news from the Viking website http://www.gvvikings.com/ 2008-11-20T21:18:00-06:00 text/html 2008-11-20T11:17:56-06:00 http://www.gvvikings.com/ Kyle Palmer http://www.gvvikings.com/article/152.php <P>The Viking Men's Basketball Team passed their first road test of the season defeating Briar Cliff University 79-73 Tuesday night in Sioux City, IA. The Vikings jumped out to an early lead and led the entire contest.</P> <P>Grand View used solid defense through the game forcing Briar Cliff into 17 turnovers for the game, and held the usually hot shooting team to 25% from beyond the three point line. The Viking lead climbed to as much as 15 with just under five minutes to go in the game, but poor free throw shooting allowed Briar Cliff to close the final score to just six points as the Vikings withstood one final push by the Chargers.</P> text/html 2008-11-20T10:01:42-06:00 http://www.gvvikings.com/ Kyle Palmer http://www.gvvikings.com/article/151.php <P>The Midwest Collegiate Conference has announced it volleyball All-Conference honors. Twenty-six athletes were recognized as part of the All-Conference Teams as voted by the coaches; twelve to the First Team and fourteen to the Honorable Mention Team.</P> <P>Viking Middle Hitter Jaeda Young (Aplington, IA) was named honorable mention. Young finished the season with 358 kills, and 127 blocks. </P> text/html 2008-11-20T01:14:54-06:00 http://www.gvvikings.com/ Molly Brown http://www.gvvikings.com/article/150.php <DIV>The Midwest Collegiate Conference has announced it men's soccer All-Conference honors. Twenty-nine athletes were recognized as part of the All-Conference Team as voted by the coaches; fourteen to the First Team and fifteen to the Honorable Mention Team. </DIV>&nbsp; <DIV>Seven Grand View players received All-Conference recognition. Junior defender Trevor Cushman, senior midfielder Marcus Dawson, senior forward Lyall Menzies, and junior midfielder Chris Scott were voted to the First Team. Sophomore defender Craig Hughes, sophomore goalkeeper Darren Martin, and senior Alex Rocha were named to the Honrable Mention Team.</DIV>&nbsp; <DIV>Viking head coach Blair Reid was selected by his peers as Coach of the Year. <A href="http://www.midwestcollegiateconference.com/article/602.php">Complete MCC Men's Soccer All-Conference Release</A></DIV> text/html 2008-11-20T01:07:49-06:00 http://www.gvvikings.com/ Molly Brown http://www.gvvikings.com/article/149.php <DIV>The Midwest Collegiate Conference has announced it women's soccer All-Conference honors. Twenty-nine athletes were recognized as part of the All-Conference Teams as voted by the coaches; fourteen to the First Team and fifteen to the Honorable Mention Team. </DIV>&nbsp; <DIV>Five Grand View players were voted to the MCC All-Conference teams. Sophomore midfielder Alex Ackerman, freshman goalkeeper Jorie Shields-Smith, and senior defender Alexis Purdum were selected to the First Team. Junior defender Brittany Erps and midfielder Autumn Stephens were named to the Honorable Mention Team. <A href="http://www.midwestcollegiateconference.com/article/601.php">Complete MCC Women's Soccer All-Conference Release</A></DIV> text/html 2008-11-18T22:18:53-06:00 http://www.gvvikings.com/ Molly Brown http://www.gvvikings.com/article/148.php <DIV>The Viking women faced the No. 1 team in the NAIA Morningside for the second time this season tonight in Sioux City. Grand View was hoping to avenge 67-62 loss on November 8. The ladies fell short and lost to the Mustangs 69-62 in the second match-up.