Carlinville, Ill. – The Dominican University Women's Basketball team is back on the road for their second straight road contest at Blackburn College on Saturday.
Series History vs. Blackburn:
All-Time Record / Streak: 1-0 / W1
-Saturday will be the second time Dominican and Blackburn will play each other.
-The first time Stars and the Beavers played was 12/17/2024 inside the Igini Sports Forum. (DU won 67-48).
DU in Review:
- The Stars are 1-1 (0-0 NACC) on the 2025-26 season.
-DUWBB is 0-1 on the road to start this 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 hit the road for the first time on Tuesday night to play Lawrence and fell 61-44.
-Freshman
Eva Herbig found her shot in her second collegiate game, shooting 3-5 from downtown and being the leading points scorer with 9 for the Stars. Herbig also grabbed 6 rebounds.
-Junior
Teagan Dahl has continued to show well in a Dominican uniform, scoring 8 points in her 29 minutes of play.
-Junior
Lia Saunders, coming off a 14-point game, followed it up with 7 points and 3 steals at Lawrence.
-Junior
Aya Deiri was all over the stat sheet with 5 points, 6 rebounds, an assist, and a steal.
-Sophomore
Allannah Jackson was the team leader in rebounds with 7 boards, and 5 of those were offensive 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 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:
- Blackburn is winless in their first three games in the 2025-2026 season. (0-3).
-The Beavers lost to Aurora (105-48), Lake Forest (80-67), and Hannibal-La Grange (78-74).
-Blackburn is averaging 63 points per game, while their opponents are averaging 87.7 points per game.
-The Beavers finished the 2024-2025 season with a record of 1-24.
