DECORAH —  The ninth-ranked Coe College softball team lost a pair of tough games to No.8 Luther in an Iowa Conference doubleheader in Decorah on Saturday.

Luther won the first game, 8-6, in eight innings. Luther took the nightcap, 3-2.

Erin Lang was used as a pinch-hitter and delivered a two-run single for Coe in the first game. Maddison Woodruff (15-2) was touched for 14 hits and all eight runs.

The Kohawks (26-5, 6-2) had only three hits in the second game. Arran Weeces (9-2) took the loss.

Luther raised its records to 19-6 overall and 4-4 in the league.