Sophomores Jessica Guerrieri (Plainfield, Ill.) and Jacy Lawrence (St. Louis, Mo.) were named to the 2010 Star Classic All-Tournament Team, as Dominican cruised to its second straight Star Classic Championship with a perfect 4-0 record in the five-team round robin tournament.
After topping Lawrence University and Northern Athletics Conference (NAC) foe Benedictine University on Friday night, the Stars cruised to a pair of three-set wins over Grinnell College and Principia College on Saturday.
Senior Darcy Kammeier (Kirkwood, Mo.) paced the Stars' offense in the win over Grinnell, posting 12 kills on 33 total attempts while Lawrence, named the tournament MVP for the second time in as many years, posted a .375 hitting percentage with 11 kills. Guerrieri, the Stars' sophomore setter, tallied 32 assists in the winning effort.
Defensively, sophomore libero Liz Yakey (Sun Prairie, Wis.) and freshman Mary Pollard (Naperville, Ill.) logged double-digit dig totals with 13 digs and 10 digs respectively.
In the tournament finale, the Stars breezed past Principia 25-13, 25-18, 25-20, again led by Kammeier who racked up ten kills despite playing in just two sets.
The Stars, now 4-1 on the season, will travel to Waltham, Mass., where they will compete in the Brandeis Invitational on Friday and Saturday, September 10 and 11. The Stars will compete in pool play on Friday, battling Babson College and Trinity (CT) College in Pool B. Dominican will then play two more matches on Saturday before returning home to open the Northern Athletics Conference (NAC) season on Tuesday, September 14, when Dominican entertains the MSOE Raiders.