Wittenberg University's volleyball team was one of 274 high school and college programs to earn the 2004-05 American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Team Academic Award.
The watershed moment that changed the Wittenberg athletic landscape forever occurred on April 3, 1955, with the most important hiring in the department's illustrious history.
The Wittenberg volleyball team concluded its season in disappointing fashion, travelling all the way to southern California for an NCAA Division III Tournament quarterfinal match only to be swept by third-ranked La Verne, 3-0.
Another banner fall sports season has reaped rich rewards for 27 Wittenberg University athletes who were selected to All-North Coast Athletic Conference teams over the last two weeks.
Another banner fall sports season has reaped rich rewards for 27 Wittenberg University athletes who were selected to All-North Coast Athletic Conference teams over the last two weeks.
The 2004 season may have come to an abrupt close with a 3-0 defeat at the University of La Verne on Saturday night, but the Wittenberg volleyball team did receive good news over the weekend as four players were honored by the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) with All-America honors.
Perhaps it all finally caught up with the Wittenberg volleyball team. Denied the opportunity to host an NCAA Division III Tournament match for a second straight week, the Tigers traveled more than 2,000 miles to the University of La verne and couldn't come up with the goods in a shocking 3-0 defeat.
The Wittenberg volleyball team won the NCAA Division III Tournament Great Lakes Region championship for the second time in three years last weekend and were rewarded with a trip to sunny Southern California.
CLEVELAND, Ohio — Wittenberg senior Sarah Yuskewich (Columbus, OH/Bishop Watterson) has been named Player of the Year to highlight the 2004 All-North Coast Athletic Conference volleyball selections. She becomes the second player to earn NCAC Player of the Year recognition three consecutive years.
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Wittenberg placed four players on the 2004 All-Great Lakes Region honor roll, and a fifth player on the honorable mention list.
Champions of the Great Lakes Regional for the second time in three years, the second-ranked Wittenberg Tigers have been shipped west - far west - for this weekend's NCAA Division III quarterfinal match.
It wasn't dominating, but it was thorough. The Wittenberg University Tigers won the NCAA Division III Great Lakes Regional title Saturday with a 3-0 win over the College of Mount St. Joseph in a match played at Ohio Northern University.
The Wittenberg Tigers, ranked No. 2 in the nation and No. 1 in the Great Lakes Region, defeated Alma College Friday in the second round of the 2004 NCAA Division III Tournament at Ohio Northern University. Game scores in the 3-0 win were 30-21, 31-29 and 30-21.
The Wittenberg volleyball team, ranked second in the nation, will play in the NCAA Division III Tournament for the 10th time in school history and the ninth year in a row this weekend.
The Wittenberg University volleyball team, ranked second in the nation after a phenomenal 33-2 regular season, has earned the opportunity to play in the NCAA Division III Tournament for the 10th time in school history and the ninth year in a row.
The Wittenberg Tigers kept on rolling Saturday, taking the North Coast Athletic Conference Tournament championship for an eighth straight year and the 10th time overall in school history with a 3-0 victory over the Hiram Terriers.
The Wittenberg University Tigers, ranked No. 2 in the nation and winners of the last seven North Coast Athletic Conference Tournament titles, swept through the 2004 championship game with a convincing 3-0 victory over fourth-seeded Denison Friday in the HPER Center.
The Wittenberg Tigers continued their dominance at the HPER Center with an easy victory over Franklin College. The Tigers came out strong and swept the match 3-0, making it the 26th time this season that an opponent failed to win a single game in the match. The win pushed the Tigers record to 30-2 on the season and a perfect 3-0 in the Wittenberg Invitational III.
The Wittenberg Tigers capped off another strong regular season with an easy 3-0 victory over Muskingum. The win moved the second-ranked Tigers to 31-2 on the season and a perfect 14-0 at home. The victory also wrapped up the Tigers' sixth tournament championship of the season.
The Wittenberg Tigers cruised in surprisingly comfortable fashion in the first match of the Wittenberg Invitational III, taking the measure of Ohio Athletic Conference contender Capital by a 3-0 score. The game scores were convincing - 30-18, 30-9, 30-23.
The Wittenberg Tigers cruised again, this time taking their second straight match in the Wittenberg Invitational III in comfortable fashion over an Ohio Athletic Conference power. This time the victim was Mount Union, and for the second time this season the Tigers captured a 3-0 decision.
The Wittenberg University volleyball team concludes the 2004 regular season on Oct. 29 and 30 by hosting Wittenberg Volleyball Invitational III. Five other schools - Muskingum, Wooster, Mount Union, Franklin and Capital - will join Wittenberg to comprise a solid six-team tournament on two courts in the university's HPER Center.
The old saying is that you can't win 'em all. If true, then perhaps the Wittenberg Tigers got it out of their system on Saturday, falling in five tight games to nationally ranked Emory in the finale of the Emory National Invitational. The final scores were 30-25, 30-22, 25-30, 26-30, 13-15, with the home team coming out on top by a 3-2 count.
The Wittenberg Tigers rolled on toward what they hoped would be another tournament title in 2004, taking care of business against Berry College in the third match of the Emory National Invitational. In capturing a 3-0 win, the game scores were 34-32, 30-25, 30-13 as the Tigers improved to 27-1 overall on the campaign.
The Wittenberg volleyball team continues to roll over opponents like a freight train through the heartland. With four more quality wins last weekend at the Elmhurst College Volleyball Invitational, including two over nationally ranked teams, the Tigers improved to 24-1 overall and ascended to the top spot of the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) poll for the first time in school history.
The Wittenberg Tigers once again served notice that they are perhaps the team to beat in the nation in 2004, this time travelling to Atlanta, Ga., to defeat nationally ranked perennial powerhouse California State-Hayward in the second match of the Emory Tournament. The final was 3-1, and the game scores were 30-28, 30-32, 30-22, 30-23.
The Wittenberg Tigers ascended to the No. 1 position in the American Volleyball Coaches Association poll for the first time this week, and in their first outing as the top-ranked team in NCAA Division III the Tigers backed it up with a 3-0 win over Meredith in the first match of the Emory Tournament. The game scores were 30-18, 30-14, 30-20.
Defeating a quality opponent on its own home court is never an easy feat, but the Wittenberg Tigers made it look relatively easy on Saturday with a 3-0 win over the Elmhurst Blue Jays in the third match of the Elmhurst College Volleyball Invitational III.
During any season, there are several key match-ups that test a team's mettle and provide important measuring sticks. In the final match of the Elmhurst Invitational, the Wittenberg volleyball team was tested in just such a way, and once again the Tigers came through splendidly, this time with a 3-1 win over nationally ranked Wisconsin-Whitewater.