by Alan Hoskins, KCKCC
Some of the best college volleyball in the Midwest will be on display Friday and Saturday when Kansas City Kansas Community College holds its annual invitational tournament.
Three nationally ranked teams – No. 6 Coffeyville, No. 13 Cowley College and No. 18 Iowa Central – are in the 8-team invitational that will tip off. Friday. Sixteen matches are scheduled with continuous action starting at 11 a.m. Friday and 9 a.m. Saturday.
KCKCC, which plays at Coffeyville Wednesday, will open against Southwestern Iowa at 1 p.m. Friday and then will take on Iowa Central at 5 p.m. On Saturday, the Blue Devils will play Southeast Nebraska at 11 a.m. and Labette at 3 p.m. The tournament schedule:
Friday Games
11 a.m. – Labette vs. Southeast Nebraska; Cowley vs. Longview.
1 p.m. – KCKCC vs. Southwestern Iowa; Iowa Central vs. Coffeyville.
3 p.m. – Longview vs. Southeast Nebraska; Cowley vs. Labette.
5 p.m. – KCKCC vs. Iowa Central; Coffeyville vs. Southwestern Iowa.
Saturday Games
9 a.m. – Southwestern Iowa vs. Cowley; Longview vs. Iowa Central.
11 a.m. – KCKCC vs. Southeast Nebraska; Longview vs. Coffeyville.
1 p.m. – Iowa Central vs. Cowley; Labette vs. Southwestern Iowa.
3 p.m. – KCKCC vs. Labette; Southeast Nebraska vs. Coffeyville.