PELLA - NCAA Division III's No. 2-rated Central College ousted No. 7 Wartburg College from the Iowa Conference softball tournament Friday afternoon, 5-3.

In a loser's bracket battle of the conference's top two seeds, Wartburg scored all three of its runs in a first inning capped by Ashley Rogers' two-RBI single. Central (36-5) answered with runs in four of its six innings, including a two-run fourth inning when it took the lead for good.

Earlier in the day, Wartburg (36-6) defeated Simpson, 2-1, on a walkoff single from Tina Vande Hoef in the bottom of the eighth inning.

One day removed from upsetting Central, Luther College was defeated by Coe College 3-1. Jackie Miller, who went 3-for-3, drove in Luther's lone run in the top of the sixth inning. The Norse (32-8) will resume play at noon Saturday against Central. The winner will play Coe in a 2 p.m. finals contest.

WARTBURG 2, SIMPSON 1

Simpson 001 000 00 - 1 6 0

Wartburg 010 000 01 - 2 6 0

Oviatt and Hock; Determan and Yoder. WP - Determan (18-1). LP - Oviatt 18-10. HR - Simpson: Owens (2).

CENTRAL 5, WARTBURG 3

Wartburg 300 000 0 - 3 11 3

Central 101 201 x - 5 6 0

Hartwig, Smith (1) and Yoder; Swingen, Lythberg (5) and Hale. WP - Swingen (16-1). LP - Smith (2-1). Save - Lythberg (4).

COE 3, LUTHER 1

Luther 000 001 0 - 1 6 3

Coe 110 010 x - 3 4 3

Van Deer, Lambert (2) and Kruse; Simon, Schwenker (6) and Jack. WP - Simon (20-4). LP - Van Deer (16-5). Save - Schwenker (3).