NIC ROUNDUP: Cardinal men tie in soccer for second straight day

| August 29, 2016 9:00 PM

• MEN’S SOCCER

EUGENE, Ore. — Koby Murphree gave North Idaho College the early lead, but the Cardinals settled for a tie for the second straight day, this time 1-1 vs. Portland Community College on Sunday to wrap up the NWAC Fall Festival.

Murphree’s brother, Kade, cleared the ball long and high from his own 18. Koby ran it down and drilled a shot into the lower left of the net from 25 yards out.

“Koby’s goal was a fantastic finish,” NIC coach Ken Thompson said. “Portland was a big, very physical team, and Garrett Boyce had some huge saves. At least four of them were fully extended saves.”

NIC (0-0-2) plays at Whitworth on Thursday.

First half — 1, NIC, Koby Murphree (Kade Murphree), 22:00. Second half — 2, Port, Jared Sires (unassisted), 66:00.

Shots on goal — NIC 7, Port 16.

Saves — NIC, Garrett Boyce 7; Port, Christian Canzada 4.

• WOMEN’S SOCCER

Clark 2

NIC 0

EUGENE, Ore. — The Cardinals were outshot 13-5 in the loss to the Penguins of Vancouver, Wash., on the second day of the NWAC Fall Festival.

Aliea Son of NIC (1-1-0) hit the crossbar with a shot in the first half and Meg Lowery had a header blocked in front of the goal in the second for NIC’s best chances to score.

“Overall Clark played better than we did today,” NIC coach Dan Hogan said. “They were a little more organized defensively and had some good midfield/forward combinations.”

NIC plays at Tacoma Community College on Saturday.

First half — 1, Clark, Riley Allison (Jasmine Pritchett), 35:00. Second half — 2, Clark, Molly Joyce (unassisted), 77:00.

Shots on goal — NIC 5, Clark 13.

Saves — NIC, Tiegan Horton 3, Kinzie Hunter 3. Clark, Sarah Kaufman 3.

• VOLLEYBALL

NIC drops two at tourney

SPRINGFIELD, Ore. — The Cardinals fell to Blue Mountain of Pendleton, Ore., 25-20, 23-25, 15-9 and to Linn-Benton of Albany, Ore., 25-21, 25-19, 27-25 to wrap up play at the NWAC Fall Festival.

No statistics were available.

NIC (3-3) travels to Salt Lake City for the Crystal Inn-vitational on Friday and Saturday.