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The Mustangs are coming off one of their greatest seasons in school history following a banner 2007 campaign where they posted a 33-4 record and won Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) regular season and post-season tournament championships.

Morningside will open the season against No. 23 Olivet Nazarene University this Friday at the University of Texas-Brownsville Tournament. Texas-Brownsville, who the Mustangs will face on Saturday, is ranked 19th in the NAIA pre-season poll.

Click here for the complete NAIA volleyball pre-season poll.

Mustangs Ranked Seventh In NAIA Pre-Season Poll

NAIA Logo Morningside is ranked seventh nationally in the NAIA pre-season football poll.

The Mustangs posted a 9-3 record during the 2007 season and reached the quarterfinals of the NAIA National Playoffs. Morningside has qualified for the NAIA Playoffs each of the past four seasons and has posted a 38-10 record over that time span.

Morningside will open the 2008 season on Saturday, Sept. 6, with a 7 p.m. home game against Dakota Wesleyan University.

Click here for the 2008 NAIA Pre-Season poll.

Todd Sapp Is New Morningside Golf Coach

Todd Sapp is the new men’s and women’s head golf coach at Morningside College announced Mustang athletic director Jerry Schmutte.

Sapp replaces former Morningside head coach Kelly Schmidt, who resigned earlier this summer.

Sapp has enjoyed an impressive amateur career with over 50 tournament championships on his resume. Sapp is a five-time Jividen Cup champion as well as a four-time Nebraska Great Plains champion and a three-time Rivercade and Nebraska Governor Cup champion. He is also a past Iowa Lake Creek Amateur winner and has been the city champion in Sioux City and Lincoln, Neb.

“I am very pleased to have Todd Sapp join our athletic department as our new head golf coach,” Schmutte said. “He is well known in the Siouxland golf circles because of his outstanding amateur career and his name recognition should be a major asset for our program when it comes to recruiting.”

Sapp, who works as a golf course designer, designed and constructed Whispering Creek Golf Course in Sioux City. Whispering Creek hosted the 2006 Iowa State Amateur and was named the Iowa Golf Association’s 2007 18-Hole Course of the Year.

“I’m very excited and fired up about the opportunity to coach golf at Morningside,” Sapp said. “I hope to build on the success that coach Schmidt brought to the program as we go forward.”

Sapp will be assisted by Mike “ML” Petersen, a 1985 Morningside graduate who also served as an assistant coach under Schmidt.

“Petersen has been a valuable asset to the program and I look forward to working with him at Morningside,” Sapp said.

Sapp is a 1983 graduate of the University of Nebraska, where he played for the Cornhuskers’ golf team. He graduated from Sioux City North High School in 1979.

Mustangs Are Pre-Season GPAC Women's Soccer Favorite

Soccer Logo Morningside is picked to win the 2008 GPAC Women's Soccer championship in the GPAC Women's Soccer Coaches' Pre-Season Poll.

The Mustangs were the 2007 GPAC champions with an 11-0-1 record. Morningside finished the season with a 17-3-1 record and qualified for the NAIA National Tournament for the second year in a row.

Morningside is picked fourth in the GPAC Men's Soccer Coaches' Pre-Season Poll. The Mustangs posted a 10-7-3 record and finished second in the GPAC with a 7-4-1 mark last season.

Click here for the GPAC Women's Soccer Coaches' Pre-Season Poll.

Click here for the GPAC Men's Soccer Coaches' Pre-Season Poll.

Mustangs Picked Second In GPAC Volleyball Pre-Season Poll

Morningside is tabbed for a second place finish in the GPAC Volleyball Coaches' Pre-Season Poll.

The Mustangs were the GPAC regular season and post-season tournament champions last season en route to a 33-4 record.

Click here for the GPAC Volleyball Coaches' Pre-Season Poll.