News Archive : Athletics

Photo of Mount Mercy men's basketball player Sam Kenyi
November 29, 2011 - 12:39pm
MOUNT PLEASANT, Iowa -- Mount Mercy's Sam Kenyi, who averaged better than 15 points and 13 rebounds per game, has been named the Midwest Collegiate Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Week for Nov. 28. Full story >
Photo of Mount Mercy women's basketball player Amanda Frost
November 27, 2011 - 11:26pm
ST. PAUL, Minn. -- The 25th-ranked Mount Mercy women's basketball team took a five-game winning streak into the Radisson Roseville Classic, but dropped two games at the Gangelhoff Center on Friday and Saturday. Full story >
Photo of Mount Mercy men's basketball player Sam Kenyi
November 27, 2011 - 7:06pm
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa -- Midland (Neb.) got a game-high 25 points from Donald Jones and ended Mount Mercy's school-record, eight-game winning streak to start the season, holding off the Mustangs, 81-78, on Sunday at Hennessey Recreation Center. Full story >
Photo of Mount Mercy women's bowler Naomi Fisher
November 23, 2011 - 2:45pm
OSHKOSH, Wis. -- Freshman Naomi Fisher was the second Mustang in as many weeks to claim an individual title and six pins were all that stood between the Mount Mercy women's bowling team and the first tournament title in school history at the Tital Invitational over the weekend. Full story >
Photo of Mount Mercy men's basketball player Chad Underwood
November 22, 2011 - 11:19pm
PALOS HEIGHTS, Ill. -- Mount Mercy's hot start to the season continued on Tuesday night as the Mustangs overcame a one-point halftime deficit and improved to 8-0 with a 67-54 victory over Trinity Christian (Ill.) in non-conference men's basketball. Full story >
Photo of Mount Mercy women's basketball player Laura Lippert
November 21, 2011 - 1:14pm
MOUNT VERNON, Iowa -- With two more wins at the Cornell Classic over the weekend, the 25th-ranked Mount Mercy women's basketball team has won five games in a row heading into the Radisson Roseville Classic this Friday and Saturday in St. Paul, Minn. Full story >
November 20, 2011 - 2:13am
VANCOUVER, Wash. -- Sophomore TJ Mosbach ran the second-fastest time in school history and finished just outside the top 100, leading the Mount Mercy men at the NAIA Cross Country National Championships on Saturday at the Fort Vancouver Historical Site. Junior Taylor Helms produced the best finish of Mount Mercy's women's qualifiers, placing 143rd for the Mustangs.
Photo of Mount Mercy men's soccer players Enrique Cortina and Vladimir Virovkic
November 20, 2011 - 12:37am
HASTINGS, Neb. -- Mount Mercy continued to play the way it had for the past six weeks when the team was undefeated in 10 starts, but against the defending national champion, it just wasn't enough as top-seeded Hastings (Neb.) knocked the Mustangs out of the NAIA Men's Soccer National Championships on Saturday at Lloyd Wilson Field. Full story >
Photo of Mount Mercy men's basketball player Chad Underwood
November 18, 2011 - 11:00pm
MOUNT PLEASANT, Iowa -- Ottawa (Kan.) scored the first two points of the game, but from there it was all Mount Mercy as the Mustang men's basketball team picked up its fifth double-digit win of the season, 69-57, at Ruble Arena. Full story >
Photo of Mount Mercy men's soccer player Sid Beck
November 18, 2011 - 12:13pm
HASTINGS, Neb. -- The opening round of the 2011 NAIA Men's Soccer National Championship takes place tomorrow with 15 matches on campus sites throughout the country. Mount Mercy is one of seven teams appearing in its first national championship, taking on top-seeded and defending national champion Hastings (Neb.) at 1:00 p.m. at Lloyd Wilson Field. Full story >
Photo of Mount Mercy men's cross country
November 17, 2011 - 11:55pm
VANCOUVER, Wash. -- The Mount Mercy men's cross country team and three women's individual qualifiers headed to the west coast on Wednesday, and after a practice on the course they'll run this weekend, are ready to go for the 2011 NAIA Cross Country National Championships. Full story >
November 17, 2011 - 12:41pm
MOUNT PLEASANT, Iowa -- A total of four Mount Mercy volleyball players picked up postseason honors, the Midwest Collegiate Conference announced this week. Among them was junior outside hitter Brittney Thomas, a first-team all-conference pick for the third year in a row. Full story >
November 16, 2011 - 12:17am
MOUNT VERNON, Iowa -- Junior guard Markus Cocroft scored 24 points and handed out four assists to help the Mount Mercy men's basketball team remain unbeaten with a 66-60 victory over Cornell at the Small Multi-Sport Center on Tuesday night. Full story >
November 15, 2011 - 10:34am
MOUNT PLEASANT, Iowa -- Senior guard Emily Greiner and junior forward Alex Coleman have been named the Midwest Collegiate Conference basketball players of the week for Nov. 14. Full story >
Photo of Mount Mercy men's soccer coach Amir Hadzic
November 14, 2011 - 1:15pm
MOUNT PLEASANT, Iowa -- Mount Mercy's Amir Hadzic was named the Midwest Collegiate Conference Men's Soccer Coach of the Year for the second straight season and five Mustangs garnered all-conference awards, the league announced this week. Full story >
Photo of Mount Mercy women's soccer player Dana Poellet
November 14, 2011 - 12:08pm
MOUNT PLEASANT, Iowa -- Senior defender Dana Poellet, who scored a goal and was one of Mount Mercy's best all-around players, received honorable mention all-conference when the 2011 Midwest Collegiate Conference women's soccer awards were announced this week. Full story >
Photo of Mount Mercy men's soccer player Bedi Ucar
November 14, 2011 - 8:09am
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- The pairings for the 2011 NAIA Men's Soccer National Championship Opening Round have been released, and Mount Mercy travels to Hastings, Neb., to take on second-ranked and defending national champion Hastings (Neb.) on Saturday at 1:00 p.m. at Lloyd Wilson Field. Full story >
November 13, 2011 - 1:00am
MOUNT PLEASANT, Iowa -- Junior forwards Alex Coleman and Chad Underwood and senior forward Sam Kenyi powered the Mount Mercy men's basketball team to a pair of wins at the Kiwanis Classic hosted by Iowa Wesleyan, keeping the Mustangs undefeated through five games this season.
Photo of Mount Mercy women's basketball team
November 13, 2011 - 12:16am
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa -- The 25th-ranked Mount Mercy women's basketball team reached 800 wins on Saturday, and did it in style, knocking off the top-ranked team in the country, Northwestern, 64-56, on day two of the Mount Mercy Classic at Hennessey Recreation Center. Full story >
Photo of Mount Mercy men's soccer team
November 11, 2011 - 11:04am
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa -- Four shots in 10 minutes is pretty good. Four shots on goal in 10 minutes is even better. But four goals in 10 minutes? Nearly unheard of. But Mount Mercy did it today, coming back from a 3-0 deficit to defeat Ashford, 4-3, in the championship game of the 2011 Midwest Collegiate Conference Men's Soccer Tournament at Lower Kingston Field. Full story >

Pages