CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa - The No. 25 Coe College softball team picked up another American Rivers Conference sweep on Sunday afternoon, taking down (RV) Luther College 3-2 in game one and 8-0 in game two. The opening game featured solid pitching efforts from both teams but a pair of solo homers from
Bree Mangelsen and
Skyler Stookey helped Coe erase an early two-run lead.
Ellie Thurow earned the win in game one after an impressive relief effort, pitching four-plus innings while striking out five Norse hitters. Coe's offense exploded in game two, racking up 15 hits and eight runs in a six-inning run-rule win.
Ruby Kappeler got the scoring started with a two-run homer in the third inning and Coe went on to score a pair of runs in the following three frames to lock up the sweep.
Hannah Ausenhus was nearly unhittable in the second game, allowing just two Norse batters to reach safely. Coe extends its winning streak to five games with the sweep and improves to 28-4 overall and 11-1 in the A-R-C while Luther drops to 24-6 and 5-3.
GAME ONE
No. 25 COE 3 - (RV) LUTHER 2
Game Facts
- The visiting Norse got things started early, opening the scoring with a leadoff homer to go up 1-0. Luther struck again in the second, doubling their advantage on a two-out RBI double. The Kohawks got a run back in their half of the second, getting a two-out homer from Mangelsen, her fifth long ball of the year. Coe continued its comeback charge in the third, getting one run on three hits to knot the game at two. Kappeler led off with a double and was quickly moved to third on a single from Skyler Stookey. Shaylee Dodd delivered the game-tying hit one batter later, driving home Kappeler with a single up the middle.
- The hosts got the final run of the game two innings later on another big blast this time from Stookey who smashed her 10th homer of the year to put Coe up 3-2. Thurow remained in the game for the sixth and seventh inning and stranding a base runner in each inning while earning her ninth with of the campaign.
GAME TWO
No. 25 COE 8 - (RV) LUTHER 0 - SIX INNINGS
Game Facts
- Both teams went scoreless across the opening two innings with Coe coming up empty on scoring chances in both. The Kohawks finally struck in the bottom of the third, getting the two-run blast from Kappeler, her first of the season. The hosts quickly added to their lead, getting two more in the fourth on RBI hits from Heather Boeckenstedt and Stookey.
- Coe ripped off five hits in the following inning, pushing home two more runs to stretch the lead to six. Keera Ball led off with a single and quickly was joined by Mangelsen and Addie Menke who followed suit. Marisa Vodicka then delivered an RBI double scoring one run but errant base running eliminated two Kohawks on the play. Coe got one more on a pinch-hit RBI single from Hannah Gralund who drove home Vodicka from third. The final two runs came in the bottom of the sixth as Coe struck for three more hits and took advantage of Luther's second error of the game. Kappeler led off with a double and moved to third on a groundout. She was driven in one batter later on another pinch-hiter single from Gabrielle Buckridge who made it 7-0. Mangelsen clinched the game for Coe later in the inning, picking up RBI on an error with runners on second and third.
Up next: Coe is back in action for a midweek doubleheader, taking on Grinnell on Tuesday, April 25 on the road at 3 PM.
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