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WINTER HAVEN, Fla. - The Mount Mercy softball team collected a pair of tight victories in Florida Friday.
The Mustangs trimmed Warner University, 3-1, in their first game and edged Martin Methodist College, 6-5, in eight innings in their second outing of the day.
Jayna Witzany pitched a complete game for Mount Mercy (2-2) against Warner University. She allowed one run on seven hits, with six strikeouts and only one walk.
MESA, Ariz. - The Mount Mercy baseball team dropped both ends of its doubleheader against Benedictine-Mesa in Arizona Friday.
Benedictine won the first game, 7-6, in 10 innings and took the nightcap, 6-1.
Owen Oreskovich went 2-for-4 with two RBIs for the Mustangs in the opener. Chili Moseley scored two runs.
Manny Olutunde went 3-for-4 for Mount Mercy (1-5) in the second game. Austin Hilpipre was 2-for-4.
Mary Kay Van Oort had a master plan on how to build a successful men's volleyball program at Mount Mercy when she was hired in August of 2015, but she might have to revise that blueprint now.
The Mustangs are ahead of schedule.
Mount Mercy continued its surge in Year 3 of the program Thursday night by sweeping 10th-ranked Clarke, 25-23, 25-19, 25-17, in a Heart of America Conference match at the Hennessey Recreation Center.
The Mustangs upset top-ranked Grand View last week and are now 10-4 overall, bidding to enter the rankings themselves.
"My players would be disappointed to hear me say that this is faster than I expected it to go, to get to this level," Van Oort remarked. "I have a couple of players who from Day 1 here expressly thought they should win the national championship. And that helps, to have some of that attitude.
"I'm an optimistic person," she continued, "but I'm also a little bit realistic. I know the competition out there is really good and exciting.
WINTER HAVEN, Fla. - The Mount Mercy softball team began the season with a pair of excruciating defeats at the RossMatt Tournament Thursday at the Diamondplex Softball Facility in Florida.
The Mustangs lost to 22nd-ranked Southeastern University, 7-5, after building a 5-4 lead after five innings in their first game.
Mount Mercy fell to Olivet Nazarene, 13-11, in eight innings in the second contest.
DES MOINES - The Mount Mercy men's basketball team struggled in just about every phase of the game Wednesday night.
The result was a punishing loss to Grand View, 89-68, in a Heart of America Conference affair in Des Moines.
The Mustangs (14-12, 9-11) never led in the ballgame and fell behind by 31 points.
Antwain Strong led Mount Mercy with 13 points, eight rebounds and five assists. Mike Evans scored 11 points.
The Mustangs lead all NAIA teams with an average of 13.5 3-pointers per game, but they were only 6 of 29 against Grand View.
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