River Forest, Ill. – Dominican University Men's Volleyball plays host to Concordia University Wisconsin on Wednesday.
Series History vs. Concordia Wisconsin:
Dominican and Benedictine first played on 3/21/2018 in River Forest, Ill. (W, 3-0)
All-Time Record / Streak: 9-1 / Dominican W2
Last Meeting (3/16/2024): Dominican 3, Benedictine 1 (20-25, 25-21, 25-20, 25-20)
DU is 4-0 at home against CUW.
DU in Review:
-The Stars hold a 10-8 record this season and are 6-1 in conference.
-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 headed into the 2025 season looking to defend their 2024 NACC Regular Season and Tournament titles.
Last Time Out:
-The Stars swept Benedictine in Lisle on Saturday off the back of a career performance from Senior Nathaniel Cossyleon (25-21, 25-23, 25-20).
-Cossyleon posted career highs in kills (18) and attack percentage (.424, min. 20 attempts).
-Senior Tanner Dahman tallied 9 kills on .368 hitting along with 2 aces and 9 digs.
-Senior Owen Morrow totaled 39 assists and 8 digs.
Star Gazing:
-Sophomore Ty Geschke has led the attack for DU this season, averaging 3.40 kills per set on .286 hitting, and has started in 13 of Dominican's 18 matches.
-Senior Casey Goss averages 2.98 kills and is second on the team with 140 kills.
-Sophomore Grant Henderson has commanded the Star's defense with 109 total digs, leading the team in that category.
NACC Offensive Student-Athlete of the Week:
-Senior Nathaniel Cossyleon received NACC Offensive Student-Athlete of the Week honors for the week of March 10th to March 16th.
-Cossyleon totaled 29 kills over DU's two wins during the week.
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:
-Concordia Wisconsin is 4-12 on the season and is 2-3 in the NACC.
-The Falcons are off the heels of a four-set loss to MSOE on Friday.
-CUW hits at a .207 clip while averaging 10.95 kills per set and 10.4 digs per set.
