Mustangs
win regular season finale
Posted
10/21/07 9:10 PM
GALESBURG,
Ill. -- Mount Mercy College overcame an early deficit to defeat
Knox College (Ill.), 4-2, in non-conference action on Saturday.
It was the final regular season match for the Mustangs, who open
the Midwest Collegiate Conference Men's Soccer Tournament on Monday.
The hosts
got on the board first, taking a 1-0 lead in the 10th minute on
a goal by Jeff Wozencraft. But the Mustangs answered quickly,
with senior midfielder Chad Hollmer setting up sophomore midfielder
Derek Oja's goal in the 12th minute to tie the match. Freshman
midfielder Petar Triva's score gave Mount Mercy a short-lived
2-1 advantage, which was erased only a minute later by the Prairie
Fire's Abasam Onyia. Junior forward Nick Miller, on an assist
by Triva, put the Mustangs up, 3-2, minutes before halftime. Miller
assisted sophomore forward Zlatko Tomic's goal in the 49th minute
to end the scoring.
Seventh-seeded
Mount Mercy (7-8-1, 3-5-0 MCC) travels to Des Moines, Iowa, for
an MCC tournament matchup with second-seeded Grand View College
(11-5-1, 7-1-0 MCC) on Monday at 1:00 p.m. The league's other
quarterfinals include eighth-seeded Waldorf College (7-10-0, 1-7-0
MCC) at top-seeded St. Ambrose University (11-4-2, 7-1-0 MCC),
fifth-seeded William Penn University (6-5-5, 3-3-2 MCC) at fourth-seeded
Iowa Wesleyan College (5-11-1, 4-3-1 MCC), and sixth-seeded Ashford
(8-7-1, 3-4-1 MCC) at third-seeded Clarke College (7-10-0, 5-3-0
MCC).
The semifinals
on Thursday, Oct. 25, at 1:00 p.m. will feature Waldorf or St.
Ambrose against William Penn or Iowa Wesleyan and Ashford or Clarke
versus Mount Mercy or Grand View. The higher seed hosts each match
throughout the tournament, including the championship game on
Sunday, Oct. 28, at 1:00 p.m. For a playoff bracket and updates
throughout the tournament, click
here.
