Mount Mercy University - Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Mount Mercy men kick St. Ambrose

The Mount Mercy men's soccer team scored four straight goals in the second half Wednesday and defeated St. Ambrose, 5-2, at the Xavier High School field.

St. Ambrose led 2-1 in the second half, but the Mustangs surged to victory on goals by Timon Weidmann, Felix Budde, Marco Fichtner and Kevon Farguharson. Mount Mercy's first score came on an "own goal" in the first half.

Fichtner collected two assists for Mount Mercy and Farquharson had one assist. Fichtner scored on a penalty kick.

The Mustangs squared their record at 2-2.

Cornell sweeps 22nd Mustang Gallop

The distance runners from Cornell College galloped faster than everybody else at the 22nd Annual Mustang Gallop on Tuesday at Seminole Valley Park in Cedar Rapids.

Cornell rode a 1-2 finish from Sanjuanita Martinez and Abrah Masterson to trim Mount Mercy, 27-36, for the championship in the women's division.

The Rams used their depth to top Coe, 54-63, for the men's title.

The Mount Mercy women got a 3-4-5 showing from Liz Mosbach, Molly Pruett and Kaite Hoffert to challenge Cornell in their race.

Mount Mercy freshman James Lindstrom finished second in the men's race in 16 minutes, 18 seconds. Evan Bowman of Mount Mercy finished third in 16:34. Alex Bass of the University of Dubuque won the 5K race in 16:10.

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Dahm signs 17 new players for Mount Mercy

Jack Dahm plans to keep building the Mount Mercy baseball program with as many players from Iowa as he possibly can.

True to his plan, 13 of his 17 new guys this year are Iowans who are joining Dahm for his second season with the Mustangs in 2016.

Eleven of his new players are transfers, including four from Ellsworth Community College, three from Kirkwood, two from DMACC, one from Iowa Lakes and one from Northern Iowa.

The Northern Iowa transfer is Reid Bonner, an Iowa City West grad who went to UNI to play football but changed his mind after suffering a concussion and now will play baseball.

Dahm said he's improved the overall athletic ability, speed, depth and talent on the club.

"The thing I like the best, it's going to create some internal competition within our program. We didn't have a lot of that last year," he said.

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Monson takes 4th at Mount Mercy Invy

Meg Monson of Mount Mercy finished in fourth place at the Mount Mercy Invitational at Hunters Ridge Sunday.

Monson shot a 6-over-par 78 Sunday to finish with a 36-hole total of 160.

Vrishali Sinha of Grinnell fired a 2-under 70 Sunday and won the tournament at 144.

Grinnell took the championship by eight shots over Viterbo. Mount Mercy finished fourth out of six teams.

Team Standings

1. Grinnell 652, 2. Viterbo 660, 3. Clarke 698, 4. Mount Mercy 721, 5. Carl Sandburg 750, 6. Buena Vista 843.

MOUNT MERCY: 4. Meg Monson 82-78=160, 16. Paige Wenger 97-88=185, 18. Mackenzie Noble 95-92=187, 20. Chelsea Gryp 90-99=189, 30. Emily Machula 102-101=203, 32. Kristina Furler 102-107=209.