Coe College - Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Coe baseball socks Monmouth, 19-6

MONMOUTH, Ill. - AJ Reuter, Jack Hoffmann and Ben Jacobson belted home runs and combined to drive in 10 runs Tuesday as Coe dumped Monmouth College, 19-6, in seven innings at Glasgow Field in Monmouth, Ill.

Reuter went 2-for-5 with four RBIs. Hoffman also had four RBIs. Jacobson finished with two RBIs.

Grant Henning went 3-for-5 with two doubles, three RBIs and three runs scored for the Kohawks. Cole Tomlinson was 3-for-4. Craig Konrardy and Jory Heckenberg had two hits.

Coe raised its record to 14-9. Monmouth fell to 7-12.

Coe             014 463 1 - 19 16 0
Monmouth   003 003 0 - 6 11 3

W - Hoffmann (4-1). L - Hardy (2-3).

Fred Jackson speaking at Coe Thursday

Coe graduate Fred Jackson, currently a member of the NFL's Buffalo Bills, will be at the college Thursday to speak about his family's new initiative for Division III athletes.

During the fourth annual NCAA Division III Week, Jackson and his wife, Danielle, will be on hand to speak about their time as student-athletes at Coe. The Jacksons will also be talking about their new initiative, D3 Nation.

The event is scheduled to begin at noon in Eby Fieldhouse.

D3 Nation’s focus is to strengthen the bonds and foster pride among NCAA Division III athletes, while providing them with a sense of community. You can learn more about the effort at www.D3-Nation.com.

Alger, Utley honored by Iowa Conference

Melissa Alger of Coe and DJ Utley of Wartburg were honored Monday by the Iowa Conference for their work last week.

Alger was named the Performer of the Week for track and field for her performances at the Cornell Invitational, where she placed second in the discus (147-5) and fifth in the shot put (37-9). Her discus throws ranks third in the nation in NCAA Division III.

Utley, a Cedar Rapids Prairie grad, was named the Iowa Conference Athlete of the Week for his work with the Wartburg baseball team. He hit .500 (10 for 20) last week with nine RBIs as the Knights compiled a 4-2 record in six games.

Coe softball team nipped twice

The Coe College softball team suffered a frustrating day at Clark Field Saturday.

The Kohawks dropped a pair of one-run games to fifth-ranked Luther, 5-4 and 3-2, in an Iowa Conference doubleheader.

The losses dropped Coe to 15-11 overall and 1-3 in the conference. Luther raised its perfect records to 24-0 overall and 4-0 in the league.

Maliah Fligg went 2-for-4 with a home run and four RBIs for the Kohawks in the opener. Anna Corkery and Gretchen Lilienthal also had two hits. The Kohawks scored four runs in the bottom of the seventh inning to pull within 5-4, but fell a run short.

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