After ranking among the national leaders in batting average for much of the 2008 season, Wittenberg University baseball standout Jeremey Fruhwirth, class of 2008 from Beavercreek, Ohio, has earned second-team Rawlings/American Baseball Coaches Association All-Mideast Region honors.
A solid 2008 spring sports season has reaped individual rewards for 28 Wittenberg University athletes who were selected to All-North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) teams over the last two weeks.
CLEVELAND, Ohio — Wooster first baseman Sean Karpen and righthander Adam Samson have been named Player and Pitcher of the Year to highlight the 2008 All-North Coast Athletic Conference baseball selections. Wittenberg was represented on the first team by catcher Matt Steinke, pitcher Tim Antil and outfielder Jeremey Fruhwirth.
Wittenberg University baseball standout Matt Steinke, class of 2008 from Wapakoneta, Ohio, has been recognized for the combination of his athletic and academic accomplishments with second-team CoSIDA/ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America College Division All-District IV honors.
After holding off a late Heidelberg charge on April 3 for a win in Springfield, the Tigers could not get the bats going Wednesday, falling 0-2 to the Student Princes. The Wittenberg baseball team finishes the 2008 season at 19-19 with a 7-9 mark in the West Division of the North Coast Athletic Conference.
The final home doubleheader of the 2007-08 season ended in a split for the Wittenberg Tigers, who won Game 1 by a score of 7-4 and dropped the late game by a 2-7 margin.
The Tiger sandlot club split a doubleheader with Thomas More College on Sunday, staying a game ahead of even before heading into the final stretch Tuesday and Wednesday against Kenyon and Heidelberg respectively.
The Wittenberg Tigers combusted into an explosion of offense on Saturday, overwhelming the Earlham Quakers with a combined 33 runs in the course of two games in a doubleheader sweep by scores of 15-7 and 18-6.
Just one night after barely missing a come-from-behind win against Muskingum, the Wittenberg Tiger baseball squad took care of business while taking the field against Defiance College.
A Wittenberg rally fell just one run short of prolonging a game against Muskingum College on Tuesday night, as the Tiger baseball crew dropped a 6-7 decision to the Muskies.
Tiger baseball may not be awaiting a spot in the North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) tournament, but they made an impact on it nonetheless over the weekend in a pair of doubleheaders against the Wabash College Little Giants.
Wittenberg baseball split a doubleheader with the Wabash Little Giants on Saturday, in the first day of a back-to-back doubleheader in Crawfordsville, Ind.
The Wittenberg Tigers continued to struggle on Thursday, this time against Otterbein College. The Red & White dropped both games in a doubleheader against the Cardinals, by scores of 19-1 and 4-3.
At 5 p.m. on Monday, as the Wittenberg Tigers and Ohio Wesleyan Battling Bishops baseball teams got ready for a rain-postponed doubleheader, no one could have predicted the mayhem that would ensue. At the end of the day, the Tigers dropped both games, the first by an 8-5 margin and the second by a score of 13-11, after explosive hitting and rallies from both sides.
In the first of two doubleheaders on Saturday, the Ohio Wesleyan Battling Bishops and Wittenberg Tigers sped through two games, both of which were one-sided, ending in a split just before rain started falling in Springfield.
After a wild win against Thomas More the previous day, the Wittenberg Tiger baseball team stuck with the Dayton Flyers before falling behind due to some costly errors late in the game to finish at an 8-3 deficit.
Some baseball games are all about finesse, but the Wittenberg Tigers and Thomas More Saints threw style to the wind in an error- and run-filled slugfest on Tuesday night.
Marietta College, 2006 NCAA Division III national champions and winners of 30 games for four straight years, welcomed the visiting Wittenberg Tigers with a reception of hits. The Tigers dropped a 7-2 loss to the "Etta Express," allowing 13 hits and having trouble finding their offense.
The Wittenberg Tiger baseball team scored one run in the first, three runs in the third, and two each in the fourth and fifth innings of a nine-frame matchup against visiting Heidelberg, giving themselves enough room to withstand a late, three-run rally the Student Princes were able to assemble in the eighth.
The Tigers had their ups and downs against Wilmington Tuesday night, but came out on top in dramatic fashion with a game-winning RBI single from sophomore first baseman Chris Dorka (Worthington, Ohio/Thomas Worthington).
Between a blowout and a pitching duel, the Wittenberg Tigers and Earlham Quakers had to settle for a split in a Saturday doubleheader in Richmond, Ind. Wittenberg supercharged its offense for a 21-3 victory in the early game, while Earlham turned things around to hold the Tiger bats to two runs in a close 3-2 decision.
A four-game losing streak ended on Tuesday for the Wittenberg Tiger baseball team when they won the first game of a doubleheader with Capital, 9-6, before dropping the second game by a score of 6-5.
After two days of rain-delayed waiting, Denison came back to Springfield to complete its weekend and season sweep of the Wittenberg baseball team in much the same way it opened the series on Friday: One close game followed by a lopsided contest. On Monday the scores were 3-4 and 0-8.
In the much-delayed home opener, which also served as the opening round of North Coast Athletic Conference West Division play for the Tigers, Wittenberg could not get around on Denison, dropping the front and back ends of a doubleheader by scores of 5-4 and 11-4.
After losing their first of the season to Keystone on Thursday, the Wittenberg Tigers bounced back to beat New Jersey City University by a score of 12-6 on Friday.
A rough day for the Tigers started with two errors in the bottom of the first, opening the door to Keystone to run away with an 8-3 victory over Wittenberg.
The Tigers are off to a four-game winning streak to start the 2007-08 season after defeating Farmingdale State University by a score of 9-6 on Tuesday before the day off on Wednesday.
After losing just five letterwinners, including two starters, from a 2007 team that finished 18-19 overall, the Wittenberg baseball program appears poised to make a run at the North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) championship and earn a berth in the NCAA Division III Tournament.