IIAC honors Coe trio, Sommer, Utley
Coe athletes Connor Alberhasky, Melissa Alger and Riley Galbraith along with former Metro preps Kristie Sommer and DJ Utley received weekly honors from the Iowa Conference.
Alberhasky, a senior from Iowa City, threw the third no-hitter in Coe baseball history in a 7-0 win over Loras on Saturday. He struck out five and walked just one while throwing just 60 pitches. It was the first no-hitter in Iowa Conference play since 2011 when Loras’ Kendall Paluch twirled a no-hitter against Cornell.
Alger earned the weekly women's track honor. A junior from Lisbon, Alger won the discus competition at the Washington-St. Louis Invitational with a toss of 146 feet, 3 inches Her distance ranks third nationally.
Galbraith, a junior from Kennedy, posted a pair of victories as the Kohawk men's tennis team picked up its 17th consecutive Iowa Conference regular-season dual win with an 8-1 decision over Luther. He defeated Trent Schneider, 7-6, 6-3, at No. 2 singles, then paired with Brady Anderson for an 8-6 win over Sam Cychosz and Anders Jensen at No. 1 doubles. Galbraith and Anderson are now 10-2 in doubles.
Sommer, a freshman outfielder on the Wartburg softball team who prepped at Linn-Mar, hit .611 (11-of-18) and slugged 1.000 as the Knights won six of seven games last week. She had a double, two home runs, 10 RBIs, stole one base and scored seven runs.
Utley, a Wartburg senior first baseman from Kennedy, tied a school record with three home runs in an 11-8 win over Central on March 28. In the four-game weekend series, Utley hit .462 (6-of-13) with a 1.385 slugging percentage with four home runs, 10 RBIs and five runs scored as the Knights took three of four games.
Last Updated on Monday, 30 March 2015 17:37
