2006 News
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Wittenberg Alumnus Kurt Hartfelder Makes All-Star Team In First Professional Baseball Season
July 14, 2006Just three years removed from major arm surgery and one year after feeling the sting of being released from his first professional baseball team, Kurt Hartfelder, Wittenberg class of 2005, is proof positive that persistence really does pay off. -
Thirty Student-Athletes Claim Spring Sport NCAC Postseason Awards
May 25, 2006A solid spring sports season has reaped individual rewards for 30 Wittenberg University athletes who were selected to All-North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) teams over the last two weeks.
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Press Release: Six Tigers Earn All-NCAC Honors
May 15, 2006CLEVELAND, Ohio — Wooster senior right-hander Jon Oliver and senior designated hitter Kurt Kapferer have been named Pitcher and Player of the Year to highlight the 2006 All-North Coast Athletic Conference baseball selections.
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2006 Season In Review
May 15, 2006The Wittenberg baseball team had high aspirations for the 2006 season with the return of nine letterwinners, including four of the team's top six hitters and two of its top three starting pitchers.
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Wittenberg Baseball Ironman Caps Outstanding Four-Year Career
May 02, 2006The conclusion of this year’s baseball season was bittersweet for Wittenberg shortstop K.R. Schlievert, class of 2006 of Findlay, Ohio.
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Tigers Fall In Game 3 To Top-Ranked Wooster In NCAC Tournament Semifinals
April 30, 2006They had their chances, but by game's end the Wittenberg Tigers found themselves on the short end of a 13-3 score against the College of Wooster.
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Tigers Split With Top-Ranked Wooster In NCAC Tournament Semifinals
April 29, 2006The Wittenberg Tigers did the improbable on Saturday, and as a result they live to fight another day after splitting a doubleheader at the College of Wooster in the North Coast Athletic Conference Tournament semifinals.
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Tigers Reach NCAC Tournament With Four-Game Sweep Of Earlham
April 23, 2006The Wittenberg Tigers have new life. A combination of outstanding play and good fortune pushed the Tigers into second place in the North Coast Athletic Conference West Division over the weekend.
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Wittenberg Gets Key NCAC West Sweep Of Earlham
April 22, 2006The Wittenberg Tigers held up their end of the bargain Saturday, pounding out a doubleheader sweep of host Earlham College by scores of 11-2 and 15-7.
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Tigers Fall To Findlay
April 19, 2006With both teams tuning up their pitchers and trying out a variety of combinations in the field and batting lineup, the visiting Findlay Oilers claimed a 9-2 victory over Wittenberg in non-conference action Wednesday.
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Tigers Top Thomas More With Three In The Ninth
April 18, 2006What a difference a week makes. Six days after losing a 19-8 decision to Thomas More at home in Springfield, the Wittenberg Tigers took to the road and captured a 5-2 decision on the Saints' home field.
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Tigers Pull Out Doubleheader Sweep Over Oberlin
April 15, 2006Winning baseball starts with quality pitching. With performances like the Tigers got on Saturday from senior starters Jason Holmberg and Steve Less in a doubleheader sweep of visiting Oberlin, Wittenberg may well put some wins in the column this year.
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Wittenberg Holds Off Muskingum To Earn Head Coach Jay Lewis Record-Breaking Win
April 13, 2006In a moment of crisis, a freshman relief pitcher stepped forward to save the day for the Wittenberg Tigers.
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Wittenberg Baseball Head Coach Jay Lewis Breaks School Record For Career Victories
April 13, 2006There was no pomp, little circumstance and even less ceremony — just a quiet round of applause to open the Wittenberg baseball team's traditional postgame meeting along the rightfield line following the Tigers' 7-6 win over Muskingum on Thursday, April 13, at Carleton Davidson Stadium.
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Tigers Banged Around By Thomas More
April 12, 2006The Wittenberg Tigers had an off night Wednesday, and they paid a significant price for it in a 19-8 home defeat at the hands of Thomas More.
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Tigers Hopes For Division Title Take Severe Hit In Hard-Luck Losses At Wabash
April 09, 2006The Wittenberg Tigers missed out on a golden opportunity Sunday, suffering a doubleheader sweep at the hands of the host Wabash Little Giants by scores of 3-1 and 11-8.
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Pitching Keys Doubleheader Sweep Of Wabash
April 08, 2006The usually offensive-minded Wittenberg Tigers got a leg up in a key North Coast Athletic Conference West Division series at Wabash on Saturday, claiming a doubleheader sweep on the strength of a pair of fine pitching performances, which amounted to wins of 5-0 and 4-3 in eight innings.
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Wittenberg Falls To Wilmington, 8-7
April 05, 2006The Wittenberg Tigers need some momentum heading into the home stretch of the 2006 season, but none was to be found on Wednesday in just their second road game all year.
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Wittenberg Pulls Out One-Run Win Over Defiance
April 04, 2006The Wittenberg Tigers did it the hard way, but when the dust had settled they had themselves a hard-fought 5-4 victory over visiting Defiance College in a night game at Carleton Davidson Stadium.
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Tigers Split Again With Ohio Wesleyan As Head Coach Wins 200th Career Game
April 02, 2006The Wittenberg Tigers couldn't quite put it all together Sunday, splitting another North Coast Athletic Conference West Division doubleheader.
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Wittenberg Splits Doubleheader With NCAC West Division Rival Ohio Wesleyan
April 01, 2006The Wittenberg Tigers were 1-for-2 on Saturday afternoon in the friendly confines of Carleton Davidson Stadium.
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Wittenberg Falls In 11 Innings To Ohio Northern
March 28, 2006The Wittenberg Tigers hit the road on Tuesday, and almost everything that could go wrong wound up doing just that. The Tigers lost a 6-5 decision in 11 innings to host Ohio Northern in non-conference action.
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Wittenberg Drops Both Ends Of NCAC West Doubleheader Against Denison
March 27, 2006The Wittenberg Tigers were unable to keep the momentum going, dropping both ends of a doubleheader against North Coast Athletic Conference West Division arch-rival Denison on a chilly Monday evening at Carleton-Davidson Stadium.
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Tigers Stage Epic Rally In Game 2 To Gain Doubleheader Sweep Of Denison
March 26, 2006The Wittenberg Tigers took a significant step forward on Sunday, capturing both ends of a doubleheader against North Coast Athletic Conference West Division rival Denison.
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Tigers Finish 2-1 In 2006 Wittenberg Tournament
March 19, 2006The Wittenberg Tigers opened their 2006 home season with a 2-1 finish in the Wittenberg Tournament at Carleton Davidson Stadium.
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Wittenberg Goes Overtime To Beat UW-Oshkosh
March 11, 2006The Wittenberg Tigers took a big step forward on the final day of their Spring Break trip, defeating perennial powerhouse Wisconsin-Oshkosh, 5-4, in 11 innings.
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Wittenberg Crushes Wentworth Twice
March 10, 2006In a tremendous display of offensive firepower, the Wittenberg Tigers pounded Wentworth 17-2 and 12-1 to sweep a Spring Break trip doubleheader.
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Wittenberg Splits Pair With Heidelberg
March 09, 2006Five games into the 2006 season, a pattern appears to be forming for the Wittenberg Tigers.
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Press Release: Tigers Picked To Finish Fourth In NCAC
March 08, 2006CLEVELAND, Ohio — Defending champion Wooster has emerged as the preseason favorite in balloting by North Coast Athletic Conference baseball coaches in their annual preseason poll.
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Errors Lead to Nine-Run Inning And Loss For Tigers Against Mount Union
March 06, 2006The Wittenberg Tigers did everything right in the field, except for one disastrous inning.
