Mount Vernon Nazarene University Athletic Department

Within four days, Mount Vernon Nazarene’s men’s basketball team saw two players reach the 1,000-pt. career milestone. On Jan. 7, Kade Ruegsegger hit the mark against Spring Arbor, and on Jan. 11, MVNU senior Kyle Kegley scored his 1,000th career point to join Ruegsegger, who was honored before the game.

Forty high school basketball teams applied to be part of the Fifth Annual Wendy’s MVNUnited Holiday HOOPLA at Mount Vernon Nazarene University.

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The Mount Vernon Nazarene track and field team continued its indoor season on Friday at the Tiffin Alumni Open, hosted by Tiffin University. The women set three school records and the men’s team had a solid day as it saw three NAIA standards set.

It may be easly to be thinking college baseball, but relief pitcher Cruz McFadden of the Mount Vernon Nazarene University baseball team has been named to the 2023 Preseason Baseball All-America Team by the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) on Tuesday, Nov. 22.

Shortly after four members of the Mount Vernon Nazarene men's soccer team and three members of the women's team were named to the CoSIDA (College Sports Information Directors) Academic All-District Team members for the 2022 calendar year, four members of the Lady Cougars women’s volleyball team landed on the CoSIDA Academic All-District Team.

Four members of the Mount Vernon Nazarene men's soccer team and three members of the women's team were named to the CoSIDA (College Sports Information Directors) Academic All-District Team members for the 2022 calendar year.

The (RV) Mount Vernon Nazarene’s University women’s basketball team (4-2, 0-0 CL) got a big upset victory over the University of Rio Grande (5-1, 0-0 RSC) on Tuesday, Nov. 15, coming back in the final two minutes to win 84-80.

CoSIDA (College Sports Information Directors) announced its Academic All-District Team members for the 2022 calendar year and the Mount Vernon Nazarene University women's soccer team had three student-athletes receive spots.

The (RV) Mount Vernon Nazarene University women’s basketball team (3-2, 0-0 CL) defeated Lawrence Tech University (1-3, 0-0 WHAC) by a score of 78-56 on Friday, Nov. 11 in Ariel Arena.

The Mount Vernon Nazarene University men’s basketball team (3-2, 0-0 CL) was beaten by (RV) Olivet Nazarene University (2-1, 0-0 CCAC) in the closing seconds as the Tigers came away with a 68-67 win on Friday night, November 11 in Ariel Arena.

The Mount Vernon Nazarene University men’s basketball team started its 2022-23 season with a 3-1 record and looks to do damage all season long in pursuit of a Crossroads League championship.

The Mount Vernon Nazarene University Athletic Department has announced that Kenny Chaffin (’02), Justin Clarey (’04) and Laura Kott (’07) will be inducted into MVNU Athletics’ Wall of Fame.

The Mount Vernon Nazarene soccer seasons are over after both the men’s and women’s soccer teams fell to Grace College on Saturday in the Crossroads League Quarterfinals at Winona Lake, Indiana. The men fell 1-0 and the women were defeated 2-0.

The Mount Vernon Nazarene University men’s basketball team continued its perfect start and (2-0, 0-0 CL) defeated the University of Northwestern Ohio (1-1, 0-0 WHAC) by a score of 76-66 on Tuesday evening, Nov. 1 in Ariel Arena.

MOUNT VERNON – The Mount Vernon Nazarene University women’s volleyball team (27-6, 12-6 CL) clinched the four-seed and home court advantage in the Crossroads League Tournament Quarterfinals, with a win over the University of Saint Francis (14-17, 8-10 CL) three sets to none on Saturday afternoon, October 29 in Ariel Arena.

The Mount Vernon Nazarene University men’s basketball team (1-0, 0-0 CL) opened their season with an 87-71 victory over Ohio Christian University (0-1, 0-0 RSC) on Friday night, Oct. 28 in Ariel Arena.

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LACONIA, Ind. — The Mount Vernon Nazarene University men’s golf team concluded its fall season in the Crossroads League Preview Invitational at the Chariot Run Golf Course on October 24-25.MVNU tied for seventh place, finishing with a final score of 643 (323, 320) through two rounds of play.

Hannah Vaughn of the Mount Vernon Nazarene University women’s bowling team earned her second Crossroads League Women’s Bowler of the Week honor of the season on Monday, October 24.