Mount Mercy University - Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Mustangs slog past Viterbo, 2-0

Austin Czerwiec threw a 3-hit shutout as Mount Mercy blanked Viterbo, 2-0, in the first game of a scheduled Midwest Collegiate Conference doubleheader on a rainy Friday at Ken Charipar Field.

Viterbo held a 1-0 lead after one inning of the second game before it was called by rain. It will be continued at noon Sunday prior to a scheduled doubleheader.

First baseman Patrick Haney had three hits and scored a run. Former Linn-Mar standout Ben Larson had two hits, driving home both runs with RBI singles in the fourth and sixth.

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Mustangs drop pair to St. Ambrose

DAVENPORT - The Mount Mercy baseball team suffered a pair of one-run losses to St. Ambrose Tuesday in a Midwest Collegiate Conference doubleheader, 7-6 and 2-1.

The losses dropped the Mustangs to 15-23 overall and 6-13 in the league. St. Ambrose raised its marks to 22-18 overall and 10-10 in the conference.

Patrick Haney belted a grand slam in the seventh inning of the opener to pull Mount Mercy within a run, but the rally ended there. Haney drove in five runs in the game. Cody Williams was 3-for-3 and Jimmy Lizarraga scored two runs.

Devin Holmes went 3-for-4 for the Mustangs in the second game. Austin Czerwiec had two hits.

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Mustangs' Gaffey earns MCC softball honor

Mount Mercy junior first baseman Amanda Gaffey was named the Midwest Collegiate Conference Softball Player of the Week on Monday for her play last week.

The Cedar Rapids Kennedy graduate batted .500 (4-for-8) with a triple and three home runs in just two games. She scored three runs and drove home five as the Mustangs split a doubleheader at Viterbo.

Mount Mercy is 13-20 overall, 2-10 in league play entering a home doubleheader with AIB on Tuesday.

Mount Mercy women win golf title

PEOSTA - Madison Goodfellow and Meg Monson both shot 6-over-par 77's Sunday to help Mount Mercy take top honors at the Loras Spring Invitational at Thunder Hills Country Club in Peosta.

Goodfellow was declared the winner on the score sheet and Monson was listed in second place. Kelsey Dircks shot an 81 for the Mustangs.

Mount Mercy beat Clarke by five shots, 333 to 338, in the seven-team field.

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