The Wittenberg women's basketball team saw the finest season in school history come to an end in NCAA Division III Sweet Sixteen with a 68-51 loss to third-ranked Scranton on March 12. The 25 wins were one shy of the school record and the two NCAA tournament wins doubled the program's all-time total in eight trips to the Big Dance.
The Wittenberg University women's basketball team put together perhaps its finest season ever in 2003-04, finishing with a 25-6 overall record, including the fourth perfect 16-0 record in North Coast Athletic Conference play in school and conference history.
Teams that venture deep into the NCAA Division III Tournament don't play for moral victories, and and after Friday's 68-51 Round of 16 loss to the University of Scranton at Bowdoin College, Tigers Head Coach Pam Smith wasn't actively seeking them out. Unfortunately, that's all the Tigers could take home with them after a game in which they didn't play their best and therefore couldn't keep pace with the third-ranked team in the nation.
The Wittenberg women's basketball team is enjoying a "great adventure," according to Head Coach Pam Smith, which continues this weekend at Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine. The Tigers play the University of Scranton at 5 p.m. Friday, March 12, in the third round of the 2004 NCAA Division III Tournament.
The Wittenberg Tigers pulled off the biggest upset in school history on Saturday, taking to the road and defeating ninth-ranked Messiah College, 51-48, to advance to the program's first NCAA Division III Tournament Round of 16.
The Wittenberg women's basketball team is like the Energizer Bunny - they keep winning and winning and winning. The streak is at 20 and counting after three North Coast Athletic Conference Tournament victories last week and the first NCAA Division III Tournament win in school history.
The Wittenberg University Men's and Women's Basketball teams have been mirror images of one another all season, the models of winning consistency, so it should come as no surprise that the Tigers cleaned up in the North Coast Athletic Conference postseason awards, which were announced today.
It took eight frustrating tries, but perhaps that made Wednesday's 81-49 NCAA Division III Tournament victory over visiting Penn St.-Behrend that much sweeter. For the first time in school history, the Wittenberg University women's basketball team won a national tournament first round game.
The Wittenberg University Men's and Women's Basketball teams both earned invitations to the 2004 NCAA Division III Tournament, which opens action this week on campuses across the nation.
Perfection. It is what everyone strives for, but few achieve. In the North Coast Athletic Conference the last two years, the Wittenberg University women's basketball team has been nothing short of perfect, and the Tigers capped things with a 66-53 over the visiting Allegheny College Gators.
The Wittenberg University Tigers put on a clinic in the second half to pull away from North Coast Athletic Conference preseason favorite Ohio Wesleyan on Friday at the HPER Center, beating the Battling Bishops, 70-56, to advance to their third straight conference tournament title game.
The Wittenberg women's basketball team is on a nice roll right now, but the Tigers know they must keep their guard up heading into the biggest weekend of the 2003-04 season. With 17 straight wins in the books, the Tigers are the No. 1 seed in the North Coast Athletic Conference tournament, but nothing is guaranteed at this point in the season.
The Wittenberg women's basketball team needed a lift, and they got it Tuesday from freshman guard Megan Miller. Miller sparked an early comeback as the cold-shooting, top-seeded Tigers eased their way past the eighth-seeded Oberlin Yeowomen, 74-62, in North Coast Athletic Conference Tournament Quarterfinal action.
For the fourth time in school history, the Tigers put the finishing touches on a perfect 16-0 NCAC regular season, the time by defeating preseason conference favorite Ohio Wesleyan at home Saturday by a 66-60 score.
For the first time since the 1993-94 school year, the Wittenberg University men's and women's basketball teams have won the North Coast Athletic Conference regular season championships with perfect 16-0 records. Wittenberg is the only school ever to accomplish the feat.
The Wittenberg women's basketball team has moved to the head of the class in the North Coast Athletic Conference for a third straight year, and last week the Tigers put an exclamation point on that idea in the last week with wins over Wooster and Earlham.
The Wittenberg Tigers made sure there would be no surprises on Wednesday night. They blitzed the visiting Earlham College Quakers 29-2 to start the game and ran away for a 76-44 victory.
The Wittenberg University women's basketball team won again Saturday, by a bunch. The Tigers clinched a third straight North Coast Athletic Conference regular season championship with a 75-43 pasting of the homestanding College of Wooster Fighting Scots Saturday at Timken Gymnasium.
The Wittenberg University women's basketball team is now officially in the driver's seat of the 2003-04 North Coast Athletic Conference regular season race. With three games to play, the Tigers hold an insurmountable three-game lead after sweeping three road games last week against Ohio Wesleyan, Allegheny and Hiram.
Mission accomplished. The Wittenberg Tigers made it through the most challenging week of the 2003-04 season a perfect 3-0, taking three straight North Coast Athletic Conference games on the road, including two against their nearest pursuers, Ohio Wesleyan and Allegheny. On Saturday, the clean sweep was complete with a 61-44 victory at Hiram.
In this magical carpet ride of an NCAC regular season, Wittenberg has followed a familiar recipe for succes - grind out tough, relatively low-scoring wins by playing well with the lead. Chalk one up for variety - on Friday, the Tigers rallied from a 14-point deficit for a 64-57 win at second-place Allegheny.
The Wittenberg University women's basketball team is in the driver's seat to win a third straight North Coast Athletic Conference regular season championship. But the Tigers know they must finish strong, starting with a difficult road game against second-place Allegheny on Friday night, to claim that trophy again.
The Wittenberg women's basketball team took a significant step toward a third straight outright North Coast Athletic Conference regular season championship on Tuesday night, bringing home a 66-59 victory over preseason favorite Ohio Wesleyan.
The Wittenberg women's basketball team battled through a tight first half to pull away from the visiting Oberlin Yeowomen, 67-47, on Saturday at the HPER Center. The Tigers did it by getting contributions from a variety of players in an outstanding second half.
The Wittenberg women's basketball team extended its 2003-04 winning streak to nine games in the last week with wins over Earlham on Saturday and Kenyon on Wednesday. The Tigers have won nine straight games and haven't lost since Dec. 20 at home against Thomas More.
What looked like a tight, back-and-forth, defensive struggle in the opening 15 minutes or so turned into a rout as the Wittenberg women's basketball team ran away from the visiting Kenyon Ladies by a final score of 69-36.
It didn't look good for about the first two minutes of the game. After that, it looked very good as the Wittenberg women's basketball team ran past struggling North Coast Athletic Conference rival Earlham, 80-52, on Saturday.
The Wittenberg women's basketball team is now in control of its own destiny as the North Coast Athletic Conference teams make the turn and head for home in the 2003-04 regular season race. With a pair of convincing home wins in the last week, the Tigers are now alone in first place in the NCAC with a perfect 7-0 record.
In college basketball, it's rare that a tried-and-true formula can't be stopped by a solid opponent, forcing good teams to show their creativity. That was the case once again Wednesday night as Wittenberg got a big game from senior guard Amber Bishop and some clutch three-point shooting from senior guard Kari Kitchen to ease their way past visiting Denison, 63-53.
For the first time in North Coast Athletic Conference action this season, the Wittenberg University women's basketball team found itself trailing in the second half. The battle-tested Tigers fought their way through it, however, and rallied to defeat the visiting College of Wooster Lady Scots, 78-70, at the HPER Center.