Conference News

Nebraska Wesleyan joining IIAC

The Iowa Conference will expand to nine member institutions as league officials announced Monday that Nebraska Wesleyan University has accepted an invitation to join the conference beginning with the 2016-17 academic year.

The invitation was approved by Nebraska Wesleyan’s Board of Governors and accepted by IIAC presidents on July 13.

Nebraska Wesleyan is currently affiliated with both NCAA Division III and the NAIA – the only school in the country with dual affiliation. Currently a member of the NAIA’s Great Plains Athletic Conference, Nebraska Wesleyan will be an exclusive member of NCAA Division III effective July 1, 2016.

Monday's announcement marks the first addition to the Iowa Conference since Coe College and Cornell College joined in 1997 and the first change in the conference’s membership since Cornell returned to the Midwest Conference after the 2011-12 academic year. Nebraska Wesleyan will be the 20th institution to compete as a member of the 93-year old IIAC.

“I am honored to welcome Nebraska Wesleyan to our conference family,” said Iowa Conference Commissioner Chuck Yrigoyen. “Our institutions are rivals in competition but united in our overall commitment to each other. We constantly strive to instill conference pride and camaraderie in every student-athlete, coach and campus community member."

13 Metro girls named all-MVC softball

Thirteen players from Metro softball teams have been named to the first-team honor squad in the Mississippi Valley Conference.

Alyssa Olson, Maddie Hansen, Erin Kuba and Hannah Towns of Jefferson were onored in the Valley Division. They were joined by Tianna Drahn of Kennedy and Maddy Ryan of Linn-Mar.

Natalie Halvorson, Neila Bell and Gabi Carter of Prairie were named to the first team in the Mississippi Division. Xavier also had three first-team picks with Jamie Feltes, Morgan Breitbach and Erin Drahozal. Jessi Puk of Washington also made the first team.

Joe Yegge and his staff at Prairie were named the Mississippi Division Coach of the Year.

SECOND TEAM SELECTIONS
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Maria Steffen (Xavier), Anne Riley (Washington, Hannah Helms (Xavier), Erica Oler (Washington), Charlotte Richards (Xavier), Amanda Pipolo (Prairie), Shelby Frederick (Prairie), Alissa Good (Jefferson), Andrea McEachran (Kennedy), Kennedy Dighton (Jefferson), Avery Guy (Jefferson), Elison Ollinger (Linn-Mar), Ashley Hamilton (Kennedy), Camryn Jeffords (Kennedy), Ally Johnson (Linn-Mar).

HONORABLE MENTION
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Claire Christianson (Xavier), Steph Wehr (Xavier), Anne Cerveny (Prairie), Kristen Wahlert (Prairie), Dana Riley (Washington), Grace Stockmaster (Washington), Lindsey Culver (Jefferson), Liv Erickson (Jefferson), Jenna Schwartzkoff (Kennedy), Peyton Baskerville (Kennedy), Christina Lincoln (Linn-Mar), Madison Rentschler (Linn-Mar).

MVC baseball & softball standings

Here are the updated Mississippi Valley Conference baseball and softball standings through Thursday, July 2.

 

BASEBALL

Mississippi Division

Prairie 17-3, 24-4

Hempstead 12-6, 15-11

Iowa City High 9-9, 17-10

Xavier 8-12, 12-17

Waterloo West 3-15, 3-19

Washington 3-19, 4-24

Waterloo East 1-17, 3-28

Valley Division

Jefferson 14-4, 22-6

Iowa City West 13-5, 20-9

Kennedy 9-5, 17-5

Linn-Mar 10-6, 16-8

Cedar Falls 12-8, 16-9

Wahlert 10-8, 14-13

Dubuque Senior 9-11, 16-13

 

SOFTBALL

Mississippi Division

Prairie 15-7, 23-10

Waterloo West 15-9, 18-13

Xavier 13-11, 19-13

Washington 7-15, 13-19

Hempstead 7-15, 11-17

Waterloo East 7-17, 12-20

Iowa City High 6-18, 6-25

Valley Division

Iowa City West 20-2, 26-4

Jefferson 21-3, 29-6

Kennedy 16-6, 23-9

Linn-Mar 15-7, 22-14

Dubuque Senior 11-13, 15-20

Cedar Falls 8-16, 12-21

Wahlert 1-23, 2-31

Last Updated on Thursday, 02 July 2015 23:21

Boys tennis roundup from Saturday

Tim Paulson swept both of his matches at No. 1 singles Saturday as the top-ranked Linn-Mar Lions blanked Prairie and Jefferson, 9-0, in Mississippi Valley Conference meets.

The Xavier Saints also blanked Prairie and Jefferson by 9-0 tallies Saturday. Washington beat Iowa City High, 7-2, and lost to Iowa City West, 8-1. Kennedy was foiled by Iowa City High, 6-3, and Iowa City West, 9-0.

LINN-MAR 7, PRAIRIE 2

Singles

 

1. Paulson (LM) def. Gaskill, 6-0, 6-0

2. Skvor (LM) def. Larsson, 6-0, 6-0

3. Brendes (LM) def. Wiesender, 6-1, 6-1

4. Crumbo (P) def. Albert, 6-2, 3-6, 10-8

5. Parupally (LM) def. Niccolls, 6-3, 6-1

6. Agnew (LM) def. Bruhn, 3-6, 6-1, 17-15

 

Doubles

 

1. McCann/Myers (LM) def. Larrsson/Wiesender, 6-0, 6-0

2. Gertsen/Williams (LM) def. Gaskill/Crumbo, 6-1, 6-2

3. Niccolls/Schmidtt (P) def. Vana/Greif, 6-3, 7-6

 

LINN-MAR 9, JEFFERSON 0

 

