Morningside
2024 Game Notes
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First Round
2024 SCHEDULE 01/26 01/26 01/27 01/27 02/02 02/03 02/09 02/09 02/10 02/17 02/23 02/24 02/29 03/01 03/02 03/02 03/08 03/08 03/09 03/09 03/14 03/16 03/22 03/23 03/23 03/29 03/30 04/04 04/06
Missouri Science & Tech^ Brescia^ (RV) Westcliff^ Rio Grande^ at Clarke at (15) Mount Mercy St. Ambrose (5) Grand View (RV) Missouri Valley Viterbo Kansas Wesleyan* Central Christian (Kan.)*! Ottawa (Kan.)* at St. Ambrose vs UHSP at William Penn vs Central Christian# vs Simpson# vs St. Ambrose# at Kansas Wesleyan# Jamestown* Dordt* at Ottawa (Kan.)* vs Graceland at Mount Mercy at Central Christian* at Kansas Wesleyan* at Jamestown* at Dordt*
Morningside vs Central Christian
W 3-2 W 3-0 L 3-2 W 3-0 L 3-2 L 3-0 W 3-1 L 3-0 L 3-2 L 3-1 W 3-1 W 3-0 W 3-1 W 3-0 L 3-2 L 3-1 W 3-0 W 3-0 W 3-0 L 3-2 L 3-0 L 3-2 W 3-0 W 3-1 L 3-0 W 3-0 W 3-2 L 3-0 L 3-1
* Great Plains Athletic Conference Game ^ Park Tournament # Kansas Wesleyan Tournament ! Senior Day
AROUND THE GPAC Saturday, April 13 Ottawa at Kansas Wesleyan
3 p.m.
Winner of Morningside/Central Christian vs Dordt Winner of Ottawa/Kansas Wesleyan at Jamestown
5 p.m.
GPAC Championship Match
3 p.m.
Friday, April 19
April 13, 2024
7 p.m.
Saturday, April 20
Where: Allee Gym, Rosen Verdoon Sports Center, Sioux City, Iowa When: 3 p.m. Watch: msidemustangs.com/ gameday/allee-gym-video-stream
Series Notes
2024 record: 15-14 (6-4) Head coach: Noah Marasco-Ayau (Briar Cliff)
The Mustangs are 8-0 all-time against Central Christian.
• Marasco-Ayau is the interim coach of the Mustangs.
The Mustangs haven’t lost a set to the Tigers in eight alltime matches, including three sweeps of the Tigers this season.
Mustangs
Stat Breakdown Category
11.75 .195 11.08 1.61 10.95 1.60 15.0
Kills Per Set Hitting Percentage Assists Per Set Aces Per Set Digs Per Set Blocks Per Set Points Per Set
Quick Facts Morningside enters the GPAC Tournament as the No. 3 seed, setting up a first round match with the No. 6 seed, Central Christian. Morningside swept Central Christian three times this season, including twice in conference play. The winner will face Dordt in the semifinals of the GPAC Tournament Friday in Jamestown. Isaiah Baynes has moved into third in career kills with 659, and Natan Alves is right behind him in fourth with 593. In the regular season finale, Jacob DePauw eclipsed 1,000 assists on the season. He is the first Mustang in program history to reach that mark, and currently has 1,005 assists on the year.
2024 record: 0-24 (0-10) Head coach: Rick Hughes • Hughes is in his second season as the head coach of the Tigers
Tigers 3.95 -.089 3.56 0.71 6.16 0.74 5.4
NAIA Top-15 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 10.
The Master’s (Calif.) Vanguard (Calif.) OUAZ (Ariz.) William Penn (Iowa) Grand View (Iowa) Menlo (Calif.) Saint Xavier (Ill.) Missouri Baptist Jamestown (N.D.) Georgetown (Ky.) Missouri Valley Park (Mo.) Lourdes (Ohio) Benedictine Mesa (Ariz.) Mount Mercy (Iowa)