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[Women's Basketball] Vikings Fight through Shooting Slump in Win over AIB

Courtney Boyd — 2012-02-02T12:05:00-06:00

The Grand View women hosted AIB Wednensday night in MCC action in Des Moines, The Vikings struggled from the field, especially the three-point line, but were able to find an answer for each AIB run throughout the game. The Vikings finished the game on to,, 69-63 and improved to 20-5 overall and 12-1 in the MCC.

[Men's Basketball] Grand View Routs AIB, 87-62

Adam Sanchez — 2012-02-01T23:00:00-06:00

The Viking men broke out of their recent shooting slump on Wednesday evening in front of a full Sisam Arena. Grand View shot 52 percent from the floor and 45 percent from behind the three-point stripe to defeat a feisty AIB group, 87-62.

Grand View was led in scoring by senior Kevin Smith (Ankeny, IA). Smith put together his best night of his three year Viking career, finishing with game-highs in points and rebounds. The forward scored 30 points on 14-of-20 shooting and grabbed 13 rebounds.

[Wrestling] Thompson NAIA Wrestler of the Week

Molly Brown — 2012-02-01T16:50:00-06:00

Grand View's Eric Thompson has been named the NAIA National Wrestler of the Week, the national office announced Wednesday. Thompson was selected based on his performances from Jan. 23 - 29. He is the first wrestler from Grand View to ever receive the national honor.

Thompson, a 6-foot, 285 lbs., sophomore from Shell Rock, Iowa, went 6-0 last week in the heavyweight class at two separate events. His highlight came with a 5-2 decision over NCAA Division I Iowa's Bobby Telford in the championship match of the Grand View Open on Jan. 28. He also was victorious against Brian Rodas of NCAA Division II Southwest Minnesota State.

[Men's Golf] All-Stater Wollam Signs with Viking Men's Golf

Molly Brown — 2012-01-29T20:05:00-06:00

Ben Wollam (Marshalltown, Iowa) has signed a letter of intent to compete for the nationally-rated Grand View men's golf team announced by Head Coach Chris Winkel.

Wollam is a four-year varsity letter winner and First Team All-State selection from Marshalltown High School. He has been named to the CIML All-Conference Team three times. His best round last fall for MHS was a 70 in a dual against Fort Dodge. Wollam took medalist honors several times, including at the Southeast Polk Invite and the Mark Mann Invite. Last summer, also was the American Legion Golf Course men's champion, fourth at the PGA Junior Iowa Section Championship and took part in The Optimist International Junior Golf Championships.

[Women's Basketball] Vikings Pull off Another MCC Road Victory

Courtney Boyd — 2012-01-29T19:50:00-06:00

The 10^thranked Vikings (19-5, 11-1) were looking to set the tempo as they traveled to Clarke University on Saturday afternoon. Despite a slow start by the Vikings, Grand View battled through eight tie game situations and 16 lead changes to take down the Crusaders 84-81.

The Crusaders came into the contest 2-9 in the MCC but did not back down to the Vikings, who came in at 10-1 in the league.

GV pounded the ball inside to get 18 points from inside the paint in the first half. The Viking bench added 12 first half points, but GV couldn't find the bottom of the net enough to take the lead as they were down by one, 43-44 going into the break.

[Men's Basketball] Vikings Struggle in Second Half, Fall to Clarke on Road

Molly Brown — 2012-01-29T19:15:00-06:00

It was a tale of two halves for the Viking men's basketball team as they faced Clarke in league play Saturday in Dubuque.

Eight players contributed to a balanced scoring attack and the Vikings shot 48% in the first half to hold a comfortable 34-23 halftime lead.

GV struggled to score in the second half and shot just 20% from the field and 10% from the three-point line. The Crusaders outscored the Vikings 34-17 in the second half and came back to defeat the Vikings 57-51. Clarke improved to 14-8, 6-6 MCC with the win.

