Beloit, WI. – The Dominican University Women's Volleyball team travels to Beloit College for their last non-conference game of the season.
Series History vs. Beloit:
All-Time Record/Streak: 4-1/W4
-The first time these two schools played was on September 9th, 2006, it was a neutral game at Illinois Wesleyan. The Buccaneers won 3-0.
-Dominican continues on a 4-game win streak from 9/2/2011 to 9/9/2025.
-The last time DU won was on 9/9/2025 in a 3-0 win.
-The Stars are 1-0 on the road against the Buccaneers.
DU in Review:
-DUWVB is 0-20 in the 2026 season. They recently lost to Lakeland in their third home match of the season.
-Dominican completed the 2025 season with a 2-21 record, including going 1-12 in the conference and 1-9 at home.
-The Stars missed out on the 2025 NACC Tournament. DU's last conference tournament appearance came in the shortened 2020 season.
-Head Coach Oliva Kofie starts her 3rd season as Dominican's Head Coach.
Familiar Faces:
-Senior Kathryn Ksiezak started in 23 matches last season and was 3rd in kills with 66 while also leading her team in blocks with 38 in her junior campaign.
-Senior Jillian Ross looks to finish her senior year strong. In the 2025 season, Ross started in 23 matches where she collected 42 kills and 18 blocks.
-Sophomore Karolina Stonkus led her team with 411 assists and 29 service aces. Stonkus also had 34 kills.
-Junior Fabianna Pizzo looks to continue to be a rock for DU. Last season she played in 23 matches while collecting 255 digs.
Last Time Out:
-Dominican fell 3-0 to the Lakeland University.
-Sophomore Olivia Pollak continued to be a big part of this Stars team, collecting 4 kills, 1 assist, and 10 digs.
-Freshman Kaitlyn Stanek earned 3 kills.
-Freshman Mawedda Abu-Shukhaidem added 7 assists and 5 digs.
-Freshman Gracelynn Perry added 2 assists and 7 digs.
-Freshman Valeria Garcia collected 3 aces.
Shining Stars:
-Sophomore Karolina Stonkus leads her team with 64 kills while also tallying 41 assists and 10 service aces and is tied for second most block assists on her team with 3.
-Sophomore Olivia Pollak is making an impact after being injured last season. Pollak has collected 70 kills, she has 128 assists and 113 digs.
-Junior Ella Murray showed off on the offensive side for her season in a Stars uniform with 48 kills.
-Senior Kathryn Ksiezak has been solid on both offense and defense, she has 7 blocks and is tied for second for most block assists with 3 while also having 55 kills.
-Freshman Kaitlyn Stanek has had a strong start to her Dominican Volleyball career. Stanek has had 30 kills and 11 blocks with 4 solo blocks.
-Freshman Mawedda Abu-Shukhaidem has been solid in a Dominican uniform, tallying 153 assists.
-Freshman Gracelynn Perry has collected 10 aces, 19 assists, and 107 digs.
Scouting Report:
-Beloit is 5-10 overall on the season.
-The Buccaneers recently lost to Illinois College. Beloit faced a fellow NACC school, Rockford University, where the Buccaneers won in 4 sets.
-Beloit is 1-4 at home this season.
-The Buccaneers will start a 4-game homestand starting with Dominican.
-Beloit has 429 kills on the season with 8.6 kills per set. They also hit .100 on the season.
-The Buccaneers have 39.0 blocks on the season.
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