Beatrice – The No. 16 North Platte Community College Lady Knights (14-6) went on the road Thursday afternoon to face Region IX Division II foe Southeast Community College (15-7). The Lady Knights came up short in a hard fought five set battle with the Lady Storm 26-24, 25-23, 11-25, 28-30, 9-15. After winning the first two sets, Southeast stormed back to win the next two and even the match. In the deciding fifth set, the Lady Knights raced out to an early 9-6 lead. The Lady Storm scored the next 9 points to claim the set and the match.

North Platte was led in the match by Samantha Kennedy who finished with 20 kills and three blocks. Kylie Wroot recorded seven kills while Samantha Byrn and Valerie Most each had five. No other Lady Knight recorded more than one kill. Joli Hopping notched all but one assist for the Lady Knights, finishing with 36. Erika Goodwin had 35 digs while Aryn Meisinger had 16 , Hopping had 15 and Byrn recorded 12.

The Lady Knights return to action over the weekend as they travel to Overland Park, Kan. to play in the Johnson County Invite where they will face No. 4 Johnson County Community College on Friday, September 26 at 3:00 p.m. and No. 10 Cowley County Community College at 5:00 p.m. On Saturday, September 27, the Knights finish up the Invite by facing No. 7 Kirkwood Community College at 9:00 a.m. and Coffeyville Community College at 11:00 a.m.