River Forest, Ill. – The Dominican University Women's Basketball team starts a four-game road swing at Lawrence University on Tuesday.


Series History vs Lawrence:
All-Time Record / Streak: 0-0
-Tuesday's game marks the first time Dominican has ever faced Lawrence.

 
DU in Review:
-The Stars are 1-0 (0-0 NACC) on the 2025-26 season.
-Dominican went 5-20 overall in their 2024-2025 season, while going 1-15 inside the Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference (NACC).
 -DUWBB missed the tournament last season and aims to get back into the NACC tournament for the first time since the 2021-2022 season.
-The Stars  won their opening game for the first time since the 2019-2020 season.
-Head coach Tethnie Carrillo enters her 2^nd full season at Dominican and has a career record of 148-231.
Last Time Out:
-The Stars opened the new campaign with a 68-47 win over Beloit at home on Friday night.
-Junior Lia Saunders paced DU with 14 points while adding 3 rebounds and 2 assists.
-Junior Kaitlyn Milison collected 9 points, 6 boards, 2 steals, and a block.
-Freshman Kennedy Yost started in her first collegiate game and dropped 7 points on an efficient 3-5 from the field and 1-1 from behind the arc alongside 8 rebounds.
-Freshman Emily Bouaphanh posted 9 points, 3 steals, and 2 assists in her collegiate debut.
-Sophomore Allannah Jackson filled the stat sheet with 7 points, 6 steals, 5 assists, and 5 rebounds.
Familiar Faces:
-Dominican returns Junior Aya Deiri, who has been a huge factor on the defensive side for the Stars. In the 2024-2025 season, Deiri played in 502 minutes, playing 23 games and collecting 73 rebounds as a guard. Aya also added 26 steals and 3 blocks, solidifying her presence on the defensive end.
-Junior Lia Saunders is a crucial returning player for this DUWBB squad. Saunders started in all 25 games last season and played in 653 minutes, which led the team. Lia was all over the floor for Dominican, collecting 153 points, 62 assists, 85 rebounds, 36 steals, and shooting 74% from the charity stripe.  
-Junior Kaitlyn Milison is back on the hardwood for Dominican, playing in 25 games last season. Milison stretched the floor as power forward for Dominican, knocking down 8 threes last season and shooting 38.8% from the floor. Kaitlyn picked up 159 points and 8 blocks.
-Sophomore Maya Kasuboski is back in her sophomore season after playing in 23 games last season. Kasuboski hit 9 threes in her minutes and is hoping to take the sophomore step for this DU squad. Maya helped on the boards last season, collecting 34 rebounds.
-Senior Kamila Gajkowska is back for the Dominican University Women's Basketball.  Gajkowska played in 25 games and started in 11 of those games doing all the dirty work for the Stars. Kamila collected 24 steals and 13 blocks, with 96 total rebounds, with 33 of those being offensive rebounds. The senior shot 78.6% from the charity stripe in her 452 minutes of action.
 
Scouting Report: 
-Lawrence opened up its 2025-26 season with a 61-47 win at home over North Park on Friday.
-The Vikings were amassed a record of 18-8 during 2024-25, including a 10-2 record at home.
-In its win over North Park, Lawrence shot 42.6% from the floor and 22.2% from three.
-Three players were in double figures for the Vikings in the win.