CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa - The Coe College softball team split a pair of games with Grinnell College in its 2024 home opener, falling 3-1 in game one before a 7-2 victory in game two. The visitors scored three runs in the opening three innings of game one win, using a pair of sacrifice flies and a two-out RBI hit to grab a lead. Coe got its lone run from
Rylee Newhard in the bottom of the fourth inning but 12 runners left on base ultimately cost the hosts in game one. The Kohawks responded in game two, racking up 10 hits in support of a solid pitching performance from
Devan Baggett. The sophomore had a no-hitter through five innings but ran into some trouble in the fifth before working out of the jam.
Skyler Stookey's RBI single in the first and
Bree Mangelsen's three-run homer in the second proved enough for Bagget and
Ellie Thurow, who entered in the seventh for the final three outs.
GRINNELL 3 - COE 1
Game Facts
- Grinnell got a pair of base runners in the first and later cashed in, using a sacrifice fly to take an early lead. The Pioneers added two in the third inning, pounding out four hits including back-to-back singles to lead off. The visitors made it 2-0 with their second sac-fly of the game and followed with a two-out single for a 3-0 lead. Coe got one run with four hits in the fourth, loading the bases with one out for Newhard's RBI. The Kohawks failed to get any more in the fourth and later left the bases loaded again in the sixth, ending the chance with a flyout. Coe's final chance in the seventh started with back-to-back singles but a groundout and game-ending double play gave Grinnell the win.
COE 7 - GRINNELL 2
Game Facts
- Coe opened the scoring in the second game, getting a one-run single from Stookey with two outs in the first. The Kohawks quickly added to their lead in the second, getting a leadoff single from Shaylee Dodd and a one-out walk from Keera Ball. Bree Mangelsen gave the Kohawks a 4-0 lead in the following at-bat, belting her first homer of the season. The offense gave Bagget even more runs in the fifth, scoring three on four hits. Dodd picked up the first RBI with a groundout before an RBI triple from Addie Menke made it 6-0. Ball ended the scoring for Coe in the next at-bat, driving home Menke with a single through the right side. Baggett surrendered back-to-back hits to start the sixth, giving up a single and long double which the Pioneers scored on. Grinnell added another run with an RBI double in the following at-bat but Baggett stayed cool and retired three straight. She again ran into some trouble to start the seventh, giving up two singles to start. Thurow quickly entered and shut the door, striking out two of the four hitters she faced.
Up Next: The lengthy home stand continues for the Kohawks, hosting Simpson College on Tuesday, April 16 in an A-R-C doubleheader beginning at 2 PM.
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