• MEN’S SOCCER

PASCO, Wash. — Alec Maldonado scored on a deflection of a Kobe Murphree shot to send the North Idaho College men’s soccer team to a 1-0 win against the Columbia Basin College Hawks in the Northwest Athletic Conference East Region opener for both schools on Saturday.

“(NIC goalkeeper) Garrett (Boyce) played the ball up the middle to Kobe and it ricocheted to the right side of the field,” NIC men’s soccer coach Ken Thompson said. “Nobody is going to beat Alec to that ball and he just slammed it in. It was an angle shot and he was able to get a shot off fast enough they couldn’t get to it.”

Boyce, a Coeur d’Alene High product, finished with 13 saves in the shutout for NIC (1-2-2), which travels to Treasure Valley on Wednesday.

Columbia Basin is 2-1-1.

First half — none. Second half — 1, NIC, Alec Maldonado (unassisted), 50:00.

Shots on goal — NIC 10, CBC 19.

Saves — NIC, Garrett Boyce, 13; CBC, Max Herrera 10.

• WOMEN’S SOCCER

North Idaho 9

Blue Mountain 0

PENDLETON, Ore. — Sadie Schmeling, a Post Falls High graduate, scored a hat trick and Megan Lowery of Coeur d’Alene High added a goal and three assists for the visiting Cardinals (3-1-0) in the Northwest Athletic Conference East Region opener for both schools.

“Blue Mountain (0-4-0) was obviously a weaker team, but we stayed focused and worked on things in the game we’ve been working to improve in practice,” NIC coach Dan Hogan said.

NIC travels to Ontario, Ore., on Wednesday to play Treasure Valley.

First half — 2, NIC, Sadie Schmeling (Meg Lowery), 5:00. 2, NIC, Jessica Scott (Marisol Guerrero), 21:00. 3, NIC, Emily Aspden (Lowery), 23:00. 4, NIC, Lowery (penalty kick), 25:00. Second half — 5, NIC, Schmeling (unassisted), 47:00. 6, NIC, Schmeling (Lowery), 50:00. 7, NIC, Guerrero (unassisted), 66:00. 8, NIC, Madeline Roberts (unassisted), 80:00. 9, NIC, Monique Queen (unassisted), 90:00.

Shots on goal — NIC 26, BMCC 0.

Saves — NIC, Tiegan Horton 0, Kinzie Hunter 0; BMCC, Jessica Adams 17.