Coe Baseball

Kohawks clinch final spot in IIAC tourney

The Coe baseball team split a doubleheader with Simpson Friday at Daniels Park and clinched the final spot in the Iowa Conference tournament next week in Cedar Rapids.

Simpson won the first game, 2-1. Coe took the nightcap, 4-3.

AJ Reuter (4-3) was the hard-luck loser for the Kohawks in the opener. He pitched 5.1 innings and allowed only one earned run.

Connor Alberhasky (3-4) collected the victory in the second game. He pitched eight innings and allowed three runs on seven hits. Jake Tickle tossed a scoreless ninth inning for his fourth save.

Craig Konrardy and Colton Janssen went 2-for-3 for Coe in the second game.

The Kohawks will be the sixth seed in the Iowa Conference tournament May 8-10 at Veterans Memorial Stadium.

Coe baseball team sweeps Luther

The Coe Kohawks exploded for 30 runs Saturday and swept Luther, 7-6 and 23-15, in an Iowa Conference doubleheader at Daniels Park.

The Kohawks (14-21, 10-16) rallied from a 6-1 deficit to win the opener. AJ Reuter went 2-for-3 with three RBIs. Craig Konrardy was 3-for-3. Cole Tomlinson went 2-for-3 with a home run.

Coe scored seven runs in the first inning of the wild nightcap.

Michael Goerdt was 4-for-5 with three RBIs. Alec Zwanziger, Michael Redmond and Reuter had three hits. Zwanziger drove in four runs, while Redmond and Reuter had three RBIs. Reuter hit a home run.

Luther fell to 14-21 overall and 7-17 in the league.

Coe baseball splits with Luther

Michael Goerdt drove in AJ Reuter with the winning run in the bottom of the eighth inning Friday as Coe trimmed Luther, 9-8, in the first game of an Iowa Conference doubleheader at Daniels Park.

Luther won the second game, 4-2.

Goerdt knocked in Reuter with a two-out single for the game-winner.

The Kohawks (12-21, 8-16) collected 17 hits in the opener. Colton Janssen went 3-for-4 with two RBIs. Michael Redmond was 3-for-5. Alec Zwanziger, Goerdt and Cole Tomlinson had two hits. Tomlinson drove in two runs and Reuter scored three times.

Coe had only five hits in the second game against Luther (14-19, 7-15).

Rams snap 16-game slide against Coe

Seth Wing grew up in Maquoketa, so he jumped at the opportunity to come "home" and become the new baseball coach at Cornell College three years ago even though the Rams had nearly hit rock-bottom as a program.

Wing obviously knew what he was doing.

Cornell took another big step in the right direction Tuesday with a 10-8 victory over Coe at Veterans Memorial Stadium, snapping a 16-game losing streak against the Kohawks.

"It's a big win for our program," said Wing. "It kind of shows that we are turning the corner and can finally compete with them. It's been a long time."

The Rams had not beaten the Kohawks since 2008.

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