Soccer

WASHINGTON — He’s been living out of a suitcase and in a hotel for longer than he can immediately recall. Lance Rozeboom has to sit back and try to add all the days. “Six nights in D.C.,” Rozeboom said. “Then 11 days in Florida and back to D.C. I’m headed to Arizona on Monday for [...]

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The final rankings of the 2011 season are out, and first-time national tournament qualifier Mount Mercy comes in at No. 25 in the NAIA Men’s Soccer Coaches’ Postseason Top 25 Poll. The Mustangs finished 12-6-3 overall after losing to top-seeded and eventual national runner-up Hastings (Neb.), 2-0, in the opening round [...]

HASTINGS, Neb. — Mount Mercy continued to play the way it had for the past six weeks when the team was undefeated in 10 starts, but against the defending national champion, it just wasn’t enough as top-seeded Hastings (Neb.) knocked the Mustangs out of the NAIA Men’s Soccer National Championships on Saturday at Lloyd Wilson [...]

HASTINGS, Neb. — The opening round of the 2011 NAIA Men’s Soccer National Championship takes place tomorrow with 15 matches on campus sites throughout the country. Mount Mercy is one of seven teams appearing in its first national championship, taking on top-seeded and defending national champion Hastings (Neb.) at 1:00 p.m. at Lloyd Wilson Field. [...]

MOUNT PLEASANT, Iowa — Mount Mercy’s Amir Hadzic was named the Midwest Collegiate Conference Men’s Soccer Coach of the Year for the second straight season and five Mustangs garnered all-conference awards, the league announced this week. Hadzic has been the MCC Coach of the Year three times. This fall, he led the Mustangs to a [...]

MOUNT PLEASANT, Iowa — Senior defender Dana Poellet, who scored a goal and was one of Mount Mercy’s best all-around players, received honorable mention all-conference when the 2011 Midwest Collegiate Conference women’s soccer awards were announced this week. A total of 30 student-athletes were recognized by the league. Grand View junior forward Jordyn Thompson was [...]

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — Four shots in 10 minutes is pretty good. Four shots on goal in 10 minutes is even better. But four goals in 10 minutes? Nearly unheard of. But Mount Mercy did it today, coming back from a 3-0 deficit to defeat Ashford, 4-3, in the championship game of the 2011 Midwest [...]

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — Mount Mercy got a late score in regulation, survived two overtime periods and then won the shootout to defeated fifth-seeded Viterbo (Wis.) on Sunday and advance to the finals of the 2011 Midwest Collegiate Conference Men’s Soccer Tournament. After a scoreless first period, Viterbo’s Jake Wenzel scored on an assist by [...]

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — The top-seeded Mount Mercy men’s soccer team broke open a tight game with five goals in the second half to defeat eighth-seeded Iowa Wesleyan, 6-1, in the quarterfinals of the 2011 Midwest Collegiate Conference Tournament on Sunday at Lower Kingston Field. The match was scoreless for the first 41 minutes, but [...]