Coe College - Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Costly mistakes haunt Coe in loss

For Mark Atwater, it was a story that has played out too many times for the Coe football team in 2015.

The senior linebacker from Linn-Mar couldn't hide his disgust and disappointment Saturday afternoon at Clark Field where the Kohawks played host to Iowa Conference rival Simpson for Homecoming."We've done this too many times this season," Atwater said after the Kohawks' 18-15 loss before an overflow crowd of 4,876 fans. "We just didn't play well enough. We couldn't get off the field and we made too many mistakes.

"It's kinda been the tale of our season," he continued. "We just continue to shoot ourselves in the foot. It's frustrating."

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Eagles drop 3 matches at tourney

EAST PEORIA, Ill. – The Kirkwood volleyball team suffered three losses Friday at the Illinois Central Tournament and fell to 23-12 for the season.

Kirkwood lost to Columbus 3-2, Lake Land 3-2 and DMACC 3-0.

The Eagles fell to Columbus 25-21, 25-16, 25-27, 21-25, 15-11. Madsy Richards had 21 kills and 11 digs, Morgan Grimm had 14 kills, Jenna Laxton had 21 digs, and Halle Lueck had 51 assists.

Kirkwood lost to Lake Land 25-20, 20-25, 20-25, 25-18, 15-9. Erin Wenzel had 18 kills, Richards had 10 kills and 10 digs, Alex Miner also had 10 kills, Grimm had 14 digs, Laxton had 11 digs, and Lueck had 45 assists and three blocks.

Kirkwood lost to DMACC 25-21, 25-19, 25-17. Wenzel had 13 kills and 12 digs, Laxton had 19 digs, Richards had 16 digs, and Lueck had 34 assists and 11 digs.

Kohawk men blanked by Simpson

INDIANOLA – Simpson shut out the Coe men’s soccer team Friday, 3-0, in an Iowa Conference match in Indianola.

The Storm had 11 shots on goal compared to just three for the Kohawks. Garrett Pochop scored a first-half goal for Simpson, and Darius Doswell and Collin Hemann scored in the second half.

Goalie Eric Hoar had eight saves for Coe.

Coe fell to 4-10-1 overall and 1-4 in the IIAC. Simpson is 7-8-2 and 2-2-1.

Coe women boot Simpson for 14th win

INDIANOLA – The Coe women’s soccer team improved to 14-1-1 with a 2-1 win over Simpson on Friday.

The match remained scoreless through the first 65 minutes.

Simpson’s Mackenzie Stump broke the scoreless tie in the 66th minute, but the Kohawks answered with two quick goals. Keira Frederito scored off an assist by Kelsey Fauser in the 72nd minute, and Sarah Fathallah scored off an assist from Ashlyn Moos in the 79th minute.

Goalie MJ Winterer had eight saves for Coe as the Kohawks out-shot the Storm 12-9.

Coe is 4-1 in the IIAC. Simpson fell to 3-12 overall and 0-5 in the league.