River Forest, Ill. – The Dominican University Women's Soccer team will start a three-game road trip to end the season at Benedictine on Wednesday.

Series History vs. Benedictine:
All-Time Record / Streak: 23-3-2 / W10
-Dominican and Benedictine first played on 10/20/2001 in Lisle (L, 1-0).
-The Stars' last loss to Benedictine came on 9/24/2013 (3-2).
-DU's largest win over the Eagles came on 9/25/2004 (5-0).
-Dominican has not let up a goal to BenU since 2021.
-The Stars are 10-2 at Benedictine all-time.
-DU has scored 65 total goals against the Eagles over 28 games, which averages to 2.32 goals per game.

 
DU in Review:
-The Stars hold an 8-5-1 (6-3 NACC) record in 2025.
-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 bounced back Saturday with a win over Lakeland on Senior Day by a final score of 3-1.
-Sophomore Tia Garr netted her first 2 goals of the season and fired 6 shots.
-Senior Kamryn Klinger scored her 3^rd of the season and added 5 shots.
-Senior Mia Taullahu recorded an assist and 4 shots on target.
-Senior Mia Dosen rifled 9 shots, with 2 of them finding the target.
-The Stars recorded 54 total shots in the contest, the most in a game for DU since 10/20/2021 (W vs. Alverno, 14-0).

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 selection 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 23 shots, 15 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 33 shots, with 13 of those on target, and leads the squad with 5 assists this season.
-Senior Natalia Lopez has started all 14 games for the Stars and has scored 2 goals on 33 total shots. Lopez has also tallied 2 assists on the season and leads the team in minutes played with 1196.
-Senior Sarah Matuszek has continued to put in a strong shift for the Stars, as the Senior fullback has collected 2 goals, 22 shots, and 11 shots on target. Matuszek has logged 1193 minutes so far this season.
-Senior Kamryn Klinger has notched 3 goals this season and is tied for 2^nd on the team. Klinger is 3^rd in minutes for DU with 1183 and has 2 game-winning goals.
-Senior Mia Dosen has come on strong for Dominican the last couple of games and is now joint-top on the squad in goals with 4.
-Sophomore Gianna Stanek has played in 10 games this season and has made 47 saves.


NACC Playoff Picture:
-Dominican currently sits at 4^th in the NACC table, which would result in a home game in the quarterfinal.
-Benedictine is in 11^th position and will need results to go its way to enter the Tournament picture.
-Illinois Tech, MSOE, and Edgewood have all clinched berths to the NACC Tournament; however, no seeding has been determined.

Scouting Report:
-Benedictine is 2-13 (2-7 NACC) in 2025.
-The Eagles are 1-6 on home turf.
-BenU is amid a three-game losing skid, with its last win coming against Rockford on Wednesday, October 8^th (6-0).
-The Eagles have scored 12 goals this season (0.80 goals per game) and have accumulated 150 shots (10.0 shots per game).