2005 News

  • 2005 Season In Review
    May 20, 2005
    The Wittenberg University baseball team made some strides in 2005, combining a solid pitching staff, a solid defense and an offense that hit for average but didn't generate much power to put themselves in almost every game.
  • Spring Sports Athletes Claim 35 NCAC Postseason Awards
    May 13, 2005
    A solid spring sports season has reaped individual rewards for 35 Wittenberg University athletes who were selected to All-North Coast Athletic Conference teams over the last two weeks.
  • Wittenberg Baseball Standout Jon Komperda Named First-Team Academic All-District
    May 12, 2005
    Wittenberg University baseball standout Jon Komperda, class of 2005, has been recognized for the combination of his athletic and academic accomplishments with first-team CoSIDA/ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America College Division All-District IV honors.
  • Wittenberg Baseball Standout Kurt Hartfelder Picked First In 2005 Frontier League Draft
    May 12, 2005
    Just two weeks after he thought his baseball career had come to a close, Wittenberg University baseball standout Kurt Hartfelder, class of 2004, got one of those rare second chances in life.
  • Round Up: May 5th, 2005: Baseball Review
    May 05, 2005
    The Wittenberg baseball team saw their 2005 season come to an end last weekend at nationally ranked Wooster in the North Coast Athletic Conference Tournament semifinals. By losing the first two games of a three-game series at Wooster, the defending conference champion, by scores of 4-0 and 15-8, Wittenberg bowed out with records of 21-16 overall and 9-5 in the NCAC West Division.
  • Wittenberg Falls To Nationally Ranked Wooster In NCAC Tournament Semifinals
    April 30, 2005
    In their first North Coast Athletic Conference Tournament appearance in three years, the Wittenberg Tigers dropped both ends of a doubleheader at the College of Wooster Saturday, 4-0 and 15-8. The losses dropped the Tigers to 21-16 overall after a 9-5 record in the NCAC West Division, good for a second-place tie with Ohio Wesleyan and a berth in the four-team tournament by virtue of tiebreaker criteria.
  • Round Up: April 29th, 2005: Baseball Review
    April 29, 2005
    The Wittenberg baseball team broke through this week, capturing the biggest game of the year on Wednesday with a 5-2 victory over Denison in the first game of the final North Coast Athletic Conference West Division series of the 2005 season. In the inconsequential nightcap, the West Division champion Big Red won 13-5.
  • Wittenberg Picks Up Key Split With Denison
    April 27, 2005
    The Wittenberg Tigers spent eight days watching the radar screens, hoping to play baseball. It was worth the wait as the Tigers pulled off a split with the homestanding Denison Big Red, winning the first game 5-2 and losing the nightcap 13-5 on a cold, blustery night.
  • Round Up: April 20th, 2005: Baseball Review
    April 20, 2005
    The Wittenberg baseball team has new life, thanks to a seven-game win streak that included a four-game sweep of North Coast Athletic Conference West Division rival Earlham last weekend. The Tigers are now 20-13 overall and 8-4 in the NCAC West heading into this weekends key four-game showdown with division-leading Denison in Granville, Ohio.
  • Wittenberg Rallies For Win Over Muskingum
    April 19, 2005
    How things change in just a week's time. The Wittenberg Tigers were a struggling outfit after losing three of four home games to Thomas More on April 9-10, but that seems like a long time ago. On Tuesday, the Tigers won their seventh straight game, taking to the road for the first time in two weeks and pulling out a 10-9 extra-inning victory over Muskingum.
  • Wittenberg Gets Key NCAC West Sweep Of Earlham
    April 16, 2005
    The Wittenberg Tigers got just what they had to have on a beautiful spring afternoon at Carleton Davidson Stadium. The Tigers took a pair of North Coast Athletic Conference West Division games from visiting Earlham College, 12-4 and 16-4.
  • Wittenberg Rallies For Win Over Otterbein
    April 13, 2005
    In an important turn of events for the struggling Wittenberg Tigers, a two-run ninth-inning rally earned an 8-7 non-conference victory over the visiting Otterbein Cardinals.
  • Wittenberg Races Past Cedarville
    April 11, 2005
    Just what the doctor ordered for the struggling Wittenberg Tiger baseball team. A well-pitched game by three different pitchers, a solid defensive performance and a 12-hit offensive attack added up to a 12-3 victory over visiting Cedarville University, just a day after Thomas More swept a doubleheader by scores of 9-2 and 13-0.
  • Wittenberg vs. Thomas More
    April 10, 2005
    The Tiger baseball team suffered a couple of blows on Sunday as they were torched by Thomas More College, 9-2 and 13-0. The 13-0 loss is the worst one this season for the Tigers. In the first game Brad Koopman's (Pleasant Hill, Ohio/Newton) home run in the seventh inning kept the Tigers from being shut out twice in one day.
  • Wittenberg Splits With Thomas More
    April 09, 2005
    The Wittenberg Tigers have made a habit of splitting doubleheaders in North Coast Athletic Conference West Division play. So it figures that the Tigers would split a doubleheader out of conference as they won Game 1 against visiting Thomas More, 5-3, but lost Game 2 by a score of 6-4.
