Contact: Ryan Maurer Director of News Services and Sports Information E-Mail: rmaurer@wittenberg.edu

Press Release: Wittenberg Hosts Wide Range Of Summer Sports Camps in 2007

SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — As usual, summer will be a busy time around the Wittenberg University athletics complex in 2007. Twelve different Wittenberg varsity athletic teams - men's basketball, women's basketball, field hockey, football, men's lacrosse, women's lacrosse, men's soccer, women's soccer, softball, tennis, track and field, and volleyball, are sponsoring summer camps this year. Read More ...

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News Release: Dane Borchers Earns All-Region, All-America Awards

SPRINGFIELD, Ohio – Capping a phenomenal collegiate career that included one North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) regular season championship, two NCAC Tournament titles and three NCAA Division III Tournament appearances, Dane Borchers, class of 2007 from Russia, Ohio, earned third-team All-America honors from d3hoops.com. Read More ...

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News Release: Wittenberg Winter Sports Athletes And Coaches Claim 19 Conference Postseason Awards

SPRINGFIELD, Ohio – A solid 2006-07 winter sports season wrapped up for the Wittenberg University Tigers over the last two weeks as the North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) awarded 19 Wittenberg student-athletes with postseason honors. Five Wittenberg student-athletes were selected to the men's and women's basketball All-NCAC teams, while another 14 claimed their awards based on individual finishes at championship events for men's and women's swimming and diving (Feb. 8-10) and men's and women's indoor track and field (March 2-3). Read More ...

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News Release: Dane Borchers Makes First-Team All-NCAC To Highlights Tigers Postseason Honorees

CLEVELAND, Ohio – Wooster senior forward Tom Port (Avon Lake, OH/Avon Lake) has been named Player of the Year to highlight the 2007 All-North Coast Athletic Conference men's basketball squad, announced today after voting by the conference's head coaches. Read More ...

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Tigers Fall To Ohio Wesleyan In NCAC Tournament Semifinals

WOOSTER, Ohio — On opening night of the 2006-07 season, the Wittenberg Tigers overcame 19 turnovers to defeat Swarthmore College. In the four months since that game, Wittenberg had not committed more than 17 miscues - until Friday's 57-52 North Coast Athletic Conference Tournament semifinal loss to Ohio Wesleyan University at the College of Wooster. Read More ...

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Tigers Move Past Hiram To Gain Berth In NCAC Tournament Semifinals

SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — Nothing came easy for the Wittenberg Tigers in the North Coast Athletic Conference Tournament quarterfinals - but then again, come tournament time, it really isn't supposed to be easy. The 10th-ranked Tigers overcame a sluggish start to capture a 72-49 victory over visiting Hiram and advance to the NCAC Tournament semifinals. Read More ...

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Tigers Go Cold In Loss At Allegheny

MEADVILLE, Pa. — The Wittenberg Tigers saw their eight-game win streak and a shot at a share of the 2007 North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) regular season championship go out the frosty, snow-covered windows of Allegheny College's Wise Center Saturday. The Gators upset the sixth-ranked Tigers 62-57 on the final day of the 2006-07 regular season. Read More ...

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Wittenberg Pulls Away From Wabash For 23-Point Win

SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — Senior Night at Wittenberg went according to script as the sixth-ranked Tigers captured a dominating 82-59 victory over North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) rival Wabash in a game postponed one day by a snowstorm. Read More ...

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News Release: Wittenberg Basketball Games Postponed Due To Winter Storm

SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — A men's and women's basketball doubleheader scheduled for Wednesday, Feb. 14, at Wittenberg University's Health, Physical Education and Recreation (HPER) Center has been postponed due to the lingering effects of a major winter storm that struck Ohio late Monday night. Read More ...

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Tigers Cruise Past Hiram For Seventh Straight Win

SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — From start to finish, it was a fine afternoon for the Wittenberg Tigers. Undermanned Hiram, with just eight players in uniform, provided the opposition, and the seventh-ranked Tigers made short work of the visiting Terriers with a 78-41 triumph. Read More ...

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News Release: Basketball Standouts Earn Academic All-District Honors

SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — Wittenberg University basketball standouts Kathy Hittle, class of 2007 from Noblesville, Ind., and Patrick Denbow, class of 2007 from Louisville, Ky., have been recognized for the combination of their athletic and academic accomplishments with second-team CoSIDA/ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America College Division All-District IV honors. Read More ...

