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Four Tiger Student-Athletes Recognized For Academic Excellence
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio - A successful fall sports season was rounded off for four Wittenberg University student-athletes who earned 2002 Verizon Academic All-District IV College Division honors. Read More...

All-Sports Release - Men's and Women's Basketball Teams Register Wins Over Nationally Ranked Foes
The Wittenberg men's basketball team may be hitting its stride. In the last two weeks, the Tigers opened defense of their back-to-back North Coast Athletic Conference regular season championships with a hard-fought 70-66 victory over Allegheny and then defeated defending national champion Otterbein, 79-71. Read More...

Thirty-Three Tiger Athletes Earn Fall Postseason Awards
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio - Another banner fall sports season has reaped tangible rewards for 33 Wittenberg University athletes who were selected to All-North Coast Athletic Conference teams. Read More...

All-Sports Release - Football Falls in NCAA Playoffs; Men's Basketball Wins Early-Season Tournament
COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO. - The American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) is proud to announce the 22nd annual AVCA All-America teams for Division III women's volleyball. The awards will be presented Dec. 5, 2002, at the NCAA Division III Women's National Championship banquet at Hamilton Center on the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Read More...

Three Tiger Volleyball Players Named All-America
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio - Another banner fall sports season has reaped tangible rewards for 34 Wittenberg University athletes who were selected to All-North Coast Athletic Conference teams. In addition, several Tiger athletes received regional and national recognition from various organizations, including two All-America selections to date. Read More...

All-Sports Release - Football Advances in NCAA Division III Playoffs; Volleyball Falls in National Quarterfinals; Four Field Hockey Players Named All-America
The Wittenberg University Tigers refused to lose last Saturday at Hanover College and were rewarded for their hard work with a thrilling 34-33 victory in the first round of the NCAA Division III Playoffs. Read More...

Wittenberg Hosts Kiwanis-Wittenberg Tip-Off Men's and Women's Basketball Classic
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio - In a new twist on an old classic, the Wittenberg University men's and women's basketball teams are hosting their annual tournament at the beginning of the season instead of the middle. Read More...

All-Sports Release - Football Student-Athletes Named First-Team Academic All-District
They say the third time is a charm. In the case of the Wittenberg volleyball team, it was the fourth time. After three previous trips to the NCAA Division III Great Lakes Regional championship match, the Tigers finally broke through on Saturday by defeating Mount St. Joseph 3-0 (30-26, 30-18, 30-24).Read More...

Wittenberg Field Hockey Players to Compete in Senior All-Star Game
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio - Wittenberg University field hockey standouts Emily Duh (Hellertown, Pa./Saucon Valley) and Rebecca Russ (Louisville, Ky./Sacred Heart) have been selected to participate in the National Field Hockey Coaches Association Division III North/South Senior All-Star game. Read More...

Wittenberg Football Earns Fifth Consecutive NCAA Division III Tournament Berth
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio - The Wittenberg University Tigers were rewarded for their hard work on the gridiron in 2002 with a berth in the NCAA Division III Playoffs. On Sunday, the Tigers learned that they had received one of three Pool C bids into the competition and would hit the road next weekend to play at Hanover College in Hanover, Ind. at noon Saturday, Nov. 23. Read More...

All-Sports Release - Volleyball and Field Hockey Claim NCAC Titles; Monica McDonald and Emily Duh Named Tournament MVPs
The Tiger volleyball team clinched its sixth straight North Coast Athletic Conference tournament championship over the weekend, defeating three straight conference rivals by 3-0 scores. Read More...

Wittenberg Field Hockey Earns NCAA Division III Tournament Berth
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio - The Wittenberg University Tigers are back in the NCAA Division III Field Hockey Tournament for the first time since 1998. The Tigers, champions of the North Coast Athletic Conference with a 17-3 overall record, open the tournament at 1 p.m., Friday, Nov. 15, at Messiah College in Grantham, Pa., against Williams College. Both teams have first-round byes. Read More...