  • Wittenberg Pounces On Wilmington In 11-6 Victory
    April 06, 2005
    The Wittenberg Tigers are still in search of that perfect game in which all of the elements come together in perfect harmony - pitching, defense and offense. Wednesday night's 11-6 home win over Ohio Athletic Conference rival Wilmington was possibly a step toward each of those goals as the Tiger offense broke out for a big night, junior Justin McCulla turned in a solid start and the defense committed just one error.
  • Fifty Years After Bill Edwards' Homecoming, Tradition Continues
    April 05, 2005
    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.
  • Round Up: April 5th, 2005: Baseball Review
    April 05, 2005
    The Wittenberg baseball team has had its share of ups and downs through the first month of the 2005 season. With a lot of baseball still to play, the Tigers stand 11-10 overall and 4-4 in the North Coast Athletic Conference West Division.
  • Wittenberg Rallies For Split With Wabash
    April 04, 2005
    The Wittenberg Tigers put together one of their most complete games of the season at the most opportune time, claiming Game 4 of a North Coast Athletic Conference West Division series with Wabash at Carleton Davidson Stadium, 9-2. It was crucial that the Tigers put together that victory after losing the opener of Monday's doubleheader 12-1.
  • Wittenberg And Wabash Split
    April 03, 2005
    Both ends of Sunday's North Coast Athletic Conference West Division doubleheader followed a similar script - until the late innings. In the opener, Wittenberg staged a stunning comeback in the bottom of the seventh, rallying for three runs on two RBI walks and an RBI on hit batter for a 5-4 victory. In the nightcap, Wabash held on, stretching its lead out to five runs and then holding the Tiger rally off for a 7-4 victory.
  • Wittenberg Falls To Otterbein
    March 31, 2005
    A rough start doomed the Wittenberg Tigers in nonconference baseball action Thursday at Otterbein College as the homestanding Cardinals captured a 14-2 decision. The loss dropped the Tigers to 9-8 overall heading into this weekend's crucial four-game series against Wabash College back home in the friendly confines of Carleton Davidson Stadium in Springfield.
  • Wittenberg And Ohio Wesleyan Split Four-Game Series 2-2
    March 26, 2005
    It could have been better and it could have been worse. In the end, the Wittenberg Tiger baseball team will take a four-game split of the first North Coast Athletic Conference West Division series of the 2005 season. The Tigers and Ohio Wesleyan each captured two wins in the Easter weekend series, with Sunday finals of 7-4 in favor of Wittenberg and 2-1 for the Bishops.
  • Wittenberg And Ohio Wesleyan Split Season-Opening NCAC Doubleheader
    March 24, 2005
    The Wittenberg Tigers were on the brink and fought back on Thursday, salvaging a doubleheader split in dramatic fashion against rival and defending North Coast Athletic Conference West Division champion Ohio Wesleyan. After falling 2-1 in the opener, Wittenberg rallied for three runs in the sixth inning to take a 6-5 victory in Game 2 and earn a much-needed split to open the 2005 NCAC West campaign.
  • Tigers Finish 1-2 In 2005 Wittenberg Tournament
    March 20, 2005
    The Wittenberg University baseball team finished 1-2 in the 2005 Wittenberg Tournament. The "Boys of Summer" were unable to maintain early leads in their two losses to Hiram College and Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. Against Myers College, the baseball team looked like the "Sultan's of Swat" as they posted 11 runs on the board.
  • Tigers Finish 1-2 In 2005 Wittenberg Tournament
    March 20, 2005
    The Wittenberg University baseball team finished 1-2 in the 2005 Wittenberg Tournament. The "Boys of Summer" were unable to maintain early leads in their two losses to Hiram College and Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. Against Myers College, the baseball team looked like the "Sultan's of Swat" as they posted 11 runs on the board.
  • Tigers Finish 1-2 In 2005 Wittenberg Tournament
    March 19, 2005
    The Wittenberg University baseball team finished 1-2 in the 2005 Wittenberg Tournament. The "Boys of Summer" were unable to maintain early leads in their two losses to Hiram College and Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. Against Myers College, the baseball team looked like the "Sultan's of Swat" as they posted 11 runs on the board.
  • 2005 Wittenberg Tournament Schedule
    March 19, 2005
    Original Saturday schedule scrapped due to rain
  • Round Up: March 18th, 2005: Baseball Review
    March 18, 2005
    The Wittenberg baseball team is off to another strong start, posting a 6-2 record through its first eight games played during a Spring Break trip to Port Charlotte, Fla. In their first game back in Ohio, the Tigers fell to Ohio Northern on Wednesday, 8-7.
  • Wittenberg Baseball Tournament Features Seven Top Teams This Weekend
    March 18, 2005
    There may still be a chill in the air, but Wittenberg University's "Boys of Spring" are back on the diamond this weekend as hosts of the 2005 Wittenberg Baseball Tournament.
  • Wittenberg Drops Home Opener To Ohio Northern
    March 16, 2005
    After a successful trip to Florida to open the season, this was not the homecoming the Wittenberg Tigers had envisioned. But for a relatively young team in search of an identity early in the 2005 season, Wednesday's 8-7 loss to Ohio Northern at Carleton Davidson Stadium had all the earmarks of a learning experience.
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