River Grove, Ill. – The Dominican University Softball Team left Florida with a four-game win streak and is ready to take on Concordia Wisconsin to open conference play.


Series History vs. Concordia Wisconsin:
   All-Time Record / Streak/: 13-28 / L1
-Dominican and Concordia Wisconsin played their first series on 3/26/2008 with the Falcons sweeping the Stars.
-Last season DU and CUW split at Triton College. Dominican won the first game 5-2, with the Falcons winning game two 7-2.
-Concordia Wisconsin has won 5 of the last 7 matchups.
-DU is 7-8 when playing CUW at home.
-The Stars have scored 125 against the Falcons and average 3.05 runs per game.

 

DU in Review:
-Dominican is 6-8 to start their 2026 season while leaving Florida on a four-game win streak.
-In the 2025 season, the Stars went 31-12 overall with a 19-5 conference record.
-DU was the second seed in the NACC tournament and made it to the semi-finals before falling to Benedictine University.
-The 2026 season marks the 19^th season with Head Coach Cristina Lukas at the helm. Coach Lukas reached the 500-win mark in the 2025 season and is ready to add to that total this season.
-As a team last season, the Stars hit with a .344 batting average while holding a 2.58 ERA.
-DU will look to improve its fielding this year, coming off a year with 56 errors and holding a 95.4% fielding percentage as a team.
-The Stars will look to make the NACC conference tournament for the 5^th straight season.
 
The Spring Games Wrap Up:
-Dominican posted a 6-4 record at the Spring Games in Central Florida across March 8^th-March 14^th.
-The Stars beat Albertus Magnus (8-5), Beloit (8-0, in 5 innings), Washington MD (9-0, in 5 innings), Ohio Wesleyan (6-5), Wesleyan (4-0), and Babson (9-1, in 5 innings).
-Three of the four losses came by two runs or less.

 
Shining Stars:
-Sophomore Isabella Olmos picked up right where she left off hitting .383 with 18 hits, 1 double, 2 triples, and 1 homerun. Olmos also has 4 RBIs.
-Senior Ryley Davis has been a hitting machine this season, hitting .364 and leading the team in RBIs with 8. Ry. Davis has 3 doubles and 16 hits with 7 runs scored.
-Junior Kailee Diaz Randall has come on strong recently for the Stars, hitting .343 with 12 hits and 4 RBIs.
-Sophomore Sara Cornell was battling injury through the start of the season but has not let that hinder her numbers. Cornell is hitting .286 with 3 doubles and 3 RBIs. The Sophomore outfielder also has 11 total bases in her 6 total hits.
-Sophomore Hannah Richards leads the team in ERA with .095 in her 6 appearances. Richards has thrown in 22 innings with 12 strikeouts and holds a 3-3 record.
-Junior Liberty Rivard leads the team in innings pitched with 33.2 innings. Rivard holds a 3.33 ERA with 17 strikeouts.
 
Familiar Faces:
-Dominican returns Senior third basemen Ryley Davis, who took a big jump offensively for the Stars last season. Ry. Davis hit .360 in her junior campaign with 25 RBI's and 9 doubles in her 125 at bats. The now senior was third on the team in batting average, with the requirements met of two plate appearances per game. Davis played in 41 of the 43 games last season while starting in 39 of those games.

-Senior Paytin Salfi will look to be back in the outfield this season after suffering an injury in the latter part of the 2025 season. The senior right fielder held a batting average of .333 last season with 17 RBI's and 42 total bases. On the defensive end, Salfi made some spectacular plays while holding a .971 fielding percentage and recording only one error in 35 total chances.

-Sophomore Isabella Olmos returns to the Dominican lineup for her second season. Olmos, being a huge part of the DU offense last season, will look to continue that trend here in the 2026 season. The now sophomore broke the single-season record in stolen bases, going 29 for 29 in stolen base attempts. Olmos was not just a speedster on the base paths; she held a .355 batting average with 75 total bases, 7 doubles, 3 triples, and 4 home runs. Isabella led the team in at-bats with 141 and played and started in 42 games last season.

-Junior catcher Kailee Diaz Randall is ready to make a big jump in her junior season. Randall had a batting average of .310 last season, along with 13 walks and 5 hit-by-pitches. The Junior catcher also recorded 40 total bases and 27 hits while playing in 37 games and starting in 32 of those.

-Sophomore Raegyn Davis had an incredible freshman season and is looking to make her mark on the NACC in her sophomore campaign. Rae. Davis hit .361 last season and led the team with 5 triples and a home run. The now sophomore put up stats in every category by also collecting 9 doubles, 34 RBI's, and 70 total bases, and holding a .526 slugging percentage.
 
-Sophomore Rhiannon Rubio is ready for her sophomore season after coming off a freshman year, where she held a 9-3 record in the circle in 79.2 innings pitched. Rubio collected 63 strikeouts and threw 3 complete games while holding opponents' batting averages to just .280. The now sophomore threw in 19 games last season while starting in 15 of those games.
-Junior Liberty Rivard will be back in the circle with a possible bigger role. Rivard held the team's best ERA last season, holding a 1.88 ERA in her 15 games pitched. The now junior threw in 44.2 last season while keeping opponents' batting averages to just .261. Rivard held a 3-2 record in her sophomore season.
 
Scouting Report:
-The Falcons are 7-5 overall, with all games being neutral-site games.
-Concordia Wisconsin went 2-2 at Bethany Lutheran Invitational.
-CUW went 5-3 at the Spring Games in Florida.
-The Falcons are hitting .273 as a team with a .278 team ERA and .979 fielding percentage.