2006 News
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Tiger Volleyball Earns Seventh Team Academic AwardJuly 20, 2007Wittenberg University's volleyball team was one of 303 high school and college programs to earn the 2006-07 GamePlan/American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Team Academic Award.
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Thirty-Six Student-Athletes, Coaches Earn Fall All-Conference AwardsNovember 22, 2006One of the most successful fall sports seasons in Wittenberg history was capped by a tremendous haul of postseason awards from the North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC).
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Wittenberg Falls To Top-Ranked Juniata In NCAA Division III Tournament SemifinalsNovember 17, 2006The Wittenberg Tigers were firing on nearly all cylinders Friday in the Salem Civic Center, but in the end they just didn't have enough power in the engine.
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Wittenberg Sweeps Trinity In NCAA Division III Tournament QuarterfinalsNovember 16, 2006Talk about good timing. The Wittenberg Tigers put together perhaps their best all-around performance of the 2006 season Thursday, topping Trinity (Texas), 3-0, in the NCAA Division III Tournament quarterfinals in Salem, Va.
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Wittenberg Tops Calvin To Win Great Lakes Regional TitleNovember 11, 2006After a heartbreaking loss in the conference tournament final to Hiram just one week ago, it could have been easy for the Wittenberg Tigers to hang their heads.
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Wittenberg Rallies Past Hiram In Great Lakes Regional SemisNovember 10, 2006The North Coast Athletic Conference has been the personal playground of the Wittenberg Tiger volleyball program for years.
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Wittenberg University Volleyball Standouts Earn Postseason HonorsNovember 10, 2006Wittenberg University volleyball standout Emily Bell, class of 2008 from Fort Wayne, Ind., has been recognized for the combination of her athletic and academic accomplishments with third-team CoSIDA/ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America College Division All-District IV honors.
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Wittenberg Tops Brockport State In NCAA Tournament OpenerNovember 09, 2006The Wittenberg Tigers opened NCAA Division III Tournament play with an first-match victory for the fifth straight year as they topped Brockport State, 3-1, Thursday in the Great Lakes Regional at Calvin College.
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Volleyball Selected To NCAA Division III Tournament For 11th Straight YearNovember 06, 2006The Wittenberg University volleyball team, ranked 11th in the nation after posting a 31-7 record in the 2006 regular season, has earned the opportunity to play in the NCAA Division III Tournament for the 11th year in a row and the 12th time in school history.
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Press Release: Erin Slattery, Paco Labrador Earn Individual Honors To Highlight All-NCAC SelectionsNovember 05, 2006CLEVELAND, Ohio — Four Wittenberg players and Head Coach Paco Labrador earned postseason recognition from the North Coast Athletic Conference.
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Wittenberg Falls To Hiram In NCAC Tournament ChampionshipNovember 04, 2006For the first time in more than a decade, the Wittenberg Tigers did not stand at midcourt with the North Coast Athletic Conference Tournament championship trophy. That honor went to the Hiram Terriers after a scintillating 3-2 victory at Wittenberg's HPER Center.
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Wittenberg Advances To NCAC Tournament ChampionshipNovember 03, 2006The Wittenberg Tigers cruised through the first of two North Coast Athletic Conference Tournament semifinal matches at the university's HPER Center on Friday, topping Ohio Wesleyan, 3-0.
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Tigers Capture NCAC Title And Wrap Up 4-0 WeekendOctober 28, 2006The Wittenberg University volleyball program returned to the top of the North Coast Athletic Conference heap Saturday, completing the 2006 regular season in style with a pair of convincing victories in the Wittenberg Fall Classic.
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Tigers Clinch Share Of NCAC Regular Season TitleOctober 27, 2006There were highlights aplenty for the Wittenberg Tigers Friday as the Wittenberg Fall Classic got under way in the HPER Center.
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Wittenberg Inches Closer To NCAC Title With Win At EarlhamOctober 25, 2006The Wittenberg Tigers moved one step closer to the first of several lofty team goals in 2006 with a 3-0 victory over Earlham on the Quakers home floor.