[Wrestling] Five Champions for Vikings at Grand View Open

Molly Brown — 2012-01-29T17:55:00-06:00

The Viking wrestling team hosted 215 wrestlers from 32 teams at the Grand View Open Saturday in Des Moines. GV crowned five champions in the event that had participants representing NCAA Div I, II, and III, the NAIA, and the NJCAA.

TJ Moen went through five opponents with two pins and three decisions to capture Grand View's first title at 149. Moen defeated Hayden Zillmer of North Dakota State 8-5 in his final match.

Chad Lowman and Dallas Houchins each won three matches to make it to the title match at 157. Lowman collected two pins and a major decision and Houchins a pin and two decisions to make it the final round where they shared the title.

[Men's Indoor Track and Field] Five Champions, Three National Qualifiers at Wartburg

Molly Brown — 2012-01-29T16:50:00-06:00

Five first place finishes, three national qualifying marks, and a season's best time highlighted the Viking men's track and field performances at the Wartburg Lutheran Triangular over the weekend.

Just ten points separated first and second place finishers Pete Westerkamp (4399) and Bryce Adger (4389) in the Heptathlon. The third place finisher was over two hundred points behind Adger and both Westerkamp and Adger met the NAIA qualifying marks in the event.

[Women's Indoor Track and Field] Four National Qualifying Marks, School Record at Wartburg

Molly Brown — 2012-01-29T16:15:00-06:00

The Viking women's track & field team hit three national qualifying marks and set a school record Saturday at the Wartburg Lutheran Triangular in Waverly.

GV took first and second place in the weight throw with two NAIA ‘A' standard marks. Lauryn Camp won the event with a toss of 16.59m (54' 5 ¼") and Colleen Frank was second with a 15.31m (50' 2 ¾").

Obsie Birru took third in the 3,000m with an NAIA ‘A" standard time of 10:18.26.

[Men's Volleyball] Vikings Face No. 4 Mo. Baptist in First League Match; Compete at SAU

Molly Brown — 2012-01-28T19:10:00-06:00

The Vikings men's volleyball hosted No. 4 Missouri Baptist Friday night in Des Moines for its first Mid-America Men's Volleyball Intercollegiate Conference (MAMVIC) match.

After a slow start in game one, GV rallied to challenge the Spartans in games two and three and took the final game to extra points.

Missouri Baptist put away 13 kills and hit .476 to take game one 25-16. The Vikings game improved in game two, but fell short 25-20, and pushed the Spartans to the limit in the final game that went back and forth the entire set with neither team leading by more than two points. Missouri Baptist won the battle in the end with a kill followed by an ace serve to end the match.

[Men's Basketball] Vikings Fall at Buzzer to Iowa Wesleyan, 65-62

Adam Sanchez — 2012-01-27T08:40:00-06:00

A three-point basket from the right wing with 1.6 seconds left in the game on Thursday night from Iowa Wesleyan's Jeremy Simmons lifted the Tigers to a 65-62 win over the Vikings of Grand View.

The Vikings found themselves trailing by three with under a minute remaining in the game when sophomore Chad Malloy put up a deep three-point basket from the top of the key that found the bottom of the net to tie the game at 62-62. Simmons, one of the top scorers in the MCC, was held in check for much of the night but his second three-pointer of the night gave the Tigers the victory.

Once again the Vikings found themselves in a back and forth contest that neither team was able to pull away from the other. Neither team had a lead bigger than three points for the final 15 minutes of the second half.

The Viking offense struggled in the second half shooting just 2-of-8 from behind the three-point line, finishing the contest at 28 percent. The second half also saw Grand View go only 10-of-30 from the field, while the visiting Tigers shot 50 percent from three in the second half.

