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Coe women nipped by Loras, 69-68

DUBUQUE – The Coe women’s basketball team rallied from a 54-47 deficit but fell a point short against Loras, 69-68, in the semifinals of the Iowa Conference Tournament on Thursday at Lillis Court.

Jenna Lehman scored 19 points for the Kohawks and Jordan Holmes scored 12 points. Mickey Hansche added 11 points to become the third player in school history to score 400 points in a season.

No. 2 seed Loras (18-8) out-rebounded No. 6 seed, Coe 32-18.

Kaitlin Phillips led the Duhawks with 18 points.

Coe finished the season with a 15-12 record.

COE (68): Lehman 8 0-0 19, Hansche 4 0-0 11, Hobbs 2 5-5 9, Wirth 3 0-0 7, Stulken 3 0-0 6, Holmes 5 0-0 12, Lehmann 2 0-3 4, McCrary 0 0-0 0, Boltz 0 0-0 0. Totals 27 5-8 68.

LORAS (69): Phillips 7 4-5 18, Cabrera 6 2-2 14, Obendorf 6 0-2 12, McMahon 4 1-2 9, Jones 1 0-0 3, Stanich 5 0-0 11, Stokes 1 0-0 2, Chapman 0 0-0 0, Weaver 0 0-0 0. Totals 30 7-11 69.

Halftime – Loras 37, Coe 29. 3-point goals – Coe 9 (Lehman 3, Hansche 3, Holmes 2, Wirth), Loras 2 (Jones, Stanich).

Coe women upset Wartburg in tourney

WAVERLY – Jenna Lehman scored 16 points and Allie Wirth added 11 as the sixth-seeded Coe women’s basketball team upset No. 3 seeded Wartburg, 66-60, in the first round of the Iowa Conference Tournament on Tuesday at Wartburg.

The Kohawks (15-11) will face No. 2 seed Loras (17-8) in the semifinals Thursday at Loras.

Aleena Hobbs scored nine points for Coe. Mickey Hansche and Ashley Stulken both had eight points. Hansche’s two 3-point goals gave her 81 for the season, breaking her own school mark set last year.

The 15 wins for coach Nate Oakland are the most ever for a first-year coach at Coe.

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Coe wins 2 in men’s tennis

The 36th-ranked Coe men’s tennis team cruised to a pair of wins Saturday, sweeping Wartburg 9-0 in the morning at the Clark Racquet Center, and beating Carleton 7-2 in the afternoon at Lifetime Fitness in West Des Moines.

Brady Anderson, ranked 15th, won both of his No. 1 singles matches to lead the Kohawks.

Coe is 6-1 overall and 3-0 in the Iowa Conference. Wartburg is 3-2 and 0-1, and Carleton is 5-1.

COE 9, WARTBURG 0

Singles – Brady Anderson (C) def. Brandon Hornback 6-1, 6-0; Evgeny Pakhomenko (C) def. Connor Barnard 6-2, 6-1; Nate Ackert (C) def. Sam Nettleton 6-2, 6-0; Josh Pudlo (C) def. Andre Greene 6-0, 6-0; Chad Moklestad (C) def. Jeremy Ellerby 6-0, 6-2; Tyrin Wages (C) def. Karl Jaeschke 6-0, 6-2.

Doubles – Riley Galbraith/Ryan Hickman (C) def. Brandon Hornback/Connor Barnard 8-0; Alex Bernt/Nate Ackert (C) def. Sam Nettleton/Andre Greene 8-0; Zack Decker/Mark Kroll (C) def. Karl Jaeschke/Jeremy Ellerby 8-0.

COE 7, CARLETON 2

Singles – Brady Anderson (C) def. Kevin Mei 6-3, 6-1; Riley Galbraith (C) def. Jordon O'Kelly 7-5, 6-2; Alex Bernt (C) def. Andrew Qi 2-6, 6-4, 10-4; Ryan Hickman (C) def. Christian Nagy 6-4, 6-0; Ezra Frankel (CAR) def. Evgeny Pakhomenko 6-3, 6-4; Zack Decker (C) def. Patton McClelland 6-3, 6-4.

Doubles – Riley Galbraith/Ryan Hickman (C) def. Christian Nagy/Jordon O'Kelly 8-5; Brady Anderson/Josh Pudlo (C) def. Andrew Qi/Kevin Mei 8-4; Ezra Frankel/Aaron Goodman (CAR) def. Alex Bernt/Nate Ackert 8-4.

Kohawks, Mustangs shine at Wartburg

WAVERLY – The Coe men's track team won four events and the Mount Mercy women won two at the Wartburg Indoor Invitational on Saturday at Hoover Field House.

Robbie Peters and Alex Crow-McKee placed first and second in the shot put for the Coe men with throws of 14.57 and 13.86 meters, respectively. Ben Nelson won the 800 meters in 1 minute, 57.91 seconds, Chris Hawkins won the 60 hurdles in 8.69 seconds, and the team of Erik Franklin, Anton Jones, Max Johnson and Demetrius Harper won the 4x200 in 1:33.58.

Colton Forster was second in the 3,000 for the Mount Mercy men in 8:54.23, and the Mustangs placed third in the 4x200 in 1:35.59.

Molly Pruett won the 3,000 for the Mount Mercy women in 10:55.12, and the 4x200 relay team of Receva Duos, Aminah Baloch, Ashli O’Shea and Raeshonda Chandler won in 1:49.73.

Laura Bybee and Christina Brown took first and second place in the pole vault for the Coe women with leaps of 3.12 and 2.97 meters, respectively. Bri’anna Branch took second in the 60 in 8.04.

WOMEN’S TEAM SCORES

1. Wartburg 289.5; 2. Grand View 101; 3. Mount Mercy 81.5; 4. Grinnell 45; 5. Coe 43; 6. Clarke 6.

MEN’S TEAM SCORES

1. Wartburg 278; 2. Grinnell 76; 3. Coe 72; 4. Grand View 68; 5. Mount Mercy 55; 6. University of Iowa Track Club 27; 7. Clarke 18; 8. Scott Community Club 9.