A solid 2008 spring sports season has reaped individual rewards for 28 Wittenberg University athletes who were selected to All-North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) teams over the last two weeks.
The Wittenberg Tigers have shown steady improvement in the 2007-08 season, and that upward trend continued in perhaps the best weekend since the program was granted varsity status in 2003.
A 2007-08 season filled with breakthroughs and firsts continued with a first-place finish in the Manchester Invitational. It was the Tigers' first team title since the women's golf program was elevated to varsity status in 2003.
The Wittenberg Tigers put together a solid team performance at the 2008 Wittenberg Women's Golf Spring Invitational, finishing with a 373, good for fourth place in the final standings.
The Wittenberg Tigers' slog through the rain, wind and cold of an early spring Saturday in northern Ohio paid off in the form of another solid team score as the Tigers finished sixth among 14 "A" Teams in the Ohio Northern Lady Polar Bear Invitational.
The Wittenberg University men's and women's golf teams will host an event - appropriately enough, a golf outing - to raise funds for the program. The first annual Alumni, Family and Friends Fund-raising Golf Outing is scheduled for a shotgun start at 1:30 p.m. Sunday, April 27, at Windy Knoll Golf Club in Springfield. Lunch and registration begin at noon.
The Wittenberg Tigers returned to Ohio and put together a strong performance in the Ohio Northern Spring Fling at Darby Creek Golf Club. The event replaced a scheduled tournament at Mount Union that was cancelled due to poor course conditions.
The Wittenberg Tigers stepped into the big-time of NCAA Division III golf and came away with a 24th place finish in the Jekyll Island Invitational, hosted by Oglethorpe College.
The Wittenberg Tigers put the finishing touches on the fall portion of the 2007-08 season with a fifth-place finish in the eight-team John Carroll Invitational.
The record books had pages being ripped out by the women's golf team this weekend, as Wittenberg traveled to Pataskala, Ohio, to participate in the Kisor Classic, hosted by Ohio Dominican University.
Freshman Anna Bencriscutto (Oro Valley, Ariz./Ironwood Ridge) had her Wittenberg coming-out party at the Wilmington Fall Invitational, rising to the top of the team for a season-high ninth-place finish.
The Wittenberg Tiger women's golf team found their best finish of the young 2007 season on Thursday, participating in the one-round Transylvania Fall Invitational. In a six-team field the Tigers fought their way to second place, beating out Rose-Hulman and host Transylvania by just four and six points respectively.
The Wittenberg Tigers got the chance to measure themselves against some of the best NCAA Division III teams in the nation at the DePauw Small College Classic.
For the first time ever, Wittenberg University will have one coach for both the men's and women's golf programs. Director of Athletics and Recreation Garnett Purnell announced that Jeff Roope, previously an assistant at nearby Otterbein College, has been selected for the position.