In the world of sports, things tend to happen quickly. The Dayton women's basketball team is experiencing that firsthand.

The Flyers have had a season for the ages so far, and they are only in their third week. The team has beaten national powers No. 10 Michigan State, No. 23 Purdue, Georgetown and was a last second three pointer away from beating the No. 19 Louisville Cardinals. The loss to the Cardinals is the team's only loss this season as the Flyers are now 6-1 heading into their game against UW-Milwaukee Friday night at UD Arena.

It's been a start that Head Coach Jim Jabir couldn't have scripted any better-almost.

"I guess I'm getting greedy but I wish we could have the Louisville game back," Jabir said. "But I guess I couldn't be happier. When we made this year's schedule, we said, 'Hey we got some great players coming back, let's try to do something.' We gambled in playing this schedule to start the season but it's paid off in big ways and our kids have showed what they're capable of."

The start has also earned the program its first ever appearance in the national rankings. Monday the Flyers were voted No. 25 in the AP Top 25 Poll and were voted No. 24 in Tuesday's ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll.

"It kind of [feels] a little numb," Jabir said of the ranking. "It's something that you work really really hard for and we've spent seven years trying to do this. We have a goal board in the locker room and I put that up there when I first got here. One of the goals was to be ranked in the Top 25 and it's really gratifying. I'm happy for the university-they've put a lot of support into us. And I'm happy for the players and coaches because they've worked so hard."

Jabir is not satisfied with simply being ranked this week.

"It's something that I hope we can continue to improve upon," he said. "I hope we can stay up there for a little while."

Redshirt freshman forward Brittany Wilson shares some of the same sentiments as her coach.

"I'm not going to say that I'm more motivated now that we're ranked," Wilson said. "It's just that I have to play even harder now to be more successful."

This is a Flyers team that is extremely young with nearly half the roster filled with sophomores. However, this is a team that has played beyond its years and the youth is something the team doesn't think about.

"One thing coach Jabir always mentions is that he doesn't care what grade you're in," Wilson said. "We all came here to play Division I basketball so we all have to play as D I basketball players whether you're a freshman or a senior."

Guard/forward Kendal Ross, the team's lone senior, says she doesn't think of the team in terms of class standing.

"A lot of people bring [the youth of this team] up," Ross said. "But to be honest, it's not like we're separated by our year in school on this team. I just feel like we're all one big team; it's just that we're not the same age."

Ross and her teammates look to continue the success they've had this season into Friday night against the Panthers of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. She said the game plan to beat the Panthers is simple.

"Going into every game, we know that if we want to win, we have to execute our game plan," Ross said. "We also have to play our principles on defense. We feel like we're a team that works hard and we pride ourselves on that and we win games because of that. If we do those things Friday like we have all season, we'll be fine."