Cards have strong showing at CSI tournament

A trio of two-game sweeps highlighted North Idaho Colleges’s day at the College of Southern Idaho volleyball tournament Saturday in Twin Falls.

The Cardinals (7-1) swept Laramie College (30-19, 30-17), Dixie State (30-22, 30-17) and Western Wyoming (30-24, 30-22). The day’s only blight was a loss to the host Golden Eagles. CSI, having won seven of the last 11 junior college national titles, swept NIC 30-23, 30-17.

Konae Purcell and Sarah Johnston finished the day with 22 kills apiece to lead the Cardinals, while Collese Doman compiled 76 assists on the day.

•The Vandals had three players in double-figure kills, but it wasn’t enough as Idaho lost its first match of the season, falling to host Ohio (2-0) 30-18, 30-25, 28-30, 30-22 at the AmeriHost Invitational in Athens, Ohio.

Erin Curtis (11), Kati Tikker (11) and Amanda Bowman (10) all reached double figures for the Vandals (2-1).

•Freshman outside hitter Michelle Boevers’ 24 kills led Gonzaga to a 30-27, 27-30, 28-30, 30-28, 15-13 win over Portland State at the Oregon Kickoff Classic in Eugene, Ore.

Boevers also hit .327 as the Bulldogs (1-2) rallied from a 12-9 deficit in the fifth game to hold off the Vikings (1-1). Becky Jones added 19 kills for GU, with Briawna Mueller adding 12 on a .500 hitting percentage.

•Lizzy Mellor’s 21 kills led Eastern Washington (1-1) to a 30-19, 26-30, 30-20, 24-30, 15-13 win over South Dakota State (1-2) at the Oregon Kickoff Classic.

Kerri Beck added 12 kills and Ashley Jensen 11 for the Eagles.

Soccer

A late goal by Patrick Perkins sent Olympic College past the Community Colleges of Spokane men 2-1 in a non-conference matchup at Spokane Falls CC.

After the Rangers opened the scoring in the 51st minute, Kevin Bourland tied the game for the Sasquatch (0-1) in the 65th minute. But Perkins scored on a breakaway in the 84th minute to secure the win for Olympic (1-0).

•Steffannii Johnson of Medical Lake and Alexis DeLeo of Gonzaga Prep each scored twice as the CC Spokane women opened their season with a 4-0 win over Olympic (0-1) at Spokane Falls.

Johnson also added an assist as Sasquatch goalkeeper Amy Danielson earned the shutout.

Football

Sixth-ranked North Dakota opened the game with 20 straight points and cruised to a 44-20 over Central Washington in a non-conference matchup in Ellensburg, Wash.

It was the season opener for both.