Coe College - Cedar Rapids, Iowa

No.12 Kohawks top 2 ranked teams

Sun - 23 Mar Written by Metro Sports Report

ST. LOUIS - The 12th-ranked Coe softball team defeated two ranked teams at the Washington University Tournament on a chilly day in St. Louis Sunday.

The Kohawks scored in the top of the seventh inning to snap a 3-3 tie and trim No. 19 Washington University, 4-3, in their first game.

The Kohawks had more late-game magic in their second contest, scoring in the bottom of the eighth inning to break a 2-2 deadline and beat No. 17 Augustana (Ill.), 3-2, in extra innings.

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Kohawks upend No.17 Augustana

Sat - 22 Mar Written by Metro Sports Report

ST. LOUIS — Haley Smith delivered a key two-run double as a pinch-hitter Saturday as No.12 Coe trimmed No.17 Augustana (Ill.), 5-3, in a college softball game in St. Louis.

Danielle Schlotterbeck went 3-for-3 for the Kohawks. Maddison Woodruff (7-0) pitched a three-hitter with 11 strikeouts.

Coe lost its second game Saturday to Illinois Wesleyan, 2-0. The Kohawks (11-2) got only two hits in the ballgame.

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Last Updated on Saturday, 22 March 2014 18:15

Coe netters topped by Adolphus

Sat - 22 Mar Written by Metro Sports Report

ST. PETER, Minn. — Noah Sprinkel won his match at No.1 singles for Coe College on Saturday and teamed with Riley Galbraith for a victory at No.1 doubles, but 17th-ranked Gustavus Adolphus swept the other matches for a 7-2 victory at the Swanson Tennis Center.

Sprinkel, ranked 21st, defeated No.23 Mya Smith-Dennis, 7-6, 6-4 at No.1 singles.

Sprinkel and Galbraith, ranked 25th, topped No.17 Smith-Dennis and Motasem Al-Houni, 9-8, at No.1 doubles for the Kohawks (15-4).

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Last Updated on Saturday, 22 March 2014 21:46

Timmons makes it fun for Kohawks

Sun - 16 Mar Written by Kelci de Haas

Coe softball coach Bob Timmons won his 900th game recently, according to the record books, becoming just the third coach in NCAA Division III history to break 900, but he might describe it a little differently.

“I haven’t won a game coaching. I haven’t swung a bat or thrown a ball,” Timmons said.

After traveling around the country playing fast-pitch softball for 18 years as a young man, a few of Timmons’ former players approached a college about him coaching, unbeknownst to him.

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Ethan Ball (red), wrestling at 174 pounds for Coe College, ducks under Dan Schiferl of Wisconsin-Oshkosh to work on a single leg during an NCAA Division III consolation finals match Saturday. Ball won, 4-2, and claimed third place. (Photo by Ken Gilchrist)

Kohawks take 4th at NCAA wrestling

Sat - 15 Mar Written by Jim Ecker

John Oostendorp learned a few things about sustained excellence during his years as an All-American wrestler for Dan Gable at the University of Iowa.

He's carried those lessons with him to Coe College as their successful head coach the past 13 years.

The Kohawks cannot match the Iowa Hawkeyes in terms of NCAA wrestling titles, but they've performed at a high level under Oostendorp for a long time now.

Coe did it again Saturday night, finishing fourth at the NCAA Division III national tournament at the U.S. Cellular Center in downtown Cedar Rapids, extending an impressive streak that began in 2008.

In six of the last seven years, the Kohawks have finished fifth or better at the NCAA tournament on six occasions. They placed fourth in 2008, fourth in 2009, fourth in 2010, fifth in 2001, third in 2012 and now fourth again.

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Last Updated on Saturday, 15 March 2014 21:21