2002-03 News
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2002-03 Season In Review
March 14, 2003The Wittenberg University women's basketball team had one of its best seasons ever in 2002-03. The Tigers posted a winning record for the 14th consecutive season, dating back to 1989-90, by compiling a 24-5 overall mark and a perfect 16-0 mark in the North Coast Athletic Conference. -
Twenty-five Wittenberg Athletes, Two Coaches Earn Winter Postseason Honors
March 11, 2003A banner winter sports season has reaped tangible rewards for 25 Wittenberg University athletes and two coaches who earned All-North Coast Athletic Conference awards. Announcements for men's and women's basketball came in separate releases from the NCAC office last week.
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Round Up: Tigers Make It To NCAA Division III Tournament
March 10, 2003The Wittenberg Tigers entered the 2003 NCAA Division III Women's Basketball Tournament as one of the nation's hottest teams, winners of 19 straight games and the NCAC regular season and tournament championships. It all came to a halt, however, in the first round of the national tourney last Wednesday in a 64-57 loss at Baldwin-Wallace.
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Round Up: Tigers Take NCAC Championship
March 05, 2003For the first time in five years, the Tiger women's basketball team will participate in the NCAA Division III Women's Basketball Tournament. The Tigers will play at Baldwin-Wallace at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 5. The winner of that game earns a date with seventh-ranked Wilmington in the second round at 3 p.m. Saturday.
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Tigers Can't Hold Second Half Lead, Fall At Baldwin-Wallace In NCAA First Round
March 05, 2003Early in the 2002-03 women's basketball season, the Wittenberg Tigers ventured north for a nonconference battle with nationally ranked Baldwin-Wallace and came away stung by a 79-53 defeat. What a difference three months makes. While the end result - a loss, this time by a 64-57 count, to the Yellow Jackets - was the same, this time Wittenberg had its fate in its own hands deep into the game.
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All-NCAC Basketball Squad Announced
March 05, 2003Wittenberg seniors Kate Rolf and Stephanie Campbell lead the Tigers' contingent with their third career all-conference nods.
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Women's Basketball to Open NCAA Division III Tournament at Baldwin-Wallace
March 02, 2003For the first time in five years, the Wittenberg University women's basketball team is headed for the so-called "Big Dance," the NCAA Division III Women's Basketball Tournament. The Tigers found out Sunday that they will be on the road in the 2003 competition, starting with a game at Baldwin-Wallace College in Berea, Ohio at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 5.
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Wittenberg Overcomes Ohio Wesleyan to Win NCAC Tourney Title
March 01, 2003The Wittenberg Tigers had seen this movie before, and they were none too happy with the ending. This time, the Tigers wrote a much more pleasing script for themselves, toppling two-time defending North Coast Athletic Conference tournament champion Ohio Wesleyan, 72-58, on the same court where the Battling Bishops had won the 2002 title.
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Wittenberg crushes Allegheny to advance to NCAC Tournament Title Game
February 28, 2003The Wittenberg Tigers know that despite winning every game since the calendar flipped 2003, they most likely will have to run the table in the North Coast Athletic Conference tournament to earn an invitation to the NCAA Division III Tournament. On Friday, in the semifinals against Allegheny, the Tigers left nothing to chance as they absolutely buried the Gators 95-27.
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Round Up: Tigers Finish Their Regular Season Undefeated In The NCAC
February 25, 2003The Wittenberg women's basketball team wrapped up the 2002-03 regular season in style last week, crushing North Coast Athletic Conference foes Oberlin and Denison on the Tigers' home court to complete a perfect 16-0 regular season conference record and run their overall mark to 21-4. Last Wednesday, the Tigers rang up their 15th straight win by defeating visiting Oberlin, 97-61.
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Wittenberg Advances in NCAC Tournament With Win Over Oberlin
February 25, 2003The Wittenberg women's basketball team did what it had to do on Tuesday night in the quarterfinals of the North Coast Athletic Conference tournament. The Tigers won in convincing fashion over visiting Oberlin College 86-46 to advance to the semifinals of the conference tourney.
