KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Mount Mercy won two of three games last week and maintained the 15th spot in this week's NAIA Division II Women's Basketball Coaches' Top 25 Poll, released last night by the national office.

LA CROSSE, Wis. -- Led by freshmen Audrey Manternach and Dylan Walters, the Mount Mercy women's bowling team finished fourth and the men ninth at the V-Hawk Invitational hosted by Viterbo (Wis.) over the weekend at Pla Mor Lanes.

OSKALOOSA, Iowa -- Mount Mercy rallied late in each half, but when it was all over, Taylor Stoutner and William Penn held on for a 91-85 victory over the 25th-ranked Mustangs in a critical Midwest Collegiate Conference men's basketball showdown on Saturday at the Penn Gymnasium.

OSKALOOSA, Iowa -- Although it was their lowest point total in a victory this year, it was still another road win for the 15th-ranked Mount Mercy women's basketball team Saturday. The Mustangs overcame a nine-point halftime deficit to beat William Penn, 55-49, in Midwest Collegiate Conference play at the Penn Gym.

DUBUQUE, Iowa -- After a lackluster first half, 25th-ranked Mount Mercy shot 58.3 percent from the field and made 20-of-21 free throws in the second period to defeat Clarke, 81-74, in a Midwest Collegiate Conference men's basketball game on Thursday at the Kehl Center.

DUBUQUE, Iowa -- Maybe the Mount Mercy women's basketball team needed to get back on the road. Or maybe they just like wearing their blue road uniforms. Whatever the reason, the 15th-ranked Mustangs snapped out of a three-game offensive slump and pounded Clarke, 86-68, in a Midwest Collegiate Conference matchup on Wednesday at the Kehl Center.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa -- Mount Mercy junior Larissa Wilden reached an NAIA qualifying mark in the high jump at the Cornell Invitational on Saturday in Mount Vernon and was named the Midwest Collegiate Conference Women's Field Athlete of the Week for Jan. 23.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa -- Mount Mercy re-entered the national rankings on Monday, but that didn't matter to Grand View, which overcame a four-point halftime deficit to beat the Mustangs, 64-61, in a Midwest Collegiate Conference matchup at Hennessey Recreation Center.