Coe College - Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Quiet Kohawks swept by Wartburg

The Coe baseball team left their hot bats in Florida.

The Kohawks hit a lusty .396 as a team while compiling a 7-1 record on their spring trip to the Sunshine State last week, but they hit only .231 and dropped both ends of their Iowa Conference twinbill Friday at Daniels Park.

Wartburg's pitchers had a lot to do with Coe's problems as the Knights swept the doubleheader, 5-2 and 7-1, on a sunny 60-degree afternoon in northeast Cedar Rapids.

Coe Coach Steve Cook thought his team would hit better in the league opener.

"I really did," he said. "We thought we saw some decent pitching down there (in Florida).

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Regional honors for Hansche, Hobbs

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. - Coe sophomore Mickey Hansche has been named to the D3hoops.com All-West Region Third Team, while freshman Aleena Hobbs was named the site's West Region Rookie of the Year.

Hansche ranked 10th in the nation with 2.96 3-pointers per game, while ranking fifth in percentage at 45.2. She was the only player in the country to make more than 69 3-pointers while shooting 45 percent or better. Hansche set the school record with 80 3-pointers on the season. Her 45.2 percent was the fourth best in school history. She shot 87.5 percent from the free throw line, the second best percentage in school history. Her 353 points scored were the ninth most in school history.

Hobbs, a Washington graduate, recorded four double-doubles on the year. Her 111 free throws made this season were a school record. She ranked 88th in the nation in free throw percentage at 81 percent. Her 367 points were the seventh most in school history and the most by a freshman.