The Dominican University women's volleyball team dropped its final two matches of the regular season on Saturday, falling to DePauw University (25-18, 25-13, 25-18) and Illinois Wesleyan University (25-20, 25-15, 25-23) at the Barker Chevrolet Classic III hosted by Illinois Wesleyan University in Bloomington, Illinois.
 
"This weekend was a good learning opportunity and preparation for the conference tournament this week," said Stars' head coach Jeanne Czipri.  "As disappointing as the DePauw match was, we did some really good things against Wesleyan. While the stats may not show it, some of the things we were working on this week started to come through."
 
Junior middle Kendyl Todd hit .484 for the day, knocking down 16 kills on 33 swings without committing a single attack error.   Todd collected nine kills on 15 swings against the DePauw Tigers before finishing the day with seven kills on 18 swings against the Illinois Wesleyan Titans.  Todd rounded out the effort with eight block assists and seven digs to pace the Stars.
 
Dominican will return to the Igini Sports Forum for a quarterfinal match of the Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference (NACC) Tournament on Tuesday, hosting the Benedictine University Eagles.  The match is slated for a 7:00 p.m. start with the winner heading to Aurora University on Thursday to meet the Spartans in the semifinals.