NIC ROUNDUP: Cardinal volleyball notches first win of season

• VOLLEYBALL

MIDLAND, Texas — North Idaho College outlasted North Central Texas 15-13 in the fifth set to claim a 3-2 win in the Midland Kick-Off Classic on Friday. 

Later, NIC fell 25-17-25-19, 25-23 to tournament host Midland. 

“We’re getting closer to a lineup that maximizes our strengths,” second-year NIC coach Drew Pascua said. “It was a really competitive match (against Midland) and we put ourselves in position to fight at the end, but couldn’t quite finish it off to move the match into a fourth set. I really feel that we are matched up well with Midland and the mistakes we made at the end were aggressive, so we’ve got to keep learning to those.” 

No statistics were available.

NIC (1-2) concludes the three-day tournament today against Colby Community College.

• MEN'S SOCCER

North Idaho 2

Lamar 0

STERLING, Colo. — Judah Straight, a sophomore from Bellingham, Wash., scored one goal and drew a foul which led to a penalty-kick goal as the Cardinals beat the Runnin’ Lopes of Lamar, Texas, at Northeastern Junior College. 

“The guys had to battle hard,” NIC coach Brad Williams said. “It was really difficult conditions again, but we adapted and got the job done.” 

Sophomore Mohammed Fadel Fall scored on the penalty kick in the 38th minute for NIC (2-0-0), which hosts Edmonds Community College at Eisenwinter Field on Thursday at 1 p.m. 

It was the season opener for Lamar. 

First half — 1, NIC, Judah Straight (Sebastiano Casini), 36:00. 2, NIC, Mohammed Fadel Fall (penalty kick), 38:00. Second half — none. 

Shots on goal — not available. 

Saves — NIC, Ariel Martinez 4; Lamar, unknown. 

• WOMEN'S SOCCER

North Idaho 

vs. Eastern Arizona

YUMA, Ariz. — No information was available.