Mount Mercy University - Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Irwin, Mustangs blank No. 19 Baker

BALDWIN CITY, Kan. - Madelyn Irwin tossed a one-hit shutout Friday as  the Mount Mercy softball team blanked 19th-ranked Baker, 8-0, in the  second game of their Heart of America Conference doubleheader.

Baker won the first game, 14-2, on a combined one-hitter by two of its  pitchers.

Mount Mercy jumped to a 5-0 lead in the nightcap and Irwin did the  rest in the five-inning contest. She allowed only one single with two  strikeouts and one walk.

Tawny Menster and Jolona Shield belted home runs for the Mustangs in  the 8-0 victory. Jess Heick was 2-for-3 with two RBIs. Shield and  Emily Oler also had two hits. Menster drove in two runs.

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No. 8 Mustangs spiked by St. Xavier

CHICAGO - The eighth-ranked Mount Mercy men's volleyball team was  trimmed by St. Xavier, 3-2, in a non-conference match Friday night in  Chicago.

The Mustangs won the first two sets, but ended up falling 28-30,  20-25, 25-23, 25-23, 15-10. The outcome dropped Mount Mercy to 16-7  for the season and raised St. Xavier's mark to 15-5.

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Mount Mercy softball sweeps Loras

The Mount Mercy softball team took advantage of the favorable weather  Thursday and swept a non-conference doubleheader from Loras, 7-1 and  5-3, at Busse Field.

The twin-killing lifted the Mustangs to 7-and-5 for the campaign and  dropped Loras to 6-9-1.

Madelyn Irwin pitched six strong innings for Mount Mercy in the 7-1  victory in the opener. She allowed one earned run on four hits, with  six strikeouts and two walks.

Payton Bruner went 2-for-3 with two doubles and two RBIs in the first  game. Sydney Robertson also had two hits.

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Faur helps Mustangs split with Penn

Jake Faur was the winning pitcher and belted a home run Wednesday to  help Mount Mercy top William Penn, 11-2, in the first game of a Heart  of America Conference doubleheader at the Plaster Athletic Complex.

William Penn took the nightcap, 2-1.

The split left Mount Mercy at 9-12 overall and 6-7 in the conference.  William Penn is 17-4 overall and 3-1 in the league.

Faur allowed only one earned run in five innings in the 11-2 victory  in the first game. He struck out six batters.

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