Mount Mercy University - Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Hot Mustangs boot 7th foe in row

DES MOINES - The Mount Mercy men's soccer team blanked fourth-ranked Grand View, 1-0, in overtime Tuesday at the Cownie Soccer Complex in Des Moines for its seventh straight victory.

Marco Fichtner scored the clincher on a direct kick in the 96th minute.

Mount Mercy raised its record to 7-2. Grand View fell to 2-3-1.

Mount Mercy spiked by Ashford

CLINTON - The Mount Mercy women's volleyball team was defeated by Ashford, 25-22, 25-23, 23-25, 25-21, in a tight match Tuesday night at Kehl Arena in Clinton.

Cori Peterzalek led the Mustangs with 12 kills. Olivia Coe had nine kills, Hannah Whitley eight kills, Leslie Hoffmann eight kills and Megan Paustian seven kills.

Peterzalek finished with 22 assists and Abbie Perez had 20. Becca Thomson collected 21 digs. Hoffmann had four blocks.

The Mustangs fell to 12-5 for the season. Ashford raised its mark to 10-7.

Mount Mercy wins Cropper golf title

The Mount Mercy Mustangs won the Cropper Golf Classic by 10 shots Sunday at Hunters Ridge.

Will Bruyeres and George Long of Mount Mercy tied for second place in the individual standings with 36-hole scores of 3-over-par 147. Laxton Bennett of Viterbo claimed medalist honors with a 2-under 142.

Mount Mercy finished at 596. Viterbo edged Kirkwood, 606-607, for second place. Coe placed 11th out of 14 teams.

Jordan Even led Kirkwood at 5-over 149. Charlie Hartwig, competing for the Kirkwood "B" team, fired a 3-under 69 Sunday for the best score of the day.

TEAM STANDINGS

1. Mount Mercy 596, 2. Viterbo 606, 3. Kirkwood 607, 4. Graceland 614, 5. Grand View 616, 6. Mount Mercy Gold 624, 7. Black Hawk 629, 8. Wartburg 636, 9. Monmouth 642, 10. Loras 656, 11. Coe 657, 12. Kirkwood "B" 663, 13. (tie) Black Hawk "B" 692, Buena Vista 692.

MOUNT MERCY - 2. Will Bruyeres 76-71=147, 2. George Long 73-74=147, 9. Warren Bynoe 76-75=151, 9. Pedro Velasco 75-76=151, Chad Nitz 76-78=154.

KIRKWOOD - 5. Jordan Even 74-75=149, 8. Eddie Doyle 73-77=150, 14. Carson Whittington 75-79=154, 14. Mitch Williams 73-81=154, 34. Dan Cutkamp 76-83=159.

MOUNT MERCY GOLD - 14. Andy DeCamp 77-77=154, 20. Dillon Baker 81-74=155, 28. Jamie Booth 71-86=157, 38. Tom Schuhkraft 80-81=161, 60. Jon Landis 87-83=170.

COE - 20. Hunter Livermore 77-78=155, 43. Anthony Worden 81-81=162, 56. Seth Inman 87-82=169, 61. Jason Gingrich 83-88=171, 69. Hunter Mulnix 97-94=191.

KIRKWOOD "B" - 9. Charlie Hartwig 82-69=151, 29. Louis Flynn 78-80=158, 64. Jaden Carey 92-84=176, 65. Tyler Carlson 87-91=178.

Mount Mercy volleyball splits matches

OMAHA, Neb. - The Mount Mercy women's volleyball team split its two matches at a tournament in Omaha Saturday.

The Mustangs lost to Grace University, 22-25, 25-22, 25-22, 21-25, 15-12, and swept William Penn, 25-8, 25-14, 25-11.

The split left Mount Mercy with a 12-4 record.

Cori Peterzalek collected 26 kills against Grace. Abbie Perez had 34 assists and Peterzalek had 22. Lauren Stopko contributed 27 digs. Emma Pisarik had seven blocks.

Olivia Coe provided 12 kills against William Penn. Peterzalek had 14 assists and Perez had 13.