Coe College - Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Coe nets two victories in Dubuque

DUBUQUE - The Coe women's tennis team won a pair of Iowa Conference matches here Wednesday, downing Dubuque, 8-1, before going on to blank Loras, 9-0.

The only loss of the day for the Kohawks came at No. 1 singles against Dubuque where sophomore Haley Resnick dropped a 7-5, 6-4 decision to Arantxa Martinez. Resnick rebounded with an impressive 6-0, 6-1 win against Loras' Jessica Dickhut.

Coe is now 3-1.

COE 8, DUBUQUE 1
Singles

1. Arantxa Martinez (D) def. Haley Resnick, 7-5, 6-4
2. Amy Sebastian (C) def. Marissa Joers, 6-0, 6-0
3. Diannah Watson (C) def. Naomi Bokela, 6-1, 6-3
4. Tamara Washington (C) def. Megan Ranney, 6-1, 6-0
5. Kaitlin Fosler (C) def. Mariah Scott, 6-0, 6-0
6. Lakyn Boltz (C) def. Taylor Fortmann, 6-1, 6-1

Doubles

1. Resnick/Laura Birky (C) def. Martinez/Joers, 8-5
2. Washington/Sarah Lasecki (C) def. Ranney/Scott, 8-4
3. Sebastian/Boltz (C) def. Bokela/Fortmann, 8-1

COE 9, LORAS 0
Singles

1. Haley Resnick (C) def. Jessica Dickhut, 6-0, 6-1
2. Amy Sebastian (C) def. Emma Cooke, 6-0, 6-0
3. Laura Birky (C) def. Maggie Clements, 6-1, 6-1
4. Sarah Lasecki (C) def. Sam Pietruszynski, 6-1, 6-0
5. Diannah Watson (C) def. Ayla Graziano, 6-4, 6-3
6. Kaitlin Fosler (C) def. Rachael Molidor, 6-21, 6-1

Doubles

1. Resnick/Laura Birky (C) def. Dickhut/Pietruszynski, 8-3
2. Lasecki/Tamara Washington (C) def. Cooke/Clements, 8-2
3. Watson/Fosler (C) def. Graziano/Tara Shingler, 8-1

Coe women's soccer moves to 5-0

Jordan Holmes scored in the third minute and Hannah Torry added a tally in the 35th minute at the Coe women's soccer team moved to 5-0 Wednesday with a 2-0 win over Mount Mercy at Heco Field.

Danielle Dahl assisted on Torry's goal

MJ Winterer picked up the shutout in goal for the Kohawks, stopping all three shots she faced.

The Mustangs are 3-3-1.

Oakland feels at home with Kohawks

Nate Oakland never had his own office when he served as an assistant coach with the Coe women's basketball team during the 2010 and 2011 campaigns, but now he's got his own digs with his name on the door.

Oakland, 35, was named Coe's new head coach in May and arrived on the job in June. He succeeded Randi Henderson, his former boss here who left after last season to become an assistant coach at North Carolina-Charlotte.

Oakland commuted from Cedar Falls to Cedar Rapids during his two years as an assistant coach with the Kohawks and shared office space at Eby Fieldhouse. Now he's in the big chair and loving it.

"It's been good," he said Wednesday morning. "It helps knowing your way around and knowing everybody down here. And knowing the league helps a lot."

Oakland was a year behind Henderson when they both attended Cedar Falls High School, where Henderson (then Randi Petersen) was a star basketball player and swimmer. Oakland's wife, Alex, was on the Cedar Falls swim team with Henderson.

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Mount Mercy golfers shine in Peosta

PEOSTA - The Mount Mercy men's golf team dominated the Duhawk Fall Invitational at Thunder Hills Country Club on Tuesday.

The Mount Mercy varsity won the 14-team tournament and the Mount Mercy "B" team finished right behind the varsity in second place. The Mustangs swept the top three spots in the individual standings and had seven golfers in the top-10.

George Long of Mount Mercy won the tournament with a 1-under par 70. Warren Bynoe and Pedro Velasco of Mount Mercy shared second place with 70's.

Coe placed 10th in the tournament. Hunter Livermore tied for 22nd with a 78 for the Kohawks.

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