Monday, September 21, 2015

Coe clinches share of IIAC title!



Diannah Watson earned a pair of wins against Luther on Sunday.
DECORAH, Iowa - For the fifth-straight year, the Coe College women's tennis team has earned a share of the Iowa Conference Title. Coe beat Luther 6-3 Sunday to earn a share.
Luther jumped out to a 2-1 lead after doubles play. Coe's lone doubles win came at number two, as Tamara Washington (Corona, Calif./Norco) and Diannah Watson (Frisco, Texas/Lone Star) beat Olivia Heitz and Lauren Welch 8-3. The Kohawks climbed back to take a 4-3 lead with three singles wins. At number two, Amy Sebastian (Mundelein, Ill./Vernon Hills) beat Jenna Myers 6-3, 6-1, while Laura Birky (Cedar Rapids, Iowa/Xavier) beat Welch 6-3, 6-3 at number three singles. At number five, Watson beat Heitz 6-3, 6-3.
With the 4-3 lead, Coe needed a win from Haley Resnick (Bettendorf, Iowa/Assumption) at number one or Washington at number six singles. The Kohawks picked up a win at both to secure their 35th-straight win over an Iowa Conference opponent in the regular season. Resnick beat Maggie Helms 6-2, 6-3 to clinch the win, while Washington beat Britta Pressler 3-6, 6-0, 10-5 at number six singles.
The Kohawks return to action on Friday, as they participate in the ITA Midwest Regional in Saint Peter, Minn. Coe will wrap up the dual season Sept. 29, as they host Wartburg at 3 p.m.


Laura Birky earned four wins on Saturday for the Kohawks.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa - The Coe College women's tennis team picked up its fifth-straight win on Saturday, as the Kohawks blanked Simpson and Central in Iowa Conference play.
The Kohawks opened doubles play with an 8-2 win at number one, as Haley Resnick (Bettendorf, Iowa/Assumption) and Laura Birky (Cedar Rapids, Iowa/Xavier) beat Kelli Ehrhardt and Kellie Greiner. Resnick also picked up a 6-3, 6-2 win over Ehrhardt at number one singles, while Birky won by default over Greiner after they split sets. 
At number two doubles, Diannah Watson (Frisco, Texas/Lone Star) and Tamara Washington (Corona, Calif./Norco) beat Michelle Hartmann and Cassidy Bierbrodt 8-2. Watson also earned a win in singles, as she beat Megan Bradley 6-2, 6-1 at number five. 
The final doubles win against Simpson came at number three, as Kaitlin Fosler (Lincoln, Neb./Pius X) and Sarah Lasecki (Cedar Rapids, Iowa/Kennedy) beat Bradley and Liz Nimmo 8-1. Lasecki also picked up a 6-0, 6-1 win over Bierbrodt at number four singles, while Fosler earned a 6-1, 6-1 win over Nimmo at number six singles. Coe's final victory came from Amy Sebastian (Mundelein, Ill./Vernon Hills), as she beat Hartmann 6-1, 6-2 at number two singles. 
Coe opened doubles play with another win from Resnick and Birky, as they beat Angie Allgood and Megan Davis 8-4. Resnick earned another win at number one singles, beating Allgood 6-0, 6-4. Birky picked up a 6-2, 6-3 win over Karianna Grindberg at number three singles. 
At number two doubles, Watson and Washington beat Anna Bowser and Grindberg 8-2. Watson earned a 3-6, 6-0, 10-7 win over Bowser at number five singles, while Washington picked up a 6-4, 6-2 win over Paige Vannausdle at number six singles. 
Coe's final doubles win came from Sebastian and Lasecki, as they beat Amanda Kuhn and EmmaGrace Walter 8-4 at number three doubles. Sebastian also earned a 6-1, 6-2 win over Davis at number two singles, while Lasecki picked up a 6-0, 6-0 win over Maley at number four singles.

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