Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 | Box Score 3 | Box Score 4 Kansas City, KS - Neosho traveled to the Kansas City Kansas Community College Invitational and finished with a 1-3 record in a long, tiring non-conference stretch. Playing 4 matches in two days, with two of those matches being against ranked teams, the Panther Volleyball squad had all they could handle over the course of the weekend.
 
The Panthers opened the weekend Friday morning with a heart breaking five set loss to Des Moines Area Community College (IA). Although falling short in the fifth set Neosho had several bright spots; Jenna Devore tallied a double- double with 50 assists and 10 digs, McKenzi Shurley had a season high 11 kills on 22 attempts and Michaela Bowers finished with 18 digs.
 
The second match up of the day came as a 1-3 loss to Northeast Community College (NE) with set scores of 25-23, 14-25, 23-25, 22-25. Neosho struggled after the first set to keep a lead and finally dropped the remaining three sets after nice showings again from McKenzi Shurley- who finished the game hitting .438, Carlee Noll who added 7 kills and 3 block assists and Michaela Bowers finishing the match with 23 digs.
 
On Saturday the Panthers faced off against Top 20 powerhouse Lincoln Land Community College (IL) (#18) and pulled off and exciting 5 set victory with set scores of 25-27, 26-24, 28-30, 25-21, 16-14. Neosho finished strong offensively hitting .240 for the match and totaling 8 blocks and 94 digs on the defensive end. Freshman Julia McVey top the hitting category with 24 kills while Hanna Mowdy also had a top notch hitting performance with 21 kills.
 
To finish out the day the Panthers dropped a 4 set match to Waubonsee Community College (IL) (#RV).  Neosho again started strong taking set on 25-21 before dropping the next three sets 17-25, 21-25, 18 -25. The Panthers struggled passing in serve receive allowing Waubonsee to score on 18 aces for the match.
Neosho will be back in action on Wednesday, September 25^th, 2019 at 6:30 pm to face conference opponent Kansas City Kansas Community College.