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Tigers Rally For Key NCAC Win Over Ohio Wesleyan

SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — Four days removed from their biggest win over the 2006-07 season, the Wittenberg Tigers were pushed to the limit by visiting Ohio Wesleyan before escaping with a 71-64 victory. Read More ...

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NCAC Player of the Week: Gregg Hill Named NCAC Player of the Week

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Wittenberg sophomore Gregg Hill (Redford, MI/Union) scored the Tigers' last four points inside the final 10 seconds of the game to seal a thrilling, 74-71 victory over first-place Wooster. Hill finished with a team-best 21 points on 6-for-10 shooting, including 3-for-3 from three-point range. He opened the week with a 14-point peformance in an 87-40 win over Earlham. Overall, Hill hit 11-of-19 (.579) shots from the field, including 5-of-8 (.625) from three-point land, and a perfect 8-of-8 from the line as he totalled 35 points. Click here to see complete list of 2006-07 NCAC Men's Basketball Players of the Week. Read More ...

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Tigers Hold On For Key Win At Wooster

WOOSTER, Ohio — After committing two costly turnovers and losing a key offensive rebound in the final minute of what turned out to be a 68-65 home loss to arch-rival Wooster on Dec. 9, the Wittenberg Tigers showed real grit in a clutch 74-71 win on the Scots' home floor. Read More ...

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Tigers Dominate All Phases In Win Over Earlham

SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — The Wittenberg Tigers tuned up for one of the biggest games of the 2006-07 season with a wire-to-wire victory over visiting Earlham, 87-40. The win was Wittenberg's 11th in the last 12 games and the 14th in a row against Earlham, dating back to a pair of losses to the Quakers in the 1999-2000 season. Read More ...

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News Release: Ticket Information For Wittenberg Men's Basketball Game At Wooster on Feb. 3

SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — You must have a ticket to be admitted to Saturday's game. Wooster students, faculty and staff, as well as holders of guest passes (advertisers, NCAC), will be admitted free of charge. Everyone else must have a ticket to gain entry into the game between the 11th ranked Tigers and the second-ranked Scots. Read More ...

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Efficient, Balanced Tigers Cruise Past Denison

SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — The Wittenberg Tigers continued to show important signs of progress, displaying a balanced offensive attack in an 87-65 victory over visiting Denison. Read More ...

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Tigers Get Defensive In Win Over Wabash

CRAWFORDSVILLE, Ind. — The Wittenberg Tigers ground out another North Coast Athletic Conference victory Wednesday, slowly pulling away from a young Wabash Little Giant squad for a 64-51 victory. Read More ...

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Tigers Bounce Back With Big Win Over Allegheny

SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — Measured against the impossible standards set by Wittenberg men's basketball teams of recent vintage, the 2006-07 squad has had its share of struggles. But after improving to 14-3 overall and 6-2 in the North Coast Athletic Conference with a convincing 83-51 home court victory over Allegheny Saturday, it is clear that the latest edition could still be a force to be reckoned with. Read More ...

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Tigers' Win Streak Stopped At Ohio Wesleyan

DELAWARE, Ohio — After back-to-back North Coast Athletic Conference road wins by relatively comfortable margins, Wittenberg Tiger fans thought they had seen the last of the team's early-season road woes. Unfortunately that wasn't the case as the Tigers dropped a 70-48 decision at Ohio Wesleyan. Read More ...

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News Release: Wittenberg Offers Live Internet Video Broadcasts Of Men's And Women's Basketball Games

SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — The power of the Internet is once again being harnessed through a partnership between Wittenberg University's Department of Athletics and Recreation and the Office of University Communications. To ensure that interested parties throughout the world can not only tune in to hear upcoming basketball games but actually see the Tigers in action, Wittenberg will offer live video broadcasts of five upcoming men's and women's basketball games on the World Wide Web. Read More ...

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Wittenberg Big Men Carry Their Weight In Win Over Hiram

HIRAM, Ohio — The Wittenberg Tigers turned to their starting "bigs" and the low-post tandem of seniors Dane Borchers (Russia, Ohio/Russia) and Jack Hemenway (Centerville, Ohio/Centerville) came through with a combined 42 points, 19 rebounds and six blocked shots in a 72-50 victory at Hiram. Read More ...

