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Chelsie Trask had 20 points in Saturday's win at Sioux Falls |
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Jared Noteboom |
Morningside dropped both ends of Monday’s baseball doubleheader against Grand View University by scores of 5-4 in eight innings and 10-3 in five innings.
The games were played in the Metrodome, the former home of Major League Baseball’s Minnesota Twins. The second game went just five innings due to a time limit in the rental agreement.
Morningside took a 4-3 lead into the bottom of the seventh inning before the Vikings tied the score on a sacrifice fly by Curtis Quijano.
Grand View scored the winning run in the eighth inning when Marc Mericle singled and scored on a two-out single by Kyler Morgan.
The loss overshadowed a solid start by Morningside’s Wade Morrison, the 2009 GPAC Pitcher of the Year, who exited after six innings with a 4-3 lead. Morrison allowed only one earned run on four hits with two walks and six strikeouts.
The Mustangs’ Gabe Shockman gave up a run on two hits and a walk in the seventh and Jeff Gacke was charged with the loss when he allowed a run on two hits with one strikeout in two-thirds of an inning in the eighth.
Grand View’s Jason Davila was the winning pitcher after he struck out five batters and didn’t allow a hit or run over the final two innings. The Vikings’ trio of Davila, Kyle Peterson, and starter Austin Denny combined to allow eight hits with one walk and 11 strikeouts.
Morningside scored a run in the top of the third inning to tie the score at 1-1 when Javier Alvarez singled and scored on a double by Jared Noteboom.
The Mustangs plated three more runs in the top of the sixth to take a 4-3 lead. A single by Alvarez and a double by Bill Meacham set up a game-tying two-run single by Kelly Kotlik before a RBI single by Mike McBride put the Mustangs in front.
Noteboom had two doubles and Alvarez had a pair of singles for half of the Mustangs’ eight hits. The other hits were a double by Meacham and singles by Kotlik, McBride, and Adison Gillett.
Morningside took a 2-0 lead in the first inning of the nightcap. Bret Hoch singled and scored the first run after a pair of throwing errors on a Grand View pickoff attempt. The second run came on a solo home run by Noteboom.
The lead was short-lived after Grand View had three-run innings in the second and third frames.
Morningside closed within 6-3 in the in the bottom of the third when Alvarez doubled and scored on a single by Noteboom before the Vikings broke the game open with a four-run fifth.
Noteboom had a home run and single to pace a six-hit Morningside attack. The Mustangs’ other hits were a double by Alvarez and singles by Hoch, Meacham, and Joe Johnson.
Grand View pitchers Michael Bennion, who went the first three innings, and Ricky Pankey combined to give up six hits with one walk and two strikeouts.
Morningside starter Kyle Suder and relievers Will Glienke, Rett Smith, and Kevin Pottebaum combined to allow six hits with four walks and five strikeouts.
The Mustangs are slated to play doubleheaders against Culver-Stockton College on Feb. 20 and 21 in Canton, Mo.
Morningside head football coach Steve Ryan has announced the names of 26 high school recruits who will join the Mustangs for the 2010 season.
They will join a Morningside program that has a combined record of 58-14 since the start of the 2004 season and has made six consecutive appearances in the NAIA National Championship Series.
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 Morningside College is ranked 12th in the nation in the NAIA Division II women’s basketball poll released on Monday.
The Mustangs, the reigning NAIA Division II National Champions, are ranked 12th for the second week in a row.
Morningside won its only game last week with a 72-57 triumph at the University of Sioux Falls to climb to 16-9 on the season. It was the Mustangs’ 16th consecutive victory against Sioux Falls.
Morningside is one of five teams from the Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) ranked in the NAIA Top 25. Hastings College is ranked No. 1, Northwestern College is fourth, Briar Cliff University is fifth, and Concordia University is 25th.
Morningside will face Northwestern in a 6 p.m. game on Wednesday in Orange City, Iowa.
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Bret Hoch |
Morningside opened the 2010 baseball season on Sunday by splitting a doubleheader against Mount Mercy College in the Metrodome in Minneapolis, Minn.
Mount Mercy rallied from a 2-0 deficit to win the opener 4-2 before the Mustangs turned the table and came back from a 6-3 deficit to take the nightcap 8-7.
Javier Alvarez, DeAndre Foster, and Joe Johnson all delivered RBI singles when the Mustangs plated five runs in the bottom of the fifth inning of the nightcap to overcome their 6-3 deficit.
