* MEN'S SOCCER

LA JUNTA, Colo. - Sophomore goalkeeper Tanner Jones had 10 saves, but the North Idaho College Cardinals men's soccer team came up short in the Region 9 semifinals, losing 2-0 to the top-seeded Laramie County Golden Eagles on Saturday afternoon at Tiger Stadium.

Laramie County beat NIC on Sept. 8 2-0 in Laramie, Wyo.

"You could really see the progress we'd made throughout the season," NIC coach Ken Thompson said. "They got up 2-0 on us quickly a few weeks ago, but we were able to keep right with them. I thought we controlled the match, but they had better chances than us."

NIC finishes 11-6-2. On Friday, the Cardinals won their first match in postseason history against Northwest College of Powell, Wyo.

"I'm proud of our sophomores," Thompson said. "They played tough and trained well for the last two years. Nobody's happy we lost, but they feel they played a big part in building the program and it's good to see them develop that perspective quickly."

First half - 1, LCCC, Dennis Vivar-Diaz (Domey Espinoza), 29:00. Second half - 2, LCCC, Jesse Molina (Wyatt Witty), 56:00.

Shots on goal - NIC 15, LCCC 20.

Saves - NIC, Tanner Jones 10; LCCC, Daniel Ainsworth 4.

* WRESTLING

North Idaho 30

MSU-Northern 16

COEUR d'ALENE - Carlos Lazoya (133 pounds), VJ Giulio (187) and Taylor Kornoely (285) had particularly impressive wins for the Cardinals against the Lights at Christianson Gym.

Giulio, third at the NJCAA tournament last year, pinned Garrett DeMers, a state champion and a three-time state placer at Coeur d'Alene High.

"We improved on things from yesterday," said NIC coach Pat Whitcomb, whose team lost 22-21 to the University of Great Falls on Friday night in the Cardinals' season opener.

NIC returns to action Nov. 9 at the Powell (Wyo.) Open.

125 - Duell Stadel, MSN, p. Jared Miller, 4:19. 133 - Carlos Lazoya, NIC, d. Aaron La Farge, 4-3. 141 - Cameron Neiss, MSN, d. Terrance McKinney, 5-3. 149 - Kit Major, NIC, by forfeit. 157 - Jeremy Golding, NIC, d. Edward Cheff, MSN, 11-8. 165 - Nico Moreno, NIC, p. Ethan Hinebauch, 5:15. 174 - Jared Miller, MSN, d. Johnathon Dennis, 13-7. 184 - Kody Reed, MSN, md. Rowland Gaydosh, 10-2. 197 - VJ Giulio, NIC, p. Garrett DeMers, 2:05. 285 - Taylor Kornoely, NIC, p. Jorrell Jones, 4:06.

* VOLLEYBALL

Snow d.

North Idaho

EPHRAIM, Utah - Larissa Claassen had 19 kills and 17 digs and Leeta Grap 16 kills and 23 digs for the 16th-ranked Cardinals, which lost a Scenic West Athletic Conference match to the 18th-ranked Badgers 13-25, 25-22, 25-23, 25-25, 15-11 on Saturday.

"We played a much better match today and certainly had an opportunity to win the fifth set up 8-4 at the switch, but credit Snow with some good blocking at crucial times," NIC coach Miles Kydd said. "They were just a little bit better at the end than we were. On a positive note, we had outstanding performances at the net from Leeta and Larissa."

Allison Meehan had 48 assists, Russia Robinson 26 digs, LeeNell Hernandez 13 digs and Anyssa Matheson 12 kills for NIC (12-10, 5-4 SWAC), which hosts the Community Colleges of Spokane on Tuesday in a nonconference match before concluding conference play against visiting Southern Idaho on Friday at Christianson Gym.

In other SWAC play, seventh-ranked Salt Lake defeated eighth-ranked Southern Idaho 23-25, 25-21, 25-27, 25-18, 15-13 in Salt Lake City to clinch at least a tie for the conference championship. Salt Lake will host the Region 18 tournament Nov. 7-8.

The Bruins (20-6, 8-0) can clinch the outright title with a win against either Utah State-Eastern (5-16, 1-5) or Colorado Northwestern (3-23, 0-7) next weekend.