River Forest, Ill. – Dominican athletics had a busy week with Women's soccer and Women's volleyball each competing in 3 games, Men's soccer competing in 2, and cross-country back in action at Augustana.
 
Men's Soccer hit the road this past week for both of their matches. The Stars started the week losing back-to-back matches and looking to get back into the win column at Illinois Tech and Lakeland University. At Illinois Tech, the Stars fell 2-1. The first half was scoreless, before the Scarlett Hawks scored two goals 8 minutes apart in the later stages of the half. Senior Tristen Banquil scored the lone Dominican goal in the 86^th minute of the match. The Stars then hit the road to Lakeland University this past Saturday, where they got a huge point in the conference standings. The final was 0-0, and they collected 5 shots in the match against the Muskies. DUMSOC will be back in action this week as they play at Benedictine University on Wednesday night. The match will start at 7:00p.m. at BenU. The Stars will then be back at West Campus Field on Saturday, October 24^th, for their final home game of the season. They will host the Warriors of Wisconsin Lutheran for a 12:00 p.m. start.

Women's Soccer had an action-packed week that included them clinching a spot in the NACC tournament. The Stars are currently sitting in the third spot in the conference, which would indicate a home playoff match at West Campus Field. DUWSOC has three more matches though before the playoffs start. In the first match this week, Dominican welcomed in the number one seed, Illinois Tech, where the Scarlet Hawks won 6-2. Junior Presley Coles and Freshman Kaylie Reeve scored for the Stars in the loss. The Stars then traveled to Lakeland for their final road game of the season. The offense for DU showed up in a big way, scoring 4 goals and winning 4-0. Freshman Grace Durante, Kaylie Reeve, Azara Waite, and Rachelle Pinto all scoring. In the final match of the week, Women's soccer returned to West Campus Field to play non-conference opponent North Park. Senior Meghan Wilhite scored for the Stars on 3 shots on goal. Dominican would win 1-0 over the Vikings. DUWSOC will be looking to continue that momentum to this week, as they host Benedictine on Wednesday afternoon at 3:00 p.m. In the second match of the week, the Stars will welcome Wisconsin Lutheran on Senior Day. The kickoff will be at 2:45 p.m. All the senior day activities will be at the conclusion of the match.  


Women's Volleyball continued their conference schedule, with two of their three matches being inside the Igini Sports Forum. Dominican started the week at St. Norbert College on Tuesday. The Green Knights won 3-0. Sophomore Olivia Pollak and Senior Jillian Ross each earned 5 kills in this match. The Stars then returned to the Igini Sports Forum to host the Scarlet Hawks, where Illinois Tech won 3-0. Senior Jaylynn Miller collected 5 kills in the match. In the final match of the week, DU welcomed Lakeland University with the Muskies winning 3-0. Pollak led the team with 4 kills in this match. DUWVB will be right back in action this week with 3 more matches. The first being at Beloit on Tuesday evening. The Stars and Buccaneers will start at 7:00 p.m. DU will then come back to the Igini Sports Forum to take on the Receiving Votes Aurora University Spartans on Thursday night. The first serve is set for 7:00 p.m. DUWVB will then travel to Wisconsin Lutheran for a NACC showdown on Saturday for a 12:00 p.m. first serve against the Warriors.

Men's and Women's Cross Country were back on the course this past weekend, where they left the Augustana Interregional Invitational with 7 personal bests between the two programs. The runners that earned personal bests are Senior Samuel Malke, Freshman Diego Arce, and Matteo Garcia Jimenez on the men's side. Senior Lily Jimenez, Sanrda Madaleno, Freshman Leilani Ferrera, and Junior Camila Salcedo. DUXC will have a couple weeks off before they participate in the Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference meet on November 7^th in Aurora.


Stars of the Week for the week of October 12^th to October 19th:

Lily Jimenez of the Women's Cross-Country team earned Star of the Week. Jimenez earned a personal best this past week. She finished first for the Stars and completed the race with a time of 28:23.1.

Freshman Diego Arce of the Men's Cross-Country team earned Star of the Week. Arce continued to have a great freshman season, as he finished the race with a personal best and a time of 30:56.2

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