Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 | Box Score 3 The Chaparrals opened the 2019 season on a down note, dropping three contests in the N4C Softball Jamboree in Rosemont.
 
The Chaps were dealt a 14-6 loss in six innings to Joliet and a 16-6 loss to Madison.  In the nightcap, Elgin Community handed the Chaps a 12-8 nonconference loss.
 
On Saturday, the Chaps face Harper College, Rock Valley College and Triton. All three games are conference tilts.
 
Joliet 14, Chaparrals 6 6 innings
Freshman Kiara Negron went 2-for-4 and sophomore Kate Koska ripped a two-run double, but it wasn't enough as the Wolves closed the game in six innings.
 
The Chaps came through with a five-run third inning but couldn't capitalize on the offensive output.
 
Madison 16, Chaps 6 6 innings
The Chaps scored four runs with two outs in the third, but the WolfPack dominated and closed out the game in six innings.
 
Andrea Richards, Ashley Eiermann, Koska, and Madison Briggs each had singles in the third.
 
Elgin 12, Chaps 8
COD took an early 6-2 lead through two innings, but Elgin answered with a five-run fourth and took control over the final two innings.
 
Negron's run-scoring double brought in Eiermann in the fourth.
 
Koska had a triple in the second and had two hits to join Eiermann, who had three singles.  Briggs singled twice.