2005-06 News

• Women's Basketball
• January 28, 2006

The Wittenberg Tigers kept the pace Saturday, making the long road trip to Oberlin a happy one with an 80-59 victory over the Yeowomen. It wasn't quite as dominating as the 46-point win Wittenberg recorded in a December meeting between the two teams, but the Tigers enjoyed a comfort level throughout and played everyone in uniform for the trip.

• Women's Basketball
• January 27, 2006

The Wittenberg women's basketball team is finding a way to get things done, which may bode well for a future run at the North Coast Athletic Conference regular season and tournament titles. The Tigers have won six of their last seven games, including a pair of three-point victories at home in the last week, to improve to 11-6 overall and 7-1 in the NCAC.

• Women's Basketball
• January 25, 2006

Successful coaches are always harping on the little things in practice, despite the eye rolls and frustrated sighs of players who usually prefer to simply run, jump and shoot the basketball. Wednesday's 60-57 win over visiting Thomas More was Exhibit A for why Wittenberg Head Coach Pam Smith pays such close attention to the details.

• Women's Basketball
• January 21, 2006

When the chips were down, the Wittenberg Tigers clamped down on defense and came away with an exciting 57-54 victory over visiting Ohio Wesleyan.

• Women's Basketball
• January 20, 2006

The Wittenberg women's basketball team stumbled in its most recent game, but the Tigers remain in control of their own destiny, one game ahead of their nearest pursuer in the North Coast Athletic Conference. The Tigers stand 9-6 overall and 6-1 in the NCAC heading into the home stretch of the 2005-06 season.

• Women's Basketball
• January 18, 2006

ne long cold stretch on offense is something a team can overcome. But not one in each half. The Wittenberg Tigers went through a nine-minute stretch with just two points in the first half and a five-minute stretch with just two points in the second half, leading to a 63-44 loss at Denison.

• Women's Basketball
• January 11, 2006

The Wittenberg Tigers hit the road Wednesday and did what good teams do - manufacture a win against an opponent well down in the conference standings. The victim in this instance was Earlham, by a final score of 67-53.

• Women's Basketball
• January 09, 2006

The Wittenberg women's basketball team played a killer non-conference schedule during the first six months of the season, compiling a 3-5 record. All five losses are to teams that have been ranked in the top 25 nationally at some point this season, including three teams that remain in the polls today.

• Women's Basketball
• January 07, 2006

Four minutes into the game, the Wittenberg Tigers picked things up and essentially put away the visiting Hiram Terriers, breaking a 6-6 tie with a 27-4 run that led to a 74-51 North Coast Athletic Conference victory.

• Women's Basketball
• January 06, 2006

The Wittenberg Tigers overcame a slow start to pull away from visiting Allegheny College, 63-50, in Friday night North Coast Athletic Conference women's basketball action. It was Wittenberg's 30th win in 33 meetings with the Gators, and the Tigers' ninth win in the last 10 meetings between the two teams.

• Women's Basketball
• January 03, 2006

After leading almost the entire game, the Wittenberg Tigers saw their advantage evaporate in the final minutes of regulation against Denison on Tuesday in the HPER Center. A freshman then came off the bench to rescue the Tigers and put sophomore post Ali Rohlfs in position to hit the game-winning jumper with just six seconds left in overtime, which gave Wittenberg an 82-80 victory over the visiting Big Red.

• Women's Basketball
• December 30, 2005

The Wittenberg Tigers finished strong, but the clock ran out on their miracle comeback attempt as the Albion Britons posted a 55-50 victory over the host team in the championship game of the 2005 Charles B. Zimmerman Memorial Classic.

• Women's Basketball
• December 29, 2005

The Wittenberg Tigers used a punishing post game to grind out a 73-48 victory over visiting Manchester in the second semifinal game of the 2005 Charles B. Zimmerman Memorial Classic.

• Women's Basketball
• December 28, 2005

The Wittenberg University men’s and women’s basketball teams welcome an outstanding field of eight teams for the 2005 Charles B. Zimmerman Memorial Classic. This year’s competition is scheduled for Thursday, Dec. 29, and Friday, Dec. 30, at Wittenberg’s HPER Center. Games for both days are scheduled for 1, 3, 6 and 8 p.m.

