Mount Pleasant —- Sammi Wibben and Kylie Walderbach were the lone golfers for Mount Pleasant, who did not have enough players for a team score at their home invite yesterday.
Burlington’s Lauren Briggs was the meet medalist, finishing with a 5-over 42.
Washington won the team race, with Burlington finishing in second.
Wibben shot a 49 with Walderbach carding a 57.
Mount Pleasant — Mount Pleasant had four players score two goals or more, as the Panthers improved to 4-2 with a 10-0 win over Fairfield.
Tori Wilson scored and assisted twice, while Abby West also had two goals and two assists.
Charice Auwerda and Elly Manning each had three goals and two assists, in the offensive onslaught.
Evelyn Escobar made two saves for the Panthers.
Mount Pleasant will host Fort Madison on Thursday night.
Fairfield dropped to 0-4.
Fairfield — Fairfield earned their first win of the season and did so in dominating fashion with a 9-0 defeat of Mount Pleasant last night.
The Trojans lead 2-0 at halftime before the floodgates opening in the second half.
Fairfield scored seven goals to ensure the victory.
The Trojans are now 1-4 overall and 1-3 in Southeast Conference play.
Mount Pleasant fell to 1-6 an 0-4 in the league.
The Panthers will get Class 2A’s No. 13 ranked Fort Madison Thursday night.
Mount Pleasant — The Iowa Wesleyan men’s basketball program will be hosting a youth boys and girls’ tournament this summer, the school has announced.
The tournament is open to boys and girls team from 5th-8th grade. The boys’ teams will play on Saturday, June 4th with the girls’ playing on Sunday, June 5th.
Action will begin at 8:00 a.m. both days.
Teams can register online at iwtigers.com or by emailing head coach Jordan Ashton.
All games will be played at Ruble Arena.
Men’s Golf: White Named CAC Men’s Golfer of the Week
Former Mount Pleasant standout Trace White has been named the Continental Athletic Conference men’s golfer of the week, the league has announced.
It’s the second week in a row a Tiger has earned the honor.
White competed in the William Penn Invitational last week taking second place after carding a 75. Iowa Wesleyan finished third in the team race in Oskaloosa.
Just a few days later White shot an 83 to take 14th at the difficult Mount Mercy Spring Classic.
White and Iowa Wesleyan will be back on the links on Thursday, when they take part in the Mount Mercy Invite.
Tee time is scheduled for 10:00 a.m.
Boys’ Golf: Mount Pleasant Third at Washington
Nick Matheny recorded a 7-over 42 to lead Mount Pleasant to third place as a team in Southeast Conference meet at Washington yesterday.
Demon senior Roman Roth once again took home medalist honors with a 4-over 39.
Washington won the team race with 172 strokes, with Fairfield placing second.
Mount Pleasant finished with 195 strokes. Keokuk and Fort Madison rounded out the five.
Reece Kempker poured in a 48 for Mount Pleasant, as well.
Girls’ Golf: Wibben and Walderbach Lead Panthers
Sammi Wibben and Kylie Walderbach were the lone golfers for Mount Pleasant, who did not have enough players for a team score at their home invite yesterday.
Burlington’s Lauren Briggs was the meet medalist, finishing with a 5-over 42.
Washington won the team race, with Burlington finishing in second.
Wibben shot a 49 with Walderbach carding a 57.
Girls’ Soccer: Mount Pleasant Rolls to Easy Win over Fairfield
Mount Pleasant had four players score two goals or more, as the Panthers improved to 4-2 with a 10-0 win over Fairfield.
Tori Wilson scored and assisted twice, while Abby West also had two goals and two assists.
Charice Auwerda and Elly Manning each had three goals and two assists, in the offensive onslaught.
Evelyn Escobar made two saves for the Panthers.
Mount Pleasant will host Fort Madison on Thursday night.
Fairfield dropped to 0-4.
Boys’ Soccer: Mount Pleasant Defeated by Fairfield
Fairfield earned their first win of the season and did so in dominating fashion with a 9-0 defeat of Mount Pleasant last night.
The Trojans lead 2-0 at halftime before the floodgates opening in the second half.
Fairfield scored seven goals to ensure the victory.
The Trojans are now 1-4 overall and 1-3 in Southeast Conference play.
Mount Pleasant fell to 1-6 an 0-4 in the league.
The Panthers will get Class 2A’s No. 13 ranked Fort Madison Thursday night.
Men’s College Basketball: Wesleyan to Host Summer Youth Tournament
The Iowa Wesleyan men’s basketball program will be hosting a youth boys and girls’ tournament this summer, the school has announced.
The tournament is open to boys and girls team from 5th-8th grade. The boys’ teams will play on Saturday, June 4th with the girls’ playing on Sunday, June 5th.
Action will begin at 8:00 a.m. both days.
Teams can register online at iwtigers.com or by emailing head coach Jordan Ashton.
All games will be played at Ruble Arena.
Lincoln, IL — Iowa Wesleyan completed a weekend sweep over Lincoln Christian Saturday, defeating the Red Lions 25-4 and 6-0.
In game one, the Tigers put up seven runs in the 5th and 12 runs in the 6th break the game wide open.
Carlos Vicente, Brady Lukavsky and Phillip Guerrero each had three hits for Wesleyan.
Guerrero drove in five while Vicente plated four.
Five Tigers drove in two runs apiece.
Muscatine native Joe Morrison was the winning pitcher. The right-hander tossed five innings of one run ball, allowing six hits while striking out four.
In game two, a comedy of Red Lion errors helped propel Wesleyan to the sweep.
Lincoln Christian committed six errors helping stake the Tigers to a 5-0 lead after two innings.
Derek Marrufo had two hits, two runs scored with two RBI.
Carson Selk worked the game’s first three innings on the hill for Wesleyan, as he teamed up with four others for the tag-team shutout.
Stephen Larson tossed the game’s final inning, striking out two.
The sweep moved Wesleyan to 19-26 overall, Blake Beaber’s bunch has won seven straight games.
They’ll look to keep the good times rolling tomorrow when they travel to Fulton, Missouri to do battle with William Woods University.
Iowa City — Iowa sophomore forward Kris Murray has submitted papers for early entry to the 2022 NBA Draft while maintaining his college eligibility.
Underclassmen have until June 1 to remain in or remove his name from the draft.
Murray posted single season bests in every statistical category last season.
He improved his scoring average by +9.1 points per game and rebounding average by 3.7 per outing.
Murray was Iowa’s leading bench scorer and rebounder, ranking fourth and third overall on the team.
Kris’ twin brother Keegan announced last month that he has declared for the 2022 NBA Draft.
Lincoln, NE — Former Mount Pleasant standout Henry Lutovsky is ready to make some noise in Lincoln..
The rising redshirt freshman competed in the Nebraska spring game last week, one in which the White Team earned a 43-39 win over the Red Team.
In the spring game Lutovsky worked on the second string offensive line, working as the direct backup to starting guard Kevin Williams Jr.
Lutovsky, who took a redshirt last year, played in two games as a true freshman in 2021.
He first appeared on the offensive line in the Huskers’ win against Fordham, becoming the 17th true freshman offensive lineman to play in a game in school history.
Lutovsky also played on the offensive line against Northwestern.
Nebraska will open their season in Dublin, Ireland on August 27th, competing in the Aer Lingus College Football Classic against Northwestern.
