While the Wittenberg University Department of Athletics can boast of a variety of outstanding team and individual athletic accomplishments again this academic year, another great source of pride is created by the performance of Tiger athletes in the classroom. It, too, has been exceptional.
One 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).
Wittenberg University volleyball standout Erin Slattery, class of 2010 from Chagrin Falls, Ohio, has capped her collegiate career with honorable mention All-America honors from the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA).
Wittenberg University volleyball standout Erin Slattery, class of 2010 from Chagrin Falls, Ohio, has earned first-team All-Great Lakes Region honors from the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA).
For the first time in a decade, the Wittenberg Tigers were knocked out of the NCAA Division III Tournament in the first round, falling to Calvin College by a 3-0 score in a match played at Hope College.
Wooster senior KateLynn Riley has been named Player of the Year to highlight the 2009 All-North Coast Athletic Conference volleyball selections. Erin Slattery, Kate Snead, Katie Sumner and Amy Cox earned postseason awards from the NCAC.
The No. 11-ranked Wittenberg University volleyball team has been selected to compete in the NCAA Division III Tournament for the 14th consecutive year and the 15th time in school history. The Tigers open their quest for the first national title in program history with a first round match at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 12, at Hope College against 14th-ranked Calvin College.
After dropping the first set and fending off an energetic Hiram squad in the second, the Wittenberg volleyball team put together a furious comeback in the third frame and slammed the door shut with an overwhelming fourth to take home their 15th overall North Coast Athletic Conference Tournament Championship and their 12th in the last 13 years.
The Wittenberg Tigers reached their 18th consecutive North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) Tournament championship match with a 3-0 sweep of visiting Allegheny.
Wittenberg University volleyball standout Erin Slattery, class of 2010 from Chagrin Falls, Ohio, 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.
The eighth-ranked Wittenberg Tigers absorbed some punishment on the final weekend of the 2009 regular season after losing to three nationally ranked teams in the Trinity National Invitational.
The Wittenberg volleyball team lost by a 3-0 margin for just the third time in the last three years, faltering under a blistering attack from the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh to pick up only their fifth loss of the season. The match was decided by set scores of 25-21, 25-16 and 26-24.
The Wittenberg Tigers put the finishing touches on their fourth consecutive undefeated North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) regular season, sweeping host Ohio Wesleyan 3-0 by scores of 25-20, 25-5, 25-16.
After their first loss in more than a month on Friday against nationally ranked Heidelberg, the Wittenberg Tigers made full use of their expansive roster to complete a second-day sweep at the Heidelberg Quad Saturday with wins over Webster and Carthage.
Playing before a charged-up home crowd in the first match of the two-day Heidelberg Quad, the Wittenberg Tigers came up just short in a battle between two of the top teams in the Great Lakes Region.
The Wittenberg Tigers continued to roll through the 2009 North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) schedule, cruising past Earlham 3-0. Along the way, the Tigers clinched a 12th outright NCAC regular season title in 13 years (fourth in a row) while breaking the conference record with their 64th consecutive NCAC regular season victory.
It wasn't their best day - especially by the lofty standards of one of the most successful volleyball programs in all of NCAA Division III over the last 20 years - but the Wittenberg Tigers continued their march through the North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) with matching 3-1 wins over Oberlin and Denison.
The Wittenberg Tigers took two more important steps toward another North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) regular season championship with a pair of convincing 3-0 wins over two of their closest pursuers.
The Wittenberg Tigers continued to roll through yet another North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) schedule, cruising past host Denison, 3-0, to remain unbeaten in 2009 regular season action.
For the first time in two years, the Wittenberg Tigers were extended beyond three sets in a North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) regular season match. By day's end, however, the Tigers had put the finishing touches on a difficult two-day, three-match conference road trip with a 3-0 record after wins over Allegheny, Hiram and Oberlin.
The Wittenberg volleyball team continues to plow through North Coast Athletic Conference competition, dropping Allegheny by a 3-0 mark Friday night to move to 11-3 overall and 7-0 in league action, all in straight sets.
It was business as usual for the Wittenberg Tigers on Senior Recognition Night 2009. After Head Coach Paco Labrador introduced a six-player senior class that has never lost a North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) match to a boisterous, appreciative home crowd, the Tigers proceeded to dispatch Wooster 3-0.
The Wittenberg Tiger volleyball team stayed unbeaten in the North Coast Athletic Conference with a 3-0 win over the visiting Kenyon Ladies Wednesday night, moving to 5-0 in the NCAC and 9-3 overall. The Ladies, however, fell to 3-15 overall, including a winless 0-5 mark in NCAC action.
The Wittenberg volleyball team took two more straight set wins on Day Two of the North Coast Athletic Conference Power Weekend at Allegheny, setting down Kenyon by scores of 25-12, 25-21 and 25-21 and Wooster by scores of 25-18, 25-21 and 25-13. The Tigers finish the first NCAC weekend with a perfect 4-0 mark in league action and an 8-3 record overall, taking all 12 sets they played.
The Wittenberg volleyball team finished up its first day of the opening North Coast Athletic Conference Power Weekend at Allegheny College with two straight set wins, first over Ohio Wesleyan by scores of 25-12, 25-9 and 25-18, and then over Earlham by scores of 25-15, 25-10 and 25-11. The Tigers improve to 6-3 overall with the wins, and are owners of a perfect 2-0 record in NCAC action.
A much-anticipated showdown between the two most successful NCAA Division III volleyball programs in the Great Lakes Region over the last decade went right down to the wire - just as one would expect. This storied rivalry added exciting chapter, albeit one that the Wittenberg Tigers will not reflect on fondly as the fourth-ranked Polar Bears escaped with a 3-2 win over the ninth-ranked Tigers.
The Wittenberg Tigers rounded out the 2009 Border Battle with a strong performance against Edison Community College and a hard-fought loss to eighth-ranked Hope College.
The Wittenberg Tigers had to dig deep, responding to the challenges posed by Calvin and Alma for a pair of victories on Day 1 of the 2009 Border Battle, hosted by Wittenberg.
The Wittenberg University volleyball team, ranked 12th in the latest American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) NCAA Division III poll, hosts its fifth annual Border Battle Friday and Saturday, Sept. 18-19. For the second straight year, the event will have a global awareness theme, with a fundraising effort to benefit children of the impoverished African kingdom of Lesotho.
After an 11-day layoff, the ninth-ranked Wittenberg Tigers showed some rust in the return to action, losing to Thomas More College before rebounding to defeat the host Lions in the Mount St. Joseph Invitational.