Softball

CLERMONT, Fla. -- After winning four of their first five games, the Mount Mercy softball team heads to Clermont, Fla., for seven games at the NTC Spring Games during spring break.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa -- The softballs caromed wickedly off the hardwood basketball court at Hennessey Recreation Center after they left the bat of Mount Mercy associate head coach Larry Yoder during a recent practice session.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa -- This weekend's softball tournament in McPherson, Kan., has been cancelled because of unplayable field conditions. It's the second straight tournament to be washed out by weather.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa -- The Mount Mercy softball team was looking forward to getting back on the field this weekend, but the MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) Tournament in Olathe, Kan., has been cancelled due to unplayable field conditions.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa -- After their best season in more than a decade, Mount Mercy has been picked third in the 2010 Midwest Collegiate Conference preseason softball coaches poll, which was released on Monday.