2008 News
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Wittenberg Baseball Standout Jeremey Fruhwirth Earns All-Region HonorsMay 22, 2008After ranking among the national leaders in batting average for much of the 2008 season, Wittenberg University baseball standout Jeremey Fruhwirth, class of 2008 from Beavercreek, Ohio, has earned second-team Rawlings/American Baseball Coaches Association All-Mideast Region honors.
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Twenty-Eight Student-Athletes Claim Spring Sport All-Conference AwardsMay 19, 2008A solid 2008 spring sports season has reaped individual rewards for 28 Wittenberg University athletes who were selected to All-North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) teams over the last two weeks.
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Six Tigers Earn 2008 All-North Coast Athletic Conference HonorsMay 19, 2008CLEVELAND, Ohio — Wooster first baseman Sean Karpen and righthander Adam Samson have been named Player and Pitcher of the Year to highlight the 2008 All-North Coast Athletic Conference baseball selections. Wittenberg was represented on the first team by catcher Matt Steinke, pitcher Tim Antil and outfielder Jeremey Fruhwirth.
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Wittenberg Baseball Standout Matt Steinke Earns Academic All-District HonorsMay 10, 2008Wittenberg University baseball standout Matt Steinke, class of 2008 from Wapakoneta, Ohio, has been recognized for the combination of his athletic and academic accomplishments with second-team CoSIDA/ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America College Division All-District IV honors.
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Season Concludes With Loss To HeidelbergApril 30, 2008After holding off a late Heidelberg charge on April 3 for a win in Springfield, the Tigers could not get the bats going Wednesday, falling 0-2 to the Student Princes. The Wittenberg baseball team finishes the 2008 season at 19-19 with a 7-9 mark in the West Division of the North Coast Athletic Conference.
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Final Home Double Ends In Split With KenyonApril 29, 2008The final home doubleheader of the 2007-08 season ended in a split for the Wittenberg Tigers, who won Game 1 by a score of 7-4 and dropped the late game by a 2-7 margin.
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Tigers Stay Ahead Of .500 Heading Into Final StretchApril 27, 2008The Tiger sandlot club split a doubleheader with Thomas More College on Sunday, staying a game ahead of even before heading into the final stretch Tuesday and Wednesday against Kenyon and Heidelberg respectively.
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Doubleheader Sweep Of Earlham Brings Two Wins For TigersApril 26, 2008The Wittenberg Tigers combusted into an explosion of offense on Saturday, overwhelming the Earlham Quakers with a combined 33 runs in the course of two games in a doubleheader sweep by scores of 15-7 and 18-6.
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From Missed Comeback To Coming Back Strong: Witt Tops DefianceApril 23, 2008Just one night after barely missing a come-from-behind win against Muskingum, the Wittenberg Tiger baseball squad took care of business while taking the field against Defiance College.
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Tigers Just Miss Comeback Against MuskingumApril 22, 2008A Wittenberg rally fell just one run short of prolonging a game against Muskingum College on Tuesday night, as the Tiger baseball crew dropped a 6-7 decision to the Muskies.
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Postseason-Precluded Tigers Play Spoiler To Wabash With Two More WinsApril 20, 2008Tiger baseball may not be awaiting a spot in the North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) tournament, but they made an impact on it nonetheless over the weekend in a pair of doubleheaders against the Wabash College Little Giants.
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Wittenberg Blanks Wabash In Game One Of Doubleheader SplitApril 19, 2008Wittenberg baseball split a doubleheader with the Wabash Little Giants on Saturday, in the first day of a back-to-back doubleheader in Crawfordsville, Ind.
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Otterbein Opens It Up For One, Tigers Keep It Close In Game Two Of SweepApril 17, 2008The Wittenberg Tigers continued to struggle on Thursday, this time against Otterbein College. The Red & White dropped both games in a doubleheader against the Cardinals, by scores of 19-1 and 4-3.
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Monday Double With Bishops Not So Open And Shut, Tigers Drop BothApril 14, 2008At 5 p.m. on Monday, as the Wittenberg Tigers and Ohio Wesleyan Battling Bishops baseball teams got ready for a rain-postponed doubleheader, no one could have predicted the mayhem that would ensue. At the end of the day, the Tigers dropped both games, the first by an 8-5 margin and the second by a score of 13-11, after explosive hitting and rallies from both sides.