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Wittenberg Wallops Denison to Complete Perfect NCAC Regular Season
February 22, 2003Coming into Saturday's regular season finale at the HPER Center, the hottest team in the North Coast Athletic Conference was clearly the Wittenberg Tigers with 15 consecutive wins. The runner-up was Denison, which had claimed six consecutive victories. On Saturday, the Tigers remained unquestionably the hottest team around by blitzing the visiting Big Red on Senior Recognition Day, 83-55.
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Wittenberg Wins Big Over Oberlin
February 19, 2003The Wittenberg Tigers moved one step closer to the third perfect North Coast Athletic Conference record in school history Wednesday night by easily defeating visiting Oberlin 97-61. The win, the Tigers' 15th consecutive, moved Wittenberg to 20-4 overall and 15-0 in the NCAC, while Oberlin dropped to 6-17 overall and 2-13 in the conference.
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Round Up: Tigers Guarantee Their Place In The NCAC Championship
February 18, 2003Ever since the calendar flipped to 2003, the Wittenberg University women's basketball team has been perfect. Fourteen straight victories, all against North Coast Athletic Conference opponents in the Year 2003, have produced a ninth NCAC regular season championship since the Tigers joined the league prior to the 1988-89 season.
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Wittenberg Clinches North Coast Athletic Conference Championship With Win Over Wooster
February 15, 2003Ever since the calendar flipped to 2003, the Wittenberg University women’s basketball team has been perfect. Fourteen straight victories, all against North Coast Athletic Conference opponents in the Year 2003, have produced a ninth NCAC regular season championship since the Tigers joined the league prior to the 1988-89 season.
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Wittenberg clinches share of NCAC title with 62-49 win at Earlham
February 12, 2003The Wittenberg Tigers had to do it the hard way for once, rallying for a 62-49 victory over the host Earlham Quakers after falling behind midway through the second half. The win, Wittenberg's 13th consecutive, improved the defending North Coast Athletic Conference regular season champion Tigers to 18-4 overall and 13-0 in the NCAC, and it clinched at least a share of a second straight conference title.
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Round Up: Tigers Take Three Wins, Rather Handedly
February 11, 2003The Wittenberg women's basketball team isn't just beating teams in the North Coast Athletic Conference right now. The Tigers are setting themselves apart from the rest -- by a wide margin. Last week, Wittenberg claimed three more victories, two by stunningly lop-sided margins. The three NCAC victories, over Kenyon on the road on Tuesday and back home in the HPER Center over Hiram and Allegheny on Friday and Saturday respectively, moved the Tigers within one game of a second consecutive conference regular season championship.
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Wittenberg runs past Allegheny
February 08, 2003The Wittenberg Tigers moved within one game of clinching at least a share of a second consecutive North Coast Athletic Conference championship with a surprisingly easy 98-45 victory over visiting Allegheny College Saturday at the HPER Center. The Tigers jumped out to a big lead early, played suffocating defense throughout and shot the ball as well as they have all season in running their record to 17-4 overall and 12-0 in the NCAC.
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Wittenberg Wallops Hiram as Amber Bishop Enjoys Career Night
February 07, 2003The Wittenberg Tigers were dominating in every phase of the game Friday night, crushing North Coast Athletic Conference rival Hiram 91-37 at the HPER Center. The win moved Wittenberg to within two games of claiming at least a share of the conference regular season title for a second straight year and three games of clinching the championship outright and home court advantage in the NCAC tournament as well.
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Women's Basketball To Appear On Time Warner Cable This Week
February 06, 2003Time Warner Cable will continue its coverage of Wittenberg University athletic events with a women's basketball game at 2 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 8 in the HPER Center.
