CEDAR RAPIDS – Cornell's Zoie Harvey and Miranda Keith both homered in Game 2, although the Rams dropped both ends of Wednesday's nonconference softball doubleheader with Coe, 10-0 and 13-5, at Clark Field.
 
The Kohawks' Game 1 win gave them a point in the 2021-22 Bremner Cup All-Sport Series, which is now tied 7-7 entering the final competition of the spring.
 
The battle for the annual traveling trophy between the Linn County rivals will be decided Tuesday in a baseball game at 4:15 p.m. in Cedar Rapids.
 
The Rams (8-23) used the long ball to climb back into Game 2 after spotting the Kohawks (21-11) a 5-0 first-inning lead. Marissa Faletti's groundout put Cornell on the board and then Harvey cranked a two-run homer to left, cutting the margin to 5-3 in the second.
 
Keith's leadoff homer to center in the top of the third pulled Cornell to within 5-4. It was the sophomore's first round-tripper of the season.  
 
The Kohawks quickly regained control during an eight-run fourth frame in which they tallied nine hits, opening their lead to 13-4. Keith scored Cornell's final run in the fifth before the game ended.
 
Cornell totaled nine hits, three coming from Claire Gugerty. Keith finished 2-for-2 with a pair of runs.
 
In Game 1, the Kohawks jumped on top early with a leadoff homer in the bottom of the first. Coe built a 10-0 lead through three innings and recorded 11 hits in the contest.
 
Cornell's lineup was held to three hits – singles by Faletti, Olivia Richards and Erin Puck.
 
The Rams look ahead to a big final weekend of the regular season. Cornell, which stands fifth in the MWC race at 6-6, hosts Grinnell (9-3 MWC) for two games at 1 p.m. Saturday, followed by a 1 p.m. doubleheader Sunday at Monmouth (7-4 MWC).
 
Cornell needs to win all four games to guarantee a spot in the four-team MWC Tournament. If the Rams go 3-1, they would also need help to qualify.