NIC SOFTBALL: Cardinals swept by Salt Lake in still-crowded SWAC race to postseason

TAYLORSVILLE, Utah — Aspen Roberts, a freshman from Riverton, Utah, hit a two-run home run in the first inning, then added a solo shot in the seventh inning for North Idaho College, but the Cardinals fell to the 17th-ranked Salt Lake Community College Bruins 13-10 in the second game and were swept in a Scenic West Athletic Conference doubleheader at Norma Carr Field on Saturday. 

Salt Lake (34-10, 27-5 SWAC) won the first game from NIC (15-36, 7-21), sweeping the four-game weekend series. The Bruins, who concluded the regular season on Saturday, await the results of next weekend’s series between NIC and second-place Southern Idaho (34-11, 23-5) to determine the host of the Region 18 Tournament starting on May 12.