Mount Mercy University - Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Gaffey hits 3 homers as Mustangs split

LA CROSSE, Wis. - Amanda Gaffey belted three home runs for the Mount Mercy softball team Wednesday as the Mustangs split a Midwest Collegiate Conference doubleheader at Viterbo.

Mount Mercy won the first game, 9-7. Viterbo took the nightcap, 8-7, in eight innings.

Gaffey went 2 for 4 with a homer and two RBIs in the first game. She went 2-for-4 in the second game with two homers and three RBIs.

Cayla Bantz, Maddi Vaske and L.J. Putzier also socked home runs for Mount Mercy in the first game. Bantz hit a two-run homer as a pinch-hitter. Ellie Rizor drove in three runs.

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Mount Mercy golfers win Brickyard Classic

INDIANAPOLIS - The Mount Mercy men's golf team captured top honors at the Brickyard Classic tournament in Indianapolis Tuesday.

The Mustangs were sitting in seventh place after the first round of the tournament Monday, but they caught fire over the final 18 holes and climbed all the way to the top.

Mount Mercy finished at 598, nipping 15th-ranked Cardinal Stritch and Lindsey Wilson College by one stroke in the 17-team event. The Mustangs shot 308 Monday, then lowered their score by 18 strokes to 290 on Tuesday.

Matt Schlueter placed seventh for the 21st-ranked Mustangs at 4-over-par 148. Jamie Booth fired a 3-under 69 Tuesday to help power the rally.

Dylan MacQueen of Cardinal Stritch claimed medalist honors with a 3-under 141.

MOUNT MERCY: Matt Schlueter 73-75=148, Jack South 79-72=151, Jacob Selander 78-74=152, Jamie Booth 83-69=152, Ben Franklin 78-79=157.

Petersen's HR gives Mustangs first MCC win

Former Jefferson standout Hannah Petersen belted a leadoff home run in the bottom of the seventh inning to give Mount Mercy its first Midwest Collegiate Conference win on Sunday, a 4-3 triumph over William Penn at Tomahawk Park.

William Penn bounced back to win the nightcap, 15-2.

Petersen had three hits in four trips to the plate for the Mustangs (12-19, 1-9). She also scored three runs. Petersen was the starting pitcher, but came out in the fifth after allowing three runs. Sara Kron picked up the win in relief for the Mustangs.

The nightcap was tied at 2-2 entering the fifth but the visitors scored 13 runs over the final three innings, including nine in the seventh, to gain the win.

Ellie Rizor had two hits in Game 2 for Mount Mercy. Maddi Vaske had a pinch-hit single driving home both Mustang runsin the fourth.

William Penn is 13-24, 6-6.

Game 1

William Penn   010 110 0 - 3  7  1
Mount Mercy    010 020 1 - 4  7  1

Young and Zerley. Petersen, Moore (5), Kron (5) and Ferguson. WP - Kron. LP - Young.

Game 2

William Penn    002 013 9 - 15 18  1
Mount Mercy    000 200 0 -   2   5  2

Grove and Zerley. Magana, Moore (7), Petersen (7) and Ferguson, WP - Grove. LP - Magana

Mustangs split pair with Statesmen

Former Kennedy standouts Jimmy Lizarraga and Cody Bell played key roles as Mount Mercy topped William Penn, 3-2, in the first game of a Midwest Collegiate Conference doubleheader Sunday at Ken Charipar Field.

The Statesmen took advantage of three Mustang errors to score three unearned runs in a 3-1 nightcap win.

Lizarraga had two hits and an RBI for Mount Mercy (14-17, 5-8) in the opener. Bell also had two hits and an RBI. Cale Henke pitched a complete game, allowing just four hits.

Devin Holmes and Jason Darichuk two hits apiece for Mount Mercy in Game 2. The Mustangs had eight hits but only managed a single run. Bell had the RBI for Mount Mercy. Evan Boddicker was the tough-luck loser, allowing six hits in 5 1/3 innings.

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