All-Sports Release - Volleyball, Field Hockey and Football All Register Huge Wins;Abi Gerstle Earns NCAC Runner of the Year Honor
This is exhibit A on how to finish the season with a bang. Ten goals in two games last week, while conceding just one, earned the Tigers both the North Coast Athletic Conference regular season championship and an NCAC semifinal victory over Oberlin. Read More...

NCAC Men's and Women's Cross Country Championship Results
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio - Wittenberg University hosted the 19th Annual North Coast Athletic Conference Championships on Saturday, Nov. 2, 2002 at John Bryan State Park near Yellow Springs, Ohio. Allegheny College won both the men's and women's team championships. Read More...

Wittenberg Field Hockey Wins NCAC Title
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio - Wittenberg University clinched the North Coast Athletic Conference regular season championship with a 6-1 victory over Ohio Wesleyan on Tuesday, Oct. 29. In the regular season finale, which also served as Senior Recognition Night, the Tigers demolished their visitors with a season-high six goals to improve to 15-3 overall and 10-2 in the NCAC. Read More...

Wittenberg Volleyball Hosts First-Ever Tiger National Quad
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio - Wittenberg University will host the inaugural Tiger National Quad on Friday, Nov. 1, with matches at 5:30 p.m. and 8 p.m., and Saturday, Nov. 2, starting at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. The teams will compete on two courts in Wittenberg's HPER Center. Read More...

Wittenberg Hosts NCAC Cross Country Championships
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio - Wittenberg University will play host to the 19th annual North Coast Athletic Conference Men's and Women's Cross Country Championships on Saturday, Nov. 2 at John Bryan State Park near Yellow Springs.Read More...

All-Sports Release - Field Hockey Wins NCAC Title; Volleyball's Sarah Yuskewich Wins NCAC Honor
The Tiger field hockey team had an up-and-down week but remains very much on the upside as the regular season winds to a close tonight at Edwards-Maurer Field. On Tuesday, Wittenberg clinched a share of the North Coast Athletic Conference regular season championship by defeating Ohio Wesleyan 6-1 on Senior Recognition Night at Edwards-Maurer Field. Read More...

Wittenberg Field Hockey To Appear On Time Warner Cable This Week
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio - Time Warner Cable will continue its coverage of Wittenberg University athletic events with a field hockey game against Ohio Wesleyan on Oct. 29 at Edwards-Maurer Field. Read More...

Tickets For Wittenberg Men's Basketball Exhibition Game at University of Dayton Go On Sale
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio - The Wittenberg University men's basketball team, the winningest program in NCAA Division III history, opens the 2002-03 season with an exhibition game at the University of Dayton. The Tigers, a perennial NCAA Division III national title contender who are coming off a 26-4 season in 2001-02, will serve as UD's first opponent in renovated University of Dayton Arena at 8 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 9. Read More...

All-Sports Release - Volleyball Wraps Up Another Perfect NCAC Regular Season
With two more North Coast Athletic Conference victories on Saturday in a tri-match at Hiram, the Wittenberg University volleyball program has once again staked a claim to the regular season championship. Read More...

Wittenberg's Casey Clagett to Compete for Seventh Place in National Small College Tennis Tournament
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - Wittenberg's Casey Clagett, the first Tiger player (male or female) to win the ITA Central Region singles championship and qualify for the annual national competition, lost in Saturday's seventh-place match in Division III men's singles at the Omni Hotels National Small College Tennis Championships at the H.E.B. Tennis Center. Read More...

All-Sports Release - Men's And Women's Soccer Teams Come Alive With Perfect Week
It was the best week yet for first-year Tiger women's soccer head coach Norm Riker and his young team. After a season filled with near-misses, close calls and injuries to top players, the Tigers captured a pair of hard-fought victories last week over North Coast Athletic Conference rivals Earlham and Oberlin. Read More...

Wittenberg Football To Appear On Time Warner Cable This Weekend
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio - Time Warner Cable will continue its coverage of Wittenberg University athletic events with a football game against Wabash on Oct. 12 at Edwards-Maurer Field. A taping of an important late-season field hockey game for the nationally ranked Tigers against North Coast Athletic Conference rival Ohio Wesleyan on Oct. 29 will follow that cablecast. Read More...

