Cardinal women bounce back from bumpy start, beat Walla Walla

| September 20, 2018 1:00 AM

- WOMEN’S SOCCER

WALLA WALLA, Wash. — Zoe Lee scored two goals for North Idaho College in a 4-0 win over the Walla Walla Warriors in a Northwest Athletic Conference East Region match on Wednesday.

NIC (4-3-2, 4-1 NWAC) also picked up goals from Sydney Moore and Ellory Ferris in the second half. Kaysha Bailey stopped five shots for a shutout in goal for NIC, which hosts Columbia Basin on Saturday at Eisenwinter Field starting at noon.

“The girls really started moving the ball around the field well in the second half,” NIC coach Dan Hogan said. “That was the key to creating more scoring chances and corner kicks. I’m impressed with how much the players have learned so far and we hope to continue to get better.”

Due to a flat tire, NIC arrived 30 minutes later than anticipated for the match.

“We started sluggish as the tire had to be replaced before we got started on our trip this morning,” Hogan said. “We only got an abbreviated warm up before the game.”

Lakeland High product Danielle Dowd had three saves for Walla Walla (6-3, 3-2).

First half — 1, NIC, Zoe Lee (unassisted), 29:00. Second half — 2, NIC, Sydney Moore (Linnea Pretzer), 58:00. 3, NIC, Lee (Sahkora George), 64:00. 4, NIC, Ellory Ferris (Tiana Cydell), 88:00.

Shots on goal — NIC 7, WWCC 5.

Saves — NIC, Kaysha Bailey, 5; WWCC, Courtney Leifer 0, Danielle Dowd 3.

- VOLLEYBALL

North Idaho d.

Wenatchee Valley

WENATCHEE, Wash. — Hailee Etter and Kayla Neumann had 10 kills apiece for the Cardinals in a 25-10, 25-21, 25-16 win over the Knights in an Northwest Athletic Conference East Region match.

Haylee Templeton had 31 assists for NIC (14-6, 2-0 NWAC), which hosts Blue Mountain on Friday at 6 p.m.

Wenatchee Valley is 9-13, 0-3.

- MEN’S SOCCER

Walla Walla 2

North Idaho 0

WALLA WALLA, Wash. — The Cardinals dipped to 1-2-1 in conference play with a loss to the Warriors in an East Region match.

NIC (1-6-1) hosts Columbia Basin at Eisenwinter Field on Saturday starting at 2:15 p.m.

Walla Walla is 6-1-1, 4-0 and leads the East standings.

First half — 1, WWCC, Edwin Romero (unassisted), 3:00. Second half — 2, WWCC, Freddy Rodriguez (Romero), 57:00.

Shots on goal — NIC 6, WWCC 3.

Saves — NIC, Isaiah Damschen, 3; WWCC, Alex Grimaldo, 6.