Mount Mercy University - Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Mustangs place 4th at Gourley Open

LIBERTY, Mo. - The Mount Mercy women's track team finished fourth out of 20 teams at the Gourley Open Saturday in Liberty, Mo.

The Mount Mercy men finished 16th out of 19 teams.

The Mustangs got second-place showings from Eveline Niyokwizigigwa in the women's 10,000 meter run (40:53.43), Kayla Hanson in the hammer throw (150-10) and Evan Bowman in the men's 10,000 meter run (34:22.30).

The Mount Mercy women also finished second in the 4x400 relay in 4:04.96 with Sha'Rhonda Clark, Capria Davis, Allison Scott and Liz Mosbach.

The Mustangs had third-place finishes from Mosbach in the 800 (2:18.38), Dana Ewan in the women's 10,000 (41:30.31), Kristi Feldman in the discus (112-0) and Anthony Kinley in the men's 10,000 (35:53.45).

Lincoln (Mo.) won the men's and women's titles.

Monson paces Mount Mercy golfers

Meg Monson of Mount Mercy shot an 81 Saturday to stand in second place after the opening round of the Mount Mercy Spring Invitational at Hunters Ridge.

Madi Goodfellow of Mount Mercy shot an 82 to help the Mustangs grab second place in the team standings behind Viterbo heading into the final round Sunday.

Katelyn Gille of Ashford fired an 80 Saturday to take a one-shot lead into the final round.

Bethany Lehman led Coe with a 92.

TEAM STANDINGS

1. Viterbo 337, 2. Mount Mercy 349, 3. (tie) Ashford 350, Clarke 350, 5. AIB 360, 6. Grinnell 369, 7. Central 371, 8. St. Ambrose 380, 9. Coe 408, 10. Loras 425, 11. Buena Vista 427.

MOUNT MERCY: Meg Monson 81, Madi Goodfellow 82, Kelsey Dircks 86, Chelsea Gryp 100.

COE: Bethany Lehman 92, Jade Hess 97, Kylie Bustad 108, Chloe Crain 111.

Mustangs suffer 2 tough losses

The Mount Mercy baseball team dropped a pair of one-run games to William Penn Saturday in a Midwest Collegiate Conference doubleheader at the Xavier High School field.

William Penn won the first game, 2-1, in 11 innings. The Statesmen took the nightcap, 4-3.

Mount Mercy wasted strong pitching performances in both games. Austin Czerwiec pitched 10 innings and allowed only one run in the opener. Ryan Flaherty tossed seven innings in relief in the second game and allowed only one unearned run.

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O'Donnell will play at Mount Mercy

Kandis O'Donnell of Cedar Rapids Washington plans to stay in town and play college basketball at Mount Mercy University.

O'Donnell, a 5-foot-11 forward, averaged 10.8 points and 5.3 rebounds for Washington this season. She helped the Warriors compile a 13-9 record.

O'Donnell was named first team all-Mississippi Valley Conference and first team all-Metro. She will be joining Washington grad Abby Herb with the Mustangs.