River Forest, Ill. – Dominican University Men's Volleyball hosts a doubleheader against Loras and Rockford on Saturday.
Series History vs. Loras:
Dominican and Loras first played on 2/7/2015 in Dubuque, IA (W, 3-0)
All-Time Record / Streak: 7-2 / Dominican L2
Last Meeting (2/3/2024): Dominican 0, Loras 3 (16-25, 22-25, 21-25)
DU is 4-1 at home against Loras.
Series History vs. Rockford:
Dominican and Rockford first played on 2/18/2021 in River Forest, Ill (W, 3-0)
All-Time Record / Streak: 4-0 / Dominican W4
Last Meeting (3/20/2024): Dominican 3, Rockford 0 (25-16, 25-14, 25-23)
DU has yet to drop a set to Rockford.
DU in Review:
-The Stars hold a 7-7 record this season and are 3-1 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 Wabash to begin the weekend on Friday (25-23, 25-20, 29-27).
-Senior Tanner Dahman led the DU attack, collecting 13 kills on .684 hitting while also posting 2 aces and 8 digs.
-Freshman Landon Diaz collected 8 total blocks in the victory.
-Sophomore Ty Geschke tallied 11 kills on .400 hitting on top of 4 blocks.
Star Gazing:
-Sophomore Ty Geschke has led the attack for DU this season, averaging 3.30 kills per set on .292 hitting, and has started in 10 of Dominican's 14 matches.
-Senior Casey Goss averages 2.98 kills per set and is 2nd on the team in total kills with 140.
-Sophomore Grant Henderson has commanded the Star's defense with 102 total digs, leading the team in that category.
NACC Defensive Student-Athlete of the Week:
-Freshman Landon Diaz was nominated as NACC Defensive Student-Athlete of the Week for the week of February 24th to March 1st.
-Diaz started the match at Edgewood, notching 10 total blocks with 1 solo and 4 digs.
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. Loras:
-Loras is 9-3 on the season and is 3-1 in the CCIW.
-The Duhawks are in the midst of a two match losing streak, falling to Carthage and Aurora in straight sets.
-LC hits at a .349 clip compared to their opponents’ .227 per match and averages 9.4 digs per set compared to 8.7 for its opponents.
Scouting Report vs. Rockford:
-Rockford is 3-12 on the season and is 0-5 in the NACC.
-The Regents are currently on a six match losing streak.
-RU hits at a .143 clip compared to their opponents’ .214 per match and averages 10.0 digs per set compared to 11.1 for its opponents.
