Host College of DuPage earned a victory and a loss in the first day of play at the NJCAA Men's Volleyball Invitational, held at PEC Arena.
 
The Chaparrals opened the day with a 3-1 loss to Nassau (N.Y.) Community College, and then defeated Ocean County (N.J.) CC 3-0.
 
COD completes pool play at 11 a.m. Saturday against Monroe (N.Y.) College before seeded play begins at 2 p.m.
 
Nassau def. Chaparrals 3-0 (25-23, 25-21, 15-25, 27-25)
Mike Fenley led the Chaps with 11 kills and Vincent Arias added 10, but COD was undone with 19 service errors in the four-set loss to the Lions.
 
COD hit a collective .124 (46 kills, 31 errors, 121 attacks).
 
Setter Nathan Perez handed out 41 assists, and Erik Perez, Justus Barbel, and Nathan Perez each had two service aces.
 
Defensively, COD totaled 43 digs with John Valencia leading the way with nine. Fenley had eight.
 
Barbel led in solo blocks (two) and assisted blocks (three).
 
Chaparrals def. Ocean County 3-0 (25-19, 25-15, 25-17)
COD hit .219 (29 kills, 15 errors, 64 attacks) and took control from the beginning for its straight set victory.
 
Sam Molitor led in kills with seven and Barbel followed with six. Nathan Perez led in assists with 25.
 
Barbel was a beast with four service aces and defensively, Ben Hoover led in digs with six.
 
Barbel again led in blocks with four assited.
 
Coach Tolis Koskinaris Says
"We played competitive volleyball all day, and we felt we played a good match against Nassau. We needed a bit more clutch play and we got better as the match went on. Against Nassau, we missed out on some moments on getting it done, and give credit to Nassau, because they did. In our victory, we found really good rhythm on the service line. Justus Barbel was huge for us and Nathan Perez did a good job of moving the ball around.
 
"Saturday, no question it's better to go in to the day with a win. Monroe is a tough opponent and it'll be the third time we face them this season. They're a competitive program and we're hoping that we can match-up and get after it.''