Notre Dame, IN—The Dominican University Women's Volleyball team prepares for another non-conference road match on Tuesday night.
Series History vs. St. Mary's:
All-Time Record / Streak: 1-2 / L1
-Dominican and St. Mary's first played on 10/1/2016 (L, 3-0).
-The Stars are 1-1in the Igini, and this will be their first time playing at St. Mary's.
-Dominican fell to the Belles 3-0 last time they met on 9/19/2025.
DU in Review:
-DUWVB is 0-9 to start the 2026 season. They went 0-3 in their latest tournament at Millikin Invite.
-Dominican completed the 2025 season with a 2-21 record, including going 1-12 in conference and 1-9 at home.
-The Stars missed out on the 2025 NACC Tournament. DU's last conference tournament appearance came in the shortened 2020 season.
-Head Coach Oliva Kofie starts her 3rd season as Dominican's Head Coach.
Familiar Faces:
-Senior
Kathryn Ksiezak started in 23 matches last season and was 3rd in kills with 66 while also leading her team in blocks with 38 in her junior campaign.
-Senior
Jillian Ross looks to finish her senior year strong. In the 2025 season, Ross started in 23 matches where she collected 42 kills and 18 blocks.
-Sophomore
Karolina Stonkus led her team with 411 assists and 29 service aces. Stonkus also had 34 kills.
-Junior Fabianna Pizzo looks to continue to be a rock for DU. Last season she played in 23 matches while collecting 255 digs.
Last Time Out:
-Dominican fell 3-0 to Millikin.
-Junior
Ella Murray collected 5 kills on 17 attempts in the match.
-Senior
Jaylynn Miller added 4 kills and a block in the match.
-Sophomore
Karolina Stonkus earned 7 assists with 2 kills, 1 ace, and 5 digs.
-Freshman
Gracelynn Perry picked up an ace, 3 assists, and 4 digs.-
Scouting Report vs. Saint Mary's:
-The Belles are 6-5 in the 2026 season.
-St. Mary's won against fellow NACC schools, Benedictine (3-0) and Concordia Chicago (3-0) and lost to Aurora (3-0).
-The Belles are 1-1 at home and have not played a conference game yet.
-Last season St. Mary's went 16-11 and lost in the first round of their conference tournament to Trine. They lost in 5 sets.
