The No. 16 North Platte Community College Lady Knights (15-7) split their games on Saturday as they defeated the Iowa Lakes Community College Lady Lakers in a hard fought five set battle (25-19, 23-25, 25-23, 22-25, 15-12) and fell to the Coffeyville Community College Lady Ravens (19-25, 28-26, 23-25, 15-25) to finish out the Johnson County Invite with a 1-3 record.

The Lady Knights first game of the day turned into a battle with Iowa Lakes Community College. The Lady Knights drew first blood as they handled the Lady Lakers in a 25-19 first set victory. The Lady Lakers would then win the second set 23-25 to even the match. The Lady Knights responded by winning the third set 25-23. The Lady Knights could not end the match as the Lady Lakers won the fourth set 22-25. The Lady Knights would get their first win of the Johnson County Invite as they knocked off the Lady Lakers in the fifth and final set 15-12.

Sabrina Hallahan led the Lady Knights with 12 kills in the match. Taylor King and Samantha Kennedy were also in double figures with 10. Kennedy led the Lady Knights with four blocks. Joli Hopping paced the Lady Knights with 27 assists and Shannon Liewer did in digs with 25.

The second game of the day was another hard fought battle for the Lady Knights. Coffeyville took a 1-0 set lead as they won the first set 19-25. The Lady Knights would fight back and win the second set 28-26. The Lady Ravens would end the match with victories in the third and fourth set by the score of 23-25 and 15-25.

The Lady Knights were led by Samantha Byrn with 11 kills. Sabrina Hallahan, Sandrina Hallahan, Samantha Kennedy and Kylie Wroot all had nine kills in the match. Shannon Liewer had 17 digs for the match while Joli Hopping had 23 assists and Laura Beckman had 16.

The Lady Knights return home next week on Thursday October 3 for a match against Northeast Community College at 7 p.m. It is the first of a three game home stand and the last three home games of the year for the Lady Knights.