CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa - The Coe College softball team picked up a sweep over Wartburg in its final doubleheader of the 2024 regular season on Saturday, defeating Wartburg 4-1 in the opening game before a 9-4 win in game two. The Kohawks, who locked up a top-two seed and first-round bye at next week's A-R-C AQ Tournament, rode the back of
Ellie Thurow in the first game as the senior hurled a complete game for her 13th win of the year. She allowed just one earned run and five hits, striking out four hitters to just one walk. Coe's offense did just enough, getting a two-run homer from
Ruby Kappeler in the third inning to go ahead for good.
Bree Mangelsen and
Keera Ball picked up RBI in the sixth inning, giving Thurow a bit more insurance to lock up the win. Coe's bats hammered out 11 hits in game two, erasing an early 2-0 deficit with three runs in the first.
Madi Parson tied the game with one swing of the bat, belting her fifth homer of the year. The Kohawks pulled away from Wartburg with two in the third and four in the fourth, taking a 9-3 lead which was enough for
Abbie White,
Devan Baggett and Thurow, who combined for the pitching efforts.
GAME ONE
COE 4 - WARTBURG 1
Game Facts
- Wartburg got runners in scoring position in the opening two innings but Thurow managed to avoid any early runs. Her offense picked her up in the third and gave her a two-run lead as Kappeler lasered a two-run homer, her fifth of the year. Wartburg pulled one back in the top of the fifth, using small ball to halve the deficit. The Kohawks got Thurow more support in the sixth, scoring twice for a 4-1 lead as Mangelsen and Ball secured crucial RBI. Thurow returned for the final three outs and retired the side, recording a pair of flyouts and one strikeout. Kappeler ended the game with an incredible catch in center field, pulling back a potential home run ball to finish the win in style.
GAME TWO
COE 9 - WARTBURG 4
Game Facts
- Wartburg got on the board first in game two, striking for a pair of runs in th opening inning. White did well to limit the damage, getting an inning-ending pop-out with a runner at second. The Kohawks quickly answered as Heather Boeckenstedt led off with a single. Two batters later Parson delivered, smashing a two-run homer to center to knot the game at two. Mangelsen gave Coe the lead later in the inning with a two-out single, driving home Skyler Stookey. Wartburg answered in the second and leveled the score at three with a two-out RBI. The Kohawks regained the lead for good in the third, getting a pair of runs on RBI from Shaylee Dodd and Ball. Stookey and Dodd struck in the fourth for Coe's final runs of the game, each picking up a pair of RBI to extend the lead to 9-3. Devan Baggett came in for the fifth and sixth innings, allowing one run as Wartburg pulled within five after six innings. Thurow was called in for the start of the seventh and made quick work, retiring the side in order to complete the sweep.
Up Next: The Kohawks end the regular season on Tuesday, May 7, traveling to Minnesota for a non-conference matchup with regionally ranked Bethel.
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