2009 News
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2009 Season Outlook
November 19, 2012A year removed from the best season in Wittenberg men's soccer program history, a new-look Tiger team is hoping for an encore in 2009. Despite significant personnel losses due to graduation, including two-time North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) Offensive Player of the Year Matt Borland and leading scorer Shane Price, a young but talented squad hopes to build off last year's NCAA Division III Tournament appearance. -
Wittenberg University Student-Athletes Earn Academic Honors
April 27, 2010While the Wittenberg University Department of Athletics can boast of a variety of outstanding team and individual athletic accomplishments again this academic year, another great source of pride is created by the performance of Tiger athletes in the classroom. It, too, has been exceptional.
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Forty-Two Student-Athletes Earn 2009 Fall All-Conference Awards
December 08, 2009One 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).
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News Release: Three Tigers Earn 2009 All-NCAC Honors
November 16, 2009CLEVELAND, Ohio — Ohio Wesleyan junior Tyler Wall and Kenyon senior Jeremy Fischer have been named Offensive and Defensive Players of the Year to highlight the 2009 All-North Coast Athletic Conference men's soccer selections. Wittenberg placed three players on the postseason honor rolls.
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Tigers Shut The Door On 2009 With 2-0 Loss At Hiram
October 31, 2009The Wittenberg men's soccer team did not end the 2009 season how they had envisioned doing so, nor when they envisioned doing so. With a 2-0 loss at Hiram on Saturday, the men finished a 3-13-2 season in which they did not qualify for the North Coast Athletic Conference tournament with a 2-6-1 record in the conference.
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Top-Ranked Ohio Wesleyan Shuts Down Tigers
October 28, 2009The Wittenberg Tigers lost their fourth straight game after a promising start to the 2009 North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) campaign, falling to first-place and top-ranked Ohio Wesleyan, 3-0.
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Tigers Unable To Keep Up With Denison As Rally Falls Short
October 24, 2009After falling behind by two goals in the first 13 minutes of the game, the Wittenberg Tigers got a little more physical and battled visiting Denison to a near standoff before falling 4-2.
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Tigers Drop Decision To Earlham In Home Stretch
October 21, 2009Entering the home stretch of the 2009 regular season, the Wittenberg men's soccer team lost a Wednesday night home matchup with Earlham by a 2-1 score. The loss drops the Tigers to 3-10-2 overall and 2-3-1 in the North Coast Athletic Conference.
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Tigers Tough In Loss To Kenyon
October 17, 2009The Wittenberg men's soccer team dropped a 1-0 decision Saturday night to the 23rd-ranked Kenyon Lords. Wittenberg drops to 3-9-2 overall but an even 2-2-1 in the North Coast Athletic Conference.
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Tigers Outmuscle Wabash On The Road
October 14, 2009Eleven shots and four saves added up to a 3-2 win over Wabash for the Wittenberg men's soccer team Wednesday night, sending the Tigers to a 3-8-2 record overall and a winning mark in the North Coast Athletic Conference at 2-1-1.
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Oberlin Edges Past Wittenberg In Heated Affair
October 10, 2009The Oberlin and Wittenberg men's soccer teams may have only scored one goal between the two, but it was a different number that defined the Tigers 1-0 loss to the Yeomen Saturday night. The teams racked up a combined five penalty cards in dropping Wittenberg to 2-8-2 overall and 1-1-1 in the North Coast Athletic Conference.
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Tigers Make Penalty Opportunity Count Against Scots
October 03, 2009The College of Wooster Fighting Scots handed Wittenberg University' men's soccer team a golden opportunity in the 28th minute on Saturday, leading to a 1-0 victory that propelled the Tigers to a 2-7-2 overall record and a 1-0-1 mark in the North Coast Athletic Conference.
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Cedarville Uses Late-Game Heroics To Down Tigers
September 29, 2009Cedarville and Wittenberg battled to a 2-2 tie late into Tuesday night's game at Yellow Jacket Field, but the Tigers were set down by a tie-breaking goal with under 14 minutes to go in the game. The last-minute loss brings the Tigers to 1-7-2 on the season with North Coast Athletic Conference action waiting to resume Saturday.
