River Forest, Ill. – The Dominican University Women's Basketball team has high expectations for the 2026-2027 season, and it starts with their first match against Monmouth College on Saturday afternoon.


Series History vs Monmouth:
All-Time Record / Streak: 2-5 / Dominican W1
-Dominican and Monmouth first matchup was on 1/9/2010 inside the Igini Sports Forum. The Stars won 85-74 in the game.
-The Scots of Monmouth won 5 straight games from 2010-2025. DU won the latest matchup though inside the Igini Sports Forum.
-Last year the Stars and Scots played twice, once at each school. The home teams won those games. The home team has won 6 of the 7 matchups.
-Dominican is 2-1 inside the Igini Sports Forum and have scored 418 points against Monmouth.  

 
DU in Review:
-This will be the first game for Dominican in the new season.
-Dominican had a great season last year and is looking to build off of the 10-15 season. The Stars were 4-13 inside the Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference (NACC).
-DUWBB missed the tournament last season and has hopes to get back into the NACC tournament for the first time since the 2021-2022 season.
Dominican is looking to start the season off 1-0 for their second straight season.
 
Familiar Faces:
-Senior Lia Saunders will be back in the Stars uniform for her final season and is looking to be the veteran presence this team will need. Saunders collected 294 points last season while playing and starting in all 25 games last season. Lia averaged 11.8 points while shooting 30% from downtown. She also collected 67 rebounds, 58 assists, 51 steals, and 6 blocks.
-Sophomore Kennedy Yost had the best freshman season you can ask for scoring 240 points in her first collegiate season. Yost was incredible from the free throw line, shooting 80% from the stripe. Kennedy was a rebounding machine with 140 boards and 103 defensive rebounds. The Miami native played and started in all 25 games with 628 minutes played, while averaging 25.1 minutes per game.
-Senior Teagan Dahl made a big impact in her first season with Dominican last year, as she played in all 25 games while starting in 20 games. Dahl scored 180 points last year while shooting 30% from downtown. Teagan picked up 123 rebounds last year and had 50 offensive boards.
-Junior Allannah Jackson brought this big defensive intensity last year, and it paid off for Dominican. Jackson collected 71 steals with 4 blocks while picking up 125 rebounds and 56 assists last year. Not only was Allannah huge on the defensive end, but she was great on the offensive side, scoring 137 points on the year while she started in all 25 games last season.
-Senior Aya Deiri has been a gamer for this Dominican team in her three years, and the intensity won't fall off in her senior year. The veteran presence that Deiri has brought to this team is huge for success. The Des Plaines native played in 24 games last year while starting in 11 of them. Aya scored 82 points with 61 rebounds, 32 assists, and 26 steals.
-Sophomore Eva Herbig is a sharpshooter that is back for the Stars, who made 28 three last year and 26% from 3. Herbig also collected 106 points on the year.
 
 
 
Scouting Report: 
-Monmouth went 8-17 overall in the 2025-2026 season, with a 4-12 in their conference.
-The Scots were 4-7 on the road last season.
-Monmouth scored 1403 last season, while averaging 56.1 points per game. Their opponents averaged 73.5 points against them last year.
-The Scots shot 33.8% from the floor and 23.9% from downtown.