2010 News
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Football Team, Scholar Athletes Earn Mention in National Preseason Publications
June 20, 2011The Wittenberg University football team, which returns nine starters from last year's 10-1 team, once again has experts believing it has the talent to make a run at a national championship. -
Jeremy Block Gains Membership In National Football Foundation Hampshire Honor Society
May 13, 2011Jeremy Block, class of 2011 from Pittsburgh, Pa., is one of 671 student-athletes from 241 schools who qualified for induction into the National Football Foundation (NFF) Hampshire Honor Society.
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Eddie Vallery Named Defensive MVP Of Ohio Army National Guard Senior Bowl II
April 25, 2011A year after former Wittenberg football standout Kyle Lohrman earned Defensive Most Valuable Player honors in the inaugural OhioCollegeFootball.com Senior Bowl, Eddie Vallery, class of 2011 from South Solon, Ohio, duplicated the feat in the 2011 edition of the game.
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Football Standouts Selected To Play In OhioCollegeFootball.com Senior Bowl
March 21, 2011Four student-athletes who played key roles in the recent resurgence of the Wittenberg University football program have been selected to play one more collegiate game. Eddie Vallery, Brad McKinley, Keenan Freeman and Anthony Kralich will compete for the South team in the second annual OhioCollegeFootball.com Bowl at 5 p.m. Saturday, April 23, at Crew Stadium in Columbus, Ohio.
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Football Standout Eddie Vallery Makes Most Of Pro Day Workout Before NFL Scouts
March 18, 2011As a collegian, Eddie Vallery, class of 2011 from South Solon, Ohio, broke the mold for Wittenberg University football players. He became the first Tiger to earn national Defensive Player of the Year honors in 2009, and he was just the second student-athlete in program history to earn back-to-back All-America awards from the American Football Coaches Association.
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44 Student-Athletes, Coaches Earn 2010 Fall All-Conference Awards
December 22, 2010Another successful fall sports season was capped by a tremendous haul of postseason awards from the North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC).
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Wittenberg Football Standouts Earn D3football.com All-America Honors
December 18, 2010Football standouts Josh McKee, class of 2012 from New Carlisle, Ohio, and defensive tackle Adam Kattoua, class of 2011 from Upper Arlington, Ohio, have capped the 2010 season with All-America honors from d3football.com.
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Football Standouts To Play In Annual All-American Bowl
December 15, 2010Three members of Wittenberg University's North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) championship football team have been selected to play in the 2010 All-American Bowl on Saturday, Dec. 18, in Minneapolis, Minn.
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Eddie Vallery Earns Second Straight AFCA All-America Award
December 13, 2010For the second straight year, Wittenberg University football standout Eddie Vallery, class of 2011 from South Solon, Ohio, has earned a prestigious All-America award from the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA).
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Football Standouts Earn State, Regional Postseason Honors
December 09, 2010The postseason honors continue to roll in for members of the Wittenberg University football team as four student-athletes have earned All-North Region honors from d3football.com and seven student-athletes have earned All-Ohio honors from OhioCollegeFootball.com.
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One Year Later, Dillon Hollin Named Top Division III Football Center For 2009
December 08, 2010It was a terrific run to the national quarterfinals for the 2009 Wittenberg football team, and Dillon Hollin, class of 2010, remembers it fondly. Now living in Memphis, Tenn., and training for a corporate sales position, Hollin got a big surprise during Thanksgiving weekend 2010 - a call from his former coach, Joe Fincham, to tell him that he had recently been selected winner of the 2009 Rimington Award, given to the top center in NCAA Division III.
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News Release: Ben Zoeller, Joe Fincham Awards Highlight All-NCAC Haul
November 22, 2010CLEVELAND, Ohio — A total of 20 Tiger football standouts earned 2010 All-NCAC awards, led by junior quarterback Ben Zoeller (Louisville, Ky./St. Xavier), the Offensive Player of the Year, and Head Coach Joe Fincham, the Coach of the Year.
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Turnovers Doom Tigers In First Round NCAA Division III Tournament Loss
November 20, 2010The Wittenberg Tigers were bidding to become the first non-Division I program to win 700 games all-time, but that will have to wait until the 2011 season.
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GAME NOTES: Second Season: Tigers Hit The Road To Open 2010 NCAA Tournament
November 18, 2010SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — The Wittenberg Tigers came into the 2010 season with the loftiest of expectations, and despite some unexpected challenges along the way the Tigers completed a second straight regular season with a perfect 10-0 record.
