CHICAGO - The Chicago State volleyball team concluded the first day of the CSU Cougar Classic on a good note as it captured a 3-0 (25-20, 25-18, 25-19) victory over Purdue North Central tonight at the Jacoby Dickens Center.
The Cougars improved their season record to 3-6 with the win, while the Panthers saw their record fall to 1-7.
Junior Elli Woinowsky (Berlin, Germany/Merian Oberschule) tied for match high honors in kills by finishing with 10 for the Green and White. Sophomore Chinwendu Ngwadom (Raleigh, N.C./Cardinal Gibbons) produced nine kills and hit .467 (9-2-15) on the evening, and junior Essence Jackson-Jones (Muskegon, Mich./Muskegon) tallied a .556 hitting clip (6-1-9) with three block assists. Also leading the Cougars was freshman Sarah Metcalfe (Huntington Beach, Calif./Los Alamitos), who recorded a pair of match highs with 32 assists and three service aces, and junior Chelsea Sheldon-Medina (Waukesha, Wis./Waukesha North) contributed seven kills.
Purdue North Central was paced by junior Cami Webster, who produced 10 kills and three block assists on the night.
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CSU is back in action tomorrow afternoon against Mount Mercy at 3 p.m., and close out the classic versus Trinity International at 7 p.m.
