Mustangs
Head to Viterbo on Tuesday
Posted
4/2/07 3:35 PM
CEDAR
RAPIDS, Iowa -- After a challenging week weather-wise, Mount Mercy
College will head north on Tuesday for a Midwest Classic Conference
softball doubleheader at Viterbo University (Wis.). Game time
is 3:00 p.m. at Viterbo's outdoor sports complex in La Crosse,
Wis.
Despite poor
weather conditions, the Mustangs managed to squeeze in five games
last week, including an MCC opener against Waldorf College on
March 28 at the Kirkwood Sports Complex in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
The NAIA 17th-ranked Warriors overpowered Mount Mercy, sweeping
the Mustangs, 11-0 and 4-0.
Mount Mercy
rebounded for a non-conference, home split with NCAA Division
II Upper Iowa University on March 29. After falling, 10-4, in
Thursday's opener, the Mustangs earned a 2-1 victory in game two.
Junior right-hander Katie Strain (3-3) tossed four innings of
one-hit ball and junior righty Meredith O'Brien went the final
three frames for her second save of the season. Strain's RBI single
in the bottom of the second and junior shortstop Ashley Frericks'
run-scoring single in the bottom of the third proved to be the
difference for the Mount Mercy.
St. Ambrose
University and Mount Mercy couldn't escape the wet weather on
Saturday, although they tried. The venue for the MCC twinbill
was switched from Cedar Rapids to Davenport, Iowa, in hopes that
the two teams could get both games in. After a 9-1 Queen Bee victory
in game one, rain washed away the nightcap. Sophomore catcher
Sarah Ryan had two of Mount Mercy's five hits in the opener, while
Strain (3-4) took the loss after allowing eight earned runs on
12 hits in five innings for the Mustangs.
Sunday's scheduled
doubleheader with Iowa Wesleyan College was also wiped out by
weather and will be rescheduled later this month. After Tuesday's
MCC action at Viterbo, Mount Mercy returns home for a six-game
homestand. The Mustangs host William Penn University on Friday
at 3:00 p.m. and Grand View College on Saturday at noon at the
Kirkwood Sports Complex. Mount Mercy wraps up that homestand against
Ashford University on Wednesday, April 11, at 5:00 p.m.
