Women's Basketball - 2008-09 News Releases
March 10, 2009
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SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — An historic 2008-09 winter sports season wrapped up for the Wittenberg University Tigers over the last two weeks as the North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) awarded 29 Wittenberg student-athletes and coaches with postseason honors. Read More ... |
March 5, 2009
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CLEVELAND, Ohio — Denison's Shaina Kaiser has been named Player of the Year to highlight the 2009 All-North Coast Athletic Conference women's basketball squad, announced today after voting by the conference's head coaches. Wittenberg placed two players on the All-NCAC Honor Roll. Read More ... |
Feb. 27, 2009
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SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — Members of the Wittenberg community will come together again to honor the memory of former Women's Basketball Head Coach and Associate Director of Athletics Pam Evans Smith, class of 1982, with the second annual Pam Evans Smith 5K Memorial Walk/Run Saturday, March 28. Read More ... |
Feb. 24, 2009
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DELAWARE, Ohio — The Wittenberg Tigers jumped out to an early lead in the North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) Tournament quarterfinals, but they couldn't hold on as the No. 4 seeded Ohio Wesleyan Battling Bishops pulled out a 67-61 victory. Read More ... |
Feb. 21, 2009
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OBERLIN, Ohio — A complete team effort sent the Tiger women's basketball team into the North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) postseason on a high note after a 91-50 domination of Oberlin in the regular season finale. Of the 17 players that dressed for the game, every one played at least three minutes, and all but two entered the final score column. Read More ... |
Feb. 16, 2009
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SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — Down 19 with less than eight minutes to go, an inspired Wittenberg Tiger team rallied to cut the deficit to six but could not complete the comeback in a 61-53 home finale loss against Capital. A barrage of three-pointers set the pace for the Wittenberg charge, but the Ohio Athletic Conference leaders had all the answers in their non-conference affair. Read More ... |
Feb. 14, 2009
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Springfield News-Sun sports writer David Jablonski chronicles the sights and sounds of Wittenberg vs. Wooster game, highlighted by efforts to promote breast cancer awareness through Pink Zone event. Watch Video ... |
Feb. 14, 2009
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SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — The Wittenberg women sent their two senior players out in style with a 69-54 victory over the College of Wooster in the final home conference game of the season. A well-rounded offensive performance, with 10 of the 11 players on the floor finding the scoring column, contributed to the Tigers' eighth win in conference. Read More ... |
Feb. 11, 2009
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DELAWARE, Ohio — The Wittenberg women's basketball team has struggled to protect the basketball in recent weeks, and the team's fifth loss in the last six games followed the trend as the Tigers committed a staggering 27 turnovers in a 64-53 loss to North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) rival Ohio Wesleyan. Read More ... |
Feb. 7, 2009
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SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — The Wittenberg University Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) will host its first-ever Take a Kid to the Game Day on Saturday, Feb. 14, part of a daylong celebration of basketball and community in Wittenberg's Pam Evans Smith Arena. Read More ... |
Feb. 7, 2009
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SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — On National Girls and Women in Sports Day, the Tigers turned in one of their most complete performances of the year in a 74-46 rout of North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) foe Hiram. Hot shooting, 27-of-57 from the floor, aided by an afternoon where the Tigers only committed 12 turnovers contributed to Wittenberg snapping a four-game losing streak. Read More ... |
Feb. 6, 2009
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SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — Another close contest found the Tigers on the short end in a pivotal North Coast Athletic Conference battle. This time, a nine-plus minute drought midway through the second stanza cost Wittenberg against Allegheny in a 58-52 loss. Read More ... |
Feb. 3, 2009
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SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — The Kenyon Ladies blitzed the Wittenberg Tigers with a hot-shooting second half to pull away for a 71-57 North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) victory. Read More ... |
Jan. 31, 2009
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WOOSTER, Ohio — The Wittenberg Tigers dropped their second straight North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) road game, this time to hot-shooting Wooster, 75-67, to fall into the middle of a crowded conference pack. Read More ... |
Jan. 30, 2008
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SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — The Wittenberg University women's basketball team will again host a sports expo and a postgame meet and greet/autograph session with its players as part of a celebration of National Girls And Women In Sports Day (NGWSD) on Saturday, Feb. 7. Read More ... |
Jan. 29, 2009
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GRANVILLE, Ohio — Hoping to get back into the North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) regular season title chase, the Wittenberg Tigers instead found themselves on the very short end of a 74-51 decision at Denison to fall three games behind the unbeaten Big Red in the standings. Read More ... |
Jan. 26, 2008
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SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — It may have happened more than 19 months ago, but the passing of Wittenberg women's basketball coach Pam Evans Smith is still fresh in the minds of many of the coaches and student-athletes who continue to don the Red & White. For Head Coach Sarah Jurewicz, Wittenberg class of 1998, the memories came flooding back Saturday morning when she learned of the passing of North Carolina State University Head Coach Kay Yow. Read More ... |
Jan. 24, 2009
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SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — After losing three games by four points or less earlier in the 2008-09 season - despite having multiple opportunities to score clutch baskets in the waning moments in each instance - the Wittenberg Tigers showed some spunk down the stretch as they pulled out a 73-72 victory over visiting Ohio Wesleyan. Read More ... |
Jan. 21, 2009
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SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — The rematch of the Earlham Quakers and Wittenberg Tigers proved to be much different than the meeting the two teams shared a fortnight prior. Earlham battled to an early lead but could not keep the Tigers down in the second half, as Wittenberg rallied to a 73-64 win. Read More ... |
