CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa – The Coe College softball team dropped a midweek doubleheader at Loras College Tuesday afternoon, falling 3-0 in game one and 8-7 in game two to the Duhawks. Loras kept Coe off the board in the opening game, taking a lead with a solo homer in the second inning and never relinquishing it. Coe matched Loras' hit total with six but left five runners on including three in the top of the sixth. The second game featured a roaring comeback from Coe, which trailed 6-1 in the top of the sixth but the visitors scored six runs to take the lead.
Marisa Vodicka started the rally with a three-run homer before RBI from
Hadyn Shoots and
Addie Menke made it 7-6. Loras got the final say in the bottom of the seventh, loading the bases with two outs before a game-winning single to right.
GAME ONE
LORAS 3 - COE 0
Game Facts
- Coe got a one-out single from Menke in the first but left her stranded. Loras led the second inning off with a solo blast, taking a 1-0 lead into the middle of the game. The Duhawks extended the lead in the fourth on a wild pitch from Coe and had runners on second and third but two straight strikeouts ended the jam. Loras scored the final run in the fifth, using a leadoff triple and a one-out single to push it to 3-0. The Kohawks best scoring chance came in the top of the sixth, getting three singles in the first four hitters to load the bases but the Duhawks escaped unblemished, getting a fly out and strikeout to end the chance.
GAME TWO
LORAS 8 - COE 7
Game Facts
- Another solo shot starting the scoring in game two as the Duhawks went up 1-0 in the second inning. Coe got its opening run in the fourth on a defensive miscue, tying the game at one as Nicole Wagner scored. Loras broke it open in the fifth, scoring four times with four hits. Two singles and a double scored the opening runs before a wild pitch gave the hosts their final run of the inning to make it 6-1. Coe quickly responded in the top of the sixth, clapping back with six runs on eight hits. Wagner and Haley Sanders singled with one out before Vodicka blasted her seventh homer of the year to slice the deficit to two. Menke gave Coe the lead later in the frame, driving home a pair of runs with a single up the middle. Loras found the magic in the final inning with two outs, using three straight walks to load the bases. The Duhawks then ended the game with a single up the middle, scoring twice to walk it off.
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