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The Missouri Valley College men’s and women’s basketball teams welcomed in Mount Mercy (Iowa) for a Heart of America Athletic Conference doubleheader Wednesday evening inside the Burns Athletic Complex. The Viking women’s basketball team came back from a deficit to earn a 72-71 victory. The men’s team led throughout, and pulled away in the second half for an 83-61 win.

Vladimir Simic’s Missouri Valley College men’s soccer team is in Decatur, Ala., getting ready for its National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics’Quarterfinal match. The 15-4-1 Vikings, who have won two in a row and are the No.

After surviving a scare in the first round of the Marshall Bracket of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics Soccer Tournament- getting a goal in the 82nd minute from junior Kazuki Hashimoto to beat fourth-seeded Cardinal- Stritch (Wisc.) Thursday, the top-seeded Missouri Valley Vikings had some fun Saturday.

By winning games at two different sites Thursday, the nationally-ranked Missouri Valley College soccer teams advanced to the championship games of their respective pods and one win away from their national tournament final sites.

In a season filled with close losses, the Missouri Valley College football team had a chance to change that trend and end three losing streaks at the same time Saturday in Baldwin City, Kan. The Vikings led the host Baker Wildcats by six points two-thirds of the way through the fourth quarter.