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First-place North Idaho brushes past Snow

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Cintia Alessi had 15 kills and nine digs Thursday night to lead 10th-ranked North Idaho College past Snow 30-28, 30-18, 30-14 in Scenic West Athletic Conference women’s volleyball at NIC.

Daidre Mendenhall added 13 kills and Lauren Stern 44 assists for the first-place Cardinals (29-6, 7-2), who lead Southern Idaho and Salt Lake by one-half game.

Snow is 17-16, 2-6.

“Junior Adetokunbo Faleti led all players with 18 kills, but Washington State fell to fourth-ranked UCLA 30-27, 30-28, 30-25 in Pac-10 play at Bohler Gym.

WSU fell to 14-10, 2-8 while UCLA moved to 22-1, 9-1.

Rachel Johnson led the Bruins with 14 kills and Nana Meriwhether had 13. Brittany Johnson added 12 kills for the Cougars.

“Stevie Mussie had 18 kills and 10 digs, and Christal Morrison had 17 kills and 21 digs as sixth-ranked Washington defeated fifth-ranked USC 30-18, 30-25, 27-30, 30-21 at Bank of America Arena in Seattle.

Jessica Swarbrick added 16 kills for the Huskies (18-3, 8-2).

UW will host conference leader UCLA today in Seattle.

“Gonzaga broke a 27-match losing streak to Loyola Marymount that dated back to the 1992 season as it rallied from a 2-1 deficit to defeat the visiting Lions 26-30, 30-26, 22-30, 30-24, 16-14.

The Bulldogs improved to 7-16 overall and 2-6 in the West Coast Conference. LM is 16-7, 4-4.

Junior Becky Jones led the Zags with 21 kills and 11 digs, and Emily Johnson had 15 kills.

Gonzaga will be back in action Saturday when it will welcome Pepperdine to the Martin Centre.

“Eastern Washington extended its winning streak to seven matches and moved into a tie with Northern Colorado for fourth place in the Big Sky Conference as it defeated Idaho State 30-16, 25-30, 30-22, 30-25 at Reese Court in Cheney.

Addie Webster led the Eagles (14-7, 6-5) with 23 kills and 20 digs, and Chrystal Johnson had 15 kills.

EWU will host first-place Sacramento State on Saturday.

Wrestling

Montana State-Northern grabbed a win in every match except four, including an 11-1 majority decision by Chris Smith (147 pounds) as it defeated North Idaho College 25-13 in a non-conference season opener at Havre, Mont.

Heinrich Barnes (141) won by majority decision; Dustin Fowler (157) won 8-6; Spencer Butterfield (184) won 7-4; and Rob Shaw (285) won 6-2 to record NIC’s only wins of the match.