NIC SOFTBALL: Almos no-hits T-Wolves in conference sweep

| April 26, 2015 9:00 PM

COEUR d'ALENE - Madison Anthony homered three times on Saturday, leading the North Idaho College Cardinals to an 8-0 and 19-3 Northwest Athletic Conference sweep of the Blue Mountain Timberwolves of Pendleton, Ore., at Memorial Field.

Tori Almos struck out nine, throwing a no-hitter in the first game for NIC (32-5, 20-2 NWAC), which hosts Yakima Valley in a doubleheader on Tuesday, starting at 2 p.m.

Anthony drove in four runs in the first game, hitting a three-run homer in the fifth inning to end the game. Keku Haake also homered in the game for NIC.

Blue Mountain is 12-24, 9-11.

FIRST GAME

Blue Mountain 000 00 - 0 0 0

North Idaho 110 24 - 8 11 1

Game called with one out in 5th due to 8-run rule.

Hailey Kline and Delaney Paullus; Tori Almos and Jammie Madonna. W - Almos. L - Kline.

HITS: BM - none. NIC - Parker 2, Hayl. Fields 3, Anthony 1, McIntosh, Haake 2, Powless. 2B - Haake, Powless. HR - Anthony (14), Haake (5).

SECOND GAME

Blue Mountain 201 00 - 3 3 2

North Idaho (12)51 1x - 19 16 1

Leah Holthaus, Maggie Rust (1) and Delaney Paullus; Hayley Fields and Lexi Courtney. W - Hayl. Fields (4-0). L - Holthaus (0-1).

HITS: BM - Spencer 2, Rust. NIC - Parker 2, Hayl. Fields 2, Anthony 2, Hayd. Fields 2, McIntosh 2, Haake, Courtney, Powless 3, Guardado. 2B - Hayd. Fields, McIntosh. HR - Spencer, Anthony 2 (16), Hayd. Fields (8), Haake (6), Courtney (4), Powless (5).