River Forest, Ill. – We are days away from basketball season starting inside the Igini Sports Fourm as soccer's, women's volleyball, and cross country wrap up their 2026 season.
Men's Soccer played two matches this past week as they clinched a berth in the Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference tournament, but first they played their rivals down Division Street on Wednesday afternoon. The Cougars struck first in the match, before Junior Jonathan Almaguer sent a ball into the box from a free kick and Senior Ciaran Geraghty headed it into the back of the net to tie the match up at 1. The match would end in a 1-1 draw in this rivalry. DUMSOC then traveled to Edgewood University for their quarterfinal match, where the Eagles won 4-0 in a match where Dominican outshot Edgewood. The Stars season comes to an end as they fall in the quarterfinals of the NACC tournament.
Women's Soccer was itching to get to the conference tournament, but they first had to focus on the Cougars of Concordia Chicago on Wednesday afternoon. The Stars got out to an incredible start with Senior Meghan Wilhite scoring a goal two minutes into the match, but they did not let up there as Junior Presley Coles scored from the penalty spot to make it 2-0. DU would add one more in the 84
th minute of the match when Graduate Student Sierra Rioux made it 3-0, which was the final score. DUWSOC set their sights on the NACC tournament after beating their rival and came out firing over the Green Knights of St. Norbert College. The Stars got on the board first with Freshman Grace Durante scoring in the 24
th minute of the match to give Dominican a lead. Junior Tia Garr wanted to get in on the action and did just that scoring her 8
th goal of the season in the 33
rd minute of the match. The Stars went into the half leading 2-0, but that did not stop them from scoring 2 more goals in the first four minutes of action in the second half. Freshman Kaylie Reeve scored her 5
th goal of the season in the 48
th minute, and Garr buried her second goal of the match just one minute later. DUWSOC advanced 4-0 and will now host the third-seeded MSOE Raiders on November 3
rd at 1:00p.m. at West Campus Field. If Dominican wins, they will move to the conference tournament final that will take place on Saturday, November 7
th.
Women's Volleyball was back to a normal schedule with two matches this past week, both being inside the Igini Sports Forum. The first Concordia Wisconsin came to town and won 3-0, with Sophomore Karolina Stonkus leading the team in kills with 5. On Saturday, the Stars had their senior day match against Marian University. DUWVB honored 6 seniors Jaylynn Miller, Cassandra Thawley, Kailee Diaz Randall, Lily Broderick, Katie Ksiezak, and Jillian Ross. The Stars were in every set but fell 3-0 to the Sabres of Marian. Miller and Stonkus led the way with 5 kills in the match. DUWVB will play their final match of the year on November 5
th at Concordia Chicago at 6:00 p.m.
Men's and Women's Cross Country participated in the NACC conference meet this past Saturday. DUXC had Senior Samuel Malke finish 23
rd in the race with a time of 28:10.6. Freshman Sarah Johnson was the first finisher on the Women's side with a time of 29:59.8. Cross Country will begin to prepare for the NCAA Midwest Regional Championship on November 14
th.
Women's Basketball will start their 2026-2027 season this Saturday, November 7th, inside the Igini Sports Forum. DUWBB will host Monmouth at 1:00pm.
Men's Basketball will start their 2026-2027 season this Saturday, November 7th, inside the Igini Sports Forum. DUMBB will host Principia at 4:15pm.
Stars of the Week for the week of October 26th to November 1st:
Junior Tia Garr of the Women's Soccer team earned Star of the Week. Garr has been incredible all season long, and that continued this past week. The junior finished with 2 goals and an assist. Along with 10 shots and 3 of those on target in her 145 minutes of play.
Senior Samuel Malke of the Men's Cross-Country team earned Star of the Week. Malke finished with a time of 28:10.6 and finished the race in the 23
rd spot.
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