No. 6 College of DuPage reached five sets against host Joliet Junior in a 3-2 loss in Region 4 play Tuesday night.
 
The loss snapped the Chaparrals' four-match winning streak as they now travel to Texas and play five matches in three days, beginning Thursday afternoon against Dallas-North Lake in Brenham, Texas.
 
COD (10-7 overall) faces three nationally-ranked teams in the Blinn Tournament — Friday's match against D1 and host No. 9 Blinn, and Saturday against D3's Nos. 2 and 7 in Dallas-Eastfield and Dallas-Brookhaven, respectively.
 
Against its Region 4 rival Wolves, COD fell 15-25, 25-22, 11-25, 25-23 and 14-16. The Chaps were hindered by their inability to score, hitting a negative attack total with 34 kills, 36 errors and 148 attacks (-.014).
 
Melissa Alvarez led in kills with nine and Josephine Becker totaled seven.
 
Setter Ashley Bylsma led in assist with 24. On serve-receive, NJCAA leader Cyd Martinez led with three aces and Alyssa Schillaci two. Martinez led in digs with 19.