Cardinals fall short in five to Blue Mountain

COEUR d’ALENE — Hailee Etter had 18 kills and five digs for North Idaho College in a 25-19, 20-25, 25-29, 25-15, 15-13 loss to Blue Mountain Community College in a Northwest Athletic Conference East Region match on Friday at Christianson Gymnasium.

Kayla Neumann had 17 kills and 10 digs, Hope DeLeon 15 digs, Haylee Templeton 51 assists Hannah McPhetridge 10 kills for NIC (14-7, 2-1 NWAC), which travels to Big Bend of Moses Lake on Wednesday.

Blue Mountain, which leads the East Region, improves to 16-4, 3-0.