Lady Cards Swat The Hornets

Earlier this season, the Soda Springs Lady Cardinals traveled to Declo to take on the Declo Hornets.  What ensued could easily be considered the most thrilling match of the year.  It was one of those matches that becomes an instant classic.  The two evenly matched teams battled back and forth throughout the night, going the full five sets with one set score exceeding thirty points.  Unfortunately for the Lady Cardinals, that match ended with the Hornets getting the win three sets to two.

Ever since that match, I have personally been looking forward to round two between these teams.  The rematch took place last Wednesday at the Bird Nest in Soda Springs.  The Lady Cardinals came out with lots of energy and jumped all over the Hornets in the early going.  The Cardinals built a lead out to 12-6 at one point.  It looked as if maybe the Cardinals would run away with this highly anticipated rematch, but the Hornets had other plans.  Slowly but surely Declo fought their way back into the match, eventually tying then passing the Cardinals on the scoreboard.  The importance of the game became very evident with each team taking timeouts towards the end of the first set to try to gain an advantage.  Neither team would earn much of an advantage and the first set went into extra points with the Cardinals eventually coming away with the 27-25 win.

Set number two was be much of the same, with the teams going toe-to-toe, with Declo grabbing the early lead then Soda Springs battling back into the game.  Once the teams reached the midway point of the set, things stayed tight.  When the scores hit the twenty point mark, the Lady Cards were able to get just a small cushion, winning the second set by the score of 25-21.

The third set belonged to the Cardinals throughout.  The lead was never dominating but significant enough to hold to the end, winning the set 25-15 and the match three games to none.  The Lady Cardinals earned their revenge on the Hornets evening the season series.

The Lady Cardinals have a busy week as they wrap up the regular season.  They were home against Grace on Tuesday and faced off with Malad on Wednesday.  The ladies will get a short break as the district tournament kicks off on Saturday.  At the time of the writing of this article the location and time were not yet known.  Watch for a recap of the district tournament and where the Cardinals stand in next week's edition of the Idaho Enterprise.