NIC SOFTBALL: Cardinals sweep to remain in second

| May 14, 2022 1:10 AM

MOSES LAKE, Wash. — North Idaho College kept its one-game lead on Columbia Basin for second in the East Region following a 13-11 and 15-4 sweep of the Big Bend Vikings in Northwest Athletic Conference play on Friday.

NIC (27-15, 22-8 NWAC) leads Columbia Basin (30-15, 21-9) entering the final weekend of the regular season. Walla Walla (40-2, 30-0) is in first place. All three teams have qualified for the NWAC Championships at the Dwight Merkel Sports Complex starting on Thursday.

Kahlea Dumas, a freshman from Post Falls High, had two hits, including a home run, and two runs scored for NIC in the opener.

Further details from the second game were not available.

NIC concludes the regular season today at noon with a doubleheader at Wenatchee Valley.

Big Bend is 17-21, 16-14.

FIRST GAME

North Idaho 000 322 6 — 13 15 0

Big Bend 500 020 4 — 11 13 0

Abbey Brooks and Lexy Orien; Truh Merriman and Gates Leatherwood.

HITS: NIC — Dumas 2, Vanderwiel, Ribordy, Batoon 2, Dobrev 3, Orien 2, Imbler-Bremner 2, McIntyre. BBCC — Horrocks 2, B. Brklacich, Leatherwood 2, Christensen 2, McKinnon, Chagoya, D. Brklacich 3, Brinkman. 2B — Dumas, Ribordy, McIntyre 2, Horrocks. 3B — Horrocks, d. Brklacich. HR — Dumas, Dobrev, Imbler-Bremner 2, Christensen 2, Chagoya, D. Brklacich.