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Coe men earn IIAC berth with win

DUBUQUE – The Coe College men’s basketball team clinch a berth in the IIAC Tournament with a 71-66 win over Loras College on Saturday at Loras.

Senior JT Vonderhaar scored 12 points to become the 17th player in Coe history to reach 1,000 points in his career. He also grabbed 11 rebounds.

Matt Daoust led the Kohawks with 19 points. Matt Vonderhaar added 11 points and seven rebounds.

Nathaniel Smith scored 20 points to lead Loras. Justin VanWambeke chipped in 11.

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Fitzgerald stars at Liberal Arts swim

Sam Fitzgerald of Coe set school, pool and meet records Friday by winning the 100 breaststroke in 1:05.80 at the Liberal Arts Championships at the Eby Fieldhouse pool.

Fitzgerald is a freshman from Linn-Mar.

Jasmine Deng of Coe placed second in 3-meter diving with 411.10 points. Kendall Bundy, Fitzgerald, Kenni Sterns and Lindsay Meade placed third in the 200 medley relay in 1:50.62.

The Coe women are tied for third place with 277.5 points heading into the final day of the meet on Saturday. The Coe men are ninth and last in their standings.

WOMEN'S STANDINGS

1. Luther 650, 2. Franklin 416, 3. (tie) Coe 277.5, Minnesota Morris 277.5, 5. Loras 233, 6. Illinois Tech 182, 7. Morningside 168, 8. Simpson 117, 9. Nebraska Wesleyan 100, 10. Principia 99, 11. Mills 46.

MEN'S STANDINGS

1. Franklin 500.5, 2. Luther 331.5, 3. Morningside 315, 4. Illinois Tech 302, 5. Loras 226, 6. Nebraska Wesleyan 217, 7. Principia 146, 8. Simpson 143, 9. Coe 104.

No.17 Coe wrestlers trim Dubuque

Ryan Sheldon collected a technical fall at 184 pounds Thursday night to help 17th-ranked Coe edge Dubuque, 18-17, in an Iowa Conference wrestling meet at Eby Fieldhouse.

Farai Sewera (165) posted a major decision for the Kohawks (9-8, 5-2). Luke Kremer (141), Josh Donkle (149) and Donnie Horner (197) won regular decisions for Coe.

Dubuque fell to 8-12 overall and 3-4 in the league.

COE 18, DUBUQUE 17

125: Joey Cisneros (Dubuque) dec. Jan Rosenberg, 12-5
133: Nicholas Rivera (Dubuque) dec. Brady Ruden, 9-4
141: Luke Kremer (Coe) dec. Ethan Kleitsch, 3-1
149: Josh Donkle (Coe) dec. Kody Krenz, 8-7
157: Brian Travis (Dubuque) tech fall Ryan Donovan, 18-3
165: Farai Sewera (Coe) major dec. Manuel Mendoza, 15-3
174: Elton Turnage (Dubuque) dec. Ryan Harrington, 4-3
184: Ryan Sheldon (Coe) tech fall Joseph Shue, 16-0
197: Donnie Horner (Coe) dec. Nathan Cristion, 3-2
285: Dan Howell (Dubuque) dec. Creighton Fox, 7-4

Fitzgerald takes 3rd in 50 free

Sam Fitzgerald of Coe placed third in the women's 50 freestyle in 24.90 seconds Thursday on Day 2 of the Liberal Arts Championships at the Eby Fieldhouse pool.

Coe is in fourth place in the women's standings out of 11 teams. The Coe men are ninth and last in their standings.

The meet continues Friday and Saturday.