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Efficient Tigers Move Past Earlham

RICHMOND, Ind. — The Wittenberg Tigers have had their struggles on the road this season, so Wednesday night's 71-60 victory at Earlham College was more than just another step on the road toward the team's ultimate goals. It was an efficient, confidence-building win that was just what the doctor ordered. Read More ...

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Wittenberg Cruises To Big Win Over Oberlin

SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — The Wittenberg Tigers enjoyed a welcome breather Saturday as they cruised to a 71-41 victory over North Coast Athletic Conference rival Oberlin. The win moved seventh-ranked Wittenberg to 11-2 overall and 3-1 in the NCAC, while Oberlin dropped to 2-10 overall and 1-3 in the conference. The Tigers have won 38 straight games against the Yeomen, including 30 straight as NCAC rivals, dating back to 1989. Read More ...

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Wittenberg Rallies For Another Improbable Overtime Road Win

GAMBIER, Ohio — For the third time already in the 2006-07 season, the Wittenberg Tigers pulled off an unlikely come-from-behind road victory. The victim of Wittenberg's late-game heroics in this instance was Kenyon College, which dropped a 72-67 overtime decision. Read More ...

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Wittenberg Tops IU-Southeast For Tourney Title

SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — The Wittenberg Tigers have played most of the 2006-07 on a knife's edge to this point, but they kicked it into gear with a 78-47 rout of visiting Indiana University-Southeast in the championship game of the 2006 Charles B. Zimmerman Memorial Classic. Read More ...

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Wittenberg Holds On For Semifinal Win Over York

SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — What started out as a rout turned into a nailbiter as the visiting York College Cardinals got defensive in the second half and made the host Wittenberg Tigers work for a 69-62 victory in the second semifinal of the 2006 Charles B. Zimmerman Memorial Classic. Read More ...

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Wittenberg Captures Key Win At Otterbein

WESTERVILLE, Ohio — The Wittenberg Tigers needed a win in the worst way Thursday, and thanks to a balanced effort they came up with the goods in a hostile environment at Otterbein College, 79-72. Read More ...

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Wittenberg Stumbles At Nationally Ranked Ohio Northern

ADA, Ohio — A week away from game action, the absence of their senior point guard, and the obstacle presented by one of the top-ranked teams in the nation on their home court combined to derail the Wittenberg Tigers in Tuesday night nonconference action. Wittenberg dropped its first nonconference game of the 2006-07 season with a 68-51 defeat at Ohio Northern University. Read More ...

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News Release: Basketball Teams Host Charles B. Zimmerman Memorial Classic Dec. 29-30

SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — The Wittenberg University men's and women's basketball teams welcome an outstanding field of eight teams for the 2006 Charles B. Zimmerman Memorial Classic. The competition is scheduled for Friday, Dec. 29, and Saturday, Dec. 30, at Wittenberg's HPER Center Arena with games on both days scheduled for 12:30, 2:45, 5:30 and 7:45 p.m. Read More ...

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Wittenberg Loses Heartbreaker To Arch-Rival Wooster

SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — Wittenberg senior post Jack Hemenway (Centerville, Ohio/Centerville) enjoyed a career night. But when his three-pointer at the final buzzer hit almost every part of the rim before falling off, he and his teammates had nothing but a moral victory to show for their efforts in the latest installment of one of the best rivalries in all of NCAA Division III men's basketball. Read More ...

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Wittenberg vs. Wooster Game Notes

SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — The Wittenberg-Wooster men's basketball rivalry has become a must-see event in recent years - with good reason. The two teams have won or shared every North Coast Athletic Conference regular season title since 1989 between them. Wittenberg ranks No. 1 in all-time wins and winning percentage in NCAA Division III history, while Wooster ranks No. 3 in all-time wins and No. 7 in winning percentage. Read More ...

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News Release: Wittenberg Offers Live Internet Video Broadcast Of Men's Basketball Showdown With Wooster Read

SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — When sixth-ranked Wittenberg University hosts No. 1 ranked College of Wooster on Saturday, Dec. 9, a sellout crowd - or something very close - is expected in the HPER Center Arena. To accommodate the expected overflow crowd - and interested parties throughout the world - Wittenberg will offer a live video broadcast on the World Wide Web. Read More ...

