2011 News
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Wittenberg Baseball Standouts Named To All-Buckeye State Teams
July 09, 2011Six Wittenberg University baseball standouts earned spots on the 2011 Division III All-Buckeye State Baseball Team. -
Eight Tigers, Head Coach Jay Lewis Earn All-NCAC Honors
May 05, 2011CLEVELAND, Ohio — Head Coach Jay Lewis earned NCAC Co-Coach of the Year honors and three Tigers, Matt Hampp (Hilliard, Ohio/Davidson), Graham Wolff (Lake Forest, Ill./Lake Forest) and Ray Noe (Dublin, Ohio/Jerome), made first team to highlight a huge Tiger haul.
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Tigers Eliminated From NCAC Tournament By Ohio Wesleyan
April 29, 2011For a second straight day, the Wittenberg Tigers lost a slugfest in the North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) Tournament, dropping out of the double elimination competition with an 11-9 loss to Ohio Wesleyan.
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Tigers Let Big Lead Slip Away In NCAC Tournament Loss To Wooster
April 28, 2011Making their first appearance in the North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) Tournament in five years, the Wittenberg Tigers were flying high through the first four-and-one-half innings. That's when their 10-1 lead disappeared, and the Wooster Scots eventually pulled out an improbable 17-13 victory over Wittenberg to start the double-elimination competition.
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James' Walk-Off Shot Earns Split With OWU
April 24, 2011The Wittenberg baseball team split a doubleheader with Ohio Wesleyan Sunday in dramatic fashion, taking a 4-4 tie into the 10th inning of Game 2 where senior Tyler James (Coldwater, Ohio/Coldwater) belted a game-winning solo home run into right field to give the Tigers' their 18th 20-win season in program history.
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Wabash And Wittenberg Split Wild NCAC Doubleheader
April 17, 2011Down to their final three outs, the Wittenberg Tigers pulled off yet another improbable comeback victory in a season filled with them to gain a much-needed split of a doubleheader hosted by North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) rival Wabash.
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Anderson Takes Two From Tigers
April 13, 2011Wittenberg baseball dropped both ends of a doubleheader Wednesday afternoon to visiting Anderson University. The Tigers fell to 18-14 overall by scores of 5-3 and 12-3.
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Tigers Rally For Extra Innings Win At ONU
April 12, 2011The Wittenberg Tigers pulled out an improbable win over Ohio Athletic Conference rival Ohio Northern, tying the game with two outs in the top of the ninth inning on an error and then stunning the Polar Bears with a four-spot in the 10th inning for a 5-1 decision.
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Lewis Earns 300th Career Coaching Victory In Split With Wooster
April 10, 2011In a night of accomplishments, the immediate excitement of a thrilling 9-8 comeback victory over the College of Wooster in Game 2 overshadowed an event longer in the making. Head Coach Jay Lewis achieved his 300th career victory at the helm of Wittenberg baseball.
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Tigers Rally For Key Split At Denison
April 09, 2011Pitching ruled the day in a doubleheader between North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) rivals Denison and Wittenberg. The Big Red picked up a 2-0 win in the opener, followed by a 3-1 Tiger victory in the nightcap.
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Tigers Fall In Midweek Contest To Ohio Northern
April 07, 2011The Wittenberg baseball team dropped a non-conference game with Ohio Northern on Thursday night, falling to 15-10 overall with the 4-2 loss.
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Tigers Rally For Sweep At Kenyon
April 06, 2011The Wittenberg Tigers maintained their position atop the North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) standings with a pair of victories over Kenyon in a doubleheader that was postponed twice in a four-day span due to rain.
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Tigers Pick Up Split With Visiting Yeomen
April 03, 2011The Wittenberg baseball team split a home doubleheader with Oberlin thanks to a come-from-behind 6-3 victory on a home run by junior Matt Hampp (Hilliard, Ohio/Davidson) in the nightcap to move to 13-9 overall and 3-1 in the North Coast Athletic Conference.
