NIC ROUNDUP: Cardinals sweep Big Bend
Coeur d'Alene Press | UPDATED 2 years, 3 months AGO
• VOLLEYBALL
COEUR d’ALENE — North Idaho College freshman Rachael Stacey had 17 kills and eight digs for the Cardinals in a 25-19, 25-12, 25-11 win over the Big Bend Vikings in a Northwest Athletic Conference match at Christianson Gymnasium on Wednesday.
NIC sophomore Abigail Neff had 40 assists and 14 digs, freshman Rylee Hartwig nine kills and three digs for NIC (21-4, 12-1 NWAC). Sophomore Taylin Rowley had six kills and 13 digs for NIC.
NIC, which has clinched a playoff spot, travels to Treasure Valley on Friday.
Big Bend is 2-19, 1-12.
• WOMEN'S SOCCER
North Idaho 1
Columbia Basin 0
PASCO, Wash. — Mariel Stuart scored on an assist from Teresa Ledezma in the 47th minute for the Cardinals, who beat the Hawks in the Northwest Athletic Conference finale for both schools.
NIC (12-2-3, 10-1-3, 33 points) finished third in the East Region and will travel to a No. 2 seed to open the NWAC playoffs next Wednesday. Columbia Basin (14-1-1, 12-1-1, 37 points) will have a first round bye. Spokane (12-2-2, 11-2-1, 34 points) will be the second seed from the East Region and host its opening round match.
Kaycee Chavez had six saves for NIC.
First half — none. Second half — 1, NIC, Mariel Stuart (Teresa Ledezma), 47:59.
Shots on goal — NIC 7, CBC 6.
Saves — NIC, Kaycee Chavez 6; CBC, Jayauana Keister 2, Kylie Patocka 4.
• MEN'S SOCCER
Columbia Basin 4
North Idaho 1
PASCO, Wash. — Josh Hieber scored in the eighth minute for the Cardinals, who concluded the season with a loss to the Hawks.
Marshall Cressall had seven saves for NIC, which finished 4-9-3, 3-6-3 NWAC.
Columbia Basin (11-3-0, 9-3-0), winners of the East Region title, will have a bye in the first round of the conference playoffs.
First half — 1, NIC, Josh Hieber (Adam Hernandez), 8:59. 2, CBC, Raymundo Mendez (Alan Barragan), 16:39. Second half — 3, CBC, Gabriel Delgado (Johnny Ramirez), 46:17. 4, CBC, Ramirez (unassisted), 60:08. 5, CBC, Jonas Olvera (Jose Napoles), 64:15.
Shots on goal — NIC 1, CBC 11.
Saves — NIC, Marshall Cressall 7; CBC, Hector Godinez 0, Jose Carona 0.
