KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The Mount Mercy baseball team dropped both ends of  a doubleheader against MidAmerica Nazarene in the Heart of America  Conference opener Friday.

MidAmerica Nazarene swept the Mustangs, 9-2 and 3-0.

Nick Sueppel and Jake Faur had two hits for Mount Mercy (3-7) in the opener.

Tanner Lohaus gave the Mustangs a quality start in the nightcap,  allowing three runs on six hits in five innings.

GAME 1

Mount Mercy     000 200 0 - 2 8 1
MidAmerica      071 010 x - 9 11 1

W - Conour (1-1). L - Campbell (0-2).

GAME 2

Mount Mercy     000 000 0 - 0 6 0
MidAmerica      000 300 x - 3 6 0

W - Vargas (1-1). L - Lohaus (1-1).