Chicago, Ill. – The Dominican University Women's Soccer continues on the road at Illinois Tech on Wednesday.

Series History vs. Illinois Tech:
All-Time Record / Streak: 9-3 / L2
-Dominican and Illinois Tech first played in Chicago on 9/12/2014 (L, 3-0).
-DU's largest margin of victory over the Scarlet Hawks came on 10/20/2015 (5-1).
-The Stars won 9 games in a row over Illinois Tech between 10/20/2015 to 9/14/2022.
-Dominican is 2-2 all time at Illinois Tech.
-DU has scored 20 goals against the Scarlet Hawks and average 1.67 goals for per game.

 
DU in Review:
-The Stars hold a 7-4-1 (5-2 NACC) record in 2025 and are 4-2-1 at home.
-Dominican went 11-6-3 overall in their 2024 season, while going 9-1-2 inside the Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference (NACC).
-DU was the third seed in the conference tournament last season, where they won their first matchup against Marian University 2-0.
-The Stars went 8-3-1 at West Campus Field in their 2024 campaign.
-Head Coach Carlos Carrillo enters his 12^th season at the helm of DU Women's Soccer. Carrillo has amassed a record of 151-49-16 in that time.

Last Time Out:
-DU had its six-game win streak snapped at Edgewood on Saturday by a final score of 3-1.
 -Senior Sarah Matuszek scored the lone goal for the Stars in the 90^th minute.
-Junior Mackenzie Cuddihy fired 3 shots with one finding the target.
-Freshman Logan Shanks collected 2 shots on target.
-Sophomore Gianna Stanek made 5 saves in goal for Dominican.

Familiar Faces:
-Dominican returns senior Kamryn Klinger, who has been the heart and soul for the Stars as a defensive midfielder. In 2024, Klinger was honored with second team all-conference in the NACC by having 18 appearances and 15 starts for Dominican, while playing 1292 minutes. Klinger was one of the three players from Dominican that represented Team USA in the DIII Soccer Tour.
-Senior Natalia Lopez returns for her senior campaign as a midfielder for the Stars. Last season Lopez had 6 goals, 4 assists, and 25 shots on goal in her 20 appearances through the 2024 season. Lopez was honored with a first-team all-conference in the NACC. In Lopez's three-year career at Dominican, she has scored 18 goals, collected 10 assists, with 4 game-winning goals in her 59 appearances in a Stars uniform.
-Senior Sarah Matuszek will be back in a Stars uniform this upcoming season, where she has been a huge part of the Dominican style of play on the outside. Matuszek is coming off a season where she scored 3 goals, and added 6 assists while appearing in all 20 matches in the 2024 season. Matuszek earned first-team all-conference in the NACC last season.
-Senior Mia Taullahu is back for Dominican this upcoming year and is looking to continue creating havoc on the outside as a forward. Taullahu collected a goal and 6 assists in her 17 appearances in the 2024 season.
-Senior Mia Dosen will be back for the Stars in her second season at Dominican. She will be wearing a new number this season, changing from #34 to #10. Last season, Dosen collected 7 goals and 2 assists with 17 shots on goal in her 20 appearances.
-Sophomore Ariana Barney is looking to take another big step in her second season at Dominican. Barney finished her freshman campaign by having 6 goals and 4 assists in 20 appearances. With this, Barney is tied for the most goal contributions from the 2024 season with 10.

Shining Stars:
-Freshman Logan Shanks had a strong campaign for the Stars, scoring 4 goals while having 21 shots, 14 of them being on target.
-Senior Sierra Rioux has been on fire for this Stars offense, scoring 3 goals so far this year. Rioux has also collected 29 shots, with 11 of those on target, and has collected 5 assists this season.
-Senior Natalia Lopez has started all 12 games for the Stars and has scored 2 goals on 29 total shots. Lopez has 11 shots on goal. Lopez has also tallied 2 assists on the season. Lopez leads the team in minutes played with 1022.
-Senior Sarah Matuszek has continued to put in a strong shift for the Stars, and the Senior fullback has collected 2 goals, 16 shots, and 10 shots on target. Matuszek has logged 1013 minutes so far this season.
-Senior Kamryn Klinger collected her first collegiate goals during the 2025 season. Klinger has tallied 11 total shots this season, with 5 of them on frame.
-Senior Mia Dosen has come on strong for Dominican the last couple games and is now joint-second on the squad in goals with 3.
-Sophomore Gianna Stanek has played in 8 games this season and has made 37 saves.

Scouting Report:
-Illinois Tech is 12-1-1 to start the 2025 season and is currently 8-0 in NACC play.
-The Scarlet Hawks are riding a two-game win streak, with wins over Lakeland (13-0) at home and Wisconsin Lutheran (2-0) on the road.
-IIT is 7-0-1 at home.
-Illinois Tech has scored 53 goals this season, which averages to 3.79 goals per game. They have conceded 7 goals to their opponents, or 0.50 goals against per game.