May 2, 2001 - The Wittenberg golf team completed its 2001 season by finishing fourth in the NCAC Tournament at Hiram. The Tigers put together their best and most consistent performance of the season in pulling off the fourth-place finish in the eight-team field. That finish equalled the team's best NCAC conclusion since the 1996 team wound up second. Wittenberg was also fourth in 1999.

All five Tiger players put together solid two-day totals. Leading the way sophomore Steve Spittle (Dublin, Ohio/Coffman), who finished with a 36-hole total of 163, good for 11th place individually.
He was followed by sophomore Pat Reist (Hamilton, Ohio/Hamilton) with a 164 and 12th place finish; sophomore Jonathan Orr (Huntingdon, Pa./Huntingdon) with 165 and 15th place finish; freshman Adam Knowlton (Springfield, Ohio/Shawnee) with a 166 and 16th place finish; and sophomore Jesse Fyffe (Chillicothe, Ohio/Chillicothe) with a 170 and 20th place finish.