Wittenberg Hosts Second Invitational Volleyball Tournament of 2002 Season
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio - The Wittenberg University women's volleyball team hosts its annual Wittenberg National Invitational this weekend, featuring the usual array of high-quality competition. Five teams will compete over a two-day span, Read More...

Four Wittenberg University Greats To Be Inducted Into Athletics Hall of Honor This Weekend
ASPRINGFIELD, Ohio - Four Wittenberg University greats will be inducted into the school's Athletics Hall of Honor during Homecoming weekend ceremonies, Oct. 11-13. Basketball All-American Steve Allison '89, five-sport standout Maggie Brandon '72, former sports information and public relations director Don Perkins (Honorary Class of '89), Read More...

All-Sports Release - Tiger Field Hockey, Volleyball and Football Teams Enjoy Perfection
A fairy tale 2002 season continued last week as the Wittenberg field hockey team claimed two more victories to race out to an 11-0 overall record, including a 7-0 mark in the NCAC. The Tigers held strong in the national rankings that are dominated by traditional east coast powers, moving up two spots to No. 12. Read More...

All-Sports Release - Casey Clagett wins Central Region men's tennis singles title; Volleyball wins home tournament; Field Hockey and Football remain unbeaten
The 2002-03 tennis season got off to a rousing official start last weekend as the men's team traveled to Greencastle, Ind. for the 2002 Omni Hotels/Intercollegiate Tennis Association Men's Division III Central Region Singles Championship at DePauw University. Read More...

Tiger Volleyball Hosts First of Three Invitational Tournaments This Weekend
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio - The Wittenberg University volleyball team hosts its annual Wittenberg Invitational this weekend, featuring the usual array of high-quality competition. Read More...

All-Sports Release - Volleyball starts off strong in search of another NCAC title; Field Hockey improves to 7-0 with another shutout
The Wittenberg volleyball team put a mid-week set-back behind them to claim victotry in a pair of North Coast Athletic Conference matches held in the HPER Center on Saturday. Read More...

Women's Soccer, Football and Field Hockey Teams To Appear On Time Warner Cable
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio - Time Warner Cable will continue its coverage of Wittenberg University athletic events with a women's soccer match against Cedarville University on Sept. 25 at Bill Edwards Field. That cablecast will be followed by tapings of the Homecoming football game against Wabash on Oct. 12, and an important late-season field hockey game for the nationally ranked Tigers against North Coast Athletic Conference rival Ohio Wesleyan on Oct. 29. Read More...

All-Sports Release - Volleyball, Field Hockey and Football continue to shine; Emily Duh garners NCAC award
The Tiger volleyball team posted a second-place finish in the Washington University National Invitational last week, but this wasn't any ordinary runner-up finish. The competition featured five nationally ranked teams and was hosted by perennial national power and preseason No. 4 ranked Washington University, Read More...

All-Sports Release - Field Hockey, Volleyball and Football Open Strong; Skip Ivery, Abi Gerstle Earn NCAC Honors
The Wittenberg field hockey team had an inspiring start to the 2002 season, winning its first four games and moving all the way to No. 13 in the first National Field Hockey Coaches Association poll on Sept. 10. Read More...

Wittenberg Athletic Teams to Appear on Time Warner Cable for Second Year
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio - Wittenberg University athletic teams will appear on Time Warner Cable in the Dayton area several times in the next few months, beginning with tomorrow's men's soccer game at 4 p.m. between the Tigers and Cedarville University at Bill Edwards Field. Read More...

Wittenberg Hosts Men's Soccer Invitational
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio - The Wittenberg University men's soccer program kicks off its 2002 season by hosting the Wittenberg Men's Soccer Invitational this weekend at Bill Edwards Field. This will be the 14th Wittenberg Men's Soccer Invitational since 1987. Read More...

Wittenberg Hosts Community Day on Sept. 7
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio - Wittenberg University is hosting Community Day on Saturday, Sept. 7 at Edwards-Maurer Field. Lunch will be served at 11 a.m. under a large tent at the north end of the stadium, approximately two hours prior to kickoff of Wittenberg's football game against visiting Albion College. Read More...

