Wittenberg University’s Department of Athletics can boast of a variety of outstanding team and individual athletic accomplishments during the 2011-12 school year, in addition to another stellar performance by Tiger student-athletes in the classroom.
Three months after the Wittenberg volleyball team made history, emotions around the team’s win were high again as the national championship banner was raised to the HPER Center rafters in the Pam Evans Smith Arena on campus, Feb. 11.
Nearly three months after raising the 2011 NCAA Division III championship trophy to thunderous cheers of a small but partisan crowd at Washington University in St. Louis, Mo., Wittenberg University's volleyball team was honored much closer to home with a resolution read on the floor of the Ohio House of Representatives.
Wittenberg University's run to the 2011 NCAA Division III Championship, inspired by a cancer-stricken teammate, is the subject of a feature story included in the 2011 NCAA Fall Championships feature show.
Wittenberg University volleyball standout Kimmie Dyer, class of 2012 from Copley, Ohio, has been recognized for the combination of her athletic and academic accomplishments with third-team Capital One College Division Academic All-America honors.
After leading the Wittenberg Tigers to their first NCAA Division III volleyball championship, Head Coach Paco Labrador has been named 2011 National Coach of the Year by the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA).
When the final ball hit the floor in Wittenberg's 3-0 NCAA Division III Tournament championship victory over Christopher Newport, there was a release of energy from the Red & White clad horde behind the Tigers' bench that could be felt from coast to coast. Tiger fans everywhere joined in the celebration of Wittenberg's first NCAA Championship in 34 years.
After the biggest win of his coaching career, Wittenberg Volleyball Head Coach Paco Labrador paused to reflect upon how much the 3-0 win over Christopher Newport in the 2011 NCAA Division III National Championship match meant to all the players who helped build the Tiger program.
Wittenberg University seniors Kimmie Dyer and Hannah Riley were selected to represent their team and university as presenters at the 2011 NCAA Division III Volleyball Banquet, hosted by Washington University and the NCAA at the Ballpark Hilton in St. Louis, Mo., on Thursday, Nov. 17. An excerpt of their presentation follows, as Kimmie and Hannah offered a glimpse into the world of Tiger volleyball and the obstacles the team faced on the road to the national tournament:
It is possible that the perfectionist in Wittenberg volleyball head coach Paco Labrador could still find something not to like in the final boxscore of his team's 3-0 NCAA Division III Tournament quarterfinal victory over California Lutheran. But he will have to look long and hard.
The Wittenberg volleyball team is in St. Louis this weekend primarily in search of a national championship, but the Tigers took some time to team up with the NCAA and the St. Louis Sports Commission to lend a helping hand to Good Shepherd Children and Family Services.
Wittenberg University volleyball standouts Katie Sumner, class of 2012 from Dublin, Ohio, Kimmie Dyer, class of 2012 from Copley, Ohio, and Christina Gilene, class of 2013 from Milford, Ohio, have earned All-America honors from the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA).
The third time was definitely a charm for the Wittenberg Tigers. Eliminated by Calvin College in the 2009 and 2010 NCAA Division III Tournaments, the Tigers turned the tables on the Knights, 3-1, to advance to their first national quarterfinal since 2007.
A convincing 3-0 sweep of 13th-ranked Heidelberg moved the fifth-ranked Wittenberg Tigers into their ninth NCAA Division III Tournament regional championship match.
Wittenberg University volleyball standout Kimmie Dyer, class of 2012 from Copley, Ohio, has been recognized for the combination of her athletic and academic accomplishments with first-team Capital One Academic All-America College Division All-District 7 honors.
The Wittenberg Tigers overwhelmed Rose-Hulman in the first round of the NCAA Division III Tournament, sweeping the Engineers, 3-0, by set scores of 25-15, 25-10, 25-11 in a match played at Calvin College.
Wittenberg University volleyball standouts Katie Sumner, class of 2012 from Dublin, Ohio, Kimmie Dyer, class of 2012 from Copley, Ohio, and Christina Gilene, class of 2013 from Milford, Ohio, have earned All-Great Lakes Region honors from the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA).
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — The fifth-ranked Wittenberg Tigers have been selected to compete in the NCAA Division III Tournament for the 16th consecutive year and the 17th time in school history. The Tigers open their quest for a first national title against Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology at 3 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 10, at Calvin College.
CLEVELAND, Ohio — Wittenberg swept the four top individual awards from the North Coast Athletic Conference: Paco Labrador (Coach), Katie Sumner (Player), Christina Gilene (Libero) and Meghan Vodopich (Newcomer).
The North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) Tournament trophy is securely in the possession of the Wittenberg Tigers for the 17th time in the last 20 years after a 3-0 sweep of Hiram.
For the 20th straight year, the Wittenberg Tigers have reached the North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) Tournament championship match after a 3-0 victory over the College of Wooster.
The Wittenberg Tigers put the finishing touches on another tremendous regular season with a 3-0 sweep of host Allegheny. The victory pushed the Tigers' overall record to 29-3, but more importantly it capped the North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) slate with a perfect 16-0 mark.
Coming off their most disappointing result of the 2011 season, the Wittenberg Tigers bounced back in a big way on the second day of the Wisconsin-Whitewater Invitational, cruising past Carthage and Wisconsin-Oshkosh by matching 3-0 scores.
For the first time in more than a year, the Wittenberg Tigers were shut out, losing 3-0 to perennial powerhouse Wisconsin-Whitewater on the opening day of the Warhawks' Invitational.
The Wittenberg Tigers made it official with a 3-0 whitewashing of visiting Denison — for the sixth year in a row and 17th time since 1992, Wittenberg's name will stand atop the North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) regular season standings.
The Wittenberg Tigers swept two more North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) opponents on the second and final day of the second 2011 NCAC Power Weekend to move within one game of clinching at least a share of their sixth straight regular season title.
The Wittenberg Tigers continued to take care of business against North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) competition, taking a pair of matches by 3-0 scores on Day 1 of the conference's Power Weekend activities at the College of Wooster.