River Forest, Ill. – The Dominican University Women's Volleyball team is in the mist of a three-game home stand as the welcome in NACC powerhouse Edgewood University Saturday afternoon.
Series History vs. Edgewood:
All-Time Record / Streak: 12-14 / L7
-Dominican and Edgewood first played on 9/1/2004 (W 3-0).
-The Stars last win against Edgewood was on 9/28/2016 inside the Igini Sports Forum 3-1. During this stretch Dominican has won 7 sets, while the last three matches have been sweeps.
-DU had a 5-match win streak from 2008 to 2011.
-The Stars are 5-6 inside the Igini Sports Forum against the Eagles.
DU in Review:
-DU currently holds a 2-12 (1-3 NAAC) record this season.
-Dominican completed the 2024 season with a 12-13 record, including going 5-8 in conference and 7-3 at home.
-The Stars missed out on the 2024 NACC Tournament. DU's last conference tournament appearance came in the shortened 2020 season.
-Head Coach Oliva Kofie starts her 2
nd season as Dominican's Head Coach.
Familiar Faces:
-Senior
Ellery Shea was third in kills for DU last season, amassing 136 on .177 hitting. Shea also added 37 blocks during her Junior campaign.
-Senior
Veronica Henkel collected 59 kills during the 2024 season in 23 matches played.
-Junior
Kathryn Ksiezak started in 18 matches last season, notching 55 kills and led the Stars with 39 total blocks.
-Senior
Lola Butler recorded 21 matches played in 2024, potting 16 kills and 20 aces.
Last Time Out:
-The Stars fell in their return back home to Rockford University (3-0).
-Senior
Ellery Shea and junior
Kathryn Ksiezak led DU in attacking with 6 kills each.
-Freshman
Karolina Stonkus notched 19 assists and 3 service aces.
- Sophomore Fabianna Pizzo continued to be reliable defensively, getting herself 12 digs.
Shining Stars:
-Senior
Veronica Henkel leads the way for DU with 107 kills on the season and averages 2.33 kills per set. Henkel also has 17 aces on the season, pacing the Stars in the category.
-Senior
Ellery Shea has collected 100 kills during the 2025 campaign, which is good for 2.50 kills per set.
-Freshman
Karolina Stonkus has started strong in her collegiate career, collecting 291 assists and averages 6.33 assists per set. The freshman also has 15 service aces.
-Sophomore
Fabiana Pizzo has come on strong for the Stars defensively, with 164 digs in 13 matches played.
-Senior
Lola Butler has been all over the stat sheet for Dominican, collecting 78 digs and 7 aces.
-Freshman
Taylor Lupton has collected 13 service aces this season.
Scouting Report:
-Edgewood is 13-6 overall and 5-0 in the NACC which is currently tied for first in the conference standings.
-The Eagles are riding a 4-match win streak beating CUC (3-1), CUW (3-1), UW Platteville (3-1) and MSOE (3-0).
-Edgewood is 5-1 on the road.
-The Eagles last losses were at the Carthage College Triangular where they lost to the third ranked team in the country UW-Oshkosh (3-0) and Carthage College (3-1) on September 30
th.
-Edgewood is hitting a clip of .164 with 11.3 kills per set, 1.5 aces per set, and 15.3 digs per set.
-The Eagles have won the NACC conference tournament the last two seasons.
