2003 News

  • Four Tigers Named to 2003 NCAA Division III All-America Teams
    December 02, 2003
    After another outstanding season, Wittenberg University volleyball team members added more hardware to their trophy cases as the 2003 NCAA Division III All-America teams were announced by the American Volleyball Coaches Association.
  • Thirty-Four Wittenberg Student-Athletes Earn 2003 Fall Sport Postseason Awards
    November 25, 2003
    Another banner fall sports season has reaped tangible rewards for 34 Wittenberg University athletes who were selected to All-North Coast Athletic Conference teams.
  • Tigers Lose in NCAA Regional Tournament FInals
    November 20, 2003
    It wasn't the ending to the 2003 season the Tigers had envisioned, but the Wittenberg volleyball team has no reason to hang their heads.
  • Wittenberg University vs. Ohio Northern University NCAA Division III Great Lakes Regional Final
    November 15, 2003
    It's hard to imagine two teams more evenly matched. In the end, as the Wittenberg University Tigers and the Ohio Northern University Polar Bears battled down to the wire before an estimated crowd of 800 fans screaming themselves hoarse in the Wittenberg University HPER Center, it was a shame that someone would have to lose - unless you were a fan of the visiting team.
  • Wittenberg University vs. Alma College NCAA Division III Great Lakes Regional Semifinal
    November 14, 2003
    The Wittenberg University Tigers, champions of the North Coast Athletic Conference and the fifth-ranked team in the nation in the latest American Volleyball Coaches Association poll, swept their way into the NCAA Division III Great Lakes Regional Championship game Friday with a 3-0 (30-22, 32-30, 30-15) win over the Alma College Scots.
  • Sarah Yuskewich NCAC Player of the Year! Emilie Schmid NCAC Libero of the Year!
    November 13, 2003
    CLEVELAND -- Wittenberg junior Sarah Yuskewich (Columbus, OH/Bishop Watterson) has been named Player of the Year to highlight the 2003 All-North Coast Athletic Conference volleyball selections. Yuskewich, a 6-0 setter, led the conference in assists with 1303 over 100 games (13.03 apg).
  • Tigers Take NCAC Title for the Seventh Consecutive TIme
    November 13, 2003
    The Wittenberg volleyball team opens NCAA Division III Tournament play this week after winning three straight North Coast Athletic Conference matches last week to capture the NCAC Tournament title.
  • Wittenberg Volleyball Wins Conference Tournament Title to Advance to NCAA Division III Tournament
    November 10, 2003
    SPRINGFIELD, Ohio The Wittenberg volleyball team has participated in the NCAA Division III Tournament in each of the last eight years and nine times overall. However, never have the Tigers won a national title, hence the motto regularly heard around the HPER Center, "Unfinished Business."
  • Wittenberg defeats Hiram in NCAC Volleyball Finals
    November 08, 2003
    The No. 1 seeded Wittenberg Tigers were outstanding again, putting the finishing touches on yet another perfect North Coast Athletic Conference regular season and tournament championship with a 3-0 victory over Hiram at the HPER Center in Springfield.
  • Wittenberg defeats Denison in NCAC Volleyball Semifinals
    November 07, 2003
    The No. 1 seed, Wittenberg University, overwhelmed the No. 4 seed Denison University in the North Coast Athletic Conference tournament semifinals on Friday evening at Wittenberg's HPER Center. The Tigers, who have won eight of the last 10 NCAC tournament titles, including the last six consecutively, advanced to the NCAC Tournament championship match on Saturday with the win, where they will face the winner of tonight's other semifinal between Allegheny College and Hiram College.
  • Tigers Take First in Trinity Invitational
    November 06, 2003
    The Wittenberg volleyball team continues to make headlines.
  • Wittenberg defeats Ohio Wesleyan in NCAC Volleyball Quarterfinals
    November 04, 2003
    The No. 1 seed, Wittenberg University, overwhelmed the No. 8 seed Ohio Wesleyan University in the North Coast Athletic Conference tournament quarterfinals on Tuesday evening at Wittenberg's HPER Center.
