Coe College - Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Coe's Reuter, Woodruff earn honors

AJ Reuter and Maddison Woodruff of Coe received top honors from the Iowa Conference Monday.

Reuter was named the Athlete of the Week among Iowa Conference baseball players after going 11-for-19 as a batter for a .579 average and 2-0 with a 2.92 ERA as a pitcher as the Kohawks compiled a 4-2 record. He drove in 10 runs in those six games.

Woodruff was named the Iowa Conference Pitcher of the Week in softball after going 3-0 with three complete games and 35 strikeouts in 22.1 innings.

Five Coe athletes received special mention from the league with Melissa Alger (track and field), Erik Franklin (track and field), Noah Sprinkel (tennis), Nicole Gentile (softball) and Michael Golinski (baseball) all saluted.

Reuter goes 7-for-7 as Coe sweeps

AJ Reuter enjoyed a special day for the Coe College baseball team Sunday at Daniels Park in Cedar Rapids as the Kohawks swept an Iowa Conference doubleheader from Dubuque, 8-3 and 10-2.

Reuter went 7-for-7 in the twinbill with a home run and six RBIs. He also was the winning pitcher in the first game, raising his record to 4-1.

Reuter went 2-for-2 in the opener with two RBIs, then went 5-for-5 in the nightcap with his home run and four more RBIs.

Craig Konrardy went 2-for-4 with two doubles and two RBIs in the opener. Cal Kragenbrink was 2-for-2 with two RBIs and scored twice. Ben Larison also scored two runs.

Larison scored two more runs in the second game. Konrardy was 2-for-3 and scored twice. Colton Janssen was 2-for-4, and Andrew Brierton drove in two runs. Michael Golinski (2-1) pitched six scoreless innings for the Kohawks with 11 strikeouts and no walks.

Coe raised its records to 8-11 overall and 5-7 in the conference. Dubuque fell to 8-13 overall and 4-7 in the league.

No.12 Kohawks sweep Iowa Wesleyan

MOUNT PLEASANT —  Coe pitchers Maddison Woodruff and Arran Weeces did not allow any earned runs Sunday as the 12th-ranked Kohawks swept a non-conference doubleheader from Iowa Wesleyan, 11-3 and 9-0, in Mount Pleasant.

Woodruff (13-1) struck out 13 batters in the opener. All three of Iowa Wesleyan's runs in that game were unearned.

Weeces (9-1) tossed a one-hit shutout with seven strikeouts in the second contest.

Nicole Gentile, McCall Meade and Emily Grell hit home runs for Coe in the first game. Gentile was 2-for-4 with three RBIs. Meade was 2-for-3 with two RBIs. Brianna Gardner went 2-for-3 and scored two runs. Abby Flannagan was 2-for-5 with a double and triple. Mallory McArtor was 2-for-4.

Gardner went 3-for-4 in the second game with two RBIs, two runs scored and a triple. Gentile went 3-for-4 and scored twice. Haley Smith was 2-for-3.

Coe raised its record to 24-3 overall. Iowa Wesleyan fell to 10-12.

Alger breaks Coe record in discus

MOUNT VERNON — Melissa Alger of Coe College in Cedar Rapids broke the school record in the discus Saturday with a winning toss of 149 feet, 11 inches at the Cornell Open in Mount Vernon.

The Coe women won three other events at the meet. Sammie Osterberger claimed the 100 hurdles (16.06 seconds), Laura Bybee won the pole vault (9 feet, 2 1/4 inches) and Kenzie Drahn captured the triple jump (35 feet, 10 inches).

Erik Franklin was a double-winner as the Coe men's team finished second out of six teams. Franklin won the triple jump (41-3) and also took the long jump (20-11 3/4).

Luther won the men's title with 184 points, followed by Coe (168), Cornell (136), NIACC (107), Southwestern (75) and Grinnell (38).

Luther also won the women's title with 218 points, followed by Cornell (140), Coe (129), Grinnell (102), NIACC (97) and Southwestern (24).