2007 News

  • Wittenberg Softball Standout Sarah Fetters Earns Academic All-America Honors
    May 30, 2007
    Wittenberg University softball standout Sarah Fetters, class of 2008 from Maumee, Ohio, has been recognized for the combination of her athletic and academic accomplishments with second-team CoSIDA/ESPN The Magazine College Division Academic All-America honors.
  • Twenty-Seven Student-Athletes Claim Spring Sport All-Conference Awards
    May 17, 2007
    A solid spring sports season has reaped individual rewards for 27 Wittenberg University athletes who were selected to All-North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) teams over the last two weeks.
  • Twenty-Seven Wittenberg Student-Athletes Claim Spring Sport All-Conference Awards
    May 17, 2007
    A solid spring sports season has reaped individual rewards for 27 Wittenberg University athletes who were selected to All-North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) teams over the last two weeks.
  • Wittenberg Softball Standout Sarah Fetters Earns Academic All-District Honors
    May 11, 2007
    Wittenberg University softball standout Sarah Fetters, class of 2008 from Maumee, Ohio, has been recognized for the combination of her athletic and academic accomplishments with first-team CoSIDA/ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America College Division All-District IV honors.
  • Press Release: Six Tigers, led by Newcomer of the Year Cameron Catalfu, Earn 2007 All-NCAC Honors
    May 10, 2007
    CLEVELAND, Ohio — Allegheny's Abby Bodenlos has been named Player of the Year and Denison's Rachel Thomas takes Pitcher of the Year honors to highlight the 2007 All-North Coast Athletic Conference softball selections. Wittenberg freshman Cameron Catalfu (Loveland, OH/Loveland), the lone freshman on the first team, earns Newcomer of the Year honors. She started every game for the Tigers, was perfect in the outfield in 14 chances, scored a team-best 14 runs and drew a team-high 10 walks in 14 NCAC contests.
  • Wittenberg Softball Players Earn All-Region Honors
    May 09, 2007
    Following a tremendous 2007 season, the Wittenberg Tigers placed two players on the recently announced National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) All-Central Region teams.
  • Tigers End Season With Two Losses In NCAC Tournament
    May 04, 2007
    A once-promising 2007 season came a sudden end on the first day of the North Coast Athletic Conference Tournament, hosted by regular season champion Denison.
  • Wittenberg Wraps Up Second Place With Sweep At Allegheny
    April 29, 2007
    MEADVILLE, Pa. - The Wittenberg Tigers ended the 2007 regular season with plenty of momentum, finishing with 10 wins in their last 11 games, including a sweep of North Coast Athletic Conference rival Allegheny in Sunday's season finale.
  • Tigers Split Non-Conference Finale At Wilmington
    April 24, 2007
    WILMINGTON, Ohio - What looked like a mismatch on paper turned into a dogfight. When the dust had settled on a doubleheader that featured a little bit of everything, the Wittenberg Tigers and Wilmington Quakers each had one win to show for their efforts.
  • Rachael Hatcher's No-Hitter Highlights Wittenberg Sweep Of Oberlin On Senior Recognition Day
    April 21, 2007
    SPRINGFIELD, Ohio - Make it seven straight wins for the Wittenberg Tigers. With an exclamation point.
  • Tigers Sweep Past NCAC Rival Wooster
    April 19, 2007
    WOOSTER, Ohio - For the second time in 24 hours, the Wittenberg Tigers took to the road for a North Coast Athletic Conference sweep, this time taking a pair from the College of Wooster by scores of 7-3 and 9-0.
  • Tigers Pick Up Key NCAC Road Sweep Of Ohio Wesleyan
    April 18, 2007
    DELAWARE, Ohio - It took four tries, but the Wittenberg Tigers finally got the North Coast Athletic Conference sweep they so needed. By scores of 4-0 and 8-6, the Tigers topped homestanding NCAC rival Ohio Wesleyan to take an important step toward their 2007 season goals. The wins pushed the Tigers past the 20-win plateau for the fourth time in the last five years - an unprecendented run of success in the 22 years of documented softball at Wittenberg. The Tigers will take marks of 20-10 overall and 5-3 in the NCAC into Thursday's rescheduled doubleheader at Wooster before Wittenberg returns home for a Senior Recognition Day game against Oberlin on Saturday.
  • Tigers Rally For Split With Hiram
    April 13, 2007
    SPRINGFIELD, Ohio - Moving up a doubleheader one day in order to play for just the third time in more than two weeks, the Wittenberg Tigers came away with their third straight North Coast Athletic Conference split Friday. Taking on visiting Hiram in a game moved up a day due to an ominous weather forecast for Saturday, the Tigers lost 2-0 in the opener before rallying for a 5-1 victory in the nightcap.
  • Tigers Split Key NCAC Doubleheader With Kenyon
    April 10, 2007
    GAMBIER, Ohio - One bad inning was all it took for the Wittenberg Tigers to end up with a doubleheader split instead of the desired sweep of homestanding Kenyon. In a key North Coast Athletic Conference doubleheader between two title hopefuls, the Ladies hung on for a 6-5 win in Game 1 before the Tigers held off a late charge to capture a 4-3 decision in the nightcap.
