STERLING, Kan. - Christian Knox belted a two-run homer in the seventh inning Saturday to help Mount Mercy clip Sterling, 3-1, in a well-pitched college baseball game.

Austin Czerwiec tossed a complete game for the Mustangs but was on the short end of a 1-0 score going into the seventh and final inning. The Mustangs scored three times in the top of the seventh and Czerwiez finished the job on the mound in the bottom of the seventh.

Mount Mercy lost to Graceland, 8-4, in its first game Saturday in Kansas. Czerwiec, Cody Bell and Jimmy Lizarraga all had two hits for the Mustangs. Bell drove in two runs.

The split left the Mustangs with a 4-6 record.

GAME 1

MOUNT MERCY (4): Williams, cf, 2 1 1 0, Holmes, ss, 3 0 0 0, Czerwiec, 2b, 4 2 2 0, Haney, 1b, 3 1 0 0, Bell, lf, 4 0 2 2, Lizarraga, c, 3 0 2 1, Knox, rf, 2 0 0 0 Daugherty, dh, 2 0 0 0, Darichuk, 3b, 3 0 1 0, Henke, p, 0 0 0 0, Flaherty, p, 0 0 0 0. Totals 26 4 8 3.

GRACELAND (8): Salas, ss, 4 2 3 3, Figueroa, 2b, 4 0 2 0, Redhead, 1b, 3 2 1 1, Hernandez, 3b, 3 0 1 2, Allen, cf, 4 0 1 0, Nowell, dh, 3 1 0 0, Cuckovich, 2 2 2 0, Solis, c, 1 0 0 0, Hudson, pr, 0 1 0 0, Tani, rf, 3 0 0 0, Stoner, p, 0 0 0 0, Consulo, p, 0 0 0 0. Totals 27 8 10 6.

Mount Mercy   301 000 0 - 4 8 4
Graceland     020 402 x - 8 10 1

Henke, Flaherty (6) and Lizarraga. Stoner, Consulo (4) and Solis. W - Consulo. L - Henke. 2B - Bell, Czerwiec. HR - Redhead.

GAME 2

MOUNT MERCY (3): Williams, cf, 3 0 0 0, Holmes, ss, 2 0 0 0, Czerwiec, p, 2 0 1 0, Jourdan, pr, 0 1 0 0, Bell, lf, 3 0 0 0, Knox, rf, 3 1 1 2, Lizarraga, c, 2 1 0 0, Badillo, 3b, 1 0 0 0, Baida, ph, 1 0 0 0, Haney, ph, 0 0 0 0, Barrett, 1b, 2 0 0 0, Daugherty, ph, 1 0 0 0 Darichuk, 3b, 0 0 0 0, Dahm, 2b, 2 0 0 0, Henke, ph, 1 0 1 0. Totals 23 3 3 2.

STERLING (1): Hart, cf, 3 1 1 0, Morgan, 2b, 3 0 1 1, Espino, c, 3 0 0 0, Gurrola, 3b, 3 0 0 0, Dorado, 1b, 3 0 2 0, Delsi, rf, 2 0 1 0, Juarez, rf, 0 0 0 0, Eagleton, ph, 1 0 0 0, Stubblefield, ss, 3 0 0 0, Dudkiewicz, dh, 3 0 0 0, Kallas, lf, 2 0 0 0, Williams, p, 0 0 0 0, Jones, p, 0 0 0 0. Totals 26 1 5 1.

Mount Mercy    000 000 3 - 3 3 2
Sterling       001 000 0 - 1 5 1

Czerwiec and Lizarraga. Williams, Jones (7) and Espino. W - Czerwiez. L - Williams. 3B - Hart. HR - Knox.