The Mustangs had taken a 3-1 lead in the bottom of the first inning on a leadoff home run by Bret Hoch and a two-run double by Bill Meacham. Meacham’s hit plated Alvarez and Jared Noteboom, who had singled earlier in the inning.
Noteboom and Alvarez both finished with two singles to pace a nine-hit Mustang attack. The Mustangs’ other hits were a home run by Hoch, a double by Meacham, and singles by Foster, Johnson, and Kelly Kotlik.
Mustang pitchers James Brouillette, Nick Miessner, Geoff Bennett, and Gabe Shockman combined to give up four hits, walk six, and strike out six. Bennett, who took over in the fourth inning, was credited with the win. Shockman allowed one run on one hit with two walks and two strikeouts over the final two frames to notch his first save of the season.
Drew Stephens, the last of three Mount Mercy pitchers, was charged with the loss.
Mount Mercy scored two runs in the bottom of the sixth inning of the opener to break a 2-2 tie. Ryan Lopez doubled and Will Scholer was hit by a pitch to set up RBI singles by Ernesto Fajardo and Albert Diaz.
Mount Mercy tied the score with runs in the fourth and fifth innings after Morningside had gone in front with two runs in the third.
Both of the Mustangs’ runs scored on a four-base error on a dropped fly ball by the centerfielder. Hoch walked to start the rally and advanced to third after a stolen base and wild pitch. Alvarez, who was credited with a sacrifice fly, hit the ball that was dropped in the outfield.
Mount Mercy starter Derrick Weber limited the Mustangs to two hits, singles by Kotlik and Foster, over the first six innings to get the win. He walked three and struck out nine. Reinaldo Rodriguez pitched a hitless seventh inning where he struck out three batters to get the save.
Morningside starter Steven Aschinger allowed two runs on four hits with two walks and five strikeouts over the first 4.2 innings. Jeff Gacke got the final out in the fifth and Shockman, who pitched the sixth, was charged with the loss.
Morningside will return to the Metrodome on Monday for a 9 a.m. twinbill against Grand View University.
Morningside College won four events in the college women’s division of Saturday’s University of South Dakota’s John Dalton Open indoor track & field meet in Vermillion, S.D.
Margo Stanforth, a senior from Platte, S.D.; and Jessica Hudelson, a sophomore from Elk Point, S.D., each played a role in two Mustang victories. Stanforth won the 600-meters with a time of 1:40.73, while Hudelson triumphed in the 800-meters with a time of 2:19.84.
Stanforth and Hudelson ran the first and third legs of a Morningside 1600-meter relay team that finished first with a time of 4:05.16.
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Chelsie Trask |
Tanaeya Worden |
Morningside used a torrid 65 percent second half shooting display to pull away for a 72-57 women’s basketball victory over the University of Sioux Falls in a Saturday GPAC matinee in Sioux Falls, S.D.
The Mustangs, ranked 12th nationally in the latest NAIA Division II poll, climbed to 16-9 overall and 9-5 in the GPAC.
Tanaeya Worden and Chelsie Trask shared Morningside scoring honors with 20 points. Brittany Williamson was next with 11 points, including nine in the second half, and Roni Miller contributed 10 points off the bench. The Mustangs also received solid bench production from Katie Sponder, who scored nine points to go along with a team-high seven rebounds, three steals, and two assists.
Trask did most of her scoring from long range with a dazzling four-for-six shooting performance from the 3-point arc.
The Mustangs, who defeated the Cougars for the 16th time in a row, trailed 33-32 at the intermission. The lead changed hands several times in the second half before the Mustangs went on a 14-1 scoring run to turn a 41-40 deficit into an insurmountable 54-42 advantage.
Sioux Falls dominated the boards in the first half, but an improved Morningside effort on the boards trimmed the Cougars’ final rebounding advantage to 32-30. Sponder paced the Mustangs with her seven rebounds, while Williamson was right behind with six caroms.
The Mustangs finished with one of their best shooting performances of the season with 29 field goals in 52 attempts for 55.8 percent. The Cougars’ shooters cooled off significantly in the second half to finish the game at a chilly 36.7 percent.
Morningside will travel to Orange City, Iowa, on Wednesday, for a game against fifth ranked Northwestern College. The Mustangs defeated Northwestern 81-75 earlier this season on Dec. 9 in the Rosen Verdoorn Sports Center to cost the Red Raiders their No. 1 national ranking.
