The Coe baseball team had problems with its pitching, hitting and defense Thursday in the opening round of the Iowa Conference baseball tournament Thursday at Veterans Memorial Stadium.

The unhappy result was a 12-0 loss to Central College in seven innings.

The Kohawks (15-23) will face Simpson (20-21) in a loser's bracket elimination game Friday at 10 a.m. at the stadium.

Connor Alberhasky was raked for nine hits and eight runs (seven earned) in 2.1 innings. Coe collected only five hits and committed three errors.

Central raised its record to 26-14.