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Mt. Mercy Men's Soccer

Mount Mercy - Men's Soccer

Mount Mercy soccer makes nationals

LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. - The Mount Mercy men's soccer team defeated Georgia Gwinnett, 1-0, in the semifinals of the Association of Independent Institutions tournament Thursday and earned an automatic spot in the NAIA national tournament.

Mount Mercy will face Ashford in the AII finals Saturday at the Grizzly Soccer Complex, with both teams advancing to the national meet.

Marco Fichtner scored in the 69th minute Thursday to snap a scoreless tie with an assist from Haris Hadzalic. It was Fichtner's 15th goal of the season.

Tomas Zajfert pitched a shutout in goal for the Mustangs.

Mount Mercy raised its record to 15-4, tying the school record for victories. The Mustangs will be making their second trip to the NAIA national tournament in school history.

 

Mount Mercy - Men's Soccer

Fichtner paces Mount Mercy men's soccer

Marco Fichtner scored two goals Saturday as the Mount Mercy men's soccer team edged William Woods, 3-2, at the Xavier High School field.

Fichtner collected the first two goals for the Mustangs. Stefan Arsenovic gave Mount Mercy a 3-1 lead in the 70th minute, offsetting a goal by Williams Woods in the 79th minute.

Mohamed Hamed and Jamie Booth had assists for Mount Mercy. One of Fichtner's goals came on a penalty kick.

The Mustangs raised their record to 14-4. William Woods fell to 8-6-3.

 

Mount Mercy - Men's Soccer

Furious Mustang rally falls short

HANNIBAL Mo. - The Mount Mercy men's soccer team fell behind 4-0, then scored three goals in the final 10 minutes, but couldn't net the tying score in a 4-3 loss Wednesday to Hannibal-LaGrange at Blackwell Field.

The hosts led 2-0 at half and scored their fourth goal in the 80th minute before March Fichtner, Kory Boebel and Felix Budde scored over the next eight minutes to cut the gap to the final margin.

Ben Franklin and Santiago Lostao had assists for the Mustangs (13-4). The victory moved Hannibal-LaGrange to 8-4-3.

   

Mount Mercy - Men's Soccer

Mount Mercy men kick Jamestown

Marco Fichtner scored a pair of goals to lead Mount Mercy to a 4-0 men's soccer victory over Jamestown on Sunday at Heco Field.

Jamie Booth and Jamesser Minthor also tallied for the Mustangs (13-3). Eric Pfau, Filip Kovacevic and Felix Budde had assists for Mount Mercy.

Matt Gutierrez made four saves in goal to post the shutout.

Jamestown is 8-5-1.

 

Mount Mercy - Men's Soccer

Mount Mercy men boot Grace

The Mount Mercy men’s soccer team clobbered Grace, 6-1, Friday at HECO Field at Xavier High School.

Jamie Booth had two goals for the Mustangs, Timon Weidmann and Marco Fichtner each had a goal and an assist, Eike Stermeit and Jamesser Minthor each scored one goal, and Haris Hadzalic, Filip Kovacevic and Evan Moeller each had one assist.

The Mustangs had a huge 30-2 advantage on shots.

Mount Mercy is 12-3, while Grace is 4-9.

   
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