River Forest, Ill. – The Dominican University women's volleyball team hosted the Warriors of Wisconsin Lutheran College for the second straight big-time matchup in the NACC.

Results:
Dominican: 3
Wisconsin Lutheran: 1

How it Happened:
-Dominican starts off getting the upper hand in the match with a 25-16 win in the first set. The Stars had 10 total kills in the set.
-Senior Tanya De La Riva got going early earning 4 kills in the first set.
-Wisconsin Lutheran bounced back right away with a set two victory of 25-15. DU had only 7 kills in the set and could not overcome 5 attacking errors.   
-Even though Dominican lost the set Senior Mia Febles led the team with 3 kills in the set.   
-The Stars did not take long to regroup, winning the third set 25-19. DU collected team high 13 kills in the set and cleaned up the errors with only 3 of them.     
-Senior Melissa Schmidt found her grove in the 3^rd set collecting 6 kills and a service ace.
-Dominican had an opportunity to close the match out with a set victory and they did not disappoint. The Stars won the final set 25-21 and collected 10 total kills in the set.
-DU had three players with 2 kills in the set. These players being Juniors Veronica Henkel and Ellery Shea and De La Riva.
-The Stars put up 4 services aces as a team in the fourth set.
 

Shining Stars:
-Senior Melissa Schmidt has continued to impress leading the team in kills with 10, digs with 16, assists with 18 and being tied for the lead with blocks with 1 of them. Schmidt also had 2 service aces in the match.   
-Senior Tanya De La Riva had 9 kills and 8 digs in the match.   
-Junior Veronica Henkel came off the bench in big-time fashion collected 5 kills, 5 digs and a solo block.     
-Sophomore Rubie Morrissette had 5 kills and 2 digs in the match.   
-Junior Lola Butler led the team with 4 service aces.
-Senior Charlotte Hain had 9 digs, 2 assists and a service ace.    

Leading the Way:
Kills: Schmidt (11) 
Aces: Butler (4)
Blocks: 5 Players (1)
Assists: Schmidt (18)
Digs: Schmidt (16)

What's Next:
The Dominican University women's volleyball team will have a small break not playing their next game until Thursday October 24^th. The Stars will go on the road for a date with the Scarlet Hawks of Illinois Tech. This being another matchup with Conference Tournament implications in the NACC, with Dominican currently the 7^th seed and Illinois Tech currently the 8^th seed. First serve between DU and IIT will be at 7:00pm.

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