Cards come up short on sophomore night

COEUR d'ALENE — Morgan Claus, a sophomore from Moscow High, had seven kills for the Cardinals in a 25-13, 25-17, 25-22 loss to the 11th-ranked Bruins in a Scenic West Athletic Conference match at Christianson Gymnasium. 

"Salt Lake is a great serving team, with lots of pace and movement on the ball," NIC coach Drew Pascua said. "We'd have to be on point with our passing in order to get creative in our offense to overcome their size. But we couldn't get our rhythm in serve-receive. We know we are capable of battling these bigger teams when we pass well, so we'll keep grinding away at it."

Freshman Jordyn Williams had five kills and nine digs, freshman Brecklan Weaver nine digs and freshman Rylie Dolven 20 assists for NIC (8-11, 3-4 SWAC), which travels to Utah State-Eastern of Price, Utah, on Thursday. 

Logan Lindsay, Havi Montano and Kallie Johansen had eight kills each for Salt Lake (16-8, 5-2).

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