Coe College - Cedar Rapids, Iowa

2 Coe volleyball players honored by IIAC

Coe College volleyball players Alissa Wittenburg and Rachel Schaefer have been honored by the Iowa Conference.

Wittenburg, a senior from Readlyn, was named the Iowa Conference Female Athlete of the Week for her performance in the conference volleyball tournament. She collected 31 digs, eight assists and six aces as the Kohawks won the tournament and qualified for the NCAA playoffs for only the second time in school history.

Schaefer, a senior from Waterloo, was named the IIAC Volleyball Player of the Week for her work in the conference tournament. She finished with 22 kills, 14 digs, five blocks and four assists.

Coe visits St. Thomas in NCAA volleyball

The Coe College volleyball team will face St. Thomas in the first round of the NCAA tournament Thursday at 8 p.m. in St. Paul, Minn.

The Kohawks, winners of the Iowa Conference regular season and tournament titles, will face the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Tournament Champion Tommies.

St. Thomas, the host school, has won 21 of its last 23 matches, including five straight. The two teams have not met this season. The Tommies advanced to the third round of the 2013 NCAA championships and won the national title in 2012.

Coe is making its second trip to the NCAA tournament. The Kohawks' previous trip came in 2006 during Coach DeAnn Woodin's first year with the program. Coe dropped a heartbreaking 3-2 match to Capital, 30-26, 29-31, 39-41, 30-24, 17-15, in St. Louis.

The winner of the Coe-St. Thomas match will face the winner of the match between No. 7 Wisconsin-Stevens Point and No. 22 St. Benedict.

Cornell, No. 19 Augsburg, No. 13 Nebraska Wesleyan and Northwestern (Minn.) make up the other four teams at the eight-team regional. Tickets will be available for purchase at the door.

Kohawks trimmed by Dubuque, 29-27

DUBUQUE - It was another rough loss Saturday for the Coe football team.

The Kohawks scored a touchdown with 1:03 to play but a 2-point pass attempt was batted down in the end zone, giving Dubuque a 29-27 Iowa Conference win over the Kohawks at Chalmers Field.

Coe (4-5, 3-3 IIAC)led 14-10 at halftime, but fell behind 26-14 before mounting a rally.

Dubuque's Curtis Prull hit a 33-yard field goal to give the Spartans a 29-21 lead with 1:57 remaining. The Kohawks needed just 54 seconds to score. Josh Rekers hit Trevor Heitland on a 43-yard scoring pass to get Coe within two.

After the PAT pass failed, Coe tried an onside kick, but Dubuque fell on the ball and ran out the clock.

Dubuque (4-5, 3-3) outrushed Coe 185-157, while the Kohawks held a 258-158 advantage in passing. Coe held a 415-343 advantage in total offense.

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Coe pushes Drake in exhibition

DES MOINES - The Coe men's basketball team got Drake's attention in an exhibition game before 3,134 fans at the Knapp Center in Des Moines Saturday.

The Kohawks led the Bulldogs, 33-32, at halftime, a rare feat for an NCAA Division III club against a Division I outfit.

Drake came alive in the second half and outscored the Kohawks, 46-20, to pull away for a 78-53 victory.

JT Vonderhaar and Max Schmarzo paced Coe with 11 points apiece. Jake Timm collected nine points and five assists for the Kohawks.

Gary Ricks hit five 3-pointers and scored 24 points for Drake.