Singles

 

1. Paulson (LM) def. Tvedte, 6-0, 6-0

2. McCann (LM) def. Chung, 6-0, 6-1

3. Skvor (LM) def. K.Brown, 6-0, 6-0

4. Brendes (LM) def. Weisbein, 6-1, 6-0

5. Huffman (LM) def. Bisenius, 6-0, 6-0

6. Lukefahr (LM) def. Moncivais, 6-2, 6-3

 

Doubles

 

1. Paulson/McCann (LM) def. Tvedte/Brown, 6-0, 6-0

2. Albert/Galyean (LM) def. Chung/Weisbein

3. Miller/T.Brown (LM) def. Bisenius/Moncivais, 6-4, 6-3

 

XAVIER 9, JEFFERSON 0

 

Singles

 

1. Curley (X) def. Tvedte, 6-4, 6-0

2. Lansing (X) def. Chung, 6-4, 6-4

3. Esker (X) def. K.Brown, 6-4, 7-5

4. VonKampen (X) def. Weisbein, 6-2, 6-3

5. Hinrichs (X) def. Biesenius, 6-1, 6-0

6. Magill (X) def. Moncivais, 6-3, 6-3

 

Doubles

 

1. Curley/Lansing (X) def. Tvedte/K.Brown, 1-6, 6-1, 10-6

2. Esker/VonKampen (X) def. Chung/Weisbein, 7-5, 6-1

3. Hinrichs/Gibney (X) def. Moncivais/L.Brown, 6-1, 6-1

 

XAVIER 9, PRAIRIE 0

 

Singles

 

1. Lansing (X) def. Gaskill, 7-6, 6-2

2. Esker (X) def. Larsson, 6-1, 6-2

3. VonKampen (X) def. Wiesender, 6-1, 6-2

4. Hinrichs (X) def. Crumbo, 6-0, 6-0

5. Magill (X) def. Niccolls, 6-2, 6-3

6. Gibney (X) def. Bruhn, 6-3, 5-7, 10-5

 

Doubles

 

1. Curley/Lansing (X) def. Gaskill/Wiesender, 6-3, 6-2

2. Esker/VonKampen (X) def. Crumbo/Bruhn, 6-1, 7-5

3. Hinrichs/Magill (X) def. Niccolls/Schmidtt, 6-1, 6-1

 

IOWA CITY WEST 8, WASHINGTON 1

 

Singles

 

1. Jung (ICW) def. Hoyt, 6-0, 6-2

2. D.DiLeo (ICW) def. Muller, 6-0, 6-0

3. Schneider (ICW) def. Hammond, 6-3, 6-0

4. Dawson (ICW) def. Van Antwerp, 7-6, 7-6

5. Rizer (CRW) def. Smith, 4-6, 6-3, 10-6

6. B.DiLeo (ICW) def. Parmley, 3-6, 7-5, 10-7

 

Doubles

 

1. Jung/D.DiLeo (ICW) def. Hoyt/Hammond, 6-2, 6-1

2. Schneider/Smith (ICW) def. Van Antwerp/Rizer, 6-4, 6-2

3. B.DiLeo/Abramoff (ICW) def. Muller/Parmley, 6-3, 2-6, 10-6

 

WASHINGTON 7, IOWA CITY HIGH 2

 

Singles

 

1. Hoyt (CRW) def. Huff, 6-3, 6-2

2. Muller (CRW) def. Saxena, 6-3, 6-0

3. Hammond (CRW) def. Hensley, 7-6, 3-6, 10-8

4. Jaspers (ICH) def. Van Antwerp, 3-6, 6-4, 11-9

5. Rizer (CRW) def. Blankenheim, 6-2, 6-0

6. Parmley (CRW) def. Weigel, 6-0, 6-1

 

Doubles

 

1. Hoyt/Hammond (CRW) def. Huff/Saxena, 6-2, 6-1

2. Hensley/Gruber (ICH) def. Van Antwerp/Rizer, 6-2, 6-1

3. Muller/Parmley (CRW) def. Jaspers/Blankenheim, 6-0, 6-1

 

IOWA CITY HIGH 6, KENNEDY 3

 

Singles

 

1. Hemaidan (K) def. Huff, 6-3, 6-3

2. Saxena (ICH) def. Zimmerman, 6-1, 5-0 (retired)

3. Hensley (ICH) def. Butler, 6-0, 6-1

4. Jaspers (ICH) def. Duncan, 4-6, 6-1, 10-7

5. Jontz (K) deef. Milefchik, 6-3, 7-5

6. Blankenheim (ICH) def. Crippes, 6-0, 6-1

 

Doubles

 

1. Huff/Saxena (ICH) def. Butler/Jontz, 6-0, 6-4

2. Duncan/Ramundo (K) def. Milefchik/Blankenheim, 6-3, 7-6

3. Hensley/Jaspers (ICH) def. Amsler/Heaton, 6-0, 6-0

 

IOWA CITY WEST 9, KENNEDY 0

 

Singles

 

1. Jung (ICW) def. Hemaidan, 6-1, 6-0

2. D.DiLeo (ICW) def. Butler, 6-1, 6-2

3. Schneider (ICW) def. Duncan, 6-1, 6-1

4. Dawson (ICW) def. Jontz, 6-1, 6-2

5. Smith (ICW) def. Crippes, 6-2, 6-1

6. B.DiLeo (ICW) def. Ramundo, 6-0, 6-0

 

Doubles

 

1. Schneider/Smith (ICW) def. Duncan/Jontz, 6-1, 6-0

2. B.DiLeo/Abramoff (ICW) def. Butler/Crippes, 6-1, 6-0

3. Dawson/Goins (ICW) def. Amsler/Heaton, 6-0, 6-3