NIC ROUNDUP: Cardinal volleyball sweeps at Colorado Northwestern

• VOLLEYBALL

RANGELY, Colo. — Sophomore Sydney Streiff had 10 kills for North Idaho College in a 25-13, 25-22, 25-16 Scenic West Athletic Conference sweep of the Colorado Northwestern Spartans on Saturday afternoon. 

Sophomore Rylie Dolven had 14 assists, sophomore Brecklan Weaver 16 digs and freshman Eileen Schmidt 12 digs for NIC (14-10, 3-4 SWAC), which is currently fifth in the six-team conference. The top four teams advance to the Region 18 Tournament at the site of the conference champion Nov. 6 and Nov. 7. Snow (9-12, 3-3), which is fourth, visits the Cardinals on Thursday at 6 p.m. 

Colorado Northwestern is 3-20, 0-7. 

• MEN'S SOCCER

Snow 5 

North Idaho 2 

EPHRAIM, Utah — Freshman Ivan Leon scored on an assist from Lake City High product Jacob Molina in the 48th minute for the Cardinals, who fell to the 13th-ranked Badgers in a Scenic West Athletic Conference match. 

NIC (11-5-1, 7-4-1 SWAC, 22 points) is tied for fourth-place in the conference with Utah State-Eastern (8-4-2, 7-4-1, 22 points) with two matches remaining. The top four teams advance to the Region 18 Tournament starting on Oct. 30 at the site of the conference champion. 

“There were a lot of cards and a lot of action in the game,” NIC coach Brad Williams said. “We didn’t fell that it was controlled really well, but we did our best against all odds to do what we could do.” 

NIC travels to Salt Lake on Thursday, then wraps up the regular season at Colorado Northwestern next Saturday in Rangely, Colo. 

First half — 1, Snow, JJ Cubillas (Isaac Stanley), 10:39. 2, Snow, Stanley (Cubillas), 17:22. 3, Snow, Stanley (unassisted), 26:42. Second half — 4, NIC, Ivan Leon (Jacob Molina), 48:25. 5, Snow, Aidan Moore (Cubillas), 54:34. 6, Snow, Francisco Madeira (Tom Culverhouse), 82:27. 7, NIC, Aidan McGuire (penalty kick), 89:08. 

Shots on goal — NIC 3, Snow 7. 

Saves — NIC, Ariel Martinez 2; Snow, Mathias Christensen 1. 

• WOMEN'S SOCCER

Snow 3 

North Idaho 1 

EPHRAIM, Utah — Sophomore McKenzie White scored in the 35th minute for the Cardinals, who fell to the Badgers, the 16th ranked team in the latest NJCAA poll, in a Scenic West Athletic Conference match. 

NIC (5-7-3, 5-5-2 SWAC, 17 points) is sixth in the conference. The top four teams advance to the Region 18 Tournament starting on Oct. 30 at the site of the conference champion. 

Snow (9-3-3, 7-2-3, 24 points) is second. 

The Cardinals travel to fourth-ranked Salt Lake (11-1-2, 9-1-1, 28 points) on Thursday. 

First half — 1, Snow, Bailee Ballard (unassisted), 6:34. 2, Snow, Carly Knudsen (Brianna Kalista), 31:00. 3, Snow, Kalle Jackson (Saige Meryhew), 33:06. 4, NIC, McKenzie White (Fallon Zeller), 35:53. Second half — none. 

Shots on goal — NIC 2, Snow 7. 

Saves — NIC, Serena Hand 4; Snow, Daisy Williams 1.