2006 News
As it turns out, former Wittenberg University football standouts Tim Funke, class of 2007 from Indianapolis, Ind., and Tristan Murray, class of 2006 from New Carlisle, Ohio, are not done with their football careers.
For the ninth consecutive year, the Wittenberg University football program will host a golf outing to raise funds for the program. This year's event is scheduled for a shotgun start at 1 p.m. Saturday, June 9, at Reid Memorial Golf Course in Springfield. Lunch and registration begin at noon.
After a solid football season that included the university's eighth NCAC title in 17 years in the league and the program's 12th berth in the 34-year history of the NCAA Division III Tournament, Wittenberg placed four different players on postseason all-region and All-America award lists.
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — Wittenberg University offensive tackle Ted Londot, class of 2007 from Utica, Ohio, has been selected to play for the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) Division III All-Star team that will represent the United States against a Mexican National All-Star Team in the 2006 Aztec Bowl at 7 p.m. (CST) Saturday, Dec. 16, in Aguascalientes, Mexico.
One of the most successful fall sports seasons in Wittenberg history was capped by a tremendous haul of postseason awards from the North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC).
CLEVELAND, Ohio – Wittenberg senior Tristan Murray and Wabash junior Adrian Pynenberg have been honored for outstanding seasons by being named North Coast Athletic Conference Players of the Year. Murray receives the Mike Gregory Award as the NCAC's Offensive Player of the Year. The award is presented by Richard Gregory of Columbus, in honor of his father, a multi-sport standout at Denison in the 1920s. Pynenberg, meanwhile, is the Defensive Player of the Year for the first time and receives the Hank Critchfield Award, commemorating the 1927 Wooster graduate
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — The stream of postseason awards for Wittenberg University football standout Tristan Murray, class of 2006 from New Carlisle, Ohio, continued Tuesday. News releases announcing that Murray had been named 2006 North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) Offensive Player of the Year and one of 10 finalists for the prestigious Gagliardi Trophy came within two hours of one another.
On a day when many Central Ohio football fans were looking ahead to the historic match-up across town, the Wittenberg Tigers did their best to make things memorable at Capital University's Bernlohr Stadium as well.
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — For the first time since 2002, the Wittenberg Tigers have postseason life. Overcoming a slow start, the Tigers won seven of their last eight games to claim a share of the North Coast Athletic Conference title and the league's automatic bid to the NCAA Division III Tournament. Wittenberg has a tall task ahead, however, as the NCAA Division III Football Tournament Committee chose to pair the Tigers opposite Central Ohio rival Capital in the first round.
The Wittenberg Tigers had every reason to celebrate in the muck and mire of Hiram College's Henry Field following Saturday's 35-0 victory.
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — The regular season ride is about to come to a stop, but the Wittenberg Tigers have a chance for another spin for the first time in four years. The only thing standing between the Tigers and the program's eighth North Coast Athletic Conference championship in 17 years as a league member is last-place Hiram.
The Wittenberg Tigers saved their best for almost last in the 2006 regular season, capturing a 39-21 victory over Allegheny on Senior Recognition Day at Edwards-Maurer Field.
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — The 2006 season is officially in the home stretch, and the Wittenberg Tigers are in an enviable situation. Win their last two regular season games and a berth in the NCAA Division III Tournament is the Tigers' reward. If Wittenberg slips up against either Allegheny or Hiram, the season will come to a less than satisfying end.
If the Wittenberg Tigers make a return to the top of the North Coast Athletic Conference standings in 2006, it will be a resurgent defense that made it possible.
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — The time is now for the Wittenberg Tigers. After a four-game win streak was snapped at Ohio Wesleyan last Saturday, the Tigers now must win their remaining three games to capture an eighth North Coast Athletic Conference championship in 17 years in the league, starting with a road trip to Oberlin this weekend. The Tigers and Yeomen are two of five NCAC teams with just one conference loss heading into the home stretch of the 2006 season.
As the old saying goes, when you play with fire, you eventually get burned.