Jacksonville, Ill. - The Dominican University women's volleyball team opened up their 2024 season at Illinois College for the Illinois College Invitational. This is where the Stars played Carroll University and Webster University Friday night.

Match 1:
Carroll :3
Dominican :0

How it Happened:
-Dominican came out swinging in the first set with 22 total attacks, 8 of them resulted in kills.  
-Senior Mia Febles collected 3 kills for DU in the first set.  
-Dominican found a bump in a road in the second set falling 25-12, and only collected 4 kills.
 -The Stars tried to bounce back in the third set by getting 6 kills in the set, but fell 25-20.
-Junior Ellery Shea had 2 kills in the set for DU.  

Shining Stars:
-Junior Ellery Shea led the Stars with 5 kills in the match.  
-Senior Mia Febles collected 4 kills, and 5 digs in the match  
-Senior Tanya De La Riva added 4 kills of her own in the match.
-Senior Miriam Guler had 5 digs and a service ace in the match.  

Leading the Way:
Kills: Shea (5) 
Aces: 5 Players (1)
Blocks: N/A
Assists: Dunker (7)
Digs: Guler, and Febles (5)

Match 2:
Webster: 3
Dominican:0

How it Happened:
-Dominican and Webster played 3 tightly contested sets, but the Stars fell just short in every set.
-In the first set. Dominican had 5 kills on 29 attacks.
-Senior Melissa Schmidt and Senior Adeleen Dunker each had 2 service aces in the first set.
-The Stars continued to battle in the second set collecting 9 kills, on only 3 errors.
-Junior Ellery Shea did a little bit of everything for DU in this set collecting 2 kills and 3 services aces. Shea was not the only one for the Stars Junior Emma Mendell had 2 kills.
-Dominican had a lead late in the third set to the score of 23-21, before Webster went on a 4-0 run to secure the win.
-The Stars had 9 kills on 46 total attempts in the third set. 
-Senior Mia Febles added 5 kills to her total in the final set.

Shining Stars:
-Senior Mia Febles led the Stars with 7 kills and 6 digs in the match.
-Junior Ellery Shea had 4 kills and 3 services aces.  
-Junior Emma Mendell also collected 4 kills in the match.
-Senior Adeleen Dunker led the team in assists with 11. Dunker also collected 4 digs.
-Senior Melissa Schmidt had 4 digs and 2 services aces.
-Senior Charlotte Hain had 5 digs and 2 assists.  

Leading the Way:
Kills: Febles (7) 
Aces: Dunker (4)
Blocks: E. Mendell, Dunker, Morissette (1)
Assists: Dunker (11)
Digs: Febles (6)

What's Next:
The Dominican University women's volleyball team will play their final game apart of the Illinois College Invitational Saturday August 31^st against Blackburn College. The match will begin at 12:00 p.m.

Stay up to date with all Dominican University athletics:
@DU_Stars on X and Instagram
Dominican University Stars on Facebook
Check out all our stories on dustars.com