2001 News

  • Tigers Lose Out in the NCAA Tournament
    November 14, 2001
    The Tigers' dreams of a national championship will once again have to wait a year after Ohio Athletic Conference champion Ohio Northern Polar Bears knocked Wittenberg out of the 2001 NCAA Division III Tournament. The Great Lakes Region's No. 2 seed, Wittenberg struggled defensively against the Polar Bears, falling 3-1 in a hard-fought match.
  • Tigers Take Fifth NCAC Consecutive Title Before the National Stage
    November 06, 2001
    Wittenberg gets a first round bye in the regional tournament hosted by top-seeed Mt. St. Joseph. The Tigers, who are making their sixth straight appearance in the NCAA Division III tournament and seventh since 1993, will play the winner of a first round match between No. 3 seed Ohio Northern, the Ohio Athletic Conference champion, and No. 6 seed Johnson & Wales, champions of the Great Northeast Athletic Conference.
  • Tigers Take Four of Five Games on the Road
    October 30, 2001
    The Tigers have ranked among the nation's elite for several years, but last weekend at the Trinity (Texas) Invitational coach Connie Surowicz hopes her team enjoyed a breakthrough of sorts.
  • Tigers Earn Three Wins
    October 24, 2001
    After struggling against some of the best competition in the nation, the Tigers enjoyed a return to normalcy last week, winning a tough non-conference match at Thomas More last Thursday and then easily defeating North Coast Athletic Conference foes Kenyon and Oberlin on Saturday.
  • Tigers Take Fourth of Five in Non-division Tournament
    October 16, 2001
    The Tigers stepped outside the NCAC again last weekend and took a look at how they stacked up against the best of the best in NCAA Division III. Wittenberg, as it turned out, didn't stack up too high, finishing fourth in the five-team Wittenberg National Invitational over the weekend. But the team is actually encouraged rather than discouraged.
  • Tigers Prepare For Higher Titles
    October 09, 2001
    The Wittenberg University Tigers have bigger goals than the NCAC regular season championship in 2001. With four straight NCAC titles under their belts, the Tigers can hardly be blamed for setting their sights higher.
  • Tigers Host Tournament
    October 02, 2001
    Wittenberg Head Coach often says she is "crazy" for the schedules she puts together. After finishing second in top-flight tournaments at Mt. St. Joseph and Elmhurst already this season, the Tigers hosted the first of two equally high-quality tournaments last weekend in the HPER Center.
  • Tigers Start The Season Off Strong Taking Second in Two Tournaments
    September 26, 2001
    The Wittenberg volleyball team is off to its typical strong start in 2001, finishing second in each of its first two regular season tournaments before handing Head Coach Connie Surowicz her 200th victory last Friday night in a straight-set home win over Cedarville. Surowicz has 230 wins in 10-plus seasons overall, including three years heading the Walsh University program. Wittenberg's only two losses thus far in 2001 have been to national title contenders Mt. St. Joseph and Elmhurst, both of which hosted their own tournaments and defeated the Tigers in the respective championship games.
  • Tigers Take Two Conference Wins After a Non-conference Loss
    September 26, 2001
    The Tigers played three matches last week, including their first two in the NCAC. After a 3-1 defeat on Friday at Walsh University, an NAIA powerhouse that Wittenberg Head Coach Connie Surowicz built up in her three years there in the early 1990's, the Tigers rallied for two straight-set conference victories on Saturday at Wooster over the host Scots and Hiram.
  • Season Outlook
    August 14, 2001
    The Wittenberg University Tigers have put together a string of winning seasons under Head Coach Connie Surowicz. Now, with a tradition of excellence and regular season success firmly established, the Tigers are chomping at the bit to prove they can play with the best teams on a national stage.