2010-11 News
Thirty-four years after he won a national championship as the starting point guard for the Wittenberg men's basketball team and just six months after coaching the Seattle Storm of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) to the 2010 league title, Brian Agler, class of 1980, will speak at his alma mater at 4 p.m. Monday, April 18, in