Men's Soccer Team Earns Two Victories On England Training Trip
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio - The Wittenberg men's soccer team flew to England for a unique training trip with the intent of experiencing British culture, playing games against local club teams and attending games played by some of the greatest professionals in the world. Perhaps most important, Read More...

Men's Soccer Makes Unique Training Trip to England
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio - Soccer struggles for notice on a crowded American sports landscape, which stands in stark contrast to the game's status in England, the native land of Wittenberg University men's soccer coach Steve Dawson and a place where soccer is preeminent. Read More...

Volleyball Team Earns Prestigious Academic Team Award
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio - For the seventh straight year, the Wittenberg women's volleyball team was presented with a 2001-02 AVCA/Molten Team Academic Award by the American Volleyball Coaches Association and Molten U.S.A. Inc. Read More...

Men's Basketball Taps Artie Taylor As Next Assistant Coach
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio - Former John Carroll University basketball standout Artie Taylor has joined the Wittenberg University men's basketball coaching staff, Head Coach Bill Brown announced. Read More...

Wittenberg Football Ranked Seventh in Two Preseason Polls
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio - The Wittenberg University football team, which returns 16 starters from last year's 11-2 team, once again has experts believing they have the talent to make a run at a national championship. Both Street and Smith's College Football Preview 2002 and Lindy's 2002 National College Football Preview gave the Tigers a preseason ranking of seventh. Read More...

Four More Wittenberg Greats to be Inducted Into Athletics Hall of Honor
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio - Four Wittenberg University greats will be inducted into the school's Athletics Hall of Honor during Homecoming weekend ceremonies, Oct. 11-13. Joining 131 other athletes who have been inducted over the last 17 years will be basketball All-American Steve Allison '89, five-sport women's pioneer Maggie Brandon '72, Read More...

Wittenberg Hosts Second National Youth Sports Program Camp
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio - For a second straight year, the Wittenberg University campus will be alive with the sounds of hundreds of young people participating in a five-week summer camp as part of the National Youth Sports Program (NYSP). Read More...

Wittenberg Finishes Second in NCAC All-Sports Race - pdf file
CLEVELAND -- Denison posted top-two finishes in 12 of 22 sports on the way to a successful defense of the North Coast Athletic Conference All-Sports Championship. The Big Red stood a close second after the winter season, five points behind then-leader Wittenberg, but recovered their lead with a strong spring performance. Read More...

Skip Ivery Earns Academic All-District Honor
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio - For most of Wittenberg University's student-athletes, the summer vacation has arrived and they are already busying themselves with a variety of other endeavors. Their absence from campus hasn't slowed the stream of postseason honors and awards, however. Read More...

Tiger Athletes Garner Regional Awards
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio - For most of Wittenberg University's student-athletes, the summer vacation has arrived and they are already busying themselves with a variety of other endeavors. Their absence from campus hasn't slowed the stream of postseason honors and awards, however. Read More...

Wittenberg Basketball Teams Win China Trip Openers
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio - Not a bad start to the trip of a lifetime for the Wittenberg University men's and women's basketball teams. Read More...

41 Wittenberg Athletes Earn Spring All-NCAC Awards
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio - Another banner spring sports season has reaped rich rewards for 41 Wittenberg University athletes who were selected to All-North Coast Athletic Conference teams over the last two weeks. Read More...

Eric Cusick and Steve Rader Named Academic All-District
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio - Wittenberg University junior Eric Cusick and sophomore Steve Rader, members of the men's tennis and men's swimming and diving teams respectively, now have more in common than just being successful Tiger athletes. Read More...

Wittenberg Baseball Standout Nate Williams Named Academic All-District IV
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio - Wittenberg senior Nate Williams will add another cap to his collection on Saturday, May 18 during Wittenberg's 157th annual commencement ceremonies. Just a week before he dons his mortar board in honor of his years of hard work in the classroom, Williams was honored for his athletic and academic prowess by being named to the 2002 Verizon Academic All-District IV College Division Baseball First Team. Read More...

Wittenberg University To Host Summer Sports Camps
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio - A majority of the students who make Wittenberg University a lively and entertaining place will be elsewhere this summer. But that hardly means that the Wittenberg campus will be without life and the sounds of young people hard at work - and play. Read More...

