Tigers' Winning Streak Increases to 7 Games

The field hockey Tigers started the 2000 season 6-0 en route to one of the finest seasons in school history that included winning a share of the NCAC title and claiming the KIT/NCAC Mideast Regional Tournament. Despite playing a tough early-season schedule, the Tigers have done that outstanding start one better in 2001 and now head into the second half of the NCAC regular season round robin with a perfect 7-0 mark (5-0 in conference).

The Tigers are one of just eight Division III teams in the nation who remain undefeated, and the 7-0 start is the best for Wittenberg since 1997, when the Tigers went on to a 17-3 record, an NCAC title and a berth in the NCAA tournament.

Wittenberg has shut out six of its seven opponents thus far, yielding only a pair of goals in an important early-season 3-2 victory at Wooster on Sept. 8. The Tigers' latest shutout wins came last Monday in a 1-0 decision over Denison, last year's NCAC co-champion, and last Tuesday in a 4-0 whitewashing of Kenyon.

Senior goalkeeper Georgina Klinzing (Gasport, NY/Royalton Hartland) ranks third in the nation with a save percentage of 94.1 and a goals against average of 0.33. She spearheads a scoring defense that easily tops the NCAC and ranks second in the nation.

Offensively, Ciaran Kisling (Washington, NJ/Warren Hills) leads all freshman in the NCAC with six goals in seven games. And junior Emily Duh (Hellertown, Pa./Saucon Valley), who assisted on the only goal of the game against Denison and distributed two more assists in the win over Kenyon, picked up NCAC Player of the Week honors for her play last week.