Coe Softball

Coe softball wins 2 in Florida

KISSIMMEE, Fla. - The Coe softball team began its spring trip to Florida on Saturday with a pair of big victories.

The Kohawks whipped Westminster, 12-0, and topped Carroll, 7-1.

Maliah Fligg and Allie O'Brien went 2-for-4 with two RBIs and two runs against Westminster. Haley Jones also had two hits and Brenna Winn drove in two runs.

Fligg tossed a two-hit shutout with six strikeouts and one walk.

Winn went 3-for-4 and scored two runs against Carroll. Mallory McArtor was 2-for-2 with four RBIs. O'Brien also had two hits.

Alyssa Olson pitched a complete game for the Kohawks (3-1) against Carroll. She allowed only three hits in seven innings, with nine strikeouts and one walk.

Game 1

Coe           230 010 6 - 12 13 0
Westminster   000 000 0 - 0 2 3

Fligg and Berthel. Rohrer, Westfall (7) and Cohen. W - Fligg (1-0). L - Rohrer.

Game 2

Carroll       000 010 0 - 1 3 3
Coe           020 131 x - 7 12 3

Hansen, Miller (3) and Gartland. Olson and Zahner. W - Olson (1-0). L - Miller (0-1).

Coe softball team splits in Minnesota

ROCHESTER, Minn. - The Coe softball team lost to Saint Scholastica, 5-4, in the season opener at the RCTC Dome in Rochester (Minn.) on Saturday.

Linn-Mar grad Maddy Ryan drove in two runs for the Kohawks. Paige Wieland scored twice. The Kohawks took a 4-3 lead in the bottom of the third, but Saint Scholastica scored twice in the top of the fifth and held on for the victory.

Coe defeated Saint Benedict, 6-2, in its second game late Saturday night. Wieland went 3-for-5 with two RBIs to lead a 16-hit attack.

Sara Czachowski also had three hits for the Kohawks. Maliah Fligg, Bella Berthel, Madi Miller and Mallory McArtor had two hits.

Game 1

Saint Scholastica    003 020 0 - 5 13 1
Coe                  103 000 0 - 4 7 0

Schley and Warren. Fligg, Fritz (4) and Zahner. W - Schley (1-0). L - Fritz (0-1).

Game 2

Coe               100 113 0 - 6 16 0
Saint Benedict    000 002 0 - 2 6 0

Weeces, Fritz (7) and Berthel. DeVlaeminck, Haddick (7) and Pfaff. W - Weeces (1-0). L - DeVlaeminck.

Coe inducting 4 into Hall of Fame

Coe College will induct four new members into the school's Athletic Hall of Fame next weekend.

Peggy Schmitt Goerdt, Rajesh Venkatraman, Chris Weih and Bob Timmons will be honored at the 43rd Athletic Hall of Fame banquet on Friday, Oct. 16 and will be featured before Coe's football game against Simpson on Saturday, Oct. 17.

Goerdt (1990) left a lasting mark on the Coe softball program. Her 11 triples as a freshman still stands as the school record. She was named a second team All-American in 1990 at first base and her 40 RBIs stood as a single-season Coe record for a decade.

Goerdt's 23 career triples are still a school record and she graduated with a school-record 106 RBIs, which now ranks sixth in school history.

Read more...

Meyer thrilled with Coe recruits

Coe softball coach Diane Meyer figures she watched about 134 high school games this past season in search of talented new players for the Kohawks.

She's delighted with the results.

Meyer brought in 11 freshmen and one junior college transfer for the 2016 campaign.

"I'm really excited about them," said Meyer, entering her second year as head coach. "They're all really good players. I'm just really anxious to see how we mesh together."

Eight of the freshmen are from Iowa. Meyer began watching many of them years ago and received commitments even before their senior campaigns began in high school.

Even with their commitments in the bank, Meyer kept returning to their games to keep tabs on their progress. Jake Koolbeck, one of her student assistant coaches, often went with her or attended games on his own.

Read more...