River Forest, Ill. – The Dominican University Women's Volleyball team hosts Marian for their last home game of the 2026 season. The Stars will be recognizing and celebrating their 6 seniors.
  
Series History vs. Marian:  
All-Time Record/Streak: 16-8/L2 
-The first time these two schools played was on September 7^th, 2004. The Sabres won 1-3. 
-Dominican longest winning streak against CUW was 4 matches.  
-The last time DU won was on 10/12/2024 in a 3-1 win. 
-The Stars are 9-2 at home against the Falcons.
  
DU in Review:    
-DUWVB is 0-24 in the 2026 season. They recently lost to WLC on the road last Saturday. 
-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 Concordia Wisconsin.     
-Sophomore Karolina Stonkus led the team with 5 kills. Stonkus also earned 8 digs and 2 assists.
-Senior Kathryn Ksiezak collected 4 kills.
-Senior Jaylynn Miller added 4 kills.
-Junior Ella Murray earned 3 kills.
 
Shining Stars:  
-Sophomore Karolina Stonkus has 79 kills while also tallying 54 assists and 10 service aces and is tied for second most block assists on her team with 6.  
-Sophomore Olivia Pollak is making an impact after being injured last season. Pollak has collected 80 kills which is first on her team, she has 144 assists and 126 digs.  
-Junior Ella Murray showed off on the offensive side for her season in a Stars uniform with 59 kills.  
-Senior Kathryn Ksiezak has been solid on both offense and defense, she has 10 blocks and has 5 block assists while also having 69 kills.  
-Freshman Kaitlyn Stanek has had a strong start to her Dominican Volleyball career. Stanek has had 36 kills and 15 blocks with 6 solo blocks.   
-Freshman Mawedda Abu-Shukhaidem has been solid in a Dominican uniform, leading her team with 186 assists.  
-Freshman Gracelynn Perry has collected 18 aces, 23 assists, and 149 digs. 
  
Scouting Report:    
-Marian is 5-21 overall on the season and 1-8 in the NACC.  
-The Sabres only conference win was against Benedictine, 3-0.   
-Marian are 0-7 on the road this season. 
-The Sabres have 959 kills on the season with 10.4 kills per set. They also hit .119 on the season. 
-Marian have 102.0 blocks on the season. 
   
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