NIC ROUNDUP: Cardinal volleyball tops Spokane in four

• VOLLEYBALL

SPOKANE — Halle Hess had 12 kills and 17 digs for the North Idaho College Cardinals in a 25-14, 19-25, 25-20, 25-18 win over the Community Colleges of Spokane Sasquatch in Northwest Athletic Conference play at Spokane Falls Community College on Wednesday.

Brooke Bell had 13 kills and Brittany Gay had 41 assists and 13 digs for NIC (10-10, 5-1 NWAC), which hosts Wenatchee Valley on Friday at Christanson Gym.

Santana Jose and Jessica Schumatz had 12 kills each and Leilani Moody had 20 assists and 11 digs for Spokane (17-7, 4-1).

• MEN’S SOCCER

North Idaho 2

Treasure Valley 0

COEUR d’ALENE — Freshman forward Muganza Katanga scored twice on assists from former Lake City High standout Alec Maldonado to lift the Cardinals past the Chukars in a Northwest Athletic Conference match at Eisenwinter Field.

“It’s definitely helpful to have Muganza back,” NIC men’s coach Ken Thompson said. “He was able to get two goals in his first match of the season, so he’s a big presence in the lineup. Hal Pence had a couple of good throws that went to Alec and they were able to connect on some scoring chances. Having some contributors back from injury, it was adding more firepower more than anything. It really takes the heat off some of the guys that have been a focal point and makes us more balanced as well.”

NIC (3-5-2, 3-3 NWAC) travels to Columbia Basin College of Pasco, Wash., on Saturday.

Treasure Valley is 2-6-2, 1-4-1.

First half — 1, NIC, Muganza Katanga (Alec Maldonado), 22:00. Second half — 2, NIC, Katanga (Maldonado), 86:00.

Shots on goal — TVCC 2, NIC 5.

Saves — TVCC, Flavio Betencourt 3; NIC, Garrett Boyce 2.