Coe Baseball

Coe baseball splits with No.17 BV

Ben Jacobson and Tony Becker combined for a three-hit shutout Tuesday as Coe blanked 17th-ranked Buena Vista, 4-0, in the first game of an Iowa Conference doubleheader at Daniels Park.

Buena Vista won the second game, 8-6.

Jacobson (2-2) allowed three hits in 5 2/3 innings, with three strikeouts and two walks. Becker retired all four of the batters he faced in 1 1/3 innings to finish the shutout.

Cole Tomlinson went 2-for-2 and drove in two runs for the Kohawks in the victory. Craig Konrardy went 2-for-3.

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Alberhasky tosses no-hitter for Kohawks

Connor Alberhasky pitched the third no-hitter in school history Saturday as Coe blanked Loras, 7-0, in the first game of an Iowa Conference doubleheader at Daniels Park.

Coe also won the second game, 9-5.

Alberhasky, from Iowa City, struck out five batters and walked only one man during his seven-inning masterpiece. He threw just 60 pitches in the efficient ballgame, including 42 for strikes.

Alberhasky joined Shane Staker (1997) and Dave Drahn (1985) with no-hitters for Coe. It was the first no-hitter in the Iowa Conference since 2011.

Michael Goerdt and AJ Reuter had two hits for the Kohawks in the first game. Grant Henning socked a home run, drove in two runs and scored two runs. Cole Tomlinson also scored twice.

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Coe baseball team splits with Loras

The Coe College baseball team topped Loras, 10-5, in the nightcap of a doubleheader Friday at Daniels Park to snap a five-game losing streak in Iowa Conference games.

Loras won the first game, 7-2.

Cole Tomlinson and Jack Hoffmann belted home runs for Coe in the victory. Both players were 2-for-4 with two RBIs. AJ Reuter was 3-for-4 with two RBIs for the Kohawks and Alec Zwanziger was 2-for-3 with three runs scored.

Reuter pitched five innings and allowed only one earned run for the victory.

Hoffmann had two hits for Coe in the first game. Zwanziger drove in two runs.

The split left Coe at 8-6 overall and 1-5 in the conference. Loras is 9-7 and 4-2.

Game 1

Loras     002 050 0 - 7 8 1
Coe       020 000 0 - 2 6 4

W - Schwoebel (4-0). L - Jacobson (1-2).

Game 2

Loras     012 011 000 - 5 13 5
Coe       100 412 11x - 10 3 3

W - Reuter (1-0). L - Schwind (0-1).

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Kohawks drop twinbill to Wartburg

It turned out to be a lost weekend for the Coe College baseball team.

The Kohawks were swept by Wartburg in an Iowa Conference doubleheader at Daniels Park for the second straight day, this time by scores of 7-6 and 8-2.

Coe fell to 7-5 overall and 0-4 in the league with the four setbacks. Wartburg raised its records to 14-1 and 4-0.

The first game Saturday was tied 6-6 after seven innings, but the Knights scored in the top of the eighth inning on a solo homer by Blake Wilson and held on for the victory. Wilson hit two home runs and drove in five runs.

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