Show Volleyball Takes Pair From NIC Ricks rl I. I BY ERIN ROSS Hoss e STAFF EDITOR 1 C The Bruins Volleyball team dominated dominated dominated dom dom- the North Idaho Cardinals with three straight wins and defeated Ricks in three out of four games in their weekend opener Coach expected the Bruins to breeze through the games a p dv rn y a aTHE THE BIG RIGHT HANDER American All Sylva sends a volleyball past two North Idaho while setter Kali Kal Surplus 1 I and m middle blocker Ruth Crockett 4 watch on with North Idaho and she wasn't disappointed dis dis- appointed Although looked a little weak in their serves with more than double the service errors as the Cardinals they played tough defense and outscored their opponent The first of the three games against North Idaho ended in a 15 to 9 score in favor of the Bruins The next game was 15 to 2 and the final game was 15 to 8 E. These consecutive wins might have given the Bruins just the right amount of confidence and stamina needed to play Ricks College on Saturday Saturday Saturday Sat Sat- who proved to be a tougher challenge In th the first game held the lead up until the final minutes in which the Vikings came back to beat them 15 to 13 The Bruins were undeterred and met Ricks with their own win in game two Game three seemed to be the key to determining who would gain the momentum necessary for two more victories The Bruins started off early with a point but Ricks came back strong with 6 The game was in favor of the Vikings until The Bruins started their comeback finally matching their opponents score at nine The tie was quickly broken and the Bruins finished finished finished fin fin- the game when Radka 6 served five back to back aces The Bruins with two games in the bag were relentless in game four where they took the first lead and never let up The final score was 15 to 5 Every team member contributed significantly in the wins this week week- end Kaili Surplus Sylva va Radka and Sally Toia Tola were at the top of their form Assistant coach Loren Finn Finnis is anticipating their upcoming game against who was ranked first in inthe inthe inthe the nation last year The two teams met at the tournament t a couple couple couple cou cou- weekends ago and split the games each with a win Finn stated It will be a tough game We know what it feels like to tobe tobe tobe be there and beat them but they will willbe willbe willbe be ready to play us too The Bruins play at Treasure Valley Valley Valley Val Val- ley on Friday and at on Saturday b t r t 1 r f.- f. J. J t i rif 0 7 1 |