Lady Cardinals Lose To WS/Face Tough Week

Last week the Lady Cardinals had a bit of a slow week with just one game on the schedule.  That game was a home contest against a solid West Side Lady Pirate squad.  The Cardinals opened the match up with some great enthusiasm and jumped out to the early lead in set one.  The Lady Cardinals were able to hold that lead and ride it to a set one win.  In set two the momentum would shift to the Lady Pirates.  West Side would earn the advantage in set two and not relinquish it for the remainder of the match.  The Lady Pirates would take set two and despite a strong effort by the Cardinals West Side would win set three as well.  In the fourth set the Cardinals struggled to gain back the enthusiasm that they had early in the match and suffered their largest set loss of the match.  The Lady Cardinals lost the match and all but solidified their placing for the upcoming district tournament.

This week is another challenging one for Soda Springs.  On Tuesday night they played cross county rival Grace on the road.  That game had not yet taken place at the time of the writing of this article.  That being said, the two evenly matched teams and the emotions that go along with a rivalry game will take its toll on the Cardinals and could have an effect on their spirits going into the second game of the week.  That game is another road game against top ranked Malad.  This will be a huge challenge for the Lady Cardinals.  An upset of the Lady Dragons would give them a moral boost going into the end of the season.  A loss will not really change anything as far as district standings go so the girls have nothing to lose by going for it all in Malad on Thursday.  

Cardinals 25 18 21 12

Pirates 20 25 25 25