After leading the Wittenberg women's lacrosse team to just its second nine-win season in 20 years, midfielder Joelle Ghanem, class of 2010 from Dublin, Ohio, has earned second-team Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association All-West Region honors.
CLEVELAND, Ohio — Wittenberg placed four student-athletes on the 2010 All-North Coast Athletic Conference honor roll, led by senior Joelle Ghanem (Dublin, Ohio/Coffman), who earned a spot on the first team after posting career highs in goals, assists and points.
The Wittenberg women's lacrosse team finished the 2010 season on a high note with a 16-9 win over visiting Saint Vincent on Saturday, thanks to a 13-goal second half to recover from a 4-3 deficit at halftime.
The Wittenberg women's lacrosse team went to Ohio Wesleyan needing a win Wednesday night in order to have a shot at the North Coast Athletic Conference Tournament, but the Battling Bishops dealt the Tigers a final blow to their postseason hopes in an 18-16 loss.
The Wittenberg women's lacrosse team built a 4-1 lead early in a Saturday game versus the College of Wooster, but the Fighting Scots tied the Tigers late in the first half and went ahead in the second to hand Wittenberg an 11-8 loss.
The Wittenberg women's lacrosse team had no trouble in dispatching with visiting Oberlin Saturday, winning by a final score of 20-7 to move to 8-3 overall and 2-1 in North Coast Athletic Conference competition.
The Wittenberg women's lacrosse team saw their opponent launch a late-game comeback for the second-straight game as Denison scored 12 goals in the second half to win over the Tigers 14-10 Thursday night.
Throughout most of the Wittenberg women's lacrosse game versus Whittier at home on Monday afternoon, the Tigers held the lead. But the Poets kept attacking and scored the last four goals of the game to take a 15-14 decision over the Tigers, ending Wittenberg's four-game winning streak and moving them to 7-2 overall.
The best start in program history carried over into the start of the 2010 North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) season as the Wittenberg Tigers pulled out a heart-stopping 12-11 victory.
The Wittenberg women's lacrosse team is now on their second three-game winning streak of the season following a dominant 17-4 decision over host Mount St. Joseph on Wednesday night.
The Wittenberg women's lacrosse team is off to its hottest start in more than a decade after moving to 5-1 on the season with a lopsided 20-6 win over visiting Albion on Saturday.
The Wittenberg Tigers wrapped up the competitive portion of their 2010 Spring Break trip to the Lone Star state with a 16-2 loss to third-ranked Gettysburg.
The Wittenberg Tigers moved to 3-0 on the young 2010 season and 2-0 on their Spring Break swing through the Lone Star state with a 19-6 victory over the University of Dallas.
CLEVELAND, Ohio — Kenyon emerged as the preseason favorite in balloting by North Coast Athletic Conference women's lacrosse coaches in their annual preseason poll. Wittenberg was picked to finish sixth.
The Wittenberg women's lacrosse team opened the 2010 season, their first under the direction of Head Coach Nichole Johnson, with an exciting 10-9 overtime win over host Fontbonne. The Tigers moved to 1-0 on the new season with the win.
Coming off its best season in six years, in which the women's lacrosse team posted a 7-7 record and earned an NCAC Tournament semifinal appearance in 2009, the Tigers look to continue the momentum under first-year Head Coach Nichole Johnson.
The Wittenberg women's lacrosse team is hosting its first annual "Laxathon," a 24-hour lacrosse marathon in Pam Evans Smith Arena in the HPER Center, from 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 9, to 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 10.