Photo, Sports / December 5, 2024 Mustangs Upend Visiting Bulldogs in White Out

The Mustang men’s and women’s basketball teams defended their Allee Gymnasium court, besting Concordia Wed., Dec. 4. The women began the evening with a 70–56 win over the fifth–ranked Bulldogs. Alexis Spier led the squad with 21 points. Chaise Pfanstiel added 12 and Ella Wragge 10. The men’s team, now 8–1 (4–1 GPAC), jumped out...

News / December 4, 2024 Morningside’s Stangsgiving Event Draws Praise

By Gabriel Ruiz – Stangsgiving is Morningside University’s annual event where students, staff, and faculty join for a Thanksgiving meal. It provides the campus at large with an opportunity to come together and share a meal as well as look back on the year as we move forward into the holiday season.  Students were eager...

Photo, Sports / December 1, 2024 Mustangs post shutout against MNU

The No. 6 Mustangs are moving on to the NAIA Championship Series quarterfinals to face No. 4 Montana Western. Morningside blanked MidAmerica Nazarene 35-0 to keep its 2024 season alive. Read the game story HERE. Montana Western’s Bulldogs bested Dickinson State 41-14. MW quarterback Michael Palandri threw for five touchdowns in the win.

News / November 25, 2024 Be More Chill Cast Announced!

Y’all keep your chill. The cast list for Morningside’s production of Be More Chill has been announced. Directed by Taylor Clemens with music direction by Shannon Salyards Burton, Be More Chill follows an anxious social outcast, Jeremy Heere (Ben Feeken), as he attempts to navigate the pressures of high school social life alongside his laid...

Arts & Entertainment, Morningside People / November 5, 2024 Logan Gerdes Vocal Recital November 8

Logan Gerdes will be performing his senior vocal recital in Eppley Auditorium, Nov. 8 at 7:30 p.m. Gerdes’ pieces were selected through various lessons with Shannon Salyards Burton, and he enjoys the opening piece of his recital in particular for the creative liberty he’s allowed at certain sections of the song. “I like how it...

News / November 4, 2024 Struck gets 100th win

by Mia Wenzel–The men’s tennis team won 6-1 over Mount Marty Oct. 16, giving Coach Alex Struck his 100th win. The men’s fall season ended undefeated 3-0. The women’s tennis team added another win, making the fall season an undefeated 4-0. The Mustangs won against Mount Marty by a score of 5-2.  “I’m humbled and...

Sports / October 27, 2024 Mustangs Trample Briar Cliff in Rivalry Game

By Dayne Davis – Saturday (October 19, 2024) the Mustangs hosted cross-town rival, Briar Cliff University, in battle for the saddle. The Chargers entered the game looking to beat Morningside for the first time in school history, but Zack Chevalier and the Mustangs had other plans as Morningside put the belt to the Chargers backside...

Mustangs Sweep Waldorf in Conference Opener
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Mustangs Sweep Waldorf in Conference Opener

by Alexis Spier–Jona Fischer, senior midfielder, scored both of Morningside’s goals in a 2-0 win over the Waldorf University Warriors in their first game of the Great Plains Athletic Conference Wednesday, Sept. 13. Morningside dominated the game having 31 shots on goal with 16 being on goal. Fischer led the team offensively with three of…

Meet Assistant Swim Coach Alex Guelcher
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Meet Assistant Swim Coach Alex Guelcher

by Alexis Spier–Former collegiate swimmer Alex Guelcher has joined the Morningside swim coaching staff for the 2023-24 season.  Guelcher went to Sioux City North High School and graduated in 2016. He then went to college at the University of South Dakota where he swam competitively for four years. Every year he qualified for the National…

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Coming in November: Leveling Up

by Alexis Spier–The cast for the play Leveling Up has been decided. The opening show will be performed Thursday, November 9, in Klinger Neal Theater.  Leveling Up is about three video-game loving teenagers living in Las Vegas. Playing video games becomes more than fun for one of the teens when he is hired by the…

Spikers fall to #17 Jimmies 3-2
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Spikers fall to #17 Jimmies 3-2

Morningside dropped a five-set match to Jamestown Sunday, its first GPAC loss. The Jimmies picked up a 27-29, 25-21, 14-25, 25-20, 15-7 win. Sydney Marlow led the Mustangs with 18 kills and 15 digs. Payten Lode notched 11 kills and 15 digs, and Ola Dalach 43 assists and 10 digs. Payton Shoquist tallied 25 digs.

Troshynski Joins Morningside Coaching Staff
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Troshynski Joins Morningside Coaching Staff

by Chaise Pfanstiel–Morningside’s women’s basketball team has added more than just players to its roster this season. Head coach Jamie Sale announced the hiring of Faith Troshynski as the official assistant coach of the Mustangs.  Troshysnki brings experience and knowledge to the Mustangs with a two-year stint as a graduate assistant at Division II Augustana…

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