Mount Mercy University - Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Mustangs split initial volleyball meets

MILWAUKEE - The Mount Mercy women's volleyball team split its two matches at the Cardinal Stritch Tournament in Milwaukee Friday to begin the 2018 campaign.

The Mustangs blanked Saint Mary's, 25-22, 25-20, 25-18, in their first match of the season and were nipped by Cardinal Stritch, 25-23, 23-25,  25-23, 25-23, in their second outing.

Kayla Daggett collected 76 assists in the two matches for Mount Mercy. Alyssa Weldon finished with 29 kills and Maddie Bell had 27.

Lauren Stopko had 37 digs in the two matches. Olivia Makinen blocked nine shots.

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MSR covering Mount Mercy sports again

The Metro Sports Report is delighted to announce that we will be covering Mount Mercy University during the 2018-19 school year and hopefully for many more years to come.

The Metro Sports Report provided extensive coverage of the Mustangs from 2014 through 2016, but we had to curtail our operation due to financial constraints. That is no longer the case.

"The Metro Sports Report has bounced back nicely the past few years and is expanding its operation again," said Jim Ecker, the president and owner of the website company. "We greatly enjoyed covering Mount Mercy the first time around and we're looking forward to covering the Mustangs again."

The new coverage will begin next week with the beginning of fall sports and will continue throughout the school year. Mount Mercy offers a total of 18 varsity sports and is recognized as one of the top NAIA schools in the Midwest and around the country.

The eight men's sports are baseball, basketball, bowling, cross country, golf, soccer, track and volleyball. The eight women's sports are basketball, bowling, cross country, golf, soccer, softball, track and volleyball. Mount Mercy also offers two coed sports with competitive cheer and competitive dance.

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Lohaus commits to Mount Mercy baseball

Tanner Lohaus looked at three college baseball programs in Cedar Rapids when he decided to leave the Northern Iowa basketball program this spring  and change sports in mid-stream.

He announced Tuesday that he'll be joining the Mount Mercy Mustangs after also considering Kirkwood and Coe.

Lohaus played baseball and basketball at Iowa City West before heading to UNI two years ago for basketball. He was red-shirted in 2016-17 and  played sparingly in seven games this past season before deciding to trade the roundball for a hardball.

Lohaus was a pitcher and shortstop in high school, but he's viewed primarily as a pitcher as he joins Mount Mercy.

Lohaus is currently playing for Red Top in the Iowa Valley League.

No. 6 Eagles roll to 13th win in row

Kyle Arrington dunked in 17 points Tuesday night as the sixth-ranked Kirkwood Eagles cruised to a 92-47 victory over the Mount Mercy junior varsity at Johnson Hall.

Arrington, a 6-foot-10 freshman, collected four dunks in the first half over the shorter Mustangs. He finished by making 8 of 10 shots from the field in 17 minutes.

Kirkwood raised its record to 21-4 overall with its 13th straight victory.

Chris King and Jay Small contributed 12 points apiece for the Eagles. Carlo Marble had 10 points. LJ Stansbury and Semaj Ray scored nine points. Justin Storey finished with eight points.

Bailey Kale dished out 11 assists. Ray grabbed nine rebounds. Arrington and Small had eight rebounds.

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