COEUR d'ALENE - Desirae Tinoco singled with two out in the sixth inning in the first game to score Shelby Carter as the North Idaho College Cardinals beat the Colorado Northwestern Spartans 4-3 and also won 5-1 in the second game to sweep a Scenic West Athletic Conference doubleheader Saturday at Memorial Field.

Carter hit a solo home run in the fifth inning of the second game for the Cardinals (10-19, 7-15), who host Wenatchee Valley on March 25 at Memorial Field.

Shalese Connary hit a three-run homer in the first game for Colorado Northwestern (0-20, 0-20), which dropped all four games in the weekend series with NIC.

FIRST GAME

C. N'western 003 000 0 - 3 4 2

North Idaho 001 111 x - 4 5 1

Whitney Titus and Daniel Brooks; Emily Perlich and Shelby Carter. W - Perlich (5-10). L - Titus.

HITS: CNCC - Dumas 2, Connary 2. NIC - Carter, Bishop 2, LaVaute, Tinoco. 2B - Bishop. HR - Connary, LaVaute (6).

SECOND GAME

C N'western 000 000 1 - 1 4 2

North Idaho 110 012 x - 5 10 2

Nicole Durfey and Daniel Brooks; Hunter Allen and Shelby Carter. W - Allen (3-8). L - Durfey.

HITS: CNCC - Cook, Tubbs, Phillips, Duran. NIC - Sawyer, Bishop 2, Hatton, Parson 2, Carter, Schuler 2, Meyers. HR - Carter (9).