The No. 4 College of DuPage women's volleyball team went 3-1 during its four-match trip to Texas, including wins over Dallas College North Lake, Dallas College Mountain View and Dallas College Cedar Valley.
DuPage opened the trip Sept. 17 with a dramatic reverse sweep against Dallas College North Lake, rallying from a 2-0 deficit to win 3-2 by scores of 19-25, 10-25, 25-21, 25-21 and 15-9.
Cailen Sadkowski led the Chaps with 11 kills, while
Cynthia Glover,
Isabella Furmanski and
Claire Rambasek each recorded eight.
Zoey Aldarondo added nine kills.
Addisyn Gardner finished with 35 assists and two aces, while Rambasek and Gardner each recorded 11 digs. Sadkowski and Furmanski added three block assists apiece.
DuPage then faced the No. 1 team in NJCAA Division III on Sept. 18, falling to Dallas College Eastfield 3-1 by scores of 19-25, 26-24, 22-25 and 18-25.
Rambasek led DuPage with nine kills and 16 digs, while
Jamie Loftus added eight kills and 14 digs. Gardner finished with 33 assists.
The Chaps responded with a sweep of Dallas College Mountain View on Sept. 19, winning 25-18, 25-19 and 25-13. Rambasek recorded 13 kills and 13 digs, while Loftus added nine kills. Gardner led the offense with 20 assists and
Amirah Harrington added 12 assists.
Malia Johnson recorded nine digs and Furmanski had four block assists.
DuPage closed the trip with another win later that day, defeating Dallas College Cedar Valley 3-1 by scores of 23-25, 25-11, 25-11 and 25-21.
Rambasek again led the Chaps with 14 kills and reached 500 career kills during the match.
Wendalynn Pollak added 10 kills, while Gardner recorded 30 assists.
Amani Harrington finished with 10 digs and Furmanski contributed three solo blocks.
With the four-match trip complete, DuPage improves to 13-7 and has won eight of its last 11 matches while maintaining its No. 4 ranking in this week's NJCAA Division III poll.
The Chaps travel to Kankakee Community College on Sept. 23. DuPage last defeated the Cavaliers in 2023.
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