The ninth-ranked Coe softball team swept Loras, 6-1 and 11-3, in the Iowa Conference opener for both teams Tuesday at Clark Field in Cedar Rapids.

Maddison Woodruff (11-1) pitched a two-hitter with 15 strikeouts and only one walk in the first game for the Kohawks. Nicole Gentile was 2-for-4 with a home run and two RBIs. Brianna Gardner was 2-for-2 and scored two runs.

Haley Smith went 3-for-4, belted two home runs and had four RBIs in the second game. Abby Flannagan was 2-for-3 with three RBIs. Gentile drove in two more runs. Danielle Schlotterbeck, Alison Givens and McCall Meade had two hits. Arran Weeces (7-1) was the winning pitcher.

Coe raised its overall record to 20-3. Loras fell to 10-10.