Katie Zenz (Des Moines, Iowa) has committed to the Grand View women's basketball program announced by head coach Garey Smith

The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) has announced 204 division II women's basketball players have been named 2009 Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athletes.

Student-athletes must be nominated by their head coach, have achieved junior academic status and maintain a minimum grade point average of 3.5 on a 4.0 scale.

Three members of the Grand View women's basketball team earned Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athlete status: seniors Jodi Nikkel (Sully, Iowa/Art Education) and Alicia Onnen (Manson, Iowa/Business Administration) and junior Molly Gunsaulus (Newton, Iowa/Psychology).

Complete release.

The Grand View women's basketball season came to an end today as the No. 2 Vikings lost 62-55 to No. 3 Mount Mercy in the semifinal round of the MCC Tournament.

Both teams had trouble settling into the game in the first half. Mount Mercy committed 15 turnovers and Grand View had 13 of their own in the half. The game was evenly matched for most of the first half and he score was tied six times. The Mustangs closed out the last two minutes of the first half with a 10-0 run and led 35-25 at the break.

Mount Mercy made a couple buckets to open the second half and hold its largest lead of the game 39-25. Grand View then went on a 13-0 run to close the gap to 39-38 with 10:56 remaining The Mustangs held the lead until Grand View tied the score 45-45 with 5:54 left in the game. Mount Mercy rebuilt its lead to five points. The Vikings were able to get within two points, but the Mustangs hit two key three-pointers in the final 1:25 and forced the Vikings to foul. Mount Mercy went 4-4 from the free throw line in the final minute to seal the win.

Three Vikings scored in double figures led by Bailey Schechinger's 14 points. Jodi Nikkel added 13 points and 5 steals. Jamie Sickles scored 12 and Micah Reed led the team with 5 assists.

Despite struggling offensively, the No. 2 seeded Vikings pulled off a 45-44 win over No. 7 Viterbo in the quarterfinal round of the Midwest Collegiate Conference tournament tonight in Des Moines.

The first half was a low-scoring affair for both teams. Grand View shot just 25% in the first half and Viterbo 22%. The score was tied six times in the half and the Vikings led 19-16 at the break.

Both teams continued to struggle in the second half. Grand View was able to build a 7 point lead with 8:45 left in the game. Viterbo rallied to cut the score to 39-38 with 5:34 remaining. The V-Hawks took the lead 42-41 at the 2:22 mark. Alicia Onnen sunk two free throws and Jodi Nikkel made a layup to put Grand View up by 3 points with 1:06 left. The V-Hawks answered with a jumper to pull within one point. Viterbo's last chance three-pointer with: 02 left missed the mark and the Vikings escaped with the win.

Grand View was lead by Bailey Schechinger's 16 points. Schechinger scored her 1,000^th point midway through the first half. She needed four points coming into tonight's game to reach the milestone and now totals 1,012 in her career. Nikkel added 8 points and 7 rebounds. Micah Reed had 7 points and 4 assists.