AUBURNDALE, Fla. - Jack Hoffmann and Ben Jacobson provided strong pitching Saturday as the Coe baseball team opened its season with a 6-2 victory over the Milwaukee School of Engineering in Auburndale, Fla.

Hoffmann allowed only two runs in the first six innings of the game. He allowed seven hits, struck out six batters and walked two.

Jacobson pitched three shutout innings to finish the game and collect a save. He did not allow any hits, had one strikeout and one walk.

Shortstop Craig Konrardy went 2-for-5 for the Kohawks with two runs and two RBIs. Thomas Schaedel went 2-for-4, AJ Reuter drove in two runs and Michael Goerdt scored two runs.

Milwaukee Engineering fell to 0-12 for the season.

COE (6): Konrardy, ss, 5 2 2 2, Goerdt, lf, 5 2 1 1, Tomlinson, rf, 3 0 1 0, Reuter, 1b, 4 0 1 2, Brierton, 3b, 4 0 1 1, Redmond, cf, 5 0 1 0, Heckenberg, dh, 3 1 1 0, Petersen, pr, 0 0 0 0, Henning, c, 3 0 0 0, Schaedel, 2b, 4 1 2 0, Hoffmann, p, 0 0 0 0, Jacobson, p, 0 0 0 0. Totals 36 6 10 6.

MILWAUKEE ENGINEERING (2): Newman, ss/2b, 5 1 1 0, Doyle, cf, 3 0 0 0, Carrington, dh, 2 0 2 1, Mrowiec, lf, 1 0 0 0, Roberts, 1b, 4 0 1 0, Melbye, 3b, 3 1 1 0, Dzurka, 2b, 2 0 0 0, Magyar, ss, 1 0 0 0, Symbal, lf/p, 4 0 0 0, Kremers, c, 4 0 2 1, Peltier, rf, 3 0 0 0, Hartwick, p, 0 0 0 0. Totals 32 2 7 2.

Coe           000 001 401 - 6 10 0
Milwaukee  001 100 000 - 2 7 1

Hoffmann, Jacobson (7) and Henning. Hartwick, Symbal (7) and Kremers. W - Hoffmann (1-0). L - Hartwick (0-2). S - Jacobson (1). 3B - Konrardy, Goerdt.