River Forest, Ill. – Dominican University Women's Basketball team is ready for their 2025-2026 season in their third year under head coach Tethnie Carrillo.


Series History vs Beloit:
All-Time Record / Streak: 2-1 / Dominican W2
-Dominican and Beloit first matched up on 11/27/2007 in the Igini Sports Forum (L, 91-61).
-The Stars have won back-to-back games against the Buccaneers. The latest game was on 11/8/2018 in Beloit, where DU won 62-52.
-Dominican is 1-1 inside the Igini Sports Forum against Beloit.
-In three games, the Stars have scored 177 points and average 59 points against the Buccaneers.

 
DU in Review:
-This will be the first game for Dominican in the new 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 are looking to win their opening game for the first time since the 2019-2020 season.
 
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: 
-Beloit went 3-22 overall in the 2024-2025 season, with a record of 2-13 in their conference.
-The Buccaneers were 1-11 on the road last season.
-Beloit scored 1233 points last season, which averaged 49.3 points per game, while opponents averaged 66.9 points per game.
-The Buccaneers shot 31.1% from the field last season, while their opponents shot 39.7% from the floor.