</DIV>&nbsp; <DIV>Morningside built a 10 point lead midway through the first half. Grand View chipped away at that lead and trailed by just 2 points 23-21 at the half. <BR><BR>The Mustangs' lead grew to 13 points with 10 minutes left in the contest and they held their largest lead of the game 66-52 with 3:25 left in the game. The Vikings made one last run to close the gap to 7 points, but fell short in their comeback effort. </DIV>&nbsp; <DIV>Three Vikings scored in double figures led by Alicia Onnen's 15 points that included 3 three-pointers. Bailey Schechinger added 13 points and game-high 19 rebounds. Jodi Nikkel scored 11 points,&nbsp;pulled down 13 boards, and recorded 5 assists. </DIV> text/html 2008-11-17T21:27:37-06:00 http://www.gvvikings.com/ Molly Brown http://www.gvvikings.com/article/143.php <P>The Grand View men's basketball team improved its record to 4-1 on the season with a 70-30 rout of cross-town opponent Faith Baptist tonight in Des Moines. </P> <P>After a slow start by both teams, Grand View took off and lead by as many as 20 points in the first half. Rohan Greaves nailed 4 three-pointers to lead the Viking's offensive attack. Grand View held a 35-16 half time advantage. </P> <P>All of Grand View's players in uniform saw action in the second half as the Vikings continued to build a steady lead. Damir Dzafic scored all of his 8 points in the second half.</P> text/html 2008-11-16T19:51:02-06:00 http://www.gvvikings.com/ Molly Brown http://www.gvvikings.com/article/146.php <P>The Vikings kicked off the inaugural wrestling season at the Knox Invite Duals on Friday against the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh. The Vikings came close to winning their first-ever dual. The guys won their first four matches but dropped the final six in the 22-17 loss. </P> <P>Travis Evans (125), Nick Coffman (133), Jon Henslee (141), and Matt Burns (149) all handily defeated their opponents. Evans won 9-4, Coffman 8-0, Henslee won by fall (6:23), and Burns won 12-0. </P> <P>Grand View had four close scores in the remaining match-ups. Josh Stansberry (157) fell 6-4, Bryce Skaggs (174) lost 7-6, J.P. Williams (184) lost 6-4 in OT, and Drew Love (197) fell 3-2.</P> <P>On Saturday, The Vikings competed in the Knox Invitational. Eight wrestlers placed for Grand View, seven of which qualified for nationals.</P> text/html 2008-11-16T19:49:15-06:00 http://www.gvvikings.com/ Molly Brown http://www.gvvikings.com/article/141.php <P>The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) has officially released the 30-team field and bracket for the NAIA Men's Soccer National Championship Opening Round, which will be held Nov. 22 at 15 different sites.</P> <P>Grand View (14-5-1), who makes its fifth national tournament appearance, will face Madonna University (16-2-0) in Livonia, Michigan, on November 22. Madonna, a member of the Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference, was the WHAC regular season and conference tournament champions. </P> <P>The winner of the November 22 match-up advances to the NAIA National Championship finals held December 1-6 in Fresno, California. </P> <P><A href="http://naia.cstv.com/sports/m-soccer/spec-rel/111608aaf.html">Complete NAIA Men's Soccer National Championship Release</A></P> text/html 2008-11-16T18:57:22-06:00 http://www.gvvikings.com/ Molly Brown http://www.gvvikings.com/article/142.php <P>The Grand View ladies improved to 4-1 on the season with two wins at the Midland Lutheran Classic in Fremont, Nebraska, over the weekend. </P> <P>On Friday, the Vikings faced Dana College. The Vikings got off to a slow start and fell behind by 8 points in the first half. Grand View took its first lead at the eight minute mark, but trailed 31-30 at the half.</P> <P>The Vikings went on a 13-0 run to start the second half. Grand View dominated the second half and held its largest lead of 20 points with 6:15 left in the game. The Vikings held off one last run by Dana for the 68-55 win.