Kaitlin Hiscar

The overtime loss bug is contagious, and now it has spread to the women's soccer team. For a team that has lost four 1-0 games - three in regulation - and is struggling to score goals without injured team leader Geri Woessner (Dayton, Ohio/Oakwood) that isn't good news. The Tigers went into last week's matches with an NCAC win under its belt and hope that a turnaround was imminent, despite Woessner's injury, which was suffered against Elmhurst on Sept. 22. Once again, however, momentum was not seized and a pair of losses to Cedarville and Allegheny ensued.

On Wednesday, in a game taped by Time Warner Cable and scheduled for cablecast at 8 p.m. on Oct. 2 and 8 p.m. on Oct. 5, Wittenberg dropped a 2-1 decision to visiting Cedarville. Despite taking the lead in the first half on a goal by junior Kaitlin Hiscar (Pataskala, Ohio/Watkins Memorial) the Tigers couldn't hang on. A goal by Cedarville with less than 10 minutes remaining on the clock tied things and then an overtime tally made the difference. Then on Saturday, the Tigers traveled to Meadville, Pa. and probably never should have gotten off the bus, falling to Allegheny 7-0.

Wittenberg will attempt to turn things around this Saturday against neighborhood rival Urbana on Wednesday. The Tigers are also in action on Saturday of Parents Weekend with a 1 p.m. game opposite NCAC foe Kenyon.