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Coe wrestlers nip Cornell, 23-22

MOUNT VERNON – The 15th-ranked Coe College wrestling team upset No. 11 Cornell College, 23-22, for the Kohawks’ 10th consecutive victory over the Rams on Thursday at Cornell.

Coe’s two top-ranked wrestlers each had technical falls. Farai Sewera scored a 16-1 win over Ben Hewson at 165 pounds and Ryan Harrington won 16-1 over Brian Cristion.

Jan Rosenberg had a pin at 125 for Coe.

COE 23, CORNELL 22
125 – Jan Rosenberg (Coe) pinned Scott Smith 4:34.
133 – Mike Gussarson (Coe) dec. Phillip Opelt 8-5.
141 – Josh Martin (Cor) pinned Brady Ruden 5:47.
149 – Trevor Engle (Cor) pinned Frank Carrozza 6:35.
157 – Aaron Engle (Cor) major dec. Jake Voss 15-5.
165 – Farai Sewera (Coe) tech. fall over Ben Hewson 16-1, 3:24.
174 – Ryan Harrington (Coe) tech. fall over Brian Cristion 16-1, 5:39.
184 – Joseph Keller (Cor) dec. Casey Rohret 8-6.
197 – Andrew Holladay (Coe) major dec. Ben Bergen 13-5.
285 – Eric Tucker (Cor) dec. Creighton Fox 7-2.

Loras men hold off late Coe rush

Justin VanWambeke scored 29 points and Mirko Grcic added 20 as Loras held off a late comeback attempt to down Coe, 90-82, Wednesday in an Iowa Conference men's basketball game at Eby Fieldhouse.

Coe (7-13, 2-7) trailed by as many as 13 and was able to cut the margin to 86-82 on a Trevor Haaland 3-point basket with 18 seconds remaining, but wasn't able to draw any closer as Loras put the game away from the foul line.

Christian Fahey led Coe with 24 points. Matt Vonderhaar and Matt Meyer added 16 apiece.

Nolan Timp and Demond George each scored 10 points for the Duhawks (11-9, 6-3).

LORAS (90): Mims 0 0-0 0, VanWambeke 9 9-11 29, Grcic 7 5-7 20, Quinn 1 0-0 2, DiCanio 3 0-0 7, George 4 0-0 10, Schneider 4 0-0 8, Kellerman 0 0-0 0, Timp 3 2-2 10, Rix 2 0-0 4. Totals: 33 16-20 90.

COE (82): Jirak 0 0-0 0, Timm 2 1-1 5, Vonderhaar 5 4-5 16, Haaland 4 0-0 9, Meyer 4 6-7 16, Vorba 0 0-0 0, Shedeck 1 0-0 2, Pflughaupt 1 0-0 3, Fahey 10 4-6 24, Williams 2 3-6 7. Totals: 29 18-25 82.

Halftime: Loras 42, Coe 37. 3-point goals: Loras 8 (VanWambeke 2, Grcic, DiCanio, George 2, Timp 2). Coe 6 (Vonderhaar 2, Meyer 2, Pflughaupt, Haaland).

Loras downs Coe women, 72-57

Kaitlin Phillips scored 18 points and Kat Cabrera added 15 to lead Loras to a 72-57 Iowa Conference women's basketball win over Coe on Wednesday night at Eby Fieldhouse.

The Kohawk struggled from long range, hitting just 6-of-24 from beyond the 3-point line. Aleena Hobbs led Coe (13-7, 4-5) with 15 points and nine rebounds. Jenna Lehman added 10 points.

Loras (14-6, 7-2) hit 20-of-22 from the foul line, including a perfect 12-of-12 from Phillips. Lori Obendorf had 10 rebounds for the Duhawks

LORAS (72): Phillips 3 12-12 18, Weaver 1 2-2 4, Chapman 3 2-2 11, Cabrera 5 2-2 15, Stanich 0 0-0 0, Brown 0 0-0 0, Jones 4 0-0 10, Wohlford 0 2-2 2, McMahon 3 0-0 6, Obendorf 3 0-7 6. Totals: 22 20-22 72.

COE (57): Holmes 1 0-0 3, Wirth 3 2-2 8, Boltz 1 0-0 3, Hobbs 5 3-3 15, Power 0 0-0 0, Hansche 1 0-0 3, McCrary 3 0-0 7, Lehman 5 0-0 10, Lehmann 0 0-0 0. Stulken 4 0-0 8. Totals: 23 5-5 57

Halftime: Loras 40, Coe 28. 3-point goals: Loras 8 (Chapman 3, Cabrera 3, Jones 2). Coe: 6 (Holmes, Wirth, Hobbs 2, Hansche, McCrary).

Coe swimmers honored by Iowa Conference

Corbin Faidley and Ayaka Okamoto of Coe College have been named the Swimmers of the Week by the Iowa Conference.

Faidley, a freshman from Des Moines Hoover, collected four victories in two dual meets last week and set a school record in the 1,000-yard freestyle in 10:00.51. This is the second time he has won the conference award this season.

Okamoto, a freshman from Tokyo, won seven races in a pair of dual meets last week. This is her second conference award as well.