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Tigers Rally Past Wooster To Secure Second Straight Outright NCAC Title
November 13, 2010The Wittenberg defense came up with the big plays when they were needed the most, keying a fourth-quarter rally that gave the Tigers a 22-17 win over host Wooster and their second consecutive outright North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) championship.
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GAME NOTES: On The Line: Tigers Bid For Perfection, Outright Title At Wooster
November 09, 2010SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — The Wittenberg Tigers have reached the final week of the 2010 season with a perfect 9-0 record, but they head into the regular season finale with no assurances of an opportunity to play in the NCAA Division III Tournament.
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Tigers Claim Key NCAC Win Over Wabash
November 06, 2010The Wittenberg Tigers clinched a share of their second straight North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) championship with a 34-17 victory.
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GAME NOTES: Showdown: Rivalry Renewed As Wabash Comes To Town
November 02, 2010SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — The Wittenberg Tigers have enjoyed a much-needed off. Now it is crunch time, with two quality opponents looming to close out the 2010 regular season, starting with a showdown with NCAC rival Wabash.
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Tigers Lock Down NCAC Title With 9-0 Win Over Earlham
October 26, 2010SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — With a 9-0 win over visiting Earlham, the Wittenberg field hockey team assured itself of at least a share of the 2010 North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) regular season championship by improving to 10-1 in the league and 13-3 overall.
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Tigers Prevail In Overtime At Carnegie Mellon
October 23, 2010The seventh-ranked Wittenberg Tigers found the footing treacherous on the road again, but they once again found a way, this time pulling out a 27-21 overtime victory.
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GAME NOTES: On The Road Again: Tigers Hope To Maintain Winning Ways
October 20, 2010SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — The Wittenberg Tigers ran their regular season winning streak to 17 in a row with a 52-0 whitewashing of visiting Kenyon, setting the stage for the most challenging portion of the 2010 schedule. The stretch run begins with a trip to Carnegie Mellon, which stands 4-2 after beating three straight North Coast Athletic Conference foes before a week off.
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Tigers Shut Down Kenyon, 52-0
October 16, 2010The Wittenberg Tigers extended nearly a century of complete domination of the Kenyon Lords, cruising to a 52-0 victory over their visiting North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) rivals.
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GAME NOTES: Rounding The Turn: Tigers Seek Seventh Straight Win
October 12, 2010SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — Wittenberg has won 16 straight regular season games, dating back to the end of the 2008 season. The latest win was a 49-7 Homecoming victory over Hiram. Kenyon is up next, as the Lords make their first appearance on Wittenberg's schedule since a 79-0 loss in 2002.
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Tigers Enjoy Happy Homecoming With 49-7 Win Over Hiram
October 09, 2010The Wittenberg Tigers got their running game in gear, putting two tailbacks over 100 yards and cruising to a 49-7 Homecoming victory over Hiram.
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GAME NOTES: Wittenberg Welcomes Hiram As 2010 Homecoming Foe
October 06, 2010SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — The Wittenberg Tigers have struggled the last two weeks on the road, but they remain undefeated as they head into the second half of the 2010 regular season schedule. Next up for the Tigers is a rare nonconference game against a North Coast Athletic Conference member as Hiram comes calling on Homecoming in Springfield.
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Tigers Hold Off Oberlin To Remain Unbeate
October 02, 2010The Wittenberg Tigers needed a late defensive stop to secure a hard-fought 27-21 win in the rain at Oberlin.
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GAME NOTES: Coming Off Big Win, Tigers Hope To Keep Rolling
September 29, 2010SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — The Tigers survived a stern challenge from Allegheny last week. While they didn't earn any style points with the 24-21 come-from-behind victory, the Tigers gained a great deal from the experience and remained on course to achieve their 2010 goals. Wittenberg hits the road again this week for another important NCAC tilt, this time at Oberlin.
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Tigers Escape With 24-21 Win At Allegheny
September 25, 2010After opening the 2010 season with three straight blowout wins at home, the Wittenberg Tigers knew their most significant test awaited with a road trip to Allegheny.
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GAME NOTES: First Venture Off Campus Leads To Rival Allegheny
September 22, 2010SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — The Wittenberg Tigers outscored their first three opponents by a combined total of 137-13. But those three games were all at home, and they were against teams that currently stand a combined 1-8. The Tigers will learn a lot more about themselves on a road trip to unbeaten Allegheny.
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First Half Explosion Sparks Tigers To Record-Setting Victory
September 18, 2010It was a record-setting game on a perfect afternoon at Edwards-Maurer Field as the Wittenberg Tigers cruised past visiting Washington University, 37-7.