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Wittenberg Sweeps Tri-Match Against Wooster and Mount St. JosephOctober 21, 2006With seven straight wins, the Wittenberg Tigers may finally be catching fire. The Tigers completed a 3-win homestand with 3-0 victories over Wooster and Mount St. Joseph Saturday in the HPER Center.
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Wittenberg Sweeps Oberlin In NCAC ActionOctober 20, 2006The Wittenberg Tigers emptied the bench on Friday night, giving some valued reserves their opportunity to shine in a 3-0 victory over the Oberlin Yeowomen.
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Emily Bell Earns AVCA National Player of the Week HonorsOctober 16, 2006Emily Bell, a junior outside hitter, has been named the Sports Imports/AVCA Division III National Player of the Week. Bell led the Tigers to four wins last week, posting double-doubles in all four victories.
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Wittenberg Sweeps A Pair At DenisonOctober 14, 2006In two matches at Denison University, the Wittenberg Tigers accomplished two important things.
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Wittenberg Sweeps Past Ohio WesleyanOctober 13, 2006Now is the time for the Wittenberg Tigers to round into the form that carried them all the way to the national semifinals in 2005.
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Wittenberg Sweeps Kenyon To Remain Unbeaten In NCAC PlayOctober 10, 2006The Wittenberg Tigers are in need of some momentum heading into the stretch run of the 2006 season. Tuesday's 3-0 home win over Kenyon was a good start.
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Wittenberg Splits A Pair In National InvitationalOctober 07, 2006A meatgrinder of a regular season schedule is aimed at preparing the Wittenberg Tigers well for the 2006 postseason. That being the case, Saturday's events brought clearly mixed results.
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Wittenberg Splits At Hiram - But Wins Big OneSeptember 30, 2006The Wittenberg Tigers ended a grueling weekend trip with the results they needed most - a pair of North Coast Athletic Conference road victories over Hiram and Allegheny.
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Wittenberg Still Unbeaten In NCAC Play After Win At AlleghenySeptember 29, 2006The Wittenberg Tigers continued their march through the 2006 North Coast Athletic Conference season, easily topping host Allegheny, 3-0.
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Wittenberg Cruises Past Earlham In NCAC ActionSeptember 27, 2006Rotating liberally throughout the match, the Wittenberg Tigers got a look at many different combinations in a 3-0 home win over Earlham.
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Jan Kehres Earns NCAC Player of the Week HonorsSeptember 24, 2006Wittenberg junior Jan Kehres (Alliance, Ohio/Alliance) had three aces in a 3-0 defeat of Wooster, then had three more aces with 15 kills and 24 digs in a four-game win over Baldwin-Wallace. Kehres finished the week with 18 kills on 34 attempts in a straight set victory over Ohio Wesleyan.
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Wittenberg Wins Three Matches In One DaySeptember 23, 2006The Wittenberg volleyball team was up to a fairly unique weekend challenge. Playing four matches in three locations in 24 hours, the Wittenberg Tigers put together an undefeated weekend.
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Wittenberg Sweeps Oberlin In NCAC ActionSeptember 22, 2006The Wittenberg Tigers emptied the bench on Friday night, giving some valued reserves their opportunity to shine in a 3-0 victory over the Oberlin Yeowomen.
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Wittenberg Finishes 3-1 In Second Annual Border BattleSeptember 16, 2006By the conclusion of a busy weekend of volleyball in Wittenberg's HPER Center, the eighth-ranked Tigers were breathing a sigh of relief. That's not because they had managed to escape every landmine in their six-match week, but because Wittenberg had showed real grit and determination in overcoming less-than-stellar play to finish 5-1, including 3-1 in the second annual Border Battle.
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Wittenberg Sweeps Denison To Open NCAC ActionSeptember 15, 2006The Wittenberg Tigers kicked off a busy weekend with a 3-0 sweep of the Denison Big Red.