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Wilmington Tops Tigers In Extra Innings
March 31, 2011The Wittenberg Tigers jumped out to a 7-1 lead through the first three innings and appeared to be well on their way to extending a modest mid-season win streak against visiting Wilmington. However, the Quakers stormed back, taking advantage of five Wittenberg errors to pull out a 12-7 victory in 11 innings.
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Tigers Run Streak To Five Over Mount St. Joseph
March 29, 2011Five errors helped the Wittenberg baseball team extend its winning streak to five games with a 6-1 win over Mount St. Joseph at the University of Cincinnati's Marge Schott Stadium. The Tigers improved to 12-7 on the season, while the Lions fell to 10-8.
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Tigers Open NCAC Play With Sweep Of Visiting Allegheny
March 26, 2011The Wittenberg Tigers kicked off the North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) portion of their 2011 schedule with a doubleheader sweep of visiting Allegheny. The wins, by scores of 9-5 and 5-2, came in the first meeting between the two programs in more than a decade after the conference moved away from a divisional format before the season.
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Tigers Overthrow No. 2 Heidelberg In 3-1 Midweek Upset
March 22, 2011The Wittenberg baseball team stunned nationally second-ranked Heidelberg with a 3-1 upset in midweek action at Carleton Davidson Stadium, converting a group effort from the mound into a signature win to move the Tigers to 9-7 on the season.
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Tigers Split Road Doubleheader With Trine
March 20, 2011The Wittenberg baseball team split a non-conference road doubleheader with Trine on Sunday, dropping a narrow 3-2 contest in the opener but coming back for a 4-0 shutout in the nightcap to advance to 8-7 overall on the season.
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Tigers Drop Pair To Mount Union
March 19, 2011The Wittenberg Tigers kicked off the home portion of their 2011 season with a pair of losses to Ohio Athletic Conference rival Mount Union.
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Dayton Rallies Past Tigers, 12-8
March 16, 2011The Wittenberg Tigers kicked off the northern portion of their 2011 season with a 12-8 loss to the University of Dayton in a game played at the Athletes in Action complex a day after it was originally scheduled.
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Split With Anna Maria Closes Out Tigers' Spring Break
March 12, 2011The Wittenberg baseball team closed their spring break trip in Central Florida with a doubleheader split against Anna Maria College, winning 17-2 in the opener and dropping a 5-1 decision in the late game. The Tigers moved to 7-3 overall on the season.
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Tigers Extend Spring Break Win Streak To Six Over NJCU
March 11, 2011After dropping their first two games of the season, the Wittenberg baseball team has rattled off six straight wins, including two on Friday over New Jersey City University. The Tigers won by scores of 3-2 and 7-3, again relying on solid pitching and timely offense to push to 6-2 overall.
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Solid Pitching Keys Sweep Of Waynesburg
March 07, 2011Pitching was a big question mark for the Wittenberg Tigers heading into the 2011 season. For one day at least, a trio of relatively inexperienced hurlers stepped up to answer the question as the Tigers claimed a pair of wins over previously unbeaten Waynesburg.
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Bats Come Alive In Tigers' Sweep Of King's College
March 06, 2011The Wittenberg baseball team moved back to even at 2-2 following a sweep of King's College on Sunday at Lake Bonny Park by scores of 10-4 and 12-3.
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Tigers Start Season With Two Close Losses In Florida
March 05, 2011The Wittenberg baseball team opened its 2011 season at the Russ Matt Invitational with two close losses to Bethany Lutheran, falling 2-0 in the first game of a doubleheader and dropping the late game 7-6 in extra innings.
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2011 Season Outlook
February 25, 2011The Wittenberg University baseball team welcomes 17 letterwinners, including seven starting position players, back in 2011 in hopes of building upon the momentum gained by winning seven of the last 10 games in 2010.
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Tigers Picked To Finish Sixth In NCAC Preseason Poll
February 24, 2011CLEVELAND, Ohio — North Coast Athletic Conference coaches have selected Wooster as the preseason favorite in the annual preseason coaches' poll. Wabash is projected to finish second, followed by Allegheny, Denison, Ohio Wesleyan and Wittenberg.