[Women's Basketball] Second Half Defense Pushes Vikings Through for Eighth Win in a Row

Courtney Boyd — 2012-01-27T07:25:00-06:00

The Vikings now an eight-game winning streak after prevailing over the Iowa Wesleyan Tigers, 66-61 on Thursday night in Des Moines. No. 10 Grand View is now 18-5 overall and beating the Tigers moved them to 10-1 in the MCC. Iowa Wesleyan dropped to 11-9 overall and 7-4 in the conference.

After five tie game situations and two lead changes in the first half, the Vikings decided to make some adjustments.

"Even though we were up seven at halftime, we were not satisfied with our defensive effort at times in the first half," said Coach Garey Smith.

"We were pleased with the number of rebounds our girls were able to grab but that did not keep the points off the board for the Tigers. Steve does a great job of getting his girls to play hard and we knew they weren't going to back down in the second half, so we needed to sharpen up," added Smith.

[Wrestling] Vikings Dominate No. 7 Missouri Valley 41-9 on Senior Night

Molly Brown — 2012-01-24T23:15:00-06:00

The No. 1 Viking wrestling team took down another ranked opponent in dominating fashion Tuesday night in Des Moines. GV recorded three pins, a tech fall, two decisions and two forfeits in its 41-9 over No. Missouri Valley.

The program recognized its twelve seniors prior to the match. Five seniors competed against Mo Valley - #2 Travis Evans won a decision over #12 Brian Bitney at 133 followed by a 21-6 tech fall by Nick Coffman over Dylan Ykimoff at 141. #5 T.J. Moen pinned Tyler Zimmerman in 4:27 at 149 and #2 Brad Lower took an 8-4 decision over #9 Damon Jackson at 165. #2 Ty Knowler received a forfeit at 174.

[Women's Basketball] Vikings Move up to No. 10; Two Games Ahead After Win Over Mustangs

Courtney Boyd — 2012-01-24T10:55:00-06:00

The Vikings moved up two spots in this week's edition of the NAIA Division II Women's Basketball Coaches' Top 25 Poll, the national office announced Monday.

Grand View went 2-0 in conference play last week. Moving up two spots puts the Vikings at No. 10. Mount Mercy is the only other team from the MCC in the Top 25, as they dropped to No. 15 this week.

The Vikings faced Mount Mercy in a battle to the buzzer Monday night in Cedar Rapids. GV finished on top of the Mustangs 65-61 to continue their seven game win streak. The women stay atop the MCC standings at 9-1 and two games in front of second place Mount Mercy and Iowa Wesleyan (7-3).

The Vikings shot 43% from the three- point in the first half to keep them in the game. GV trailed 36-31 at the break, but started the second half the Vikings went on a 10-2 run to put them ahead of the Mustangs by four.

[Men's Basketball] Ingle's Hot Second Half Leads GV to 64-61 Win

Adam Sanchez — 2012-01-24T10:35:00-06:00

The Viking men took on newly ranked Mount Mercy College on Monday night, but Grand View didn't let the ranking affect them on the road, as they pulled out a 64-61 Midwest Collegiate Conference victory. Grand View, who was in the midst of a three-game losing streak, used a strong defensive effort and hot shooting in the second half to get the win.

Mount Mercy came in to the contest averaging over 73 points per game and ranked second in the conference in average points per game. However, the Vikings put together a strong defensive effort, allowing only two Mustangs to reach double figures. The Mustangs turned the ball over 15 times against the Viking defense and shot 30 percent from three-point range.

The Viking offense struggled early in the game, shooting only 29 percent in the first half and going 2-of-13 from behind the arc in the first twenty minutes of the contest. Despite the first half struggles offensively Grand View only trailed by four at the half.

The Vikings and Mustangs went back-and-forth for the entire second half without either team being able to pull away from the other. Both teams found their shooting touches, as Mount Mercy shot 54 percent from the field, while Grand View connected on 8 of their 14 three-point attempts in the second half. Sophomore Kody Ingle (Altoona, IA) led the way in the second half for Grand View as he shot 4-of-6 from deep in the final twenty minutes of the game.