</P> <P>Four Vikings scored in double figures lead by Natalie Lang's game-high 21 points. Bailey Schechinger added 13 points and a game-high 12 rebounds. Alicia Onnen scored 12 points that included 3 three-pointers along with 3 assists. Jodi Nikkel chipped in 10 points. Micah Reed dished out 5 assists. </P> text/html 2008-11-13T19:25:21-06:00 http://www.gvvikings.com/ Molly Brown http://www.gvvikings.com/article/140.php <P>Des Moines, Ia. - The Grand View men's soccer team defeated St. Ambrose 1-0 today for the Midwest Collegiate Conference Championship. With the win, the Vikings receive an automatic bid to the NAIA National Championship.</P> <P>Today's game was a hard fought match that remained scoreless until Viking senior forward Lyall Menzies (Uxbridge, Ontario, Canada) scored the gamewinner in the 82nd minute of the game. The Bees appeared to have tied the game with three seconds remaining in the game, but a St. Ambrose player was ruled offsides and the goal was negated.</P> text/html 2008-11-13T14:29:09-06:00 http://www.gvvikings.com/ Molly Brown http://www.gvvikings.com/article/139.php <P>Sam Tonelli (Waukee, Iowa) has committed to the Grand View University softball program announced by head coach Lou A. Yacinich.</P> <P>Tonelli is a four-year letter winning infielder and catcher for Waukee High School. She was a CIML Honorable Mention selection in 2008.</P> <P>Tonelli is the daughter of Jackie Lewellin and Joe Tonelli. She plans to study Business Administration at Grand View. </P> text/html 2008-11-13T12:54:48-06:00 http://www.gvvikings.com/ Molly Brown http://www.gvvikings.com/article/147.php <DIV><EM>By Lyall Menzies, Senior Forward</EM></DIV> <DIV> <P>The Grand View men hosted a determined St. Ambrose team in the Conference Tournament Final on Thursday. Having beaten the Fighting Bees in the regular season the Vikings knew what they would have to do to get a win and a birth in the National Tournament.<BR><BR></P>The game started just like the last game against SAU as tackles were flying in from everywhere. A physical but flat start from the Vikings found them on the back foot most of the first half. The main pressure SAU were generating was from long balls and long throw-ins into the box. The men were lucky to find themselves level at half time, and that was because of a couple fantastic saves from the ever impressive sophomore GK Darren Martin. </DIV> text/html 2008-11-12T23:28:46-06:00 http://www.gvvikings.com/ Molly Brown http://www.gvvikings.com/article/137.php <DIV>The Viking men erased a 15 point first half deficit, but fell short in&nbsp;their comeback attempt in a 75-72 loss to visiting Dordt tonight in Des Moines.</DIV>&nbsp; <DIV>Dordt raced out to a 11-0 lead in the first two mintues of the game. The Vikings were scoreless the first four minutes of the game and trailed by as many as 15 points in the first half. Dordt shot 60% and&nbsp;sunk 7 three-pointers&nbsp;in the first half&nbsp; and held a 44-32 halftime lead.</DIV> text/html 2008-11-12T23:11:37-06:00 http://www.gvvikings.com/ Molly Brown http://www.gvvikings.com/article/138.php <DIV>The Grand View women were able to overcome a poor first half performance to defeat visiting Dordt 64-58 tonight in Des Moines.</DIV>&nbsp; <DIV>The ladies got off to a rough start and found themselves down by as many as 11 points in the first half. The Vikings were able to get within one point of Dordt with 3:48 left in the first half, but Dordt rebuilt its lead to 10 less than two minutes later. Grand View committed 14 turnovers in the first half and trailed 31-24 at the break.</DIV> text/html 2008-11-12T09:33:03-06:00 http://www.gvvikings.com/ Molly Brown http://www.gvvikings.com/article/145.php <DIV>Senior defender Alexis Purdum has been named the MCC Defensive Player of the Week for women's soccer announced today. </DIV>&nbsp; &nbsp; <DIV>Purdum lead the GVU defense in the upset and shutout of No. 2 seeded Viterbo in the semifinal of the MCC Tournament.</DIV>&nbsp; <DIV>The Vikings travel to Davenport Wednesday to face St. Ambrose at 2 p.m. in the championship match of the MCC Tournament.</DIV>&nbsp;