  • Wittenberg Splits Key NCAC Doubleheader With Denison
    April 04, 2007
    SPRINGFIELD, Ohio - With the winds swirling and the snow flurries flying, the Wittenberg Tigers took the plunge into North Coast Athletic Conference action and came away with a key split against preseason favorite Denison. Wittenberg rallied for a 5-3 win in the opener before the Big Red came up with a 5-1 victory in the nightcap.
  • Tigers Run Win Streak To Seven With Sweep Of Mount St. Joseph
    March 27, 2007
    CINNATI, Ohio - There's hot and then there's red hot. The Wittenberg Tigers fall in the latter category after sweeping a doubleheader at Mount St. Joseph by scores of 6-2 and 11-2 to run their win streak to seven.
  • Tigers Wrap Up 8-2 Homestand With Sweep Of Heidelberg
    March 25, 2007
    SPRINGFIELD, Ohio - The Wittenberg Tigers put the finishing touches on an 8-2 homestand with a sweep of visiting Heidelberg by scores of 6-4 and 6-1 Sunday at Dillahunt Field.
  • Wittenberg Rallies Twice For Doubleheader Sweep Of Urbana
    March 22, 2007
    SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — If the early going of the 2007 softball season is any indication, the Wittenberg Tigers have established a trend. In winning their 10th and 11th games of the campaign - by scores of 4-3 and 9-3 over visiting Urbana - the Tigers recorded their seventh and eight come-from-behind victories.
  • Wittenberg Splits A Pair With Transylvania
    March 21, 2007
    SPRINGFIELD, Ohio - Halfway through a stretch of five straight home doubleheaders, the Wittenberg Tigers split a pair with visiting Transylvania at Dillahunt Field.
  • Tigers Split A Pair With John Carroll To Wrap Up Homestand
    March 18, 2007
    SPRINGFIELD, Ohio - The Wittenberg Tigers put the wraps on an unexpected homestand with a split against John Carroll. Wittenberg captured the opener by a 7-6 count before the Blue Streaks rallied for a 7-4 win in the nightcap.
  • Wittenberg Offense Explodes In Sweep Of Baldwin-Wallace
    March 17, 2007
    SPRINGFIELD, Ohio - The Wittenberg Tigers opened the home portion of the 2007 season with a bang, topping visiting Baldwin-Wallace by scores of 8-0 and 11-9.
  • Tigers Wrap Up Spring Break With Pair Of Losses
    March 09, 2007
    KISSIMMEE, Fla. - The Wittenberg Tigers ended their annual Spring Break trip on a down note with a pair of losses. The Tigers dropped an 8-0 decision to fourth-ranked Washington University and then capped the trip with a 3-2 loss to Muhlenberg.
  • Wittenberg Splits A Pair On Day 4 Of Spring Break Trip
    March 08, 2007
    KISSIMMEE, Fla. - For the third straight day, the Wittenberg Tigers won their opener but dropped their second game. Originally scheduled to play Bluffton University, the Tigers had a late change and wound up with a 2-0 win over Ferrum in the day's first game, but Eastern Mennonite rallied for a 5-4 win in eight innings in the nightcap.
  • Wittenberg Split A Pair On Day 3 Of Spring Break Trip
    March 06, 2007
    KISSIMMEE, Fla. - For the second straight day, the Wittenberg Tigers came out with a split in action at the Rebel Spring Games in Kissimmee, Fla. The Tigers topped Emerson 4-2 before losing to St. Francis, 9-4.
  • Wittenberg Split Two Games On Day 2 Of Spring Break Trip
    March 05, 2007
    KISSIMMEE, Fla. - The Wittenberg Tigers moved to 3-1 on the young 2007 season with a split on Day 2 of their Spring Break trip to Florida. The Tigers rallied for an 8-3 win over College Misericordia in the opener before falling 9-0 in a run-rule shortened nightcap against Mount Union on Day 2 of the Rebel Spring Games.
  • Tigers Sweep A Pair On Day One Of Spring Break Trip
    March 04, 2007
    KISSIMMEE, Fla. - The Wittenberg Tigers kicked off the 2007 season in the best way possible Sunday by sweeping a pair of quality opponents in two very different games. The Tigers got key contributions from a variety of players in a 2-1 win over Ursinus and an 8-5 victory over Waynesburg on the first day of the Rebel Spring Games in Kissimmee, Fla.
  • Press Release: Tigers Picked To Finish Second In NCAC Preseason Poll
    February 22, 2007
    CLEVELAND, Ohio — 2006 NCAC and Tournament champion Denison emerged as the preseason favorite in balloting by North Coast Athletic Conference softball coaches in their annual preseason poll.
  • Wittenberg Softball Head Coach Becky Hall Awarded Four-Star Master Coach Recognition
    January 08, 2007
    Wittenberg University Softball Head Coach Becky Hall was recently awarded the distinction of Four-Star Master Coach by the National Fastpitch Coaches Association.