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Photos: Mount Mercy softball vs. Grand View, Heart of America Conference tournament finals
MMU hosted Grand View at the Robert W. Plaster Athletic Complex at Mount Mercy University in Cedar Rapids
Grand View won the first game, 6-0. Mount Mercy won the second game, 5-4 in extra innings.
MMU's Jade Sharp slides back to second before Grand View's Abby Sutton (9) can make the out at a Mount Mercy Mustangs softball game with the Grand View Vikings at the Robert W. Plaster Athletic Complex in Cedar Rapids on Sunday, May 9, 2021. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette)
MMU's Jade Sharp catches a fly ball at a Mount Mercy Mustangs softball game with the Grand View Vikings at the Robert W. Plaster Athletic Complex in Cedar Rapids on Sunday, May 9, 2021. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette)
MMU's Jaicee Lyons bumts at a Mount Mercy Mustangs softball game with the Grand View Vikings at the Robert W. Plaster Athletic Complex in Cedar Rapids on Sunday, May 9, 2021. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette)
MMU first baseman Emily Oler (left) chats with pitcher Jayna Witzany (center) as Jess Heick (6) signals two outs at a Mount Mercy Mustangs softball game with the Grand View Vikings at the Robert W. Plaster Athletic Complex in Cedar Rapids on Sunday, May 9, 2021. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette)
Grand View's Julia Bastien gets a hit at a Mount Mercy Mustangs softball game with the Grand View Vikings at the Robert W. Plaster Athletic Complex in Cedar Rapids on Sunday, May 9, 2021. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette)
MMU's Morgan Braughton gets a hit in the third inning at a Mount Mercy Mustangs softball game with the Grand View Vikings at the Robert W. Plaster Athletic Complex in Cedar Rapids on Sunday, May 9, 2021. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette)
MMU's Jade Sharp gets a hit in the third inning at a Mount Mercy Mustangs softball game with the Grand View Vikings at the Robert W. Plaster Athletic Complex in Cedar Rapids on Sunday, May 9, 2021. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette)
MMU's Sam Lee makes a hit in the third inning at a Mount Mercy Mustangs softball game with the Grand View Vikings at the Robert W. Plaster Athletic Complex in Cedar Rapids on Sunday, May 9, 2021. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette)
MMU's Sam Lee celebrates a double in the third inning of the first game at a Mount Mercy Mustangs softball game with the Grand View Vikings at the Robert W. Plaster Athletic Complex in Cedar Rapids on Sunday, May 9, 2021. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette)
MMU's Emily Oler gets a hit in the third inning at a Mount Mercy Mustangs softball game with the Grand View Vikings at the Robert W. Plaster Athletic Complex in Cedar Rapids on Sunday, May 9, 2021. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette)
MMU's Peyton Bruner throws to first base for an out in the fourth inning at a Mount Mercy Mustangs softball game with the Grand View Vikings at the Robert W. Plaster Athletic Complex in Cedar Rapids on Sunday, May 9, 2021. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette)
MMU's Jess Heick (right) delivers the ball to pitcher Jayna Witzany (17) in the fourth inning at a Mount Mercy Mustangs softball game with the Grand View Vikings at the Robert W. Plaster Athletic Complex in Cedar Rapids on Sunday, May 9, 2021. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette)
Grand View's Alyx Witt hits a fly ball in the fourth inning at a Mount Mercy Mustangs softball game with the Grand View Vikings at the Robert W. Plaster Athletic Complex in Cedar Rapids on Sunday, May 9, 2021. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette)
MMU's Morgan Braughton makes an out in the fourth inning at a Mount Mercy Mustangs softball game with the Grand View Vikings at the Robert W. Plaster Athletic Complex in Cedar Rapids on Sunday, May 9, 2021. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette)
Grand View's Kaylee Watson hits the ball in the fourth inning at a Mount Mercy Mustangs softball game with the Grand View Vikings at the Robert W. Plaster Athletic Complex in Cedar Rapids on Sunday, May 9, 2021. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette)
MMU teammates Emily Oler (44) and Jayna Witzany (17) celebrate the end of the inning after an out by Oler at a Mount Mercy Mustangs softball game with the Grand View Vikings at the Robert W. Plaster Athletic Complex in Cedar Rapids on Sunday, May 9, 2021. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette)
Grand View's Julia Bastien throws to first in the fourth inning at a Mount Mercy Mustangs softball game with the Grand View Vikings at the Robert W. Plaster Athletic Complex in Cedar Rapids on Sunday, May 9, 2021. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette)
MMU's Hannah Maussere hits a ground ball at a Mount Mercy Mustangs softball game with the Grand View Vikings at the Robert W. Plaster Athletic Complex in Cedar Rapids on Sunday, May 9, 2021. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette)
MMU's Morgan Braughton dives for an out at a Mount Mercy Mustangs softball game with the Grand View Vikings at the Robert W. Plaster Athletic Complex in Cedar Rapids on Sunday, May 9, 2021. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette)
