Mount Vernon Nazarene University Athletic Department

Cougars track team picks up three firsts in George Glass InvitationalUPLAND, Ind.

WINONA LAKE, Ind.

Cougar men and women perform on the track at Cedarville. The Mount Vernon Nazarene University men’s and women’s track and field teams continued their outdoor season on Saturday, March 26 in the Yellow Jacket Collegiate Open, hosted by Cedarville University.

 BETHLEHEM, Pa.

 The Mount Vernon Nazarene University baseball team (14-9, 9-3) split its doubleheader, and its four-game series, with the Indiana Wesleyan University Wildcats (11-13, 7-5) on Monday, March 21 in Mount Vernon.

OXFORD, Ohio.

A day after a doubleheder sweep of Marian University by scores of 14-12 and 3-1, the Mount Vernon Nazarene University baseball team (12-7, 7-1) split its home-opening double-header with Ohio Christian University (5-13, 1-5) on Tuesday, March 15, losing game one 5-3 and winning a rout in the nightcap, 17-1..

The Mount Vernon Nazarene University men’s basketball team (20-11) wrapped up what they consider a highly-successful season on Friday, March 11 in the NAIA Men’s Basketball National Tournament Opening Round. MVNU fell to Carroll College (29-4) 72-58.

A tense, seesaw final set that lasted 68 games went to the Cougars enabling the Mount Vernon Nazarene University men’s volleyball team (10-11, 3-7) to defeat Mount Union (7-8, 4-0) in four sets on Saturday, March 12.

The Mount Vernon Nazarene University baseball team (7-6, 3-1) finished its series against Bethel University (7-13, 1-3) with a pair of victories at Championship Park in Kokomo, Indiana, on March 5.

MVNU Splits Doubleheader at Georgetown Tri-Match GEORGETOWN, Ky.

The Mount Vernon Nazarene University softball team started 2022 with three wins in its first four games. The Lady Cougars opened its season with a pair of wins over Clarke University (3-2, 0-0) and Warner University (3-4, 0-0) by final scores of 9-1 and 4-0 on Friday, February 25 in Kissimmee, Florida. The following day was another doubleheader and the Lady Cougars split, defeating Florida National (8-4, 0-0) in game one 8-5 and falling to the University of Michigan-Dearborn 8-6 (2-1, 0-0) in game two.

The Mount Vernon Nazarene baseball team began the season with a 10-day, nine-game tune-up against Sunshine State schools as they ready themselves for Crossroad League play and the 2022 season, looking to improve upon their 34-22 mark of last year. The Cougars began with two losses, but picked up their first win of 2022 in convincing fashion, with a 12-2 victory over Lyndon State, Feb. 23.

Seven Kenyon field hockey scholars receive honors, school gets team award. For the 25th consecutive season, the Kenyon College Ladies were named a winner of the National Field Hockey Coaches Association (NFHCA) National Academic Team Award.

The Mount Vernon Nazarene University women’s track and field team finished ninth at the Crossroads League Indoor Championships, hosted by Taylor University on Saturday, February 19. On the men’s side, the Cougars placed seventh, but Kyler Dickey claimed the conference championship in the shot put.

Major league baseball may be locked out, but local ball starts next week, sort of. The Mount Vernon Nazarene University baseball team kicks off their season on Monday, February 21 as the team travels to Florida for their Spring Break trip, where they will play nine games across 10 days. The team will primarily be playing in the cities of Winter Haven and Davenport, but will also play at Babson Park and Lake Wales

Leading at halftime, the Mount Vernon Nazarene Lady Cougars ran into a Bethel buzz saw in the second half and fell by 16 points Feb. 9 at Ariel Arena.

January 29 was sweep day for the Cougars and Lady Cougars against the Huntington University Foresters. The MVNU women’s basketball team (13-10, 7-4) defeated the Foresters (2-18, 0-9) by a final score of 79-52 and the Cougars men’s basketball team (15-8, 6-5) beat Huntington University (16-8, 5-7) 89-84 at Ariel Arena.

The Mount Vernon Nazarene University women’s basketball team (12-10, 6-4) mounted a second-half charge to defeated the University of Saint Francis Cougars (11-7, 5-4) 90-80 on Jan. 26 at Ariel Arena in Mount Vernon. The spirited win was head coach Amanda Short’s 100th career, collegiate win.

The Mount Vernon Nazarene University men’s and women’s indoor track and field teams finished first and second respectively, at the Chip Wilson Invite on Saturday, January 22 at Energy Fieldhouse in Mount Vernon.