Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 The Chaps closed the regular season Saturday with a split against Sauk Valley, winning 11-4 and losing 6-4.
 
COD, now 24-14 overall, now prepares for this week's NJCAA Region 4 playoffs. The tournament brackets are expected to be announced Monday.
 
Game 1: Chaps 11, Sauk Valley 4
COD trailed 4-2 before responding in the sixth with nine runs on five hits for the win. A Joe Cosenza RBI-single got the inning going with one out, and one batter later, Jason Cousineau and Cam Bailey scored on an error at second for a 5-4 COD lead. Two batters later, A.J. Taylor connected on a run-scoring single. Jeremy Conforti later reached base on a bases-loaded hit by pitch. Two batters later, Pomatto added an RBI-single and COD led 8-4. Another bases loaded hit by pitch, this time to Cliff Vickers increased COD's lead, 9-4. And for good measure, Bailey added a two-run single and COD led 11-4. Both Bailey and Cosenza had two hits (each had a double), and Zion Baker had three RBI. Kai Formella got the victory in one inning of relief.
 
Game 2: Sauk Valley 6, Chaps 4
Conforti delivered a two-run single in the first, and Jimmy Heintz had an RBI-double in the fourth. Cosenza delivered an RBI-single in the sixth. Sauk Valley took control with a four-run, four-hit fourth.

Final regular-season home game
The Chaps honored 18 players who appeared in their final home regular-season games. They are: Zion Baker, Cam Bailey, Seth Borden, Jeremy Conforti, Kai Formella, Dan Gusel, Lucas Hansen, Jimmy Heintz, Frankie Klemm, Luke Miller, Anthony Perez, Nolan Pomatto, Anthony Raineri, Michael Ranieri, Cody Rankin, Carson Roberts, Ben Steiner,and Cliff Vickers.