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Central bats quiet in key league softball matchup
CEDAR RAPIDS Central College couldn’t generate the offense it needed as Coe College strengthened its hold on first place in the American Rivers softball race Tuesday with a pair of wins.
The Dutch (13-9 overall, 11-7 conference) dropped a 5-3 decision in the completion of a suspended game from April 13, finishing a scoreless seventh inning Tuesday, before getting blanked 4-0.
That lifts Coe to 16-5 in league play (21-8 overall) with Central in third place. Coe only outhit the Dutch 6-5, but two of the hits were home runs by Bree Mangelsen, who knocked in three runs.
Game-weary Central softball team falters PELLA A shortage of days off and practice time were visibly evident in a disappointing showing for the Central College softball team Sunday. The Dutch were playing their 11th game in the past eight days and it all seemed to catch up with them in a 13-5, five-inning stumble against the same University of Dubuque team they swept Saturday afternoon in much crisper fashion, 1-0 and 3-2. “I give Dubuque credit,” coach George Wares said. “They needed a win to salvage something, kind of like we did against Wartburg when we lost the first two (in a series) and that seems to be the way it’s gone in this league. With this new system of (three-game series), it’s been difficult for anybody to sweep. We missed an opportunity to put ourselves in a good spot. Dubuque played really well and we didn’t do much well at all.”