Mayfield, KY - Mid-Continent University (21-12), seeded number two in the National Christian College Athletics Association (NCCAA) Mideast Regional, advanced to Saturday's NCCAA regional championship game with a 101-82 victory over Tennessee Temple University (14-15), Thursday, March 11, at Mayfield High School Sports Arena. MCU has won eight of its last nine games and 11 of its last 13. The Cougars continue to add to their school-record single-season victory total with each win.

     MCU must wait until the completion of Friday's other semifinal action between Bluefield College (17-15), which defeated Covenant (3-22), 96-74, in the other Thursday game, and number one seed King College (21-4), the number one ranked team in the NCCAA National rating, at King College in Bristol, Tennessee. The winner of Friday's semifinal at King takes on Mid-Continent - if King beats Bluefield Friday, the Mideast Regional championship game takes place Saturday, March 13, at King College, but if Bluefield beats King Friday night, Mid-Continent hosts Bluefield College at the Mayfield High School Sports Arena at 7:00 p.m., Saturday, March 13.

Mayfield, KY - It's been a tough week for Mid-Continent University softball. First, its home TranSouth conference softball doubleheader, Tuesday, March 9, against Freed-Hardeman University was rained out and re-scheduled for Monday, April 5, at 1:00 p.m., at Cougar Field. Then the Cougars' three games at the Covenant College Invitational in Lookout Mountain, Georgia, March 12-13, have been snowed out and will not be rescheduled.

     MCU (2-8-1) now plays next at Asbury College in Wilmore, Kentucky, Monday, March 15, at 5:00 p.m. eastern time, and plays at Brescia University in Owensboro, Kentucky, Wednesday, March 17, at 4:00 p.m. Central time. Also next week, MCU finally opens its home season on Saturday, March 20, with a 2:00 p.m. TranSouth doubleheader against Lyon College (AR).