METAIRIE, La-- The University of Mobile women's cross country team turned in a 5th place finish at the Loyola Wolfpack Invitational Saturday. The Lady Rams clocked in at 2:11:31.47 as a team, while Loyola University finished 1st at 1:48:45.77. Mobile finished 3rd among SSAC teams, and finished just seconds behind Millsaps College. Allie Wheeler lead Mobile for the second straight race with a 10th place finish and a time of 21:48.48.

METAIRIE, La-- The University of Mobile men's cross country team finished in 4th place at the Loyola Wolfpack Invitational Saturday morning. The Rams finished with a team time of 1:39:46.18, while Xavier University won the meet with a time of 1:31:07.24. Mobile finished 3rd among SSAC teams in the meet. Mark Meadows paced Mobile with a 15th place finish and a time of 18:52.11, while Ryne Pulliam finished 19th with a time of 19:01.57.

MONTGOMERY, Ala-- The University of Mobile volleyball team swept a pair of matches on day one of the SSAC Cross-Over Tournament at Faulkner University Friday. The Lady Rams defeated Brenau 3-1 and then beat Columbia College in straight sets 25-19, 25-20, 25-21. Against Columbia, seniors Kelly Sherling and Alyson Kovacs led the way with 10 and 8 kills, respectively.

MOBILE, Ala-- The 16th-ranked University of Mobile men's soccer game headed into Friday's contest with visiting Northwood University having outscored opponents 6-1 in three contests on the season. That changed Friday, as the Northwood Seahawks blanked the Rams 2-0. Mobile (2-1-1) hosts the UM Classic Sept. 17-18. Mobile will face Southern Polytechnic State Friday and Embry-Riddle on Saturday.

MOBILE, Ala-- Playing in their fourth double-overtime game of the season, the 17th-ranked University of Mobile women's soccer team fell 2-1 to visiting Northwood University (Fla.) in non-conference NAIA soccer action Friday afternoon. Mobile (2-3-1) next plays Northwood (TX) Friday, Sept. 24 at 4 pm in Orange Beach. Northwood finished the game with only a 21-15 edge in shots, but they had an 8-1 edge in the two overtime periods, including a 6-0 edge in the final period.

KANSAS CITY, Mo-- The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics released the first regular season edition of the 2010 NAIA Women's Soccer Coaches' Top 25, and the University of Mobile women climbed from receiving votes to No. 17. The Lady Rams are 2-2-1 on the season and earned 298 points, one shy of 16th-ranked Simon Fraser University and 13 more than 18th-place Oklahoma City University. Mobile has faced a potent schedule early, with the two victories being a double-overtime win over Spring Hill to start the season and a 5-0 win over Brenau.

KANSAS CITY, Mo-- The University of Mobile men's soccer team climbed from receiving votes to No. 16 in the first regular season edition of the 2010 NAIA Men's Soccer Coaches' Top 25 Poll. The Rams are 2-0-1 on the season, with only a 0-0 double-overtime tie versus 6th-ranked Martin Methodist keeping the team from a 3-0 mark. Mobile defeated then-No. 18 Bethel College 3-1 to open the season and blasted Milligan College 3-0.

MOBILE, Ala-- Spring Hill College defeated the University of Mobile 3-1 (25-16, 25-18, 16-25, 25-15) in Southern States Athletic Conference action Tuesday evening at Pharr Gym. Yiting Cao led the Lady Badgers with 16 kills and added 4 aces, 10 digs and 3 blocks from the outside. She hit .262. Sha Sha Buchanan hit .444 and put down 9 kills, while Meredith Donald finished with a team-high 18 digs. Taryn Nash added 32 assists, 5 kills and 7 digs.

MOBILE, Ala-- Three University of Mobile athletes were named OnePath Systems SSAC Players of the Week, as announced by the Southern States Athletic Conference. Jason Williams was named Men's Soccer Defensive Player of the Week, Deshorn Brown was named Men's Soccer Offensive Player of the Week, and Allie Wheeler was named Women's Cross Country Runner of the Week.

MONTGOMERY, Ala-- The University of Mobile men's soccer team improved to 2-0-1 on the season by blanking Milligan College 3-0 at Auburn-Montgomery's Captial City Classic Saturday. The Rams' defense held strong all game and the offense scored early and late to pick up the victory. Jason Williams collected a three-save shutout in goal for Mobile and the UM defenders held Milligan to only seven shot attempts. On the other hand, the Mobile offense took 20 shots in the game, putting seven on target.