NIC SOCCER: Cardinal women start fast, roll past Yakima Valley

COEUR d'ALENE - Aliea Son scored two unassisted goals in the first seven minutes, leading the North Idaho Cardinals to a 6-0 win against the Yakima Valley Yaks in a Northwest Athletic Conference East Division match on Saturday at Eisenwinter Field.

"Aliea got us off with a bang hitting her first shot from about 30 yards out above the right side of the penalty area and driving the ball over the keeper's head into the far post," NIC coach Dan Hogan said. "Her second goal came on a nifty little combination with Meg Lowery just inside the penalty area even with the left post and she shot it just inside the right post."

Lowery and Katelyn Sly had a goal and assist each for NIC (3-3, 1-1 NWAC), which travels to face Trinity Lutheran next Saturday in Everett, Wash.

"I thought we played very well in the first half keeping the ball in Yakima Valley's end most of the time and creating several goal scoring chances," Hogan said. "Alex Rankin and Lexi Smith snuffed out any counter attacks by Yakima and did a great job organizing our defense."

Yakima Valley is 5-1-1, 1-1.

First half - 1, NIC, Aliea Son (unassisted), 2:00. 2, NIC, Son (Meg Lowery), 7:00. 3, NIC, Corinne Ariss (Katelyn Sly), 14:00. 4, NIC, Avery Stanton (unassisted), 40:00. Second half - 5, NIC, Sly (unassisted), 53:00. 6, NIC, Lowery (unassisted), 88:00.

Shots on goal - YVCC 3, NIC 18.

Saves - YVCC, Katie Fowler 7; NIC, Cassy Van Der Mey 0, Tiegan Horton 3.

North Idaho 1

Walla Walla 1

WALLA WALLA - Hamidou Kante scored on an assist from Max Mularski in the 82nd minute - his fourth goal in the last three games - as the Cardinals played to a draw against the Warriors in a Northwest Athletic Conference East Division match.

"It was a battle," NIC coach Ken Thompson said. "We were really pushing for that goal and got a breakaway at midfield, Max played Hamidou through and he drove by the keeper for an empty net goal."

NIC (4-2-1, 2-0-1 NWAC) travels to face the Community Colleges of Spokane on Wednesday at Spokane Falls.

Walla Walla is 3-0-4, 1-0-2.

First half - none. Second half - 1, WW, 55th, Brenden Kenley (Jay Vasquez). 2, NIC, 82nd, Hamidou Kante (Max Mularski).

Shots on goal - NIC 9, WW 16.

Saves - NIC, Tanner Horton 4, Mitch Markovetz; WW, Francisco Flores 4.