MMU pitcher Jayna Witzany (right) celebrates an out by Witzany with Jaicee Lyons (33) and Jess Heick (center) at a Mount Mercy Mustangs softball game with the Grand View Vikings at the Robert W. Plaster Athletic Complex in Cedar Rapids on Sunday, May 9, 2021. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette)
MMU's Alexis Berry hits a line drive in the fifth inning at a Mount Mercy Mustangs softball game with the Grand View Vikings at the Robert W. Plaster Athletic Complex in Cedar Rapids on Sunday, May 9, 2021. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette)
Grand View's Julia Bastien throws to first in the fifth inning at a Mount Mercy Mustangs softball game with the Grand View Vikings at the Robert W. Plaster Athletic Complex in Cedar Rapids on Sunday, May 9, 2021. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette)
MMU's Alexis Berry (35) slides into second as Grand View's Julia Bastien (19) throws to first at a Mount Mercy Mustangs softball game with the Grand View Vikings at the Robert W. Plaster Athletic Complex in Cedar Rapids on Sunday, May 9, 2021. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette)
MMU's Jess Heick gets a hit in the fifth inning at a Mount Mercy Mustangs softball game with the Grand View Vikings at the Robert W. Plaster Athletic Complex in Cedar Rapids on Sunday, May 9, 2021. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette)
MMU's at a Mount Mercy Mustangs softball game with the Grand View Vikings at the Robert W. Plaster Athletic Complex in Cedar Rapids on Sunday, May 9, 2021. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette)
MMU's Natalie Tecklenburg throws to the infield in the sixth inning at a Mount Mercy Mustangs softball game with the Grand View Vikings at the Robert W. Plaster Athletic Complex in Cedar Rapids on Sunday, May 9, 2021. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette)
MMU pitcher Jayna Witzany throws to second after recovering a hit in the sixth inning at a Mount Mercy Mustangs softball game with the Grand View Vikings at the Robert W. Plaster Athletic Complex in Cedar Rapids on Sunday, May 9, 2021. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette)
Grand View's Abby Sutton (right) and Julia Bastien (left) celebrate their runs in the sixth inning at a Mount Mercy Mustangs softball game with the Grand View Vikings at the Robert W. Plaster Athletic Complex in Cedar Rapids on Sunday, May 9, 2021. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette)
MMU's Natalie Tecklenburg fields a hit in the sixth inning at a Mount Mercy Mustangs softball game with the Grand View Vikings at the Robert W. Plaster Athletic Complex in Cedar Rapids on Sunday, May 9, 2021. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette)
Grand View's Kaylee Watson celebrates her run in the sixth inning at a Mount Mercy Mustangs softball game with the Grand View Vikings at the Robert W. Plaster Athletic Complex in Cedar Rapids on Sunday, May 9, 2021. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette)
MMU's Natalie Tecklenburg recovers a fly ball in the sixth inning at a Mount Mercy Mustangs softball game with the Grand View Vikings at the Robert W. Plaster Athletic Complex in Cedar Rapids on Sunday, May 9, 2021. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette)
Grand View fans celebrate a pair of runs in the sixth inning at a Mount Mercy Mustangs softball game with the Grand View Vikings at the Robert W. Plaster Athletic Complex in Cedar Rapids on Sunday, May 9, 2021. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette)
Grand View's Lauren Kuch (left) is out a second as MMU's Peyton Bruner (right) makes the out in the sixth inning at a Mount Mercy Mustangs softball game with the Grand View Vikings at the Robert W. Plaster Athletic Complex in Cedar Rapids on Sunday, May 9, 2021. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette)
MMU's Jade Sharp celebrates as she is walked in the sixth inning at a Mount Mercy Mustangs softball game with the Grand View Vikings at the Robert W. Plaster Athletic Complex in Cedar Rapids on Sunday, May 9, 2021. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette)
MMU's Jaicee Lyons gets a hit in the sixth inning at a Mount Mercy Mustangs softball game with the Grand View Vikings at the Robert W. Plaster Athletic Complex in Cedar Rapids on Sunday, May 9, 2021. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette)
Grand View's Allyx Lee throws to the infield in the sixth inning of the first game at a Mount Mercy Mustangs softball game with the Grand View Vikings at the Robert W. Plaster Athletic Complex in Cedar Rapids on Sunday, May 9, 2021. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette)
Grand View's Allyx Lee makes a fly out in the sixth inning of the first game at a Mount Mercy Mustangs softball game with the Grand View Vikings at the Robert W. Plaster Athletic Complex in Cedar Rapids on Sunday, May 9, 2021. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette)
MMU"s Jade Sharp throws to first base for an out in the seventh inning of the first game at a Mount Mercy Mustangs softball game with the Grand View Vikings at the Robert W. Plaster Athletic Complex in Cedar Rapids on Sunday, May 9, 2021. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette)
MMU's Natalie Tecklenburg gets under the ball in the seventh inning of the first game at a Mount Mercy Mustangs softball game with the Grand View Vikings at the Robert W. Plaster Athletic Complex in Cedar Rapids on Sunday, May 9, 2021. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette)