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Wittenberg Holds Off Cedarville To Remain Unbeaten

SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — Wittenberg Head Coach Bill Brown puts together a challenging nonconference schedule every year for a reason. He wants his team battle-tested for the stretch run, and games like Tuesday's 66-61 win over NAIA scholarship foe Cedarville in the HPER Center Arena are just the kind of tune-up the Tigers need. Read More ...

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NCAC Player of the Week: Dane Borchers Named NCAC Player of the Week

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Dane Borchers (Russia, OH/Russia) scored a career-high 33 points to lead Wittenberg to a 100-85 triple overtime victory over Denison. Borchers hit a jumper with five second left in the first overtime to extend the game, then he took over the third, and final, extra period, scoring 12 points of his points to hand the Tigers the victory. He also snagged a career-high-tying 16 rebounds. Click here to see complete list of 2006-07 NCAC Men's Basketball Players of the Week. Read More ...

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Wittenberg Escapes Denison In Triple Overtime

GRANVILLE, Ohio — The Wittenberg Tigers of 2006-07 vintage have all the trappings of escape artists through the first five games of the season. The latest - and most improbable - magic act was performed in a 100-85 triple overtime win at Denison. Read More ...

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News Release: Wittenberg Announces Ticket Information For Men's Basketball Game Against Rival Wooster On Dec. 9

SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — When two of the top six teams in all of NCAA Division III meet on the basketball court, the old cliché says to "throw the records out the window." In the case of the Wittenberg vs. Wooster men's basketball game on Dec. 9, old ticket policies are going the same direction. Read More ...

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Wittenberg Holds Off Transylvania In Home Opener

SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — The Wittenberg Tigers opened the home portion of the 2006-07 schedule much as they had played the first three road games. They won it the hard way, defeating Transylvania University 66-59 in a re-match of the Tigers' NCAA Division III Tournament quarterfinal win of a season ago. Read More ...

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Wittenberg Rallies Past Capital In Double Overtime

COLUMBUS, Ohio — With their backs pressed firmly against the Capital Center wall, the Wittenberg Tigers rallied to force overtime and then came away with a hard-fought 73-68 double overtime victory over the host Capital Crusaders. Read More ...

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Tigers Complete 2-0 Weekend With Win Over Haverford

PHILADELPHIA, Pa. — The Wittenberg Tigers completed a successful weekend trip to eastern Pennsylvania with a 68-53 victory over Haverford College in a game played at Swarthmore College's Tarble Pavilion. Coupled with the season-opening 57-46 win over Swarthmore in a game played at Haverford on Friday, the Tigers opened the season with a 2-0 record. Read More ...

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Wittenberg Tops Swarthmore In Defensive Battle To Open Season

PHILADELPHIA, Pa. — The Wittenberg Tigers have led NCAA Division III in team defense each of the last two years. After one game of the 2006-07 season, the Tigers likely would find themselves near the top of that list again after a season-opening 57-46 victory over Swarthmore College in the Equinox Classic. Read More ...

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Press Release: Wittenberg Men's And Women's Basketball Both Picked To Finish Second In North Coast Athletic Conference

SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — The Wittenberg University men's and women's basketball teams both were picked to finish second in the North Coast Athletic Conference media and coaches polls announced as part of the NCAC Basketball Media Day conference call. Read More ...

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News Release: Former Wittenberg Men’s Basketball All-American Daniel Russ Signs Contract With Dutch Team

SPRINGFIELD, Ohio – Four years after arriving on Wittenberg University’s campus as something of a basketball “project,” Louisville, Ky.-native Daniel Russ, class of 2006, is once again viewed as a man with intriguing potential. Read More ...

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News Release: Former Wittenberg Men's Basketball Standouts Have Busy Summer Travel Schedule

SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — For Daniel Russ of Louisville, Ky., and Kenny Brady of Cincinnati, Ohio, both class of 2006, the ride hasn’t ended. Three months after their whirlwind 2005-06 NCAA Division III men’s basketball season ended with an appearance in the national championship game in Salem, Va., Russ and Brady have received invitations to play in several summer events. Read More ...

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News Release: Wittenberg's National Championship Basketball Teams Inducted Into Ohio Basketball Hall of Fame & Museum

SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — The story of small college men’s basketball cannot be told without Wittenberg University. In recognition of that fact, the university’s national championship teams of 1961 and 1977 were among a large group of individual players and teams honored during the inaugural induction ceremony of the Ohio Basketball Hall of Fame & Museum on Saturday, May 20. Read More ...

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