Volleyball wins against nationally ranked opponent

COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho – It has been an up and down season for the NIC Volleyball team, but on Saturday they got a huge win when it mattered most beating seventh ranked, Snow College.

The Cards won the third set 25-23. They held off a good comeback from Snow in the final set, winning 25-21 and taking the match 3 sets to 1.

In the 4th set, the Cards stormed out to a 7-2 lead early and they never looked back despite Snow cutting the deficit three different times in the set. Snow cut the deficit to three 18-15 at one point in the final set and eventually cut the Cardinal lead down to two 23-21 before NIC answered with two consecutive points to take the final set.

“It always feels good beating a nationally ranked opponent,” Head Coach Kelsey Stanley said, “Our last couple of wins were big, but any win like this feels good.”

The Cards dominated throughout the final set, getting key blocks in the match from 6’4″ sophomore Dzeni (pronounced: Jenny) Hadzisehovic, who was dominant in front of the net.

NIC doesn’t get a break though, as they take on second ranked College of Southern Idaho this Saturday at 1 p.m. in Twin Falls.