  • Wittenberg Volleyball Wins Conference Regular Season Title; To Host Tournament Quarterfinal Tuesday
    October 31, 2003
    The Wittenberg University volleyball team is once again the preeminent team in the North Coast Athletic Conference.
  • Tigers Clinch The First Seed With a Perfect NCAC Record
    October 30, 2003
    The Wittenberg volleyball team is once again preeminent in the North Coast Athletic Conference after clinching a seventh consecutive conference regular season title with a perfect 8-0 record, but the Tigers have a lot of work to do.
  • Tigers Go For the Gold, Aiming For Perfect NCAC Record
    October 23, 2003
    The Wittenberg volleyball team, ranked No. 5 in the nation in the American Volleyball Coaches Association poll, is at it again.
  • Tigers Dominate NCAC 20th Anniversary Volleyball All-Decade Team
    October 20, 2003
    CLEVELAND -- Wittenberg's Monica McDonald and Sarah Yuskewich head a list of stellar student-athletes named to the North Coast Athletic Conference's 20th Anniversary volleyball team. McDonald and Yuskewich are the only two members of the squad still actively competing. Thus far this season, the pair have led the Tigers to a perfect 8-0 conference record and the number one seed heading into the annual NCAC Tournament.
  • Tigers Win Streak Ended In Invitational Championship
    October 16, 2003
    Last weekend, the Wittenberg volleyball team hosted a tournament that included one of the strongest fields in the nation in 2003, and the Tigers proved once again they belong among the elite of NCAA Division III.
  • Wittenberg Hosts Third Invitational Volleyball Tournament of 2003 Season
    October 09, 2003
    The Wittenberg University volleyball team hosts the Wittenberg National Invitational II this weekend, featuring one of the strongest regular season fields anywhere in the nation.
  • Tigers Extend Streak to Ten
    October 09, 2003
    The Wittenberg volleyball team is rolling at just the right time, and now the Tigers may have the proper momentum heading into the loaded Wittenberg National Invitational II this weekend at the HPER Center.
  • Tigers Heat Up With Seven Straight Wins
    October 02, 2003
    The Wittenberg volleyball team is warming up at just the right time.
  • Tigers Take Three Wins
    September 25, 2003
    The Wittenberg volleyball team is back to its winning ways as the 2003 North Coast Athletic Conference race heats up.
  • Wittenberg Hosts Second Invitational Volleyball Tournament of 2003 Season
    September 25, 2003
    The Wittenberg University volleyball team hosts its annual Wittenberg Invitational this weekend, featuring the usual array of high-quality competition.
  • Tigers Start the Season Taking Six Wins
    September 19, 2003
    Through three weeks of the 2003 season, the Tiger volleyball program has once against established itself as one of the best in the nation.
  • 2003 NCAC Preseason Polls
    August 28, 2003
    CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Defending champion Wittenberg University emerged as the preseason favorite in balloting by North Coast Athletic Conference volleyball coaches conducted via email ballot. Wittenberg, which rolled to a perfect 8-0 conference record and earned its sixth consecutive NCAC tournament championship last fall, earned seven of eight* first-place votes from league coaches to top Allegheny. The Gators earned the final first-place vote. Denison was tabbed third, while Hiram and Wooster were picked fourth and fifth, respectively.
  • Wittenberg Volleyball to Host First of Three 2003 Invitational Tournaments This Weekend
    August 28, 2003
    The Wittenberg University volleyball team hosts the Wittenberg National Volleyball Invitational this weekend, featuring the usual array of high-quality competition.
  • Season Outlook
    August 15, 2003
    After an offseason in which a coaching change occurred and three of the finest players in school history graduated, the Wittenberg University volleyball program is entering a year of optimistic transition. Head Coach Paco Labrador plans to sustain Wittenberg's tradition of excellence with fresh ideas and a formidable roster headlined by 2002 All-Americans Monica McDonald and Sarah Yuskewich.
  • Wittenberg Selects Paco Labrador as New Women's Volleyball Head Coach
    April 29, 2003
    Wittenberg University has selected former Miami University Assistant Women's Volleyball Coach Paco Labrador as its new Head Women's Volleyball Coach.