2000 News

  • Men's and Women's Track and Field Show Strong at Otterbein
    January 17, 2016
    The Women's Track and field team returned to Springfield Saturday night with a 3rd place finish, while the men's team finished 5th.
  • Season in Review
    December 18, 2000
  • Tigers Earn Many Honors
    November 22, 2000
    Sophomore setter Shelli Habegger (Curtice, Ohio/Oregon Clay) earned North Coast Athletic Conference Player of the Year honors, and Head Coach Connie Surowicz (Ohio State ‘81) took home NCAC Coach of the Year honors for their performances during the 2000 season.
  • Tigers Take an Automatic Bid NCAA Tournament
    November 17, 2000
    The Wittenberg University volleyball team dropped just a single game in eight regular season North Coast Athletic Conference matches, won two in-season tournaments (Alma and Colorado College) and then swept three straight matches in the NCAC tournament to earn the automatic bid to the NCAA Division III tournament.
  • Tigers Concluded the Season with an Uneven Week
    October 30, 2000
    The Wittenberg University Tigers are used to having the bulls-eye on their backs. It comes with the territory after more than a decade of winning seasons and three straight perfect North Coast Athletic Conference regular seasons. This week, the Tigers will once again carry that mantle into the conference tournament, which is scheduled to begin Tuesday at home against No. 8 seeded Hiram. Game time is 7 p.m.
  • Tigers End the Season WIth a Third Perfect Conference Record
    October 23, 2000
    The Tigers concluded the regular season portion of their NCAC schedule with the same results as each of the last two seasons - with a string of impressive victories and momentum as the team to beat in the NCAC tournament.
  • Tigers Take Some More Giant Wins
    October 16, 2000
    The Tigers took another step toward winning a third straight regular season NCAC championship by whipping rival Ohio Wesleyan 3-0 on Oct. 11. Then the Tigers took an even bigger step toward establishing themselves on the national scene by winning the Spike It Up! Invitational at Colorado College over the weekend.
  • Tigers Take Two More Wins
    October 09, 2000
    Wittenberg took another step toward winning its fourth straight NCAC regular season championship last week, defeating Kenyon, 3-1, and Allegheny, 3-0, on Saturday to remain atop the conference standings. The victories gave the Tigers momentum heading into this week's conference match-up against perennial power Ohio Wesleyan on Wednesday.
  • Tigers Keep the Season Strong
    October 02, 2000
    The Tigers have already enjoyed several highlights during the 2000 season. Starting the season 5-0 by storming through the Alma Invitational was quite a start. And defeating Juniata, the No. 3 ranked team in the country, at the Emory Invitational was a first for the Wittenberg program.
  • Tigers Take Two Wins After a Non-Conference Loss
    September 25, 2000
    The Tigers entered the 2000 season favored to add another NCAC title to their trophycase. After Saturday's two easy victories over visiting Denison and Hiram, the Tigers proved they are, in fact, the team to beat in the NCAC this year.
  • Tigers Take a Win Before Going Two and Two in Georgia
    September 18, 2000
    The Tigers showed again why they are the preseason favorites in the NCAC again this year, and also why they may be a factor when the postseason rolls around. On Wednesday, Wittenberg easily defeated Earlham, 3-0, to open conference action, and then over the weekend, the Tigers went 2-2 in the Emory Invitational in Atlanta, Ga.
  • Tigers Go Two and Two at the Ohio Northern Invitational
    September 12, 2000
    After opening the 2000 season with a 5-0 performance in the Alma Invitational, the Tigers continued their strong play against better competition last weekend at the Ohio Northern Invitational. Wittenberg finished 2-2 in the four matches played there, defeating Manchester and Thomas More in three games each, and falling to Ohio Northern and Mt. St. Joseph by identical 3-1 scores.
  • Tigers Take Five Wins in the Alma Invitational
    September 04, 2000
    The volleyball team started its 2000 season in strong fashion as well. Coming off a 21-15 campaign in 1999 - which included a perfect 8-0 NCAC championship run - Wittenberg won five matches on Friday and Saturday to capture the Alma Invitational. The Tigers defeated Carthage, Aquinas, St. Mary's, Alma and Spring Harbor. Wittenberg dropped just two games in the five matches. Sophomore Brittany Baume (Springfield, Ohio/Southeastern), last year's NCAC Player of the Year, topped the squad in kills twice, but she had plenty of help from freshman Michelle Emming (West Chester, Ohio/Mt. Notre Dame), who paced the team in kills twice as well.