Metro Sports Report

Jackson gets 6 hits as Mustangs split

Mount Mercy center fielder Evan Jackson collected six hits Tuesday as  the Mustangs split a non-conference doubleheader with Missouri Baptist  at the Plaster Athletic Complex.

Missouri Baptist won a pitchers duel in the opener, 2-1. Mount Mercy  responded with a one-run victory of its own in the nightcap, 5-4.

Jackson went 3-for-3 in the 2-1 setback in the opener, accounting for  half of Mount Mercy's base hits.

Jackson went 3-for-4 with two RBIs in the 5-4 victory in Game 2. His  RBI double in the bottom of the ninth snapped a 4-4 tie, driving in  Austin Hilpipre and giving the Mustangs a walk-off victory.

Hilpipre was 3-for-3 and scored twice in the nightcap. Collin Shrader  was 2-for-4. Tito Berdecia belted a solo homer.

Mustangs take 4th at Wildcat Cup

INDIANAPOLIS - The Mount Mercy men's golf team moved up a notch  Tuesday and finished fourth out of 18 teams at the Wildcat Cup at the  Brickyard Crossing course in Indianapolis.

Bellevue University won the 36-hole tournament at 14-over-par 590.  Mount Mercy finished at 28-over 604, 14 shots off the pace.

Philip Nelson of Mount Mercy tied for sixth place at 2-over 146.  William Bruyeres tied for eighth at 3-over 147.

Wilson named 1st team All-American

Doug Wilson of Kirkwood has been honored as a first team All-American by the NJCAA men's basketball selection committee, it was announced Monday.

Wilson led Kirkwood to the 2019 NJCAA Division II national title and had an enormous game in the finals with 30 points, 15 rebounds, five blocks and four assists in a 64-58 victory over Johnson County.

Wilson, a 6-foot-7 sophomore from Des Moines, averaged 21 points, 8.7 rebounds, 2.4 assists and 1.8 blocks to help the Eagles finish with a 31-4 record. He shot 67 percent from the field, which ranked third-best in the country.

Kirkwood golfers win ICCAC title

AMES - The Kirkwood and DMACC men's golf teams have established quite  a rivalry this spring.

The DMACC Bears nipped the Eagles by one shot at the Wartburg Spring  Invitational on Saturday, but Kirkwood got a measure of revenge at the  ICCAC Spring Preview on Monday.

Kirkwood trimmed DMACC by three strokes, 295 to 298, for top honors at  the Spring Preview at the Veenker Memorial Golf Course in Ames.

George Kalpakas of Kirkwood won the title by firing a 1-under-par 71.  Kalpakas competed as an individual and his score did not count for the  Eagles, but they won the championship anyway.