NIC ROUNDUP: Cardinal volleyball sweeps away Blue Mountain
JASON ELLIOTT/Press North Idaho College sophomore Taylin Rowley (No. 15) and Lili Hare (No. 13) block the return of Blue Mountain outside hitter Taylor Suko during Wednesday's Northwest Athletic Conference match at Christianson Gymnasium. Rowley and Hare are both Coeur d'Alene High products and Suko is from Timberlake High in Spirit Lake.
• VOLLEYBALL
COEUR d’ALENE — Janae Rayborn, a sophomore from Lake City High, had 11 kills and six digs for North Idaho College in a 25-20, 25-18, 25-9 win over the Blue Mountain Timberwolves of Pendleton, Ore., in a Northwest Athletic Conference match at Christianson Gymnasium on Wednesday.
“Today was a good win for us,” NIC coach Kelsey Stanley said. “We have been working hard on ‘team’ mentality and tonight, the girls played together. One game at a time, but I’m sure happy with the direction we are going.”
Taylin Rowley, a sophomore from Coeur d’Alene High, had seven kills and sophomore Clair Hodge had 18 digs for NIC, which has won two straight. Abigail Neff, a freshman from Lakeland High, had 22 assists and eight digs for NIC (6-5, 2-0 NWAC), which travels to Wenatchee Valley on Friday.
No stats were available for Blue Mountain (3-9, 1-3).
• WOMEN'S SOCCER
North Idaho 1
Yakima Valley 0
YAKIMA, Wash. — Emily Stuart scored in the 58th minute for the Cardinals in a Northwest Athletic Conference win over the Yaks.
Hailee Mize had eight saves for North Idaho (6-1, 3-0 NWAC), which has six straight matches.
Yakima Valley is 3-3-0, 1-3-0.
NIC faces Columbia Basin on Saturday at noon in Pasco, Wash.
First half — none. Second half — 1, NIC, Emily Stuart (unassisted), 58:03.
Shots on goal — NIC 4, YVCC 8.
Saves — NIC, Hailee Mize 8; YVCC, Sophia Pixton 3.
• MEN'S SOCCER
Wenatchee Valley 1
North Idaho 0
WENATCHEE, Wash. — One error cost the Cardinals in a Northwest Athletic Conference match to the Knights.
Wenatchee Valley’s Gino Miranda scored on an unassisted goal in the 41st minute as the Knights (4-3-2, 3-1-0 NWAC) handed the Cardinals (6-1-0, 2-1-0) their first loss of the season.
“We had a bad giveaway at the end of the first half,” NIC coach Ken Thompson said. “We were pretty clean in the back line, but made one mistake and they punished us for it. We had some chances, but couldn’t get the right shot or contact on the ball. Wenatchee Valley is probably the best team we’ve played, and play good, disciplined soccer. We’re seven games into the season and we’ve been scored on twice. Hopefully we’ll take this as motivation and move on toward Pasco on Saturday.”
NIC travels to Columbia Basin on Saturday.
First half — 1, WVCC, Gino Miranda (unassisted), 41:00. Second half — none.
Shots on goal — NIC 8, WVCC 7.
Saves — NIC, Stuart Herringer 7, WVCC, Ty Miller 8.