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Round Up: Tigers Take an Easy Win From Ohio Wesleyan
February 04, 2003If the Wittenberg women's basketball team didn't already have complete command of the 2002-03 North Coast Athletic Conference regular season race, they do now. With a surprisingly easy 71-52 defeat of two-time defending NCAC tournament champion Ohio Wesleyan on Saturday, the Tigers own a three-game advantage in the regular season race.
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Wittenberg upends Kenyon to Remain Perfect in NCAC Play
February 04, 2003The Wittenberg women's basketball team continued its impressive march through the North Coast Athletic Conference Tuesday night with a 70-57 victory over one of its closest challengers, Kenyon. The road victory improved the Tigers to 10-0 in the NCAC and 15-4 overall and kept the defending NCAC regular season champions three games clear of their nearest pursuers.
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Wittenberg Sweeps Ohio Wesleyan Season Series
February 01, 2003The Wittenberg Tigers took their biggest step yet toward defense of their North Coast Athletic Conference regular season championship Saturday as they picked apart their closest pursuer, Ohio Wesleyan, in a 71-52 road victory. The win improved the Tigers to 9-0 in the NCAC and 14-4 overall, compared to 12-7 overall and 8-3 in the conference for the two-time defending tournament champion Battling Bishops. As that illustrates, Wittenberg is now three games clear of the field in the 2002-03 race.
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Round Up: Tigers Take Two Wins Over Wooster and Kenyon
January 28, 2003The Wittenberg Tiger women's basketball team has taken control of its own destiny. At the halfway point of the 2002-03 season, the Tigers own a commanding two-game advantage in the race for the North Coast Athletic Conference regular season championship and the privilege of hosting the tournament championship Feb. 25-March 1.
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Wittenberg defeats Wooster to finish first half of NCAC schedule unbeaten
January 25, 2003Facing a 15-4 first half deficit, the Wittenberg Tigers responded like champions Saturday against the visiting College of Wooster Fighting Scots. The Tigers scored 18 straight points and eventually eased their way to a 36-25 halftime lead. While Wooster threatened at several points in the final 20 minutes, the game was never really in doubt as the Tigers then coasted home to a 76-56 victory.
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Wittenberg remains perfect with 65-57 win over Kenyon
January 22, 2003The Kenyon Ladies never make things easy on an opponent. They play a bruising, physical, defensive-oriented style that forces opponents to play to their pace. That said, chalk another up for the resourceful Wittenberg Tigers, who overcame a game challenge from visiting Kenyon to claim a 65-57 win.
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Wittenberg Basketball Teams To Appear On Time Warner Cable This Week
January 21, 2003Time Warner Cable will continue its coverage of Wittenberg University athletic events with a men's and women's basketball doubleheader, beginning at 6 p.m., Wednesday, Jan. 22 in the HPER Center.
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Round Up: Tigers Keep Six-Game NCAC Winning Streak Alive
January 21, 2003Like the Tiger men's basketball team, the women seem to be hitting their stride at just the right time, reeling off seven wins in their last eight games, including six straight in the NCAC. As a result, the Tigers, the defending conference regular season champions, have a commanding two-game advantage in the NCAC standings as the season heads toward the stretch run.
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Wittenberg defeats Oberlin 81-64 to remain undefeated in NCAC
January 18, 2003The Wittenberg Tigers, the defending North Coast Athletic Conference regular season champions, started fast and finished strong in defeating the Oberlin Yeowomen 81-64 in a road game on Saturday. The win improved the Tigers to 11-4 overall and 6-0 in the NCAC, while Oberlin fell to 4-10 and 1-6.
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Wittenberg defeats Earlham in battle for first place in NCAC
January 15, 2003The Wittenberg University ran the gauntlet, or at least the closest thing to it in the North Coast Athletic Conference in 2002-03, and came through with a perfect 3-0 record, closing out another title contender, Earlham College, by a 65-55 count at home in the HPER Center. The win improved Wittenberg to 10-4 overall and, more importantly, 5-0 in the NCAC, while Earlham fell to 9-4 overall and 4-2 in the conference.