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Wittenberg Ties Itself With Own Goal Against Allegheny
September 26, 2009The Wittenberg men's soccer team took a 1-0 advantage over Allegheny in both team's North Coast Athletic Conference opener midway through the first period, but tied the score back up with an own goal in the second period, producing a 1-1 tie that would hold throughout the rest of regulation and two overtime periods. Wittenberg moves to 1-6-2 overall and 0-0-1 in the NCAC, while Allegheny owns marks of 4-3-1 overall and 0-0-1 in conference.
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Wittenberg Overwhelmed 8-0 By Calvin Knights
September 19, 2009The Wittenberg men's soccer team fell by an 8-0 margin to visiting Calvin in the fourth and final game of the 2009 Wittenberg Invitational, just one day removed from their first win of the season. The Tigers fell to 1-5-1 on the season, while Calvin improved to 5-1-0.
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Tigers Win First Over Albion In Wittenberg Invitational
September 18, 2009The Tigers may well have come away with a 5-0 victory over Albion Friday night at Edwards-Maurer Field, but they ended up happy with their first win of the season by a 2-0 margin in the second game of the 2009 Wittenberg Invitational. Wittenberg improved to 1-4-1 on the season, while Albion dropped to 1-4-0.
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Wittenberg University Men's Soccer Hosts Annual Invitational Tournament
September 16, 2009The Wittenberg University men's soccer team hopes to turn its 2009 season around as Head Coach Steve Dawson welcomes three outstanding teams to Edwards-Maurer Field for the annual Wittenberg Invitational Friday and Saturday, Sept. 18 and 19.
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One Goal Means Difference In Close Loss To ONU
September 15, 2009The Wittenberg men's soccer team went to Ohio Northern looking for its first win of the 2009 campaign, but will keep searching after a close 1-0 loss at the hands of the Polar Bears, dropping to 0-4-1 on the season.
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Tigers Settle For 2-2 Tie With Otterbein
September 12, 2009The Wittenberg Tigers were unable to hold onto an early lead and wound up finishing in a 2-2 tie with visiting Otterbein.
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Tigers Unable To Hold Lead In One-Goal Loss To Centre
September 06, 2009Wittenberg took its first lead of the 2009 season, but the youthful Tigers were unable to hold it in a 2-1 loss to perennial powerhouse Centre in the final game of the Transylvania Invitational.
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Tigers Dealt Hard Luck Loss By Transylvania
September 05, 2009LEXINGTON, Ky. — The Wittenberg men's soccer team played 20 minutes of scoreless soccer before Transylvania went ahead on an own goal and tacked on an extra goal in the second period to defeat the Tigers 2-0 Friday afternoon at the Transylvania Invitational.
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Season Opener Goes The Other Way For Tigers
September 01, 2009Wilmington's three-goal first period proved to be an obstacle too big to overcome as the Wittenberg Tigers fell by a 3-2 score to open the season and move to 0-1-0 on the new campaign.
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News Release: Tigers Picked To Finish Sixth In NCAC Preseason Poll
August 26, 2009CLEVELAND, Ohio — Ohio Wesleyan University emerged as the preseason favorite in balloting by North Coast Athletic Conference men's soccer coaches conducted via email. Wittenberg, which finished in a second-place tie during the 2008 regular season before tying Ohio Wesleyan in the NCAC Tournament championship game, was picked to finish sixth.
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Wittenberg Men's Soccer Standouts Gain Professional Opportunities
May 07, 2009Former Wittenberg University men's soccer standouts Matt Borland, class of 2009 from Kettering, Ohio, and Justin Jenkins, class of 2009 from Dublin, Ohio, may have exhausted their collegiate eligibility, but that doesn't mean their soccer careers have ended. In fact, they may have just begun.
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Wittenberg Standout Student-Athlete Publishes Research
April 10, 2009Students around Wittenberg University's campus are likely most familiar with Michael Condon, class of 2010 from Powell, Ohio, as a fleet-footed, hard-working midfielder on the Tiger men's soccer team. A three-year starter and now a team captain, Condon has made a name for himself on the pitch after playing a key role in the Tigers' run to the 2008 NCAA Division III Tournament.