The Lady Tigers volleyball team dropped a tough one in three sets to Nixa Thursday night, 25-13 22-25 25-19. It was the first conference loss for Republic after opening the COC season with a win over Neosho earlier this week.
Jordan Jones had 11 assists and 10 digs for Republic. Mallory Long contributed 11 digs, and Nicole Hallam had nine kills to power the offense. Alex Botkin served three aces to lead the team.
Republic falls to 7-8 overall. Nixa improves to 17-8.
The Republic JV team also suffered a rare loss, in three sets, 25-15 17-25 25-13. The Republic freshmen won 25-20 25-20.