Naperville, Ill.- Concordia University Chicago (2-1) took the road for their first away match of the season to take on North Central College (0-1).  CUC would be coming off of a 3-1 win against Trine University and looking to build on their winning record. Unfortunately, the Cougars would fall in three straight sets (23-25, 14-25, 22-25) and fall to an even record.
 
Inside the Box Score:

• Luke Vozenilek (14 kills) led the way for the CUC offense and was the main focal point.
• Trent Weber ended the match with the team lead in assists (24).
• Errors hurt the Cougars in set two, where they recorded eight.
• In set two, NCC held the much higher hitting percentage (.458-.000). 
• NCC also dominated with 12 aces in the match opposed to the Cougars only recording two.

Quick Recap:

• A tight knit beginning to the first set would end the same way. No team got outside of a five point lead, but NCC led most of the way (23-25).
• Set two was a different story, and NCC came out to a 4-0 lead. 
• CUC would cut the deficit at times, but the lead would slowly grow with errors.
• After two Cardinals' kills and a CUC service error the Cougars would drop set two 25-14.
• Set three was close until the end much like set one. Virgilio Rodriguez came through with a kill to tie it up at 18-18.
• Rodriguez would record another kill to make it 20-20, but that is as close as Concordia-Chicago would get.
• Final score of set three would be 25-22.

 
UP NEXT:

• Concordia-Chicago will face off against Fontbonne University on Friday, January 31^st, at 1:00 p.m.