Lady Cards Had A Busy Week

The Soda Springs volleyball team stayed busy last week as they finished the regular season, honored their seniors and started district tournament play.  The week started off for the Cardinals with an old rival Grace coming to town.  The Lady Cards seemed a little out of sorts in this game while the visiting Grizzlies seemed to be at the top of their game.  That combination resulted in a Cardinal loss in three straight sets but the week was far from over.  

With just a day between games the Lady Cardinals next hosted top-seeded Malad for Soda Springs senior night.  The Cardinals have three senior volleyball players this year and took a moment before the start of the game to honor them.  The three senior players are Mayli Whitworth, Emily Thornock, and Brecklyn Golightly.  The girls were escorted onto the court by their parents and given gifts for all of their hard work on the court for the team.  

As for the game itself once again the Lady Cards struggled to play to their full potential which when you are facing the top team in your conference will have severe consequences.  The Cardinals lost to the Dragons in three straight sets.  That loss solidified the Cardinals seed in the district tournament.  That tournament started with the Cardinals once again getting a short break between games.  

The tournament began on Saturday with Soda Springs traveling to West Side.  With a six team conference this year the top two teams earned a first round bye with everyone else matching up according to seed.  Soda Springs came in as the three seed and was matched up with the six seeded Aberdeen Tigers.  The Cardinals have had very little trouble with the Tigers all season and easily won the match in three sets with scores of 25-4, 25-14, and 25-9.  With the win the Cardinals next faced the two seeded West Side Pirates.  The Cardinals have struggled to grab set wins versus the Pirates this season winning just two out of twelve sets played.  The Cardinals would battle hard in this match but once again would come up short losing in three sets with scores of 16-26, 24-26, and 17-25.  With that loss the Lady Cardinals now face a win or go home situation.  The next round of games in the district tournament take place Thursday in Malad.  The Cardinals will face the fourth seeded Declo Hornets, a team they split with in the regular season.  That game will be at 4:00 p.m.  

With a win the Cardinals will stay alive and have to play the loser out of top seeded Malad and second seed West Side at 8:00 p.m. that same night.  Any loss will end the Cardinals season so get out and support this great group of girls and help them get to state.