Mt. Mercy Softball

Bruner belts 2 homers as Mustangs sweep

WICHITA, Kan. - Payton Bruner belted a pair of home runs Friday to  help the Mount Mercy softball team capture two games at the Friends  Tournament in Kansas.

Bruner connected for a solo homer in the first game and scored twice  as the Mustangs topped Bethel, 12-4, in six innings with a 14-hit  attack.

Bruner also socked a home run in the second game and drove in three  runs as the Mustangs bopped Tabor, 11-3, with another 14-hit attack.

The sweep lifted Mount Mercy to 7-3 for the campaign.

Hannah Mausser and Jaicee Lyons both went 3-for-4 with two RBIs in the  12-4 triumph over Bethel. Jess Heick and Emily Oler had two hits. Oler  drove in four runs and Heick had two RBIs. Heick, Mausser and Morgan  Braughton scored twice. Madelyn Irwin pitched a complete game for the  victory.

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Irwin tosses 1-hitter for Mustangs

DAVENPORT - Madelyn Irwin pitched a one-hitter with 11 strikeouts  Sunday as the Mount Mercy women's softball team blanked Lincoln  College, 8-0, at the Ambrose Dome in Davenport.

The Mustangs also blanked Stephens College, 21-0, Sunday behind a  six-hitter by Jayna Witzany.

Jade Sharp had two hits and two RBIs in the victory over Lincoln.  Morgan Braughton had two hits and Jess Heick scored two runs.

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Mount Mercy softball sweeps pair

DAVENPORT - The Mount Mercy women's softball team won both of its  games at the Ambrose Dome in Davenport Saturday.

The Mustangs defeated Saint Ambrose, 6-2, and blanked Lincoln College,  8-0, in five innings on a two-hitter by Jayna Witzany.

The victories raised the Mustangs to 3-3 for the season.

Hannah Mausser went 3-for-3 with three RBIs with a double, triple and  sacrifice fly in the victory over Saint Ambrose. She also scored twice.

Jess Heick was 2-for-3, scored twice and had two stolen bases. Madelyn  Irwin pitched all seven innings, allowing two runs on six hits. She  struck out five batters and walked only one.

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Witzany tosses 3-hit gem for Mustangs

SURPRISE, Ariz. - Jayna Witzany pitched a three-hitter with 14  strikeouts Friday as the Mount Mercy softball team topped Northwest of  Washington, 1-0, in Arizona.

Witzany walked only three batters in the seven-inning contest as the  Mustangs (1-3) won their first game of the season.

Morgan Braughton drove in Payton Bruner with the only run of the game  in the bottom of the seventh inning for the victory.

Mount Mercy lost to Ottawa of Arizona, 3-0, in its other game Friday.

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