River Forest, Ill. – The Dominican University Women's Soccer team returned to West Campus Field Saturday afternoon after back-to-back home games and it being Senior Day.

Results:
Dominican: 3
Lakeland: 1

How it Happened:
-The Stars started off with lots of pressure on the Muskies in the first ten minutes of the match with 8 shots in the first 10 minutes. Senior Sarah Matuszek, Senior Sierra Rioux, Sophomore Tia Garr, Senior Kamryn Klinger, Senior Mia Dosen, and Senior Sarah Borsellino all recorded shots.
-Dominican found the first goal of the match from a shot outside the box from Garr that cruised in the back of the net to make it 1-0 DU.
-The Stars wanted more, firing off 9 shots in the next 9 minutes of play. Freshman MK Kluesner and Junior Mackenzie Cuddihy all got in on the action on shots.
-Freshman Logan Shanks and Junior Meghan Wilhite both checked into the match in the 27^th minute, and neither of them took long to take some shots towards the net, with Shanks recording 1 and Wilhite recording 2 within 13 minutes of action.
-The Muskies did not back away from the challenge, finding the equalizer in the 42^nd minute of the match.
-DU was hoping for one last push before the half, with Wilhite taking a shot on target that was saved by the Lakeland keeper.
-Dominican and Lakeland went into the half tied at 1, despite the Stars outshooting the Muskies 24-1 in the first half.
-The Stars responded out of the break with an early goal by Klinger, scoring her third goal of the season on a corner in the 50^th minute of the match. Senior Mia Taullahu assisted on the game winner for DU.
-Dominican was not satisfied with a 2-1 lead and pushed forward for more goals and came up with a bunch of opportunities with 10 shots in the next 13 minutes of play. Senior Natalia Lopez got her first shots of the match during this stretch.
-After scoring her first goal of the season in the 20^th minute, Garr added her second goal of the match in the 66^th minute, which was unassisted.
-DU kept fighting for more as the second half went on, collecting 6 more shots in the next 10 minutes of play. Taullahu got in on the shot party here.
-The Stars did not slow down in the final 12 minutes of play, adding 8 more shots to their total of the game.
-Dominican came away with a 3-1 win over the Muskies while collecting 17 total corners in the match and 21 shots on goal.
-DU tallied 54 total shots in this afternoon's match; this is the most since 10/20/2021, when they had 55 total shots against Alverno in a 14-0 win.

  Shining Stars:
-Sophomore Tia Garr earned player of the match, collecting her first 2 goals of the season in today's match. Garr added 6 total shots, with 3 of those being on target.
-Senior Kamryn Klinger added a goal to her name today while collecting 5 shots.
-Senior Mia Taullahu assisted on the goal from Klinger and had 4 shots in the match, with all 4 of them being on target.
-Senior Mia Dosen tallied 9 total shots in the match with 2 of those on target.
-Senior Natalia Lopez played in all 90 minutes of the match and collected 4 shots, 2 of those being on frame.
-Senior Sarah Matuszek added 6 shots; 1 found the frame.
-Senior Sierra Rioux collected 3 shots; 2 were on target in her 60 minutes of play.
-Senior Sarah Borsellino fired 4 total shots. 1 of those was on target.
-Freshman MK Kluesner played in all 90 minutes of the match from the back line, where she picked up two shots; one was on frame.
-Freshman Logan Shanks came off the bench this afternoon for the Stars and added 2 shots to her name; 1 of those 2 hit the target.
-Junior Meghan Wilhite played 42 minutes off the bench and in that time collected 5 shots; 3 were on frame.

  Leading the Way:
  Goals: Garr (2)
  Assists: Taullahu (1)
  Shots: Dosen (9)
  Shots on Goal: Taullahu (4)
  Saves: N/A
  Minutes: 5 Players (90)

What's Next:
Dominican University Women's Soccer moves to 8-5-1 (6-3 NACC) on the season. The Stars will hit the road for three matches to end their season. The first will be on October 22nd, at Benedictine University for a 7:00 p.m. kick-off between the Stars and the Eagles.  
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