2002-03 News
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Led By Skip Ivery's NCAA Track Title, Tigers Earn Regional, National HonorsMay 26, 2003banner sports season was capped off in dramatic fashion as junior Skip Ivery (Columbus, Ohio/Groveport-Madison) won the 110-meter high hurdles at the NCAA Division III Outdoor Track and Field Championship Meet at St. Lawrence University in Canton, NY, May 22-24.
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Fifty-One Student-Athletes Earn Spring Sport Postseason AwardsMay 19, 2003Another banner spring sports season has reaped rich rewards for 51 Wittenberg University athletes who were selected to All-North Coast Athletic Conference teams over the last two weeks.
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Tigers Make it to Finals at the NCAC Championship TournamentApril 29, 2003The Tiger men’s tennis team saw its season come to a bittersweet conclusion last weekend at Denison in the NCAC Championships. After winning the West Division title for the first time ever, the Tigers reached the NCAC Championship match, only to be denied by nationally ranked Kenyon 4-0. Matches in the tourney are only played until an insurmountable lead is attained - all other matches are abandoned without a conclusion.
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Tigers Wrap Up Regular Season with a Series of WinsApril 22, 2003The Tiger men’s tennis team accomplished the first of several lofty goals last week as they wrapped up the North Coast Athletic Conference West Division title with a 4-3 home victory over defending champion Denison on Wednesday. That win came a day after the Tigers captured a 5-2 victory over NAIA scholarship program Cedarville on Tuesday, also at home.
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Tigers Sweep Allegheny and EarlhamApril 15, 2003The Tiger men’s tennis team was outstanding over the weekend, sweeping a pair of dual matches at home against NCAC rivals Earlham and Allegheny. The victory over the Quakers improved the Tigers to 3-0 in the NCAC West and set up a showdown with perennial powerhouse and two-time defending division champion Denison, which is also unbeaten, on Wednesday.
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Tigers Split the WeekApril 08, 2003The Tiger tennis team just missed the NCAA Division III tournament last year. So this year, the team is playing one of the best schedules in the nation in hopes of improving the odds of making the national tournament for the first time as a team.
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Tigers Look Strong Coming Off of Spring BreakMarch 24, 2003The Tiger men’s tennis squad is off to another strong start toward what they hope is an NCAA Division III Tournament berth. Playing a very difficult schedule, however, it looks like the Tigers may come up just short of that goal.
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Tigers Come Out On Top Over WabashMarch 23, 2003The Tiger men’s tennis team is rounding into form following a difficult early-season non-conference schedule that included regionally ranked DePauw, Kenyon and Wheaton, and a second-place finish in the Wabash Invitational to nationally ranked Washington University. That makes this an interesting week as the Tigers travel to Wooster for a nonconference match on Thurdsay and then St. Louis, Mo. for a tri-match with Washington University and Wisconsin-Eau Claire.
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Wittenberg Tennis Starts Spring Season With High HopesMarch 10, 2003The Wittenberg men’s and women’s tennis teams head into the 2003 season with high hopes, coming off twin third-place finishes in the NCAC a year ago. Both return most of their starting lineups, including top players Emily Figel (Ft. Wayne, Ind./Homestead) and Casey Clagett (Steamboat Springs, Colo./Steamboat Springs).
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Tiger Wins Fall Regional TournamentOctober 08, 2002For the third straight year, the Wittenberg women’s tennis program hosted the Omni Hotels/Intercollege Tennis Association Women’s Division III Central Region Championship at the Albright Tennis Complex.
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Tigers' Fall Season Begins in Greencastle, IndianaOctober 01, 2002The 2002-03 tennis season got off to a rousing official start last weekend as the men’s team traveled to Greencastle, Ind. for the 2002 Omni Hotels/Intercollegiate Tennis Association Men’s Division III Central Region Singles Championship at DePauw University. Both the Wittenberg men and women had hosted flighted tournaments at mostly Division I competition in previous weekends, but the regional tourney annually kicks things off for Division III teams.
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Season OutlookAugust 10, 2002The Wittenberg men’s and women’s tennis teams head into the 2003 season with high hopes, coming off twin third-place finishes in the NCAC a year ago. Both return most of their starting lineups, including top players Emily Figel (Ft. Wayne, Ind./Homestead) and Casey Clagett (Steamboat Springs, Colo./Steamboat Springs).