Cardinals win final three with Coyotes

COEUR d'ALENE - Hayley Fields finished the weekend 9 of 14 with a home run, five doubles and nine RBIs as the North Idaho College Cardinal softball team took the final three games of a Scenic West Athletic Conference series against the eighth-ranked Southern Nevada Coyotes on Saturday at Memorial Field.

In the conclusion of Friday's game halted by darkness at Lake City High, NIC won 8-3, then won two others 8-5 and 13-5 at Memorial Field to improve to 24-17, 19-13 SWAC.

"It was great to come out this weekend and win the series against a top 10 opponent on our home field," NIC coach Don Don Williams said.

Southern Nevada is 31-13, 24-12 and third in the conference.

NIC travels to Snow College next Friday and Saturday.