Wheaton, Ill. – The Dominican University women's soccer team is ready to hit the ground running to start the season in the Wheaton College Tournament this upcoming weekend.

The Stars will play two matches this weekend, the first being a neutral site match against Greenville University on Friday night, and Wheaton College on Saturday night.

Series History vs. Greenville:
   All-Time Record /Streak/: 1-1/W1
-The first time these two schools played was on October 4^th, 2008. The match was played at West Campus Field, and the Stars lost 3-2 in double overtime.
-The second matchup between the Stars and the Panthers, DU got the best of Greenville winning 2-0 at West Campus Field, on September 14^th, 2018.
-The Stars have scored 4 goals in the two matchups.

Series History vs. Wheaton College:
   All-Time Record /Streak/: 2-2/L1
-The Stars are 2-1 against the Thunder under head coach Carlos Carrillo.
-Dominican and Wheaton played last season on August 29^th, 2025, where the Thunder blanked DU 1-0.
-In 2024 The Stars got the better of the Thunder winning 3-2 at West Campus Field.
-The first time these two schools played was on October 21^st, 2008 in a 7-1 win for Wheaton at Wheaton.
-The Stars have scored 7 goals against the Thunder and average 1.75 goals per game.
-Dominican is 0-1 on the road against Wheaton.

DU in Review:
-This will be Dominican women's soccer first matches of the season.
-Last season the Stars went 12-6-1 overall on the season, while holding a 9-3 conference record.
-DU did not play a neutral site match last season, but did go 6-4 on the road.
-Dominican's season came to an end in the NACC conference tournament semifinals when they matched up with Illinois Tech.
-The Stars held a 6-match win streak last season from the dates of September 20^th to October 11^th.

Familiar Faces:
-Graduate Student Sierra Rioux is back in a Stars uniform and is ready to be a verteran impact on this young DU squad. Rioux comes back after an incredible senior season. The Naperville native scored 4 goals and earned 6 assists in her 19 games started last season. She also recorded 42 shots with 19 of those on target.
-Senior Meghan Wilhite will be back on the pitch this season after a 7-goal junior season that included a hat-trick at Wisconsin Lutheran. Wilhite also collected 2 assists, 36 shots with 16 of those on target. The Las Vegas native played in 18 matches, while starting in 6.
-Senior Mackenzie Cuddihy has been a staple on the back line of the Stars and will continue that role in her senior campaign. Cuddihy last year found the back of the net twice, including a bar-down shot from 40 yards out on homecoming last season. Mackenize played in 1420 minutes last season.
-Junior Ariana Barney is ready to continue her success in a Stars uniform this upcoming season. Barney battled through some injuries in her sophomore year, but still played in 15 matches with 2 assists and 5 shots on goal.
-Junior Tia Garr has been a force in the midfield in her first two years and is looking to continue that success in year three. Garr is coming off a season where she played 19 matches and started 18 of those. Garr scored 2 goals on 26 shots, with 15 shots being on target.
-Sophomore MK Kluesner had a great freshman year and is ready to continue to grow on the back line for Dominican. Kluesner started in 18 matches last season with 1541 minutes, while earning an assist.
-Junior Gianna Stanek will be back in net this upcoming season after her first season with DU. Stanek played in 15 matches and started in 14 of those matches. Stanek recorded 66 saves on the year and held a 9-6 record between the posts. Gianna had four matches last season where she made over 6 saves, including a 9 save match against Illinois Wesleyan that led DU to a 1-0 victory on the road.

Scouting Report:
-Greenville is 0-1 to start the 2026 season after losing 14-0 to Washington University in St. Louis.
-Last season the Panthers went 11-7-2 overall on the season while going undefeated in their conference with a 7-0-1 record.
-Greenville won their quarterfinal match 1-0 against Westminster in their conference tournament. The Panthers season came to an end though against Spalding University in penalty kick's losing 6-5. The match was tied 0-0 going into penalties.
-Greenville did not play a neutral site match last season, but went 4-3-1 on the road.
-The Panthers scored 55 goals last season with a 2.75 goals per game average. They held their opponents to just 22 goals and a 1.10 goals per game average.
-Greenville had 289 shots with 135 of those shots being on target.

Scouting Report:
-Wheaton College is 0-1 to start the 2026 season after losing to Calvin University 2-1 on their home turf.
-Last season the Thunder finished with a 6-6-7 record overall and a 3-2-3 record inside the CCIW.
-Wheaton was 3-1-4 record on their home turf.
-The Thunder won their conference tournament quarterfinal match in penalty kick's against Illinois Wesleyan, before losing to North Central in the CCIW semifinals.
-Wheaton scored 17 goals last season with a 0.89 goals per match average, while their opponents scored 30 goals and held a 1.58 goals per match average.
-The Thunder had 199 shots with 83 of those shots on target.