Skip Ivery Named 2002 Arthur Ashe Jr. Scholar Athlete
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio - Harold "Skip" Ivery has been named a 2002 Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholar by Black Issues in Higher Education. The magazine named one male scholar-athlete of the year and one female scholar-athlete of the year in its April 11, 2002 issue. Read More...

Wittenberg, University of Dayton to Play Men's Basketball Exhibition, Football in Future Years
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio - The University of Dayton and Wittenberg University have announced that they have agreed to meet on the basketball court next year, and on the football field in 2005 and 2006. Read More...

Scott Isphording Named Golf Coach
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio - Wittenberg University Director of Athletics and Recreation Garnett Purnell has announced that Assistant Men's Basketball/Head Golf Coach J.J. Searls has tendered his resignation. Searls, who recently became a father for the first time, has decided to devote more time to his family and will be leaving the coaching profession to enter the world of corporate business. Read More...

All-Sports Release - Men's Track Claims NCAC Outdoor Championship; Geri Woessner of Women's Track Named NCAC Field Events Athlete of the Year
The Tiger track teams had high hopes heading into the NCAC Outdoor Track & Field Championships. While both did well, the men lapped the field, winning their first conference title since 1997. The women wound up fifth.Read More...

Wittenberg Football Great Charlie Green Inducted Into College Football Hall of Fame
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio - Forty years after his glorious three-year run as starting quarterback for the Wittenberg University Tiger football team, Charlie Green '65 will be immortalized in the College Football Hall of Fame. He becomes the fourth Wittenberg athlete/coach to be elected by the National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame into its South Bend, Ind. shrine, Read More...

Tiger Baseball to host Weekend Series for NCAC West Title
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio - Catching fire at just the right time, the Wittenberg University baseball team has put itself in prime position to win the North Coast Athletic Conference West Division. To stake a final claim to that coveted first-place position, however, the Tigers must first play a critical three-game series against nationally ranked Ohio Wesleyan this weekend at Springfield's Municipal Stadium Annex. Read More...

All-Sports Release - Baseball Alone In First Place; Men's Tennis Has Shot at First-Ever NCAA Team Tournament Berth; Skip Ivery Named NCAC Athlete of the Week
The Tiger baseball team may be catching fire at just the right time, heading into the biggest week of the season winners of seven of their last eight games. Last week, Wittenberg won five straight North Coast Athletic Conference games against Earlham and Denison, sandwiched around a road defeat at Mt. St. Joseph last Tuesday. Read More...

All-Sports Release - Men's Tennis Remains Unbeaten; Ryan Born Earns NCAC Player of the Week in Baseball; Tiger Track Teams Sweep Wittenberg Challenge
Wittenberg is riding an 11-match win streak and is unbeaten in two North Coast Athletic Conference West Division matches this year heading into a pivotal week. Thanks to rainouts earlier in the season, the Tigers played and defeated nonconference foe Otterbein on Monday at the Albright Tennis Courts, Read More...

Wittenberg Men's Soccer Players Selected to Participate in Senior All-Star Game
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio - Wittenberg University men's soccer standouts Steve Cassiere and Chad Atwood have been selected to participate in the Ohio Collegiate Soccer Coaches Association Senior All-Star Game, scheduled for a 2:30 p.m. kickoff on Sunday, April 14 at Ohio Wesleyan University. Read More...

2002 Wittenberg Football Golf Outing Information
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio - For the fourth consecutive year, the Wittenberg University football program is hosting a golf outing to raise funds for the program. This year's event is scheduled for 1 p.m. on Saturday, June 15 at Reid Memorial Golf Course in Springfield. Lunch and check-in begin at noon. Read More...

All-Sports Release - Women's Lacrosse Wins Back-to-Back OT Games to Give Coach 100th Career Win; Men's Tennis Unbeaten Heading Into Conference Action
It was quite a week for the Wittenberg women's lacrosse program. After a week off, the Tigers opened the 2002 North Coast Athletic Conference schedule with a pair of overtime thrillers at Edwards-Maurer Field. Read More...

