Lady Cards Look To Bounce Back

The Lady Cardinals had suffered a couple of tough losses before heading into the Malad tournament last weekend.  In their toughest two game stretch of the year the Cardinals had to travel to both Malad and West Side and were swept by both.  The Dragons and Pirates are currently at the top of the conference as we near the district tournament.  The Malad Dragons are sitting in the driver's seat with big wins over every other team in the district.  The Cardinals lost to the Pirates last week in three sets with scores of 25-18, 25-13, and 25-20.  Following that loss the Cardinals went to the Malad tournament.  At the time of the writing of this article not all of the scores from the tournament were available but we do know that the Lady Cardinals earned two wins over West Jefferson.  Each time the Cardinals won the best of three matches 2-1.  Along with those two wins the Lady Cards had to take on the district leading Dragons once again and had a disappointing loss getting swept in two sets.

This week the Cardinals will still be challenged but get some reprieve from the top two teams.  On Wednesday the Cardinals will host the Declo Hornets.  This will be a very important game for Soda Springs in helping move them up in the district rankings.  When the two teams met last month the result was the most competitive match of the year for the Lady Cardinals.  The match took place in Declo and went the full five sets.  The fourth set of that match went to the Hornets with a final score of 32-30.  The Hornets got the better of the Cardinals in that match up so Soda Springs will be looking for redemption this week at home.  Following that match up the Cardinals will travel to Aberdeen where Soda will be heavy favorites and should cruise to an
easy win.

Things are definitely tightening up with just over a week left before the end of the regular season.  Stay tuned for all of the district tournament game times and locations.