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Gunderson leads Coe at IIAC golf

IOWA CITY - Tyler Gunderson shot a 2-over-par 74 to pace the Coe Kohawks at the Iowa Conference meet at Finkbine Golf Course Friday.

Dubuque leads the tournament after 18 holes at 295. The Kohawks are in sixth place at 315.

Eric Wolfe of Dubuque fired a 2-under 70 to set the pace.

Team Standings

1. Dubuque 295, 2. Simpson 304, 3. Luther 305, 4. Wartburg 308, 5. Central 313, 6. Coe 315, 7. Loras 331, 8. Buena Vista 341.

COE: Tyler Gunderson 74, Mitch Moon 79, Derek Nicholson 80, Kyle Boardman 82, Zach Stafford 85.

Coe's Gunderson 2nd at Hunters Ridge

Tyler Gunderson of Coe shot a 2-over-par 74 Tuesday to tie for second place at the Mount Mercy Spring Invitational at Hunters Ridge.

Josh Udelhofen of Clark won the meet with a 1-under 71. Ryan Scrimper of Mount Mercy also shot a 74.

Mount Mercy won the tournament at 303. Kirkwood finished second at 305. Sheldon Gryp led Kirkwood with a 75.

Team Standings

1. Mount Mercy 303, 2. Kirkwood 305, 3. Mount Mercy Gold 309, 4. Kirkwood White 318, 5. Coe 320, 6. Clarke 322, 7. Coe 371.

Rams snap 16-game slide against Coe

Seth Wing grew up in Maquoketa, so he jumped at the opportunity to come "home" and become the new baseball coach at Cornell College three years ago even though the Rams had nearly hit rock-bottom as a program.

Wing obviously knew what he was doing.

Cornell took another big step in the right direction Tuesday with a 10-8 victory over Coe at Veterans Memorial Stadium, snapping a 16-game losing streak against the Kohawks.

"It's a big win for our program," said Wing. "It kind of shows that we are turning the corner and can finally compete with them. It's been a long time."

The Rams had not beaten the Kohawks since 2008.

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Coe's Alger digs the discus

As a sophomore, Melissa Alger certainly has made her mark at Coe College.

Breaking Coe’s discus record with a throw of 149 feet, 11 inches earlier this month, Alger has set herself apart from the competition. But her path hasn’t always been easy.

Initially, Alger didn’t even come to Coe to throw.

“I came here to play volleyball,” she said. “I was just in the weight room one day and they came up to me and said, ‘Do you throw? You have really long arms.’”

The answer was yes. Alger starting throwing her sophomore year at Lisbon High School, after choosing not to play softball.

“I thought that I should do another sport because I like to be active and so I decided to do track. I’m not really a runner so throwing intrigued me,” she said.

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