River Forest, Ill.—Men's Volleyball finished the first half of their season and heads into spring break with a winning record. Dominican Baseball and Softball head to Florida for their spring break trips looking to gain momentum into their conference schedule.

Men's Volleyball jumped out of the AVCA Division III MVB poll but had a chance to possibly jump back in the rankings with a win at Division Street rival, Concordia University of Chicago. CUC earned a set 1 win before Dominican won three straight sets. Sophomore Kendall Esparza earned 19 kills while hitting,326. The Stars will play Illinois Institute of Technology in the Igini Sports Forum on March 12^th, at 7:00 p.m., after that DUMVB will travel to #3 Carthage College on March 14^th for a first serve at 3:00 p.m.

For the first time in program history, Dominican University Baseball was receiving votes in the D3 Baseball National Rankings. After going 3-0 in Danville, Kentucky, the Stars headed to Florida for their spring break trip for 8 games in 7 days.
Roger Williams (Final in 9 innings, Loss 3-2).
Roger Williams (Final in 7 innings, Win 7-1).
Juniata College (Win, 7-6)
March 10^th Utica University 2:00 PM EST, Chain O'Lakes Complex Field 4
March 12^th Penn State Brandywine 9:30 AM EST, Chain O'Lakes Complex Field 1(7 Innings).
March 12^th Penn State Brandywine 12:30 PM EST, Chain O'Lakes Complex Field 1 (7 Innings).
March 13^th Wesleyan University 9:15 AM EST, Northeast Regional Park Field 4
March 14^th Macalester College, 9:15 AM EST, Lake Myrtle Sports Park Field 2.

Softball had a two-week processing period before their first games in Florida for their spring break trip. The Stars will play 10 games in 6 days.
Kean University (Loss, 4-3).
Albertus Magnus College (Win, 8-5).
March 9^th Witternberg University 3:45 PM EST.
March 9^th Husson University 6:30 PM EST.
March 11^th Beloit College 2:30 PM EST.
March 11^th #24 Belhaven University (Miss.) 4:45 PM EST.
March 12^th Ohio Wesleyan University 4:15 PM EST.
March 12^th Washington College (Md.) 6:15 PM EST.
March 14^th Wesleyan University 10:00 AM EST.
March 14^th Babson College 12:30 PM EST.
 
 

 
 Stars of the Week for the week of March 2^nd  to March 6^th:

Junior Liberty Rivard of the Dominican Softball Team took home Women's Star of the Week Honors. Rivard threw 6 innings in DU's first win of the season. The junior starter picked up 4 strikeouts in the win.
 
Senior Ricky Powell of the Dominican University Baseball Team took home Men's Star of the week Honors. Powell went 3 for 9 with 3 RBIs and a run scored with a double and a walk in the first three games in Florida for the Stars.