2005 News
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Wittenberg Senior Earns Prestigious NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship
April 07, 2006While her days as a Wittenberg student-athlete are drawing to a close, a career in the field of athletics is just beginning for Emily Hiscar, class of 2006 of Pataskala, Ohio. -
Wittenberg University Soccer Teams Cap 2005 Season With Regional Award
December 14, 2005The Wittenberg University men's and women's soccer teams put together outstanding, almost parallel, 2005 seasons, reaching the four-team tournament field in the extremely competitive North Coast Athletic Conference before falling in the semifinals against the nationally ranked No. 1 seeded team. Not surprisingly, the successes enjoyed during the season resulted in recognition from coaches on the Great Lakes Region selection committee.
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Thirty-Four Student-Athletes Earn Fall Sport Postseason Awards
November 22, 2005Another banner fall sports season has reaped rich rewards for 34 Wittenberg University athletes who were selected to All-North Coast Athletic Conference teams over the last two weeks, and a number of those individuals have also claimed regional and national awards.
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Thirty-Four Wittenberg Student-Athletes Earn Fall Sport Postseason Awards
November 22, 2005Another banner fall sports season has reaped rich rewards for 34 Wittenberg University athletes who were selected to All-North Coast Athletic Conference teams over the last two weeks, and a number of those individuals have also claimed regional and national awards.
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Season in Review
November 14, 2005The Wittenberg University women's soccer team put together an extremely successful 2005 season, one that ended tantalizingly close to the program's first-ever berth in the NCAA Division III Tournament.
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Jamie McIntyre Named NCAC Defensive Player of the Year To Highlight Tigers All-Conference Selections
November 04, 2005CLEVELAND, Ohio — Ohio Wesleyan senior forward Sarah Wall (Columbus, OH/Upper Arlington) and Wittenberg junior defender Jamie McIntyre (Columbus, OH/Grandview) have been named Offensive and Defensive Players of the Year for the second consecutive year to highlight the 2005 All-North Coast Athletic Conference women's soccer selections.
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Round Up: Tigers Lose in the NCAC Semifinals After Beating Hiram and Wooster
November 04, 2005The Wittenberg women’s soccer team had some momentum going into the North Coast Athletic Conference Tournament, but the Tigers, part of a three-way tie for second place in the regular season standings, fell in the semifinals at nationally ranked Denison, 2-1.
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Wittenberg Falls To Denison In NCAC Tournament Semis
November 01, 2005The Wittenberg Tigers believed in themselves, and after upsetting the Denison Big Red on their home turf in last year's North Coast Athletic Conference Tournament semifinals, they had reason for that belief. But after taking a 1-0 lead in the first half, the Tiger defense uncharacteristically allowed two goals that earned Denison a hard-fought 2-1 NCAC Tournament semifinal victory.
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Wittenberg Wins Biggest Game Of Season Over Wooster
October 29, 2005It was the kind of dominating performance that the Wittenberg Tigers absolutely had to have. On Homecoming and Reunion Weekend, the Tigers put it all together with a 2-0 win over visiting Wooster, in the process moving into a three-way tie for second place in the final North Coast Athletic Conference standings.
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Busy Homecoming/Reunion Weekend Ahead For Tiger Teams
October 27, 2005Wittenberg is always a busy place during its annual Homecoming and Reunion Weekend, especially in and around the athletic complex. The 2005 Homecoming and Reunion Weekend may well be the topper.
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Busy Homecoming and Reunion Weekend Ahead for Wittenberg Athletic Teams
October 27, 2005Wittenberg University is always a busy place during its annual Homecoming and Reunion Weekend, especially in and around the athletic complex. The 2005 Homecoming and Reunion Weekend may well be the topper.
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Wittenberg Takes Step Forward With Win At Hiram
October 22, 2005The school record for shutouts in a season is now in the books, 12 and counting after a 2-0 road victory over Hiram on a cool, soggy Saturday. Now the Tigers have some other seasonal goals in their crosshairs, and they have a week to prep for the game of their season against Wooster next Saturday.
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Round Up: Tigers Set Themselves Up for a Challenging Shot at the NCAC Title
October 20, 2005The Wittenberg women's soccer team has just two games remaining on its 2005 regular season schedule, and both are absolute must-wins. The Tigers, with a record of 12-4 overall but just 3-3 in the rugged North Coast Athletic Conference, likely must defeat Hiram on the road on Saturday and Wooster at home on Oct. 29 to secure a berth in the four-team NCAC Tournament.
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Wittenberg Falls At Ohio Wesleyan, 2-0
October 19, 2005To reach the top of the North Coast Athletic Conference mountain in men's and women's soccer, teams must climb the considerable heights created by Ohio Wesleyan and Denison. For the second straight year, the Wittenberg Tigers were derailed early in the NCAC schedule by the Big Red and late in the regular season campaign by the Battling Bishops.
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Wittenberg Shuts Down Allegheny, 1-0
October 15, 2005Things went pretty much according to plan Saturday night in Edwards-Maurer Field. The Wittenberg Tigers followed a familiar script, controlling the action in the midfield to minimize Allegheny's offensive opportunities and making a second-half goal stand up in a 1-0 win.
