Coe College - Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Moon leads Kohawks at Wartburg golf meet

WAVERLY —  Mitch Moon shot a 3-over-par 75 Friday to lead Coe at the Wartburg Spring Invitational golf tournament at Centennial Oaks in Waverly.

Mount Mercy leads the 16-team tournament with 299 shots after 18 holes. Coe is tied for ninth place at 317. The final round is scheduled for Saturday.

Adam Squires of Central fired a 1-under 71 to grab the lead after 18 holes.

Coe: Mitch Moon 75, Tyler Gunderson 78, Derek Nicholson 80, Seth Inman 83, Kyle Boardman 84, Zach Stafford 89, Anthony Worden 92.

Flannagan belts 2 game-winning homers

Most ballplayers dream about hitting a game-winning home run for their team.

Abby Flannagan did it twice Wednesday.

Coe swept Simpson, 1-0 and 2-1 in 10 innings, thanks to Flannagan's clutch hitting and outstanding pitching by Maddison Woodruff and Arran Weeces.

The first game was tied, 0-0, in the bottom of the sixth inning when Flannagan socked her third homer of the season for a 1-0 lead. Woodruff put the finishing touches on her one-hitter in the top of the seventh for the 1-0 triumph.

The second game was tied, 1-1, in the bottom of the 10th inning when Flannagan delivered again for a walk-off victory with her fourth homer of the year.

Nicole Gentile kept Coe alive in the bottom of the seventh inning of the second game with a solo homer to tie the game, 1-1, and force extra innings.

Woodruff struck out nine batters and walked two during her one-hitter in the opener. Weeces pitched the first nine innings of the nightcap and allowed one run with 11 strikeouts.

Woodruff pitched the top of the 10th inning and got the victory when Flannagan connected in the bottom of the 10th, raising Woodruff's record to 15-1.

Coe raised its records to 26-3 overall and 6-0 in the Iowa Conference. Simpson fell to 16-12 overall and 3-3 in the league.

Coe slams Central for 20th win

PELLA — Noah Sprinkel defeated West Adelman, 6-3, 6-0, at No.1 singles Tuesday as Coe College of Cedar Rapids bounced Central College, 8-1, in an Iowa Conference tennis meet in Pella.

Ryan Hickman, Alex Bernt, Zack Decker and Mark Kroll also won their singles matches as the Kohawks raised their record to 20-4 overall and 6-0 in the league.

Coe also defeated Loras, 7-0, Tuesday.

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Kohawks split with No.25 Buena Vista

Cal Kragenbrink hit a home run and Jack Hoffmann pitched five strong innings as Coe College trimmed No.25 Buena Vista, 4-2, in the first game of an Iowa Conference doubleheader at Daniels Park in Cedar Rapids on Tuesday.

Buena Vista won the second game, 6-5.

Michael Goerdt went 2-for-3 and Thomas Gandolfi drove in two runs for the Kohawks (9-12, 6-8) in the first game. Hoffmann allowed only three hits and two runs during his stint on the mound. Jeremy Santiago got the final out for the save.

AJ Reuter and Goerdt went 2-for-4 in the second game for Coe.

Buena Vista is 19-5 overall and 8-4 in the league.