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Open And Shut Saturday Split With BishopsApril 12, 2008In the first of two doubleheaders on Saturday, the Ohio Wesleyan Battling Bishops and Wittenberg Tigers sped through two games, both of which were one-sided, ending in a split just before rain started falling in Springfield.
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Tigers Encounter Turbulence In Loss To FlyersApril 09, 2008After a wild win against Thomas More the previous day, the Wittenberg Tiger baseball team stuck with the Dayton Flyers before falling behind due to some costly errors late in the game to finish at an 8-3 deficit.
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Wittenberg Beats Thomas More In SlugfestApril 08, 2008Some baseball games are all about finesse, but the Wittenberg Tigers and Thomas More Saints threw style to the wind in an error- and run-filled slugfest on Tuesday night.
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Wittenberg Drops Tough One To Storied Marietta SquadApril 06, 2008Marietta College, 2006 NCAA Division III national champions and winners of 30 games for four straight years, welcomed the visiting Wittenberg Tigers with a reception of hits. The Tigers dropped a 7-2 loss to the "Etta Express," allowing 13 hits and having trouble finding their offense.
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Early Runs Withstand Late Charge From HeidelbergApril 03, 2008The Wittenberg Tiger baseball team scored one run in the first, three runs in the third, and two each in the fourth and fifth innings of a nine-frame matchup against visiting Heidelberg, giving themselves enough room to withstand a late, three-run rally the Student Princes were able to assemble in the eighth.
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Wittenberg Wins With Late-Game Fireworks Against WilmingtonApril 01, 2008The Tigers had their ups and downs against Wilmington Tuesday night, but came out on top in dramatic fashion with a game-winning RBI single from sophomore first baseman Chris Dorka (Worthington, Ohio/Thomas Worthington).
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Wittenberg Heads To Splitsville With EarlhamMarch 29, 2008Between a blowout and a pitching duel, the Wittenberg Tigers and Earlham Quakers had to settle for a split in a Saturday doubleheader in Richmond, Ind. Wittenberg supercharged its offense for a 21-3 victory in the early game, while Earlham turned things around to hold the Tiger bats to two runs in a close 3-2 decision.
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Wittenberg Ends Losing Streak In Split With CapitalMarch 25, 2008A four-game losing streak ended on Tuesday for the Wittenberg Tiger baseball team when they won the first game of a doubleheader with Capital, 9-6, before dropping the second game by a score of 6-5.
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Denison Completes Season Sweep With Two Monday WinsMarch 24, 2008After two days of rain-delayed waiting, Denison came back to Springfield to complete its weekend and season sweep of the Wittenberg baseball team in much the same way it opened the series on Friday: One close game followed by a lopsided contest. On Monday the scores were 3-4 and 0-8.
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Wittenberg Drops Two To Denison In Home Opening DoubleheaderMarch 21, 2008In the much-delayed home opener, which also served as the opening round of North Coast Athletic Conference West Division play for the Tigers, Wittenberg could not get around on Denison, dropping the front and back ends of a doubleheader by scores of 5-4 and 11-4.
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Wittenberg Back In Win Column After Dispatching NJCUMarch 07, 2008After losing their first of the season to Keystone on Thursday, the Wittenberg Tigers bounced back to beat New Jersey City University by a score of 12-6 on Friday.
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Spring Break Winning Streak Comes To An End Against KeystoneMarch 06, 2008A rough day for the Tigers started with two errors in the bottom of the first, opening the door to Keystone to run away with an 8-3 victory over Wittenberg.
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Wittenberg Baseball Registers Win Over FarmingdaleMarch 04, 2008The Tigers are off to a four-game winning streak to start the 2007-08 season after defeating Farmingdale State University by a score of 9-6 on Tuesday before the day off on Wednesday.
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Wittenberg Picks Up Two Wins Against MuhlenbergMarch 03, 2008The Wittenberg Tigers kept their loss column empty Monday with a doubleheader sweep of Muhlenberg College by the decisive scores of 19-5 and 13-2.
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Tigers Open 2008 Season With Win Over KingsMarch 02, 2008Back-to-back five run innings blew the top off of Wittenberg's season opening 15-6 win over Kings College in Orlando, Florida Sunday.
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2008 Season OutlookMarch 01, 2008After losing just five letterwinners, including two starters, from a 2007 team that finished 18-19 overall, the Wittenberg baseball program appears poised to make a run at the North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) championship and earn a berth in the NCAA Division III Tournament.