Northwest Notes October 29, 2010

NIC volleyball team

hits road this weekend

The sixth-ranked North Idaho College volleyball team (22-5, 8-0 Scenic West Athletic Conference) can clinch the regular season championship with a victory tonight at 17th-ranked Salt Lake Community College (23-5, 4-4).

The Cardinals conclude the regular season Saturday at Snow College in Ephraim, Utah.

Southern Idaho (22-8, 6-2) can clinch the second seed to the Region 18 tournament with a win tonight at Snow (16-12, 5-3).

NIC has already secured the right to host the Region 18 tournament Nov. 5-6 at Christianson Gym.

Nevada, Fresno won't join Mountain West until 2012

RENO, Nev. - Nevada and Fresno State have agreed to play one more season in the Western Athletic Conference before transferring to the Mountain West Conference in 2012 and will pay significantly less to make the move than the WAC had demanded.

The two schools wanted to make the change next year, but WAC officials filed a lawsuit that said they failed to provide proper notice to leave the league and would owe the WAC a $5 million departure fee.

WAC commissioner Karl Benson said they reached an agreement that allows the schools to make the jump effective June 30, 2012, for a buyout of $900,000 each.

Four locals qualify for

national tennis tourney

Laura Jordahl, Eileen Johnson, Janet Owen and Sue Servick of the Peak Health and Wellness Center in Coeur d'Alene have qualified for the 4.0 Women's National Tennis Tournament this weekend in Rancho Mirage, Calif.