Posted November 19 2001, 05:59 pm
Posted by: Ryan Maurer
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio – The Wittenberg University Tigers advanced in the NCAA Division III playoffs last Saturday with a dramatic 38-35 overtime road victory over the Hardin-Simmons University Cowboys, but there is no rest for the weary. The Tigers, and many of their fans who were unable to make the long trip to Texas, now turn their attention to another school that Wittenberg has never faced on the gridiron, the Thomas More College Saints.
Wittenberg, ranked No. 7 in the country by the American Football Coaches Association with a 10-1 overall record and champions of the North Coast Athletic Conference with a 7-0 record, will travel to Thomas More in Crestview Hills, Ky. for a noon kickoff on Saturday, Nov. 24. Five-hundred tickets for the game will be on sale at Wittenberg from 5 p.m. until the end of the men’s basketball game on Tuesday, Nov. 20 and from 5-7 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 21, in the HPER Center lobby.
The stadium at Thomas More offers just 1,000 seats in its limited bleachers area, with all seats being general admission. Ticket prices are $8 for adults and $4 for students and children under the age of 18. Gates open at 10 a.m. Anyone unable to find a seat will have to watch the game from lawn chairs that spectators are permitted to bring with them or by standing.
There will be a Wittenberg tailgate prior to the game, starting at 10 a.m. in the lawn area in front of the Connor Athletic Center on the Thomas More campus. All Tiger fans are encouraged to attend.