Wednesday, September 30, 2015

Kohawks Nab 5th Straight IIAC Title!

The Kohawk women's tennis team won their fifth-straight Iowa Conference Championship on Tuesday.






CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa - For the fifth-straight year, and eighth time in school history, the Coe College women's tennis team has been crowned Iowa Conference Champions. Coe won the outright title with a 9-0 win over Wartburg.
The Kohawks jumped out to a 3-0 lead after doubles play. At number one doubles, Haley Resnick (Bettendorf, Iowa/Assumption) and Laura Birky (Cedar Rapids, Iowa/Xavier) beat Liz Rucker and Marissa Buresh 8-2. Birky and Resnick improved to 7-3 on the year with the win together. At number two doubles, Diannah Watson (Frisco, Texas/Lone Star) and Tamara Washington (Corona, Calif./Norco) beat Katherine Ross and Kayla Reusche 8-4. The win improved Watson and Washington to 4-0 in Iowa Conference play together. Coe's final doubles win came from Kaitlin Fosler (Lincoln, Neb./Pius X) and Sarah Lasecki (Cedar Rapids, Iowa/Kennedy), as they beat Alex Petersen and Alexa Schmitz 8-3. 
At number one singles, Resnick beat Ross 6-4, 7-5. Resnick picked up her eighth win in the last 10 matches. Amy Sebastian (Mundelein, Ill./Vernon Hills) remained undefeated in Iowa Conference play with a 6-1, 6-1 win over Rucker at number two singles. It was Sebastian's ninth win in the last 10 matches. At number three singles, Birky earned a 6-3, 6-1 win over Buresh.
Lasecki earned a 6-0, 6-0 win over Reusche at number four singles. At number five singles, Watson improved to 6-0 in Iowa Conference play with a 6-1, 6-1 win over Petersen. Washington earned the final singles victory, as she beat Carly Sis 6-1, 6-1 at number six singles.
The Kohawks (7-1, 7-0 IIAC) return to action on Friday, Oct. 9, as they host the Iowa Conference Singles and Doubles Championships.

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