Lady Cards Go 1-1 In District Games
Oct 02, 2024 11:01AM ● By Jody Reeves
Members of the Lady Cardinal Volleyball team prior to their dominant win over Aberdeen.
For the second week in a row the Lady Cardinals faced off against two district opponents. Following a couple of disappointing losses to West Side and Declo, Soda Springs was hoping to turn things around last week when they faced Aberdeen and Malad. Their week started off at home against Aberdeen. The Tigers have struggled this season and have yet to scratch out a win. That did not change when they came to Soda last Wednesday. Soda Springs dominated the match all evening long. The Lady Cardinals never trailed and were only briefly tied once at three points a piece in the third set. Coach Cedar Johnson took advantage of the Cardinals superiority with going to her bench giving some of the younger girls an opportunity to get some varsity minutes. The Cardinals swept the Tigers in three sets winning by scores of 25-10, 25-12, and 25-7.
Following the dominant win, Soda Springs had to travel to Malad the following day to take on the Lady Dragons. Malad currently sits in first place in the district, having already recorded wins over West Side, Wendell and Aberdeen. Malad is also the number two ranked team in the state according to last week's coaches poll. In short the Lady Cardinals had their hands full with the Dragons. Early in the first set, the Cardinals did their best to hang with the tough Dragon team. Following some good long rallies where Soda Springs had their moments of triumph and near the midway point of the set Malad began to pull away. The Cardinals finished the first set by getting outscored thirteen to three after having gotten to a score of 10-12. Unfortunately Soda Springs would not fare any better in the following two sets. The Lady Cardinals go down in this match in three sets with scores of 25-13, 25-9, and 25-10.
With October upon us and the district tournament looming the Cardinals will get a few more opportunities to grab some wins and momentum from district opponents. Their first chance will come on Wednesday in West Side. West Side won the first matchup this season but the Cards are not going to lie down for them this week. Ultimately the regular season wins and losses will only matter when it comes to district tournament seeding. However late season wins can boost a team's confidence as the competition will move to another level once tournament play begins.