• Women's Basketball
• December 19, 2005

The Wittenberg women's basketball team is 0-for-3 against nationally ranked teams so far in the 2005-06 season after Saturday's 85-70 loss at DePauw. The road doesn't get much easier, however, although the Tigers do have a 12-day break to prepare for a strong field in the Charles B. Zimmerman Memorial Classic on Dec. 29-30.

• Women's Basketball
• December 17, 2005

The Wittenberg Tigers opened a game against nationally ranked DePauw with three straight turnovers. They recovered to take two different one-point leads midway through the first half. However, a 19-7 DePauw run to end the first half doomed the visiting Tigers, leading to a 13-point halftime deficit and eventually to an 85-70 loss.

• Women's Basketball
• December 10, 2005

The Wittenberg Tigers scrapped their way past the College of Wooster, 69-57, in a key early season North Coast Athletic Conference match-up.

• Women's Basketball
• December 06, 2005

The Wittenberg women's basketball team broke a three-game losing streak on Saturday with an 83-37 thrasing of winless Oberlin.

• Women's Basketball
• December 03, 2005

The Wittenberg Tigers opened North Coast Athletic Conference play with a defensive statement after coming up with 27 steals and limiting visiting Oberlin to just 33 percent shooting in a convincing 83-37 victory. It was the Tigers' 2005-06 home opener, and it was the NCAC opener for both teams.

• Women's Basketball
• November 30, 2005

The Wittenberg Tigers are a young team in search of an identity. Three straight losses to the top three teams in the powerhouse Ohio Athletic Conference in the last week, capped by Tuesday's 71-53 defeat at Wilmington, indicate that the Tigers remain a work in progress.

• Women's Basketball
• November 26, 2005

The Wittenberg Tigers battled back from a 12-point deficit near the start of the game to take a six-point lead on nationally ranked Capital midway through the second half. The youthful Tigers couldn't hang on, however, falling 60-56.

• Women's Basketball
• November 22, 2005

The Wittenberg Tigers had a lot of momentum after winning twice at the Virginia Wesleyan Tournament to open the season and taking a three-point lead into the halftime locker room at Ohio Athletic Conference favorite Baldwin-Wallace Tuesday, but a 15-4 run to open the second half led the Yellow Jackets to a 65-50 victory over the Tigers.

• Women's Basketball
• November 19, 2005

For the first time since 2000, the Wittenberg Tigers captured a tip-off tournament championship, taking down Virginia Wesleyan in the championship of the Marlins' own tournament by a final score of 65-55.

• Women's Basketball
• November 18, 2005

The Wittenberg Tigers opened the 2005-06 season with a squeaker, pulling out a 68-66 decision over the University of the Ozarks in the first round of the Virginia Wesleyan Tip-Off Tournament.

• Women's Basketball
• November 14, 2005

The Wittenberg women's basketball team opens a promising 2005-06 season with a trip to Virginia Wesleyan for a four-team invitational tournament this weekend. The Tigers are slated to square off against the University of the Ozarks in a Friday afternoon game, with the winners playing in a Saturday championship game and the losers taking the court for a Saturday consolation game.

• Women's Basketball
• November 08, 2005

The Wittenberg women's basketball program has had a year to put the pieces back together following the loss of four starters from the 2003-04 team that set a new standard for the program with 24 wins and a berth in the NCAA Division III Sweet Sixteen.

• Women's Basketball
• November 03, 2005

The Wittenberg University men’s and women’s basketball teams have the highest winning percentages in NCAC history, and neither has ever finished lower than third place in the regular season standings, so it’s hardly surprising that both teams were given a great deal of respect in the 2005-2006 NCAC preseason polls conducted during today’s media day conference call.

• News
• September 01, 2005

More than 60 Wittenberg University athletic events scheduled during the 2005-06 school year can be heard locally in the Springfield community and throughout the world via the Internet throughout the 2005-06 school year.