Mount Mercy University - Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Mount Mercy volleyball makes semifinals

CLINTON - The Mount Mercy women's volleyball team won both of its matches at the Association of Independent Institutions league tournament Friday in five sets and will play in the semifinals Saturday afternoon.

The Mustangs nipped Clarke, 22-25, 25-20, 28-26, 12-25, 15-11, in their first match and trimmed Johnson and Wales, 25-17, 22-25, 15-25, 25-22, 15-11, in their second match in pool play.

Mount Mercy (31-11) will face College of the Ozarks in the semifinals at 2:30 p.m. Saturday, with the championship match scheduled for 7 p.m. at the Kehl Arena in Clinton.

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Mount Mercy soccer makes nationals

LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. - The Mount Mercy men's soccer team defeated Georgia Gwinnett, 1-0, in the semifinals of the Association of Independent Institutions tournament Thursday and earned an automatic spot in the NAIA national tournament.

Mount Mercy will face Ashford in the AII finals Saturday at the Grizzly Soccer Complex, with both teams advancing to the national meet.

Marco Fichtner scored in the 69th minute Thursday to snap a scoreless tie with an assist from Haris Hadzalic. It was Fichtner's 15th goal of the season.

Tomas Zajfert pitched a shutout in goal for the Mustangs.

Mount Mercy raised its record to 15-4, tying the school record for victories. The Mustangs will be making their second trip to the NAIA national tournament in school history.

Mustang women fall in AII Tournament

LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. - Nikki Neal scored a pair of second half goals after assisting on a goal in the first half, leading Central Christian College to a 3-1 women's socer victory over Mount Mercy in opening round of the AII Tournament on Wednesday.

The Tigers (16-3) dominated the game, holding the Mustangs to just two shots on goal. Haley McMath scored the opening goal for Central Christian in the 21st minute before Neal put the game out of reach with tallies in 59th and 69th minutes.

Mount Mercy, which finishes its season at 6-10-2, averted the shutout when Megan Atkin scored an unassisted goal in the 70th minute.

Bowman races 2nd at Heart of America

OSKALOOSA - Evan Bowman of Mount Mercy University finished a tight second at the Heart of America Conference cross country meet Saturday at the Lacey Recreation Complex in Oskaloosa.

Christopher Buhler of Benedictine beat Bowman by 1.1 seconds, clocking a winning time of 26 minutes, 32.0 seconds. Bowman finished a few steps behind Buhler in 26:33.1.

This was the first competition in any Heart of America event for Mount Mercy since the Mustangs joined the league this year.

Benedictine captured the men's and women's team championships. Mount Mercy placed second in both races, earning automatic berths for its men's and women's teams at the NAIA national meet Nov. 21 in Charlotte, N.C.

Colton Forster of Mount Mercy finished fourth in the men's race. Lindsay Brunson led the Mount Mercy women in 12th place.

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