Mt. Mercy Women's Soccer

Both Mount Mercy soccer teams tie in OT

FOREST CITY - Mount Mercy and Waldorf were fit to be tied Saturday.

The two schools played a soccer doubleheader in Forest City and both  matches ended in 1-1 ties in double overtime. The men's game ended in  a 1-1 tie and the women's contest ended in a 1-1 tie. Both matches  lasted 110 minutes and featured  defenses.

The Mount Mercy men trailed, 1-0, until Duarte Leite scored in the  66th minute to square the match with an assist from Kevin Kastl. Dane  Lee played the final 65 minutes in goal for the Mustangs and helped  keep Waldorf off the scoreboard during that time.

The Mount Mercy women also trailed, 1-0, until Melany Roggow scored in  the 48th minute with an assist from Carly Walker. Grace Byers played  all 110 minutes in goal for the Mustangs and made 10 saves.

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Coe women boot Mount Mercy

The Coe women's soccer team clipped Mount Mercy, 4-2, in a battle of northeast Cedar Rapids neighbors at the Plaster Athletic Complex Wednesday night.

Sydney Schroder, Morgan Petsche, Amanda Hiebert and Katelyn Evans scored goals for the Kohawks. Schroder also had two assists.

Carly Walker and Melany Roggow tallied for the Mustangs. Holli Jones was credited with both assists.

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Mount Mercy women fall to St .Mary

The Mount Mercy women's soccer team was blanked by the College of St. Mary of  Nebraska, 2-0, in a non-conference match at the Plaster Athletic  Complex Saturday.

Sarah Johnson made nine saves for the Mustangs.

Mount Mercy fell to 1-3 with the setback. St. Mary squared its record at 2-2.

Harris-Stowe boots Mustang women

The Mount Mercy women's soccer team lost to Harris-Stowe State, 5-3,  in a non-conference match Sunday at the Plaster Athletic Complex.

Keagan Ovenshire, Abby Estabrook and Holli Jones scored for the  Mustangs, who fell to 1-2 for the season.

Harris-Stowe took a 2-0 lead in the first half before Ovenshire put  the Mustangs on the board at the 33:28 mark with an assist from Carly  Walker.

Harris-Stowe countered to make it 3-1 in the second half. Estabrook  collected an unassisted goal to make it 3-2, but Johanna Wallstab  scored twice to give Harris-Stowe a 5-2 cushion before Jones tallied  late in the match.

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