COD grabbed an early lead in its match against the Saint Xavier junior varsity and fought through a back-and-forth second set in the Chaparrals' 3-1 loss (25-19, 23-25, 21-25, 17-25) to the Cougars in men's volleyball Wednesday night.
 
COD takes a 4-9 overall record into Friday night's Region 4 tilt against visiting Bryant & Stratton.
 
First serve is 7 p.m.
 
The opener saw five ties until COD earned control. At 11-11 and with Blake Huberty serving, the Chaps scored five straight points, and then later extended the lead to 22-16 before winning 25-19.
 
In the second, COD led 14-10 and at 20-19, before the Cougars rallied with four straight points and then held off the Chaps.
 
Huberty led with 10 kills, two aces, six digs and give block assists for 14.5 points. Justus Barbel added seven kills, six digs and three block assists for 8.5 points. Mike Fenley had six kills and three digs with a block assist in two sets.
 
Osiel Cruz had five kills.
 
The Chaps fired off a four-set, .133 attack perentage (35 kills, 19 errors, 120 attacks). Phurin Kosumpinun had 15 assists and Stanley Guziec 13.
 
John Valencia had two aces. Nathan Perez led in digs with 20.
 
Nathan Kamaris led in block assists with seven.