2003 News

  • Wittenberg Field Hockey Coach Marianne Beshara Resigns Her Position
    February 23, 2004
    After three championships in four years, Wittenberg University Field Hockey Coach Marianne Beshara has resigned her position, Director of Athletics and Recreation Garnett Purnell announced.
  • 2003 Season In Review
    December 10, 2003
    The Wittenberg University Tiger field hockey team appeared in be in rebuilding mode after losing one of the finest senior classes in school history following the 2002 season. Appearances can be deceiving.
  • Wittenberg Field Hockey Coach, Players Earn Regional, National Honors
    December 03, 2003
    For the third time in her young career, Wittenberg University Field Hockey Head Coach Marianne Beshara has swept North Coast Athletic Conference and Great Lakes Region Coach of the Year honors.
  • Thirty-Four Wittenberg Student-Athletes Earn 2003 Fall Sport Postseason Awards
    November 25, 2003
    Another banner fall sports season has reaped tangible rewards for 34 Wittenberg University athletes who were selected to All-North Coast Athletic Conference teams.
  • Blair Ufer, Jen Meyer Named Third-Team All-America
    November 24, 2003
  • Beshara Named NCAC Coach Of The Year, Seven Athletes Pick Up Honors
    November 21, 2003
    Earlham senior midfielder Rebecca Aldred (Glen Mills, PA/West Nottingham) and Denison junior midfielder Karen Lancaster (Hurst, TX/L.D. Bell) have been named co-Offensive Players of the Year and Wooster junior back Elayne Brown (West Armagh, Northern Ireland/Lurgan College) has been named Defensive Player of the Year to highlight the 2003 All-North Coast Athletic Conference field hockey selections.
  • Jen Meyer, Blair Ufer, Carrie Happ, Julia Wickham and Katy Barrett Earn All-Region Honors
    November 17, 2003
    2003 STX/NFHCA Division III All-Region Teams
  • Tigers Fall To Top-Seeded Cortland State In NCAA Tournament
    November 15, 2003
    The Tigers put a 10-game win streak on the line at Cortland State University, but one of the best feel-good stories of the fall season didn't have a happy ending after the Tigers' 6-0 loss against the host Red Dragons.
  • Preview: Field Hockey Advances to NCAA Division III Tournament
    November 10, 2003
    The Wittenberg field hockey team is back in the NCAA Division III Field Hockey Tournament for a second straight year after capturing the North Coast Athletic Conference Tournament championship in thrilling fashion Saturday with a 1-0 in overtime over Wooster.
  • Tigers Beat Wooster In OT For Second Straight NCAC Tournament Title
    November 08, 2003
    For a second straight year, Wittenberg has advanced to the NCAA Division III Field Hockey Tournament by virtue of an NCAC Tournament Championship.
  • Tigers Upend Denison, Advance to NCAC Tournament Title Game
    November 01, 2003
    The Wittenberg field hockey team jumped on top early and held off a late Denison charge to defeat the visiting Big Red 4-3 in the NCAC Tournament semifinals Saturday at Edwards-Maurer Field.
  • Field Hockey Wins NCAC Title; Hosts Tournament Semifinal Saturday
    October 30, 2003
    The Wittenberg University field hockey team is on a roll. When a team hasn't lost in more than a month and has stormed back from an 0-2 start to the conference season to claim a share of the regular season title and the No. 1 seed in the upcoming tournament - there is no other description that fits.
  • Round Up: Tigers Gaining Steam Heading To NCAC Tournament
    October 30, 2003
    The Wittenberg field hockey team is on a roll. No other description applies when a team hasn't lost in more than a month and has stormed back from an 0-2 start to the conference season to claim a share of the regular season title and the No. 1 seed in the upcoming tournament.
  • Kraus, Miller, Hamilton, Russ Make NCAC All-Decade Field Hockey Team
    October 29, 2003
    CLEVELAND -- Earlham?s Rebecca Aldred and Denison?s Karen Lancaster head an impressive list of stellar athletes named to the North Coast Athletic Conference?s 20th Anniversary field hockey team. Aldred and Lancaster are the only two members of the squad still actively competing. The midfielders are two of 12 former NCAC Players of the Year represented on the 18-person team.
  • Round Up: Tigers Pick Up Two More Wins, Extending Their Streak to Six
    October 23, 2003
    With two games left on the regular season schedule, the Wittenberg field hockey team has not only rallied from a difficult start to the 2003 season, the Tigers have put themselves in a position to accomplish many of their preseason goals.
  • Wittenberg Field Hockey Standout Katy Barrett Named NCAA Division III Rookie of the Week
    October 22, 2003
    Freshman forward Katy Barrett is one of seven first-year students on the 2003 Wittenberg University field hockey roster.
  • Roundup: The Tigers Show Amazing Strength With Four Shutout Streak
    October 16, 2003
    The Wittenberg field hockey team started the season as a young group with a lot of potential. They may conclude it by living up to that potential, perhaps a bit ahead of schedule.
  • Round Up: Tigers Take Two Wins Over Oberlin and Denison
    October 09, 2003
    The Wittenberg field hockey team picked up the two biggest wins of the season in the last week over Oberlin 2-0 on Oct. 3 and over Denison 1-0 on Oct. 8.
  • Round Up: Tigers Lose In OT At DePauw, Beat OWU
    October 02, 2003
    The Wittenberg field hockey team got a big lift on Wednesday as they claimed their first road victory of the 2003 season at Ohio Wesleyan, 3-0.
  • Round Up: Tigers Take Two Wins and Two Losses
    September 25, 2003
    The Wittenberg field hockey team is now into the meat of the NCAC schedule, and a once dormant offense is showing signs of life.
  • Round Up: Tigers Opened The Season In Rebuilding Mode
    September 19, 2003
    The defending NCAC regular season and tournament champions are in rebuilding mode, and playing a very difficult nonconference schedule hasn't made that process easy. Still, the Tigers have pulled out two wins in their last four games and hope to build on the momentum of a 3-1 victory over Earlham on Wednesday as they head into the heart of the 2003 conference schedule.
  • 2003 Season Outlook
    August 20, 2003
    The Wittenberg University field hockey program has established one of the best winning traditions in NCAA Division III. So, even after an outstanding senior class that included three All-Americans departed last spring, the expectation is that the Tigers will find a way to reload and put themselves in contention in the North Coast Athletic Conference again in 2003.
  • NCAC Pre-Season Poll
    August 18, 2003
    CLEVELAND, Ohio -- 2002 North Coast Athletic Conference runner-up Wooster has emerged as the favorite in preseason balloting by NCAC field hockey coaches. The Fighting Scots paced all teams in the poll with six of seven first-place votes for 48 points to edge defending champion Wittenberg. The Tigers picked up the final first-place vote to total 41 points, finishing just four points above Denison (37). Oberlin (27) was predicted to finish fourth, followed by Earlham (19) in fifth. Kenyon (16) and Ohio Wesleyan (8) round out the seven-team standing.