Mt. Mercy Softball

Menster tosses shutout for Mustangs

DAVENPORT - Tawny Menster pitched a one-hit shutout for the Mount  Mercy softball team on Sunday in a 10-0 victory over Lincoln (Ill.) at  the Ambrose Dome.

Menster struck out nine batters in the five-inning game and did not  issue any walks. She also hit a triple and drove in a run.

Jolona Shield, Emily Oler and Sydney Robertson had two hits for the  Mustangs. Payton Bruner, Shield and Oler drove in two runs. Oler  belted a home run. Shield scored twice. The Mustangs scored all 10 of  their runs against Lincoln in the second inning.

Mount Mercy was nipped by Aquinas (Mich.), 8-7, in the other game  Sunday for its third one-run loss of the weekend.

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Mustang softball drops tight games

DAVENPORT - The Mount Mercy softball team suffered a pair of one-run  defeats at the Ambrose Dome in Davenport Saturday.

The Mustangs lost to Saint Ambrose, 2-1, and fell to Aquinas, 4-3, in eight innings. The setbacks left Mount Mercy with a 2-4 record for the  season.

Mount Mercy collected only two hits in the 2-1 loss to Saint Ambrose.  Jayna Witzany was the hard-luck loser for the Mustangs. She allowed  one earned run on three hits in six innings, with six strikeouts and  three walks.

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Mount Mercy softball wins pair in Florida

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.

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Mustangs drop 2 tight games

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.

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