Coe College - Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Coe's Konrardy, Alger honored

Coe baseball player Craig Konrardy and discus thrower Melissa Alger earned player of the week honors from the Iowa Conference on Monday.

Konrardy, a junior shortstop, hit .591 (13-of-22) with an .864 slugging percentage, four doubles, a triple, seven RBIs, five stolen bases and eight runs scored as Coe went 5-0 last week. He went 2-for-3 with a double, an RBI, a walk, was hit by a pitch, stole three bases and scored three times in a 19-6 win over Monmouth on April 7 to start the week. Konrardy hit .611 (11-of-18) in a four-game IIAC sweep of Simpson.

Alger, a junior, won the discus at the Luther College Norse Relays with a toss of 142 feet, 9 inches

Monson third at Mount Mercy invite

Meg Monson of Mount Mercy shot an 85 Sunday in the final round of the Mount Mercy Spring Invitational at Hunters Ridge to finish in for third place.

Monson shot an 81 on Saturday and finished at 166, two shots behind winner Danielle Ducklow of Viterbo. Erin Isaacson  of Viterbo was second at 165.

The 1-2 finish led Viterbo to the team title at 676, 28 shots ahead of runner-up Clarke. Mount Mercy ended up fifth and Coe finished ninth. Madi Goodfellow of Mount Mercy shot an two-day total of 171 to finish ninth.

Bethany Lehman led Coe with a 183.

TEAM STANDINGS

1. Viterbo 337-339=676, 2. Clarke 350-344=694, 3 AIB 360-351=711, 4. Ashford 350-364=714, 5. Mount Mercy 349-369=718, 6. Grinnell 369-362=731, 7. Central 371-362=733, 8. St. Ambrose 380-377=757, 9. Coe 408-387=795, 10. Loras 425-398=823, 11. Buena Vista 427-414=841.

MOUNT MERCY: Meg Monson 81-85=166, Madi Goodfellow 82-89=171, Kelsey Dircks 86-91=177, Chelsea Gryp 100-104=204.

COE: Bethany Lehman 92-91=183, Jade Hess 97-100=197, Kylie Bustad 108-103=211, Chloe Crain 111-110=221.

Monson paces Mount Mercy golfers

Meg Monson of Mount Mercy shot an 81 Saturday to stand in second place after the opening round of the Mount Mercy Spring Invitational at Hunters Ridge.

Madi Goodfellow of Mount Mercy shot an 82 to help the Mustangs grab second place in the team standings behind Viterbo heading into the final round Sunday.

Katelyn Gille of Ashford fired an 80 Saturday to take a one-shot lead into the final round.

Bethany Lehman led Coe with a 92.

TEAM STANDINGS

1. Viterbo 337, 2. Mount Mercy 349, 3. (tie) Ashford 350, Clarke 350, 5. AIB 360, 6. Grinnell 369, 7. Central 371, 8. St. Ambrose 380, 9. Coe 408, 10. Loras 425, 11. Buena Vista 427.

MOUNT MERCY: Meg Monson 81, Madi Goodfellow 82, Kelsey Dircks 86, Chelsea Gryp 100.

COE: Bethany Lehman 92, Jade Hess 97, Kylie Bustad 108, Chloe Crain 111.

Kohawks win 5 events at Norse Relays

DECORAH - Coe athletes captured five events at the Norse Relays in Decorah Saturday.

The Coe women claimed three titles with Allison Rogers in the 10,000 (44:07.21), Sammie Osterberger in the 100 hurdles (15.56) and Melissa Alger in the discus (142-9).

Daniel Yunek claimed the hammer throw for the Coe men (168-8). The Kohawks also took the 1600 sprint medley in 3:32.70 with Anton Jones, Clayton Birkes, Dray Schreiber and Beau Freeborn.

The Coe women and men both finished third in the team standings.

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