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.

Cori Peterzalek collected 17 kills and 22 digs against Clarke. Leslie Hoffmann had 12 kills, Olivia Coe 12 kills, Abbie Perez 31 assists, Hannah Whitley 18 assists and Emma Pisarik six blocks. Becca Thomson finished with 10 kills and 18 digs.

Peterzalek had 19 more kills and 20 digs against Johnson and Wales. Hoffmann had 11 kills, Perez 33 assists, Whitley 12 assists and Pisarik eight blocks. Thomson had 15 kills and 18 digs.