Mt. Mercy Men's Soccer

Mustangs blanked by Graceland

LAMONI - The Mount Mercy men's soccer team could not find the back of the net Saturday and lost to Graceland, 1-0, in a Heart of America Conference match in Lamoni.

Graceland goalkeeper Liam Smith made five saves in the 90-minute contest to keep the Mustangs off the board.

Nicolas Monroy scored for Graceland in the 62nd minute to snap a scoreless battle and collect the only goal in the game.

Mount Mercy suffered its first loss of the season and fell to 4-1-3 overall. The Mustangs are 0-1-1 in the conference. Graceland raised its records to 3-2-1 overall and 1-1 in the league.

World-wide Mustangs battle to draw

Nikola Petrovic speaks Serbian, English and Portuguese and is working on his French, which makes him a perfect guy to play for the Mount Mercy University men's soccer team.

Coach Amir Hadzic, a native of Bosnia, has players from 13 different countries on his international roster this season, just like he has during many of his 24 years at Mount Mercy.

Petrovic, who is from Serbia, fits right in with his teammates from Germany, Portugal, Jamaica, The Netherlands, England, Senegal, Austria, Brazil, Mali, Australia, South Africa and the United States.

"It's pretty interesting and fun, of course, meeting a lot of cultures and getting to know a lot of languages as well," he said Tuesday night. "I live with a Brazilian guy, and I'm learning Brazilian and he's learning Serbian. It's pretty fun."

Petrovic scored the only goal for Mount Mercy Tuesday as the Mustangs battled Grand View to a 1-1 draw in double-overtime in an intense Heart of America contest at the Plaster Athletic Complex.

Souleymane Diallo, who is from Senegal, got the assist as Mount Mercy took a 1-0 lead late in the first half. Grand View scored in the 73rd minute and both clubs missed opportunities after that.

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Diallo sparks Mustangs to 2-2 draw

Souleymane Diallo scored a pair of goals Saturday to help the Mount Mercy men's soccer team battle to a 2-2 draw with Waldorf in double-overtime at the Plaster Athletic Complex.

Waldorf grabbed a 1-0 lead, but Diallo responded with an unassisted goal in the 40th minute for a 1-1 tie at intermission.

Waldorf went ahead, 2-1, in the second half, but Diallo tallied again with an assist from Sava Dragic in the 79th minute.

Neither team scored in overtime and the match ended in a 2-2 tie after 110 minutes of soccer.

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Mount Mercy men battle to draw

DAVENPORT - The Mount Mercy men's soccer team battled to a 2-2 tie with Saint Ambrose in double-overtime Saturday in Davenport.

scored an unassisted goal to give the Mustangs a 1-0 lead in the 36th minute, but Saint Ambrose countered early in the second half for a 1-1 tie.

Mount Mercy took a 2-1 lead in the 76th minute when a Saint Ambrose player accidentally hit the ball into his own net. The Bees tied the match again in the 88th minute and neither team scored in overtime.

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