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Round Up: Tigers Make National Top 25 For the First Time in Ten Years
October 13, 2005The Wittenberg women's soccer team has had stumbles of late, but the Tigers still have much to play for as the 2005 season winds down. With an 11-3 overall record, including a mark of 2-2 in the NCAC, the Tigers will try to rebound from a 2-1 double overtime loss against Kenyon on Tuesday when they host perennial powerhouse Allegheny on Saturday.
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Wittenberg Derailed By Kenyon For Second Straight Year
October 11, 2005The Wittenberg Tigers have the highest of high hopes in 2005, and while Tuesday night's 2-1 double overtime loss at Kenyon will not put an end to them, for the second straight year the Ladies put a damper on the Tigers' parade.
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Wittenberg Breaks Out With 3-0 Win Over Oberlin
October 08, 2005The Wittenberg Tigers followed a tried-and-true winning formula for most of Saturday's game before turning on the offensive jets with three goals in the final 30 minutes to capture a 3-0 win over visiting Oberlin.
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Wittenberg Goes Overtime To Pick Up Win Over Earlham
October 05, 2005Nothing in life is easy - at least nothing truly desirable. The Wittenberg Tigers learned that on Saturday as they were pushed into overtime before finally taking down Earlham College for a hard-fought 1-0 road win.
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Round Up: Tigers Take Their First Two Losses of the Season
October 04, 2005The Wittenberg women’s soccer team was coasting along at 8-0 before coming back down to earth in the last week with two losses in its last three games. All is certainly not lost at this point, however, as the Tigers have almost their entire North Coast Athletic Conference schedule and the postseason tournament still in front of them.
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Wittenberg Falls To Nationally Ranked Denison
October 02, 2005The Wittenberg Tigers appear to have all the pieces in place for a run at the North Coast Athletic Conference title in 2005, but they got off to a disappointing start with a 1-0 home defeat at the feet of nationally ranked Denison.
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Wittenberg Posts Another Shutout With Stifling Defensive Performance Against Wilmington
September 27, 2005The Wittenberg Tigers responded to the first loss of the 2005 season with an outstanding performance in a 2-0 victory over the visiting Wilmington Quakers. Long a powerhouse in the Ohio Athletic Conference, Wilmington was limited to just two shots and two corner kicks in the game by the Tigers, who recorded their eighth shutout of a season just now hitting its mid-point.
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Wittenberg's Perfect Season Ends At Westminster
September 24, 2005Consider it a wake-up call. After cruising through the first few weeks of the 2005 season with a perfect 8-0 record, the Wittenberg Tigers couldn't hang onto an early lead Saturday, falling 2-1 in overtime to Westminster.
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Round Up: Tigers Start Off Dominating the Competition
September 23, 2005The Wittenberg women’s soccer team is off to the second best start in school history, hopefully with the kind of head of steam necessary to make in-roads into the extremely competitive North Coast Athletic Conference in 2005. The Tigers, coming off an 11-4-5 breakout season in 2004, are aiming to improve upon last year’s third place regular season finish despite the presence of two other nationally ranked teams and six of the top 10 teams in the latest Great Lakes Region poll.
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Wittenberg Crushes Washington & Jefferson, 3-0
September 23, 2005Wittenberg ran its record to 8-0 overall and notched its seventh consecutive shutout victory as the Tigers cruised past host Washington & Jefferson, 3-0, in nonconference women's soccer action on Friday evening at Alexandre Stadium.
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Wittenberg Sets School Record With Sixth Straight Shutout Win
September 19, 2005For the sixth straight game, the Wittenberg Tigers were nearly flawless on defense. On the heels of a 2-0 home win over Capital, Wittenberg improved to 7-0 on the season and established a school record of six consecutive shutouts.
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Wittenberg Dominates Again In 2-0 Over Ohio Northern
September 17, 2005At some point, the Wittenberg Tigers' seemingly impenetrable wall of defense will be pierced. Until that time comes, it is a thing of beauty to watch the Tigers control the midfield and thwart every opponents' scoring opportunity.
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Wittenberg Squeaks Past Mt. St. Joseph On Last-Second Goal
September 14, 2005It wasn't easy, but then again when you play on a knife's edge like the Wittenberg women's soccer team, it never really is. The defensive-oriented Tigers used another outstanding defensive performance and a goal by junior forward Liz Volz inside of the final minute to defeat Mount St. Joseph, 1-0.
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Wittenberg Downs Nationally Ranked DePauw
September 11, 2005The Wittenberg Tigers may have come of age on Sunday, completing a home weekend sweep with a dramatic 1-0 win over nationally ranked DePauw.
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Wittenberg Defeats Rose-Hulman, 3-0
September 10, 2005The Wittenberg women's soccer team is rolling. Wittenberg made it a perfect 3-0 to start the 2005 season with a 3-0 victory over Rose-Hulman in the Tigers' home opener in newly refurbished Edwards-Maurer Field.