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Andrew Anthofer |
Andrew Anthofer, a freshman from Coon Rapids, Iowa, had Morningside College’s top finish at Saturday’s Briar Cliff University Open wrestling tournament with a fourth place finish in the 165 lb. division.
Anthofer opened the tournament with a 7-6 victory against Kyle Conley of Dana College before he was pinned in 1:39 in the semifinals by eventual champion Brad Lower of Grand View University. Anthofer won his first match in the wrestlebacks by fall when he disposed of Sean Derry, who was unattached, in 1:36. Ty Knowler of Grand View pinned Anthofer in 6:23 in the consolation match for fourth place.
Morningside’s Chad Morehead, a freshman from Akron, Iowa, was also a placewinner with a fifth place finish at 174 lbs. Morehead opened the tourney with a 5-3 decision against Travis Godberson of the University of Sioux Falls before he was pinned in 3:53 by eventual champion Chris Spangler of Iowa State University in the quarterfinals. Morehead went 2-1 in the wrestlebacks with a 6-4 decision against Brian Schultz, who was unattached, and a 5-3 loss against Cameron Schrempp of Dickinson State University.
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Krystal Carlson |
Krystal Carlson had a school-record breaking performance en route to a sixth place showing in the women’s 1,650-yard freestyle at the Minnesota Challenge swimming & diving meet on Saturday in Minneapolis.
Carlson had a time of 18:21.50 to shatter the previous Morningside record of 18:38.97 by Sydney Brisco last season. Brisco finished 19th in Saturday’s race with a time of 19:25.73.
Carlson also had the Mustangs’ top placing during Friday’s opening session with a 24th place finish in the women’s 500-yard freestyle with a time of 5:31.09.
The Mustangs’ Cora Kugler had a 31st place finish in Friday’s women’s 200-yard individual medley with a time of 2:22.58 and was 21st in Saturday’s 200-yard breaststroke with a time of 19:25.73.
Morningside’s top finish in the men’s competition came from Sean Roberts, who finished 25th in the 1,650-yard freestyle with a time of 20:08.22 Teammate Dan Place was right behind with the 31st place time of 1:08.95.
Hannah Mortimmer had a 31st place finish in the women’s 400-yard individual medley with a time of 5:24.56.
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Adam Palmer |
A career scoring high by Adam Palmer wasn’t enough to prevent the Morningside men’s basketball team from absorbing a 75-64 loss against the University of Sioux Falls in Saturday’s GPAC action in Sioux Falls, S.D.
Palmer scored 23 points to top his previous career scoring standard of 22 points against Bellevue University in the season opener. However, the Mustangs didn’t have any other double figure scorers to go with Palmer. Eddie Marrs was next on the Mustangs’ scoring list with eight points, followed by Kevin Zoz with six.
Palmer did much of his scoring from the free-throw line, where he made 15 of 19 attempts.
The loss was the Mustangs’ seventh in a row and dropped them to 10-15 on the season.
The Mustangs were never able to overcome a slow start that saw them go almost five minutes before they made their first field goal. Morningside fell behind 14-3 in the opening minutes and trailed 30-22 at the intermission. Morningside closed within four points, 45-41, in the second half before the Cougars reeled off six straight points to push their margin into double figures.
Sioux Falls entered the game as one of the top rebounding teams in the nation, but 10 caroms from Garth Hamilton and an additional eight rebounds by Palmer helped the Mustangs stay close in a 40-36 final Cougar advantage.
Morningside will travel to Orange City, Iowa, on Wednesday, Feb. 17, for an 8 p.m. game against Northwestern College.
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Matt Ford |
Morningside opened the men’s tennis season with losses against a pair of teams from the Iowa Athletic Conference with a 5-4 setback against Loras University and a 9-0 loss against Central College on Saturday in Pella, Iowa.
The Mustangs won four of the seven matches that were played in the dual with Loras, but had to forfeit the No. 6 singles flight and the No. 3 doubles flight while playing shorthanded due to an injury to their No. 6 player.
Morningside swept the first three singles flights against Loras with wins from Matt Ford at No. 1, Reid Rosen and No. 2, and Dane Larson at No. 3. Ford had the most lopsided victory with a 6-1, 6-2 triumph against Joe Holguin.
