| April 5, 2004
CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA . . . The Iowa
Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (IIAC) announced today that
Coe College baseball player Will Renner (Maquoketa,
Iowa/Maquoketa HS) and Central College track and field performer
Lindsay Schultz (Barnum, Iowa/Manson Northwest
Webster HS) were named IIAC Male and Female Athletes of the Week
for the period ending Sunday, April 4.
Renner, a sophomore first baseman, hit .600 (9-for-15)
in four games during the week and has now posted six straight multi-hit
games. He had four home runs and a double (1.467 slugging pct.),
drove in 13 runs and scored seven times. In a double-header split
with Central, he went 4-8 with five runs scored, nine RBI, three
home runs and a double. In Coe’s 22-3 victory, he went 2-for-3 with
a home run, a double, four RBI and three runs scored. In a 13-12,
eight inning loss, he went 2-for-5 with two home runs and five RBI.
Renner went 3-for-4 with a home run, three RBI and two runs scored
in Coe’s 18-8 win over Grinnell. In the second game of the Grinnell
double-header, an 8-7 Kohawk victory, he went 2-for-3 with one RBI.
Schultz, a senior, automatically qualified for
the NCAA Championships in the heptathlon after winning the event
at the Central Heptathlon with 4,609 points, 49 points more than
the automatic qualifying mark. Her marks in each of the seven events
were among the top-three including having the top marks in the shot
put (11.48 meters), the long jump (5.18 meters) and the javelin
(38.40 meters). She had the second-best mark in the 100-hurdles
(15.40 seconds) and the 800-meter run (2:30.59). Her high jump (1.46
meters) and 200-meter dash (27.34 seconds) marks were the third-best
among heptathlon competitors. Schultz also competed in the javelin
at the Central Invitational, finishing fourth with a throw of 33.02
meters.
The IIAC also announced on Monday its Players of
the Week in the Conference’s six sports in competition during the
week. Renner and Schultz earned the weekly honor for baseball and
women’s track, while the following individuals were recognized for
the athletic performances.
Men’s Golf: Central College
senior Kyle Matzen (Indianola, Iowa/Indianola HS)
finished tied for second (of 100-golfers) at the Augustana (Ill.)
Invitational. He finished the two-day tournament with a 2-under-par
142 (71-71), two strokes off the lead.
Softball: Cornell College
junior center fielder Alex Myers (Wrightwood, Calif./Serrano
HS) hit .412 (14-for-34) in eight games during the week to extend
her hit streak to 16 games. Among her 14 hits were four doubles
and two triples for a .648 slugging percentage to go along with
nine runs scored and eight runs batted in. She had five multi-hit
contests including a 3-for-7 performance in an 8-7, 13 inning loss
to Monmouth (Ill.). She had three 2-for-4 performances – in a 7-3
loss to Monmouth (also drove in two runs), in a 5-4 victory over
Clarke (two doubles, two runs scored) and in a 5-3 loss to Simpson.
Her final two-hit performance was a 2-for-3, two run scored outing
in a 4-3 win over Iowa Wesleyan.
Men’s Tennis: Coe College
senior Nick Barnes (Cedar Rapids, Iowa/Washington
HS) posted victories in the Kohawks’ 6-1 victory over #22-ranked
DePauw. In singles, Barnes defeated Marshall Kuresman, the 18th-ranked
player nationally and fourth-ranked player regionally, 6-4, 6-2.
In doubles Barnes teamed with Adam Elliott to record an 8-4 victory
over DePauw’s Darren Ebloui/Jeff Zanchelli.
Men’s Outdoor Track & Field: Central
College junior Cale Van Genderen (Lynnville, Iowa/Lynnville-Sully
HS) won three events at the Central Invitational highlighted by
his NCAA provisional qualifying performance in the triple jump with
a jump of 47-2.25. He also won the high jump with a mark of 6-8
and the long jump with a mark of 21-9.
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