Mount Mercy University - Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Mustangs spiked by Missouri Valley

Sat - 22 Sep Written by Metro Sports Report

MARSHALL, Mo. - The Mount Mercy women's volleyball team was swept by Missouri Valley, 27-25, 25-20, 25-16, in a Heart of America Conference match Friday night.

Maddie Bell led the Mustangs with nine kills. Becca Thomson had eight kills, Alyssa Weldon six, Olivia Coe six and Torie Alexander five.

Caiti Peterson had 35 assists. Lauren Stopko had 25 digs.

Mount Mercy fell to 13-5 overall and 3-3 in the conference. Missouri Valley raised its records to 11-8 overall and 4-2 in the league.

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Mount Mercy runners claim titles

Sat - 22 Sep Written by Metro Sports Report

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. - Both of the Mount Mercy cross country teams captured top honors at the Bakersfield College Invitational Friday in California.

James Lindstrom and Aaron Goldin of Mount Mercy finished 1-2 in the men's competition to lead the Mustangs to the team championship. Lindstrom won the four-mile race in 22 minutes, 6 seconds.

McKenna Johnson of Mount Mercy placed third in the women's race to pace the Mustangs to the overall crown. She covered the 5 kilometer race in 20 minutes, 37 seconds.

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Nikola Petrovic (left) of Mount Mercy battles Simone Raiola of Grand View for control of the ball during Tuesday night's match at the Plaster Athletic Complex. (MSR photo by Margaret O'Banion)

World-wide Mustangs battle to draw

Wed - 19 Sep Written by Jim Ecker

Nikola Petrovic speaks Serbian, English and Portuguese and is working on his French, which makes him a perfect guy to play for the Mount Mercy University men's soccer team.

Coach Amir Hadzic, a native of Bosnia, has players from 13 different countries on his international roster this season, just like he has during many of his 24 years at Mount Mercy.

Petrovic, who is from Serbia, fits right in with his teammates from Germany, Portugal, Jamaica, The Netherlands, England, Senegal, Austria, Brazil, Mali, Australia, South Africa and the United States.

"It's pretty interesting and fun, of course, meeting a lot of cultures and getting to know a lot of languages as well," he said Tuesday night. "I live with a Brazilian guy, and I'm learning Brazilian and he's learning Serbian. It's pretty fun."

Petrovic scored the only goal for Mount Mercy Tuesday as the Mustangs battled Grand View to a 1-1 draw in double-overtime in an intense Heart of America contest at the Plaster Athletic Complex.

Souleymane Diallo, who is from Senegal, got the assist as Mount Mercy took a 1-0 lead late in the first half. Grand View scored in the 73rd minute and both clubs missed opportunities after that.

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Bruyeres takes 3rd at Rathbun golf

Wed - 19 Sep Written by Metro Sports Report

MORAVIA - William Bruyeres of Mount Mercy was Mr. Consistency in the Warrior Challenge golf tournament at Rathbun Lake.

Brureres fired three straight rounds of 69, 69 and 69 to tie for third place with a 54-hole score of 9-under 207. He finished just three strokes out of first place Tuesday.

The Kirkwood Eagles placed third in the six-team field with an aggregate score of 865. Mount Mercy finished fourth at 868.

Ben Epperly of Kirkwood placed ninth at 2-under 214. Will Babcock and Ryan Morrison of Kirkwood tied for 10th and James Morgan of Kirkwood tied for 12th place.

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Mount Mercy women boot Vikings

Wed - 19 Sep Written by Metro Sports Report

Jamie Hill and Payton Pottratz scored goals during a two-minute flurry in the second half Tuesday night to help the Mount Mercy women's soccer team trim Grand View, 2-1, in a Heart of America match at the Plaster Athletic Complex.

Hill scored an unassisted goal in the 67th minute to tie the match, 1-1. Pottratz tallied in the 69th minute with an assist from Olivia Ramsey for a 2-1 lead that proved to be the game-winner.

Sarah Johnson played the entire 90 minutes in goal for Mount Mercy and made an important save.

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