HILLSBORO, Missouri- The Cloud County Community College volleyball team went 0-2 during the first day of the two-day Jefferson College Halloween Classic tournament, falling in four sets to Illinois Central College and in three sets to Missouri State-West Plains.

The tournament is serving as a non-conference tune up for the T-Birds (11-16 overall, 5-8 KJCCC) before a three-match home stretch, beginning Monday against Hutchinson Community College, to conclude the KJCCC regular season.

Cloud County fell 18-25, 27-25, 17-25 and 15-25 in the day's first match against ICC. The T-Birds were led by freshman Irem Bat with nine kills, with redshirt freshman Drew Mann added eight kills and freshman Elizabeth Nobert chipped in six kills.

Sophomore outside hitter Cara Flach finished with a team-high 21 assists and tied with fellow sophomore, defensive specialist Bailey Lewis, for the team-high in digs with 10.

In Friday's second match, the T-Birds had a tough draw with Missouri State-West Plains, which entered the contest with a 24-5 overall record and was ranked No. 5 in the country but were dropped from the polls due to NJCAA probation.

The Grizzlies defeated Cloud County in straight sets: 25-15, 25-15 and 25-22.

Bat again led the way for Cloud, finishing with nine kills. Flach added 13 assists and four kills and freshman defensive specialist Brooke Baird tallied two aces.

The T-Birds will resume tournament action at 10 a.m. Saturday against tournament hosts, No. 11 Jefferson College (19-5 overall). They will conclude the tournament at noon against John A. Logan College.