Ford and Rosen combined for an 8-1 victory at No. 1 doubles.
The Mustangs will dual Loras again on Feb. 21 in Storm Lake, Iowa.
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Jared Wildeboer |
Joe Sievert |
Morningside’s wrestling team steamrolled past GPAC rival Hastings College 40-3 in Friday’s dual in the Hindman-Hobbs Center.
The Mustangs, who raised their record to 7-1-1, swept the first six weight divisions before the Broncos avoided a shutout when Jameon Rush, ranked sixth in the nation in the NAIA, gave his team a victory in the 174 lb. match. The win didn’t come easily, however, as Morningside freshman Chad Morehead battled the heavily favored Rush to a 2-2 standoff in the third period before the Bronco junior posted a 6-2 triumph for his 30th win of the season against eight defeats.
Morningside won three matches by fall, including back-to-back pins from Jared Wildeboer and Joe Sievert in the 157 and 165 lb. bouts. Wildeboer disposed of Justin Narduzzo in 3:13 in the 157 lb. match before the freshman Sievert, ranked No. 12 in the nation, pinned Jairin Potter in 4:38 to improve to 13-3 on the season. Each of Sievert’s last five victories have been by fall as he raised his season’s pin count to seven.
Drew Smith, the nation’s fourth-ranked 141 pounder, had the Mustangs’ fastest fall of the night when he pinned Justin Ferguson in 2:13 to improve his record to 23-6.
Morningside freshman Brian Block, ranked 12th at 184 lbs., kept pace with Smith for the team lead in victories with a 17-3 major decision against Drew Sorensen to improve to 23-5.
The Mustangs’ won decisions from Cody Dennis at 125 lbs., Justin Truckenmiller at 149 lbs., Joe Lockett at 197 lbs., and Alex Will at heavyweight, while Matthew Maresh received a forfeit at 133 lbs.
Lockett, the nation’s 10th ranked 197 pounder, improved his record to 13-4 with a 4-1 decision against Justin Boyce.
Morningside will compete in Saturday’s Briar Cliff University Open.
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Joe Lockett |
Drew Smith |
Joe Lockett and Drew Smith have been named to the first team of the 2010 All-Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) Wrestling Team.
Lockett, a 197 lb. senior from Bellevue, Neb., was named to the first team for the second year in a row. He has a 12-4 record with two falls this season and was the runner-up at last Saturday’s GPAC Wrestling Championships.
Smith, a 141 lb. junior from Milburn, Neb., move up from last year’s All-GPAC second team. Smith has a 22-6 record with two falls and was the runner-up at the GPAC Championships.
In addition to their two first team selections, the Mustangs placed Brian Block, Cody Dennis, and Joe Sievert on the All-GPAC second team. All three were individual runner-ups at last Saturday’s GPAC Championships.
Block, a 184 lb. freshman from Sibley, Iowa, has a 22-5 record with a team-high nine falls.
Dennis, a 125 lb. junior from Osmond, Neb., has a 5-5 record.
Sievert, a 165 lb. freshman from Akron, Iowa, has a 12-3 record with six falls.
Morningside’s Morgan Freese, a 149 lb. senior from Treynor, Iowa, was named to the All-GPAC honorable mention list. Freese has a 13-12 record with one fall.
Click here for the complete 2010 All-GPAC Wrestling Team.
 Morningside College is ranked 17th nationally in the NAIA Wrestling Coaches Top 20 Poll released on Feb. 2.
The Mustangs, who have a 6-1-1 record in dual meets this season, finished second at last Saturday’s Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) Championships. The Mustangs have four wrestlers in the NAIA individual rankings.
Morningside’s ranked wrestlers are:
Drew Smith, a junior from Milburn, Neb., who is ranked fourth at 141 lbs. Smith has an 22-6 record with two falls.
Joe Sievert, a freshman from Akron, Iowa, who is ranked 12th at 165 lbs. Sievert has a 12-3 record with six falls.
Brian Block, a freshman from Sibley, Iowa, who is ranked 12th at 184 lbs. Block has a 22-5 record with nine falls.
Joe Lockett, a senior from Bellevue, Neb., who is ranked 10th at 197 lbs. Lockett has a 12-4 record with two falls.
Morningside will host Hastings College in a dual on Friday at 7 p.m. in the Hindman-Hobbs Center.
Click here for the complete NAIA rankings.
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