River Forest, Ill. – #19 Dominican University Men's Volleyball heads to Bloomington to take on Illinois Wesleyan.

  Series History vs. Illinois Wesleyan:

Dominican and Illinois Wesleyan first played on 3/29/2022 in River Forest, Ill (W, 3-0) 

All-Time Record / Streak: 3-0 / Dominican W3 

Last Meeting (2/20/2024): Dominican 3, Cal Lutheran 0 (25-18, 25-19, 25-23)

Record in Bloomington: 1-0

DU in Review:

-Dominican began the 2025 season with three matches in Santa Cruz, California as part of the Slug Fest Tournament

-The Slug Fest Tournament marked the first time the Stars have traveled to the state of California since 2019, where they would drop a pair of matches to the University of California, Merced, and the University of California, Santa Cruz. 
 -The 2025 season marks the 2nd season with Head Coach Doug Burchett at the helm. The Stars finished the 2024 season with a record of 19-8 and were 11-1 in conference.  
 -DU heads into the 2025 season looking to defend their 2024 NACC Regular Season and Tournament titles.

 

Last Time Out:

-The Stars fell in five sets to California Lutheran, 2-3 (25-21, 18-25, 25-20, 19-25, 11-15) on Saturday, January 30th in the 2nd meeting between the two squads in two weeks.
 -Senior Casey Goss paced Dominican with 20 kills and added 7 digs.  
 -Sophomore Ty Geschke tallied 17 kills in the contest.

Familiar Faces:

     -Dominican has five of their top six kill leaders returning from the 2024 season, with Senior Casey Goss leading the way with 349 total kills, equaling 3.60 kills per set.
     -Goss was awarded NACC Player of the Year honors in 2024 and was also an AVCA Honorable Mention All-American, AVCA All-West Regional Team, and NACC First Team All-Conference recipient. Goss led the Stars in kills, aces, digs, and sets played while being 3rd in total blocks.
     -Junior Michael Greco and Senior Jason Kougan resume their roles as the Stars' pair at Middle Blocker. Greco paced Dominican in 2024 with 85 blocks, followed by Kougan's 83.
     - Senior Owen Morrow returns as DU's setter. Morrow was able to tally 918 assists in the 2024 campaign and started in all of Dominican's 27 matches.

Scouting Report vs. Illinois Wesleyan:

  -Illinois Wesleyan holds a 7-2 record in the 2025 season.

-The Titans are 6-1 at home.

-IWU hosted the IWU Tri this past weekend, finishing 1-1 with a win over Illinois Tech and a loss to Trine.