River Forest, Ill. – Dominican University Women's Soccer returns home to face off against the University of Dubuque on Saturday.
Series History vs. Dubuque:
All-Time Record / Streak: 0-2 / L2
-Dominican and Dubuque first played on 9/4/2009 in Dubuque, Iowa (L, 2-1).
-The Stars are 0-2 at home against the Spartans.
-DU's last contest against Dubuque was on 9/23/2015 (L, 2-0).
DU in Review:
-The Stars hold a 1-2 record in 2025.
-Dominican went 11-6-3 overall in their 2024 season, while going 9-1-2 inside the Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference (NACC).
-DU was the third seed in the conference tournament last season, where they won their first matchup against Marian University 2-0.
-The Stars went 8-3-1 at West Campus Field in their 2024 campaign.
-Head Coach
Carlos Carrillo enters his 12
th season at the helm of DU Women's Soccer. Carrillo has amassed a record of 151-49-16 in that time.
Last Time Out:
-The Stars fell by a final of 2-1 at North Central last Saturday.
-Senior
Natalia Lopez collected 2 shots, with both finding the target.
-Senior
Sarah Matuszek and Senior
Sarah Borsellino each had a shot on target.
-Sophomore
Gianna Stanek posted a career-high 8 saves in the defeat.
Familiar Faces:
-Dominican returns senior
Kamryn Klinger, who has been the heart and soul for the Stars as a defensive midfielder. In 2024, Klinger was honored with second team all-conference in the NACC by having 18 appearances and 15 starts for Dominican, while playing 1292 minutes. Klinger was one of the three players from Dominican that represented Team USA in the DIII Soccer Tour.
-Senior
Natalia Lopez returns for her senior campaign as a midfielder for the Stars. Last season Lopez had 6 goals, 4 assists, and 25 shots on goal in her 20 appearances through the 2024 season. Lopez was honored with a first-team all-conference in the NACC. In Lopez's three-year career at Dominican, she has scored 18 goals, collected 10 assists, with 4 game-winning goals in her 59 appearances in a Stars uniform.
-Senior
Sarah Matuszek will be back in a Stars uniform this upcoming season, where she has been a huge part of the Dominican style of play on the outside. Matuszek is coming off a season where she scored 3 goals, and added 6 assists while appearing in all 20 matches in the 2024 season. Matuszek earned first-team all-conference in the NACC last season.
-Senior
Mia Taullahu is back for Dominican this upcoming year and is looking to continue creating havoc on the outside as a forward. Taullahu collected a goal and 6 assists in her 17 appearances in the 2024 season.
-Senior
Mia Dosen will be back for the Stars in her second season at Dominican. She will be wearing a new number this season, changing from #34 to #10. Last season, Dosen collected 7 goals and 2 assists with 17 shots on goal in her 20 appearances.
-Sophomore
Ariana Barney is looking to take another big step in her second season at Dominican. Barney finished her freshman campaign by having 6 goals and 4 assists in 20 appearances. With this, Barney is tied for the most goal contributions from the 2024 season with 10.
Scouting Report:
-Dubuque is 2-0-2 so far in the 2025 season.
-The Spartans are off the back of a victory over St. Scholastica on Sunday, September 7
th (2-1).
-Dubuque is 1-0-1 away from home this season.
-The Spartans average 1.75 goals per game and 22.3 shots per game, while their opponents average 0.5 goals per game and 3.8 shots per game.