Women's Lacrosse Head Coach Nancy Beck Earns 100th Career Win
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio - She may have earned her 100th coaching victory on Sunday against Allegheny College, but Wittenberg University Women's Lacrosse Head Coach Nancy Beck was more concerned with the impact of a second consecutive one-goal overtime win on her team's psyche than on her career record. Read More...

All-Sports Release - Weather the Big Winner as Tiger Spring Teams Head Into Conference Schedules
It could be that the harsh weather of the last week was a blessing in disguise for the Tiger diamondmen, giving the pitching staff some much-needed rest. The individual results were mixed on Saturday when the Tigers finally managed to get one of the three scheduled games against NCAC West opponent Wabash in as they won 10-7 Read More...

Wittenberg Athletes Earn Academic Awards
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio - While the Wittenberg University athletic department can boast of football, volleyball, men's basketball and women's basketball team championships and numerous individual accomplishments in the 2001-02 school year, perhaps the greatest source of pride is created by the performance of Tiger athletes in the classroom. Read More...

Wittenberg Selects Norman Riker as New Women's Soccer Coach
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio - It was quite a week for Norman Riker. First, he welcomed his second child into the world. Then by the end of the week, he had signed a contract to become Wittenberg University's new women's soccer head coach. Read More...

All-Sports Release - Steve Rader Swims to All-America Honors; B.J. Harris Gets Hoops All-Region Honor; Tiger Men's Tennis Off to Outstanding Start to Spring Season
The Wittenberg men's and women's swimming and diving teams were represented at the NCAA Division III championship meets, hosted by the College of Wooster at Miami University March 14-16 (women) and 21-23 (men), by senior Rachel Juergens (Springfield, Ohio/Catholic Central) and sophomore SteveRader (Painesville, Ohio/Cleveland St. Ignatius). Read More...

Basketball Teams Take Part In Educational Experience of a Lifetime
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio - To coin a phrase, the Wittenberg University men's and women's basketball teams got next. The courts on which they will play the games, however, are more than 2,000 miles away. Read More...

All-Sports Release - Men's Basketball Falls in NCAA Second Round; Track Teams Post Strong NCAC Finishes; Spring Teams Previewed
All season, there had been few mountains too large to climb for the Wittenberg University Tiger men's basketball team. On Saturday, the peak that the Tigers encountered at DePauw University in the second round of the NCAA Division III tournament was exactly that. Read More...

Basketball Coaches Earn NCAC Coach of the Year Awards
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio - Two coaches who are no strangers to success picked up more hardware for their trophy cases on Monday. Wittenberg University Men's Basketball Head Coach Bill Brown and Women's Basketball Head Coach Pam Smith were both named North Coast Athletic Conference Coach of the Year in a vote of their peers, the conference office announced. Read More...

Wittenberg Student-Athletes Attend Sportsmanship Conferences
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio - As part of a North Coast Athletic Conference program to promote "Sportsmanship in Intercollegiate Athletics" for the 2001-02 academic year, nearly 300 of Wittenberg University's student-athletes attended presentations on the topic on campus on Wednesday, Feb. 27. Read More...

All-Sports Release
The Wittenberg University men's basketball team believed all season that it was good enough to compete on a national level. Now Head Coach Bill Brown and his North Coast Athletic Conference regular season and tournament champion Tigers will get their opportunity to prove it. Read More...

Men's Basketball Team Learns Postseason Fate
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio - The Wittenberg University men's basketball team believed all season that it was good enough to compete on a national level. Now Head Coach Bill Brown and his North Coast Athletic Conference regular season and tournament champion Tigers will get their opportunity to prove it. Read More...

All-Sports Release - Basketball Teams Clinch NCAC Titles Swim Teams Finish Strong in Conference Meets
It was a script that Hollywood screenwriters would envy. Last Saturday, the Wittenberg University men's and women's basketball teams both concluded their regular seasons in dramatic fashion, wrapping up North Coast Athletic Conference championships with wins over top contenders. Read More...

Women's Basketball Head Coach Pam Smith Wins 300th Career Game
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio - There was a time, not long after she was named head coach of Wittenberg University's women's basketball program, that Pam Smith (then known by her maiden name, Evans) wondered out loud if she would ever turn things around. Read More...

