Lauren McMahon was named Defensive Player of the Year and Kwame Lloyd earned Coach of the Year from the NCAC after leading the Tigers to the conference title.
Wittenberg battled back to even the score, only to see DePauw pick up the game-winner on a penalty kick to advance to the NCAC Tournament Championship.
She thought she had a concussion. It turned out to be much more than that. But Leslie Oliver found the support she needed to beat cancer and return to soccer field.
Wittenberg got second-half goals from Kaylee Gialamas and Kailey Striebel to move past the Scots and into first place in the NCAC with two games remaining.
Kayla Murphy scored the game-winning goal against Ohio Wesleyan, and her efforts not only kept the Tigers atop the NCAC, they earned her conference player of the week honors.
Wittenberg hosts Ohio Wesleyan in a key NCAC game, and the Tigers will also promote breast cancer awareness and raise money for research through Susan G. Koman for the Cure.
In a match as even as they come, the Tigers fell by a final score of 2-1 to a hot Frostburg State squad Sunday, but the close score and even statistics show progress.
Lightning suspended play both Saturday and Sunday, but the Tigers' offense came to play on Day 2 in a 6-0 season-opening victory over Mount St. Joseph.
The Wittenberg women's soccer team welcomes 15 letterwinners, including five starters, back in 2012 as Head Coach Kwame Lloyd enters his second season at the helm.