The North Platte Community College Knights softball team split their doubleheader with the Dawson County Community College Lady Buccaneers on Tuesday at the Wayne Dowhower Softball Complex.

The Knights lost the first game 14-12 in extra innings and won the second game 5 – 1.

The Lady Buccaneers Jackie Thomas led off the first game by being hit by a pitch, advanced to second on a wild pitch, and  advanced to third on a wild pitch that was ball four to Rachael Dillon. Both of them scored on ground outs to give the Lady Buccaneers the early 2 – 0 lead at the top of the first inning. In the bottom half of the first, the Knights scored five runs on four infield hits to make the score 5 – 2 in favor of the Knights.  In the second inning with Jacey Schleicher on base, the Lady Buccaneers Dillon homered to cut the lead to 5 – 4.

Shannon Lieber, the Knights first baseman led off the bottom of the third with a home run.  An inning later, with Sara Villalobos on base, Lieber doubled and later scored to make the score 8 – 6.

The Knights were leading going into the seventh inning 9 – 7.  The Lady Buccaneers rallied to tie the score at nine on runs by Haley Swan and Venessa Quintero.

In the eighth inning, the Lady Buccaneers were able to push across five runs to take the lead 14 – 9.  The Knights rallied for three runs  in the eighth inning by Audrie Conner, Villalobos and Sara Runia but it was not enough to win.

In the second game, the Knights scored four runs in the second inning by Brittney Odum, Shelby Clark, Toree Polsley and Andrea Quiroga.

Lieber added a run in the fourth on a solo home run to make the score 5 – 0.

Pitcher Baileigh Oleson was able to hold the Lady Buccaneers scoreless for 4.1 innings. Dillon scored the only run for the Lady Buccaneers in the second game.

The Knights  are now 4 – 12 on the season and the Lady Buccaneers are now 3 – 1 on the season.

The same two teams will face each other again on Wednesday in a doubleheader.  Game times are 3:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m. CDT.

The games will be broadcast on ESPN Radio 1410 and on the internet at www.northplattepost.com.  They will also be live streamed on www.coachesaid.com.​