Jan. 14, 2009
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GAMBIER, Ohio — The Wittenberg women's basketball team put together a furious rally in the late minutes of their road North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) contest against the Kenyon Ladies, but their late chances to claim the win fell just short in a 45-44 loss. In a battle of the two statistically best defenses in the league, the Tigers found points at a premium against a stiff defensive challenge. Read More ... |
Jan. 10, 2009
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SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — The Wittenberg women outscored Oberlin 44-19 in the second half as they routed the visitors in a 81-41 win from Pam Evans Smith Arena. The Tigers parlayed another dominating day on the boards, to the tune of a 62-34 margin, into an additional 12 field goal attempts. Add to that a strong day from the field where the Tigers shot 43 percent from the floor, and it translates to a fourth consecutive victory in conference play. Read More ... |
Jan. 7, 2009
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RICHMOND, Ind. — The Wittenberg Tigers put together one of their most balanced offensive efforts of the 2008-09 season to pull away from host Earlham for a 78-59 North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) victory. Read More ... |
Jan. 3, 2009
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MEADVILLE, Pa. — The Wittenberg Tigers capped a long weekend road trip with a 60-52 North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) victory over the Allegheny Gators. The win, Wittenberg's third in four games since a 23-day lay-off for final exams and the Christmas holiday, moved the Tigers to 7-4 overall and 2-1 in the NCAC. Read More ... |
Jan. 2, 2009
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HIRAM, Ohio — A career-high 19 points for senior post Rachel Dixon (West Liberty, Ohio/Salem) sent the Tigers to their first North Coast Athletic Conference victory of the 2008-09 season as they topped the Hiram College Terriers, 63-51, on the road. A double-double for Dixon, with 10 rebounds to go along with her point total, allowed the Tigers to hold off a feisty Terrier squad. Read More ... |
Dec. 30, 2008
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SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — The Wittenberg Tigers rallied from 11 points down at the intermission to claim a brief lead, but could not hold on as UW-Oshkosh stopped the Tigers' bid for the Charles B. Zimmerman Memorial Classic title. The Titans found clutch baskets down the stretch from Erin Baganz as they edged the home-standing Tigers, 63-60. Read More ... |
Dec. 29, 2008
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SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — The Wittenberg Tigers women's basketball team shook off more than three weeks of rust as they picked up a win in the first round of the Charles B. Zimmerman Memorial Classic with by a 67-55 score over the College of Mount St. Joseph. A 17-2 run over the final seven minutes of the first half helped the Tigers put distance between themselves and the Lions. Read More ... |
Dec. 23, 2008
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SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — The Wittenberg University men's and women's basketball teams welcome an outstanding field of eight teams for the 2008 Charles B. Zimmerman Memorial Classic. The competition is scheduled for Monday, Dec. 29, and Tuesday, 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 ... |
Dec. 6, 2008
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SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — In an early season matchup of two of the top teams in the North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC), the Denison Big Red came to Springfield and sent Wittenberg to its third consecutive defeat. With both teams opening up their conference slate, Denison held off a late charge from the Tigers to pull out the 58-54 win. Read More ... |
Dec. 2, 2008
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BEREA, Ohio — The Tiger women dropped their second contest in a row on the road against nationally-ranked Baldwin-Wallace by a 77-57 score. Read More ... |
Nov. 29, 2008
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WILMINGTON, Ohio — The Wittenberg Tigers took advantage of a fast start and made use of a deep bench to produce a 75-50 victory in the first round of Wilmington College's Fred Raizk Thanksgiving Tournament. Read More ... |
Nov. 25, 2008
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ADA, Ohio — The Wittenberg Tigers overcame an eight-point second-half deficit to claim their third win in as many outings, overtaking host Ohio Northern by a 52-44 final score. Read More ... |
Nov. 24, 2008
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CLEVELAND, Ohio — Wittenberg's Stephanie Boardman (Cincinnati, Ohio/McAuley), a 5-11, junior post, was named the Jackie Ammons Memorial Tournament MVP after she scored 52 points in the two Tiger victories. Boardman posted a career-high 29 points in the semifinals, and added 23 in the championship game. In addition, she finished with six steals, four assists and 14 rebounds while playing more than 30 minutes in each game as Wittenberg topped Salem, 95-66, then host Peace, 69-54, in the final. Read More ... |
Nov. 22, 2008
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RALEIGH, N.C. — Wittenberg landed a late knockout blow against the host Peace College Pacers in the Jackie Ammons Memorial Tournament championship, taking the win by a 69-54 final. Read More ... |
Nov. 21, 2008
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RALEIGH, N.C. — Lifting the lid on the 2008-09 women’s basketball campaign, second-year head coach Sarah Jurewicz knew the foremost task was replacing two of the team’s top five scorers from the previous four years. Read More ... |
Nov. 8, 2009
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SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — Wittenberg Women's Basketball Head Coach Sarah Jurewicz discusses the start of the 2008-09 season. Listen ... |
Nov. 6, 2008
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CLEVELAND, Ohio — Wooster's men and Denison's women were tabbed as the favorites in preseason voting by both league coaches and members of the media after the North Coast Athletic Conference's 25th annual Basketball Media Day, which was held today via teleconference. Wittenberg was picked to finish second in both the men's and women's title races by both the coaches and the media. Read More ... |
May 5, 2008
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SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — Rachel Dixon, class of 2009 from West Liberty, Ohio, chose to attend Wittenberg for many reasons. One of the more prominent ones was to play basketball for the legendary Pam Smith. Less than a year after Smith passed away, Dixon and field hockey standout Whitney Marshall, class of 2009 from Barre, Mass., are the first recipients of awards from the Pam Evans Smith '82 Memorial Scholarship. Read More ... |
April 24, 2008
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SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — As usual, summer will be a busy time around the Wittenberg University athletics complex in 2008. 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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