Hoopsters Clinch NCAC Regular Season Titles, Top Seeds for Tourneys
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio - It was a script that Hollywood screenwriters would envy. Last Saturday, the Wittenberg University men's and women's basketball teams both concluded their regular seasons in dramatic fashion, wrapping up North Coast Athletic Conference championships with wins over top contenders. Read More...

Basketball Teams Clinch Share of Conference Titles
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio - Above the stage where Wittenberg University athletes strive for basketball preeminence, the red conference championship banners are about to become even more crowded. Read More...

All-Sports Release - Swimming and Diving teams prep for conference meet;Tiger basketball teams in sole possession of NCAC leadsheading into final week
The Wittenberg men's and women's swimming and diving teams put thefinishing touches on another solid season on Feb. 2 at Case Western Reserve.Heading into the North Coast Athletic Conference championship meet Feb.14-16 at C.T. Branin Natatorium in Canton, Ohio, the Tiger men were 6-4nd the women were 4-5-1 against a very challenging 2001-02 dual meet schedule. Read More...

Men's Basketball Head Coach Bill Brown Wins 200th Game at Wittenberg
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio - Landmark wins like the one that Wittenberg University Men's Basketball Head Coach Bill Brown (pictured at left) earned Saturday night against North Coast Athletic Conference rival Hiram are nice. Championships come and go. Read More...

Ticket Sales Information for Feb. 16 Game at Wooster
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio - It's that time again, the time when the Wittenberg University Tigers and the College of Wooster Fighting Scots renew their heated men's basketball rivalry with the North Coast Athletic Conference regular season championship on the line. Read More...

All-Sports Release - Basketball teams tied for NCAC lead; Another track athlete wins conference honor
It was back to business for the Wittenberg Tiger men's basketball team last week, and back to their usual form as well. After playing a tough stretch of conference games, including an exciting 75-70 win over arch-rival Wooster on Jan. 26, the Tigers put together a pair of dominating performances last week in defeating Earlham on Wednesday and Allegheny on Saturday. Read More...

All-Sports Release - Basketball teams capture huge wins, Swimmers post season bests, Track athletes garner conference honors
A college sports season can resemble a rollercoaster ride, and that was certainly the case for the Wittenberg men's basketball team last week. Just one day after breaking into the national top 10 for the first time this season, the Tigers were ambushed by a pumped-up Wabash team and its raucous fans on Wednesday. Read More...

Women's Basketball To Appear on Time Warner Cable
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio - The Wittenberg University women's basketball team will make an appearance on Time Warner Cable in the Dayton area this week when its game against Kenyon College is taped for re-broadcast. The game is scheduled for Tuesday, Jan. 29 at 7:30 p.m. at the HPER Center in Springfield. Read More...

All-Sports Release - Basketball teams keep pace in NCAC races heading into crucial showdowns
The Tigers had an up-and-down week, but by the end of it the only thing that mattered was that they remained on top of the North Coast Athletic Conference with a perfect 8-0 record. Wittenberg defeated Ohio Wesleyan at home last Wednesday, rallying from a five-point halftime deficit to take a 13-point lead with just over two minutes remaining and then hung on down the stretch to post a 70-68 win. Read More...

Men's Basketball To Appear on Time Warner Cable
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio - The Wittenberg University men's basketball team will make an appearance on Time Warner Cable in the Dayton area this week when its game against Ohio Wesleyan University is taped for re-broadcast. The game is scheduled for Wednesday, Jan. 16 at 7:30 p.m. at the HPER Center in Springfield. Read More...

All-Sports Release - Tiger Women's Basketball Team Leads NCAC By Two Games; Joe Rumschlag Earns Conference Track Honors
The Wittenberg University men's basketball team is off to its customary outstanding start, with its only two defeats coming to No. 4-ranked Wheaton College on Nov. 17 and No. 19-ranked Otterbein College on Jan. 2. The Tigers, the defending North Coast Athletic Conference regular season champion and owners of a phenomenal streak of 45 straight non-losing seasons, stand atop the NCAC once again with a perfect 6-0 record and are ranked 17th in the nation with an overall record of 13-2. Read More...