April 22, 2004

CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA . . . Coe College won its fourth straight Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (IIAC) men’s tennis Championship with a 5-0 victory over Central College in the Championship Match of the Dual Team Tournament portion of the three-day Conference Championship held in Cedar Rapids.

Coe, the Tournament’s top seed, improved to 26-1 on the season after winning all three of its matches on Thursday. In addition to its victory over #2 Central, the Kohawks defeated #8 Buena Vista (5-0) in the first round and #4 Simpson (5-0) in the semifinals. The four straight Conference titles are the most since Luther won eight straight from 1988-1995.

The Tournament went according to seed as #3 Luther defeated #4 Simpson in the third-place match (4-0), #5 Wartburg defeated #6 Cornell in the fifth-place match (4-1) and #7 Loras defeated #8 Buena Vista in the seventh-place match (4-1).

The complete match-by-match results from the men’s tennis Team Championship are here.

The IIAC men’s tennis Championship continues Friday and Saturday (April 23-24) with the Individual Flighted Tournament beginning with singles matches at 8:00 a.m. at Veterans Park (Flights B and C) and 8:15 at Clark Racquet Center (Flight A). Brackets for the three singles flights and two doubles flights are here.

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