The North Platte Community College Lady Knights (5-1) traveled to Colby, Kan. this weekend to play in the Colby Classic. In their opening game of the Classic the Lady Knights fell to the Highland Community College Lady Scotties (25-19, 23-25, 26-28, 22-25) in four sets.

In the opening set the Lady Knights stormed out to a 25-19 victory. The Lady Scotties responded by winning a hard fought second set 23-25. The third set was another hard fought battle as the Lady Scotties again pulled it out 26-28. The Lady Scotties closed out the Lady Knights in the fourth set 22-25.

Samantha Kennedy led the Lady Knights with 18 kills and three blocks. Sabrina Hallahan was also in double figure kills with 12 kills. Joli Hopping had 23 assists and two ace serves to lead the Lady Knights. Laura Beckman had 20 assists. Shannon Liewer led the way with 28 digs.

“We started out good,” said head coach Sally Thalken “but when Highland (Community College) amped things up we got flat. We didn’t communicate and began to question ourselves. We gave up too many leads and just didn’t respond when the door was open for us. It will be another tough day tomorrow as Colby (Community College) is playing well and Trinidad State (Junior College) is a good team too.”

The Lady Knights return to the court at 10 a.m. tomorrow to face the host Colby Community College. The tournament is concluded for the Lady Knights as they take on Trinidad State Community College at 12 p.m.