told them, Let me know when you get there, and never heard back, Lori said.Tom was dead at 50; Kacie, 21.Tom and Lori, high school sweethearts, regularly flew to Alis games while she played for Duke. Kacie chose to stay closer to home, attracted to Dayton because of the total support of the university community to making the program among the elite in the country, read her athletic bio.Horsmon recruited Kacie, a setter, from Alter High but left to coach Maryland after her freshman season. When he returned to coach Dayton a second time in 2014, Lori Hausfeld felt moved to do something for the program in memory of Kacie.Ive always felt a connection to UD, but when Tim came back, I felt there was a reason to do this, that it was the right time, she said. I wanted the program to know Kacie was there and she loved that school. Its such a great feeling to know she has left an impact.Horsmon was humbled by Loris generosity, never expecting a gift of that magnitude. The money transformed the storied Thomas J. Frericks Center into a facility Horsmon doesnt hesitate to compare to any in the Power 5. While once upon a time, Elvis sang Blue Suede Shoes in the building and Martin Luther King Jr. told 6,500 that violence was not the answer, these days its a volleyball-only arena. The court is named for Hausfeld, whose last name is written along the sideline opposite the team bench.We huddle there every time before each set at home matches, junior Maggie Schutter said. Its an unspoken reminder of what she meant. We want to make sure the freshmen coming in understand the significance of what we do and why we do it because we dont want her to be forgotten.Frericks has undergone renovations through the years, but the sizeable donation gave way for a complete facelift, including a team room named for Hausfeld, complete with couches, a fridge and space for the pregame meal before home matches.The 5,000-seat arena looks brand new thanks to two scoreboards with replay capability, aesthetic improvements to improve the fan experience, improved lighting and a state-of-the-art sound system so that player introductions no longer mimic the adults in a Charlie Brown cartoon.Everything but AC, Horsmon said. We still want our opponents to feel uncomfortable.The truth is the Flyers have done a good job of that in 2016 no matter the venue, another chapter in this memorable season for Dayton.Winning the A-10 isnt unusual for the Flyers; they are the winningest program in the league with 11 championships in the last 14 years. That includes four perfect conference seasons.But with five seniors graduated, Horsmon anticipated a rebuilding season, as only setter Jane Emmenecker and middle Amber Erhahon play the same roles they did in 2015. Dayton is steady, not flashy. The Flyers dont have a wow freshman like Wisconsins Molly Haggerty or athletes on par with Floridas Rhamat Alhassan or Nebraskas Rolfzen twins.Instead theyve racked up wins with balance. Its helped to have middle blockers who are both potent on defense in Erhahon and Kendyll Brown and efficient hitters at the same time. Erhahon swings at a .420 clip, and Brown, who saw minimal time as a freshman, ranks third in the NCAA as a hitter at .438.Sophomore Margo Wolf earned the conferences Libero of the Year award while Jessica Sloan, averaging a team-best 3.92 kills, fills the shoes of graduated conference player of the year Alaina Turner at outside hitter.We have a lot of good pieces; we dont necessarily have that one kid, Horsmon said. Weve had a lot of different kids step up for us at different moments.Reflecting last week, Horsmon admits the 30-1 regular season surprised him, but at no point did he dwell on anything but improving. Dayton has won 19 straight since its only loss, to Loyola Marymount on Sept. 16.Its tough because my players kept looking at me like, Weve lost one match this year and youre still not happy. Why arent you happy? But I always thought we werent there yet, Horsmon said. We were capable of more. At times maybe they were looking for some praise and instead we had some hard conversations.Now they understand.We came into the season not really having expectations, Schutter said. Everything fell into place and we had that chemistry. The biggest thing for us is having that mindset that you cant be OK. You have to push for more. We know we have the talent to get to the next level.For the third year in a row, the Flyers travel to Penn State for the tournament. Last year they took a set off the defending national champions in the second round. The Flyers have never advanced to the Sweet 16.Were building toward that, Horsmon said.A tougher nonconference slate is in the works for the 2017 season, with a goal of hosting first and second rounds next season. Thats when the program ideally would be able to showcase its new gym with the nifty bells and whistles. Expect Lori Hausfeld to be sitting in the front row.This program isnt about this year; its about a whole lot of years and a whole lot of players who have come through here and coaches and people who have turned this program into one of the best in the country, Horsmon said. Its about legacy and about all the kids before, Kacie included. Right now, were just an extension of that. Balenciaga Sneakers Sale . The FA rejected Wilsheres appeal that the length of his punishment was "clearly excessive" and said Thursday his suspension begins with immediate effect. He will miss league matches against Chelsea on Monday and West Ham on Dec. Wholesale Jordan Free Shipping . 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Ellie Simmonds thrived under pressure once again as Great Britains swimmers capped another glorious day at the Rio Paralympics.Table tennis ace Will Bayley won Class 7 singles gold and Aled Davies won the F42 shot put before Simmonds, Sascha Kindred and Susie Rodgers were triumphant in the pool as Britains gold medal tally rose to 28 at the end of day five.ParalympicsGB had 63 medals -- after a days haul of seven -- in all as archers Jodie Grinham and John Stubbs took silver and Jonathan Broom-Edwards finished second in the T44 high jump.After 38-year-old Kindred won SM6 200 metres individual medley in his final Paralympic race for his seventh gold medal, Simmonds was victorious in the corresponding womens race.I saw him from the call room and I was like oh my God, Ive got to do it now, said the 21-year-old from Aldridge after claiming a fifth Paralympic gold.After watching Sascha get the world record and get a gold medal, it just made me even more nervous.I love the pressure. I love that it drives me forward. For me to go against other S6 athletes, I just want to go out there and smash it. I was just thinking about me and the water.Simmonds won her first two Paralympic titles aged 13 in Beijing in 2008 and is now a five-time gold medallist after successfully defending the individual medley title she won in London four years ago.Simmonds set a Paralympic record in qualifying and a dominant performance in the final saw her win in a world record of two minutes 59.dddddddddddd1 seconds.She targeted a sub-three-minute swim when setting her annual goals last December, but did not tell anyone.Its amazing. Its funny, because Im the only one that knew, she added.Simmonds will return to the pool on Tuesdays sixth day in her favourite event, the 400m freestyle which she won for the first time aged 13 in Beijing and again at London 2012.But she is no longer the world record holder as Ukraines Yelyzaveta Mereshko set the mark earlier this year.I love the 400, Simmonds added.I broke the world record in 2008 for the first time and I am a distance swimmer. But you never know what the others can do. I can only control myself.After Kindred and Simmonds successes, Rodgers surprised even herself by winning the S7 50m butterfly in a European record of 35.07.The 33-year-old Londoner said: Did that just happen? I just cant believe it, Im in total shock. I didnt know where I was. I knew I could do a quick time but never that quick. My job is done, I dont think this will ever sink in.This goes to show that no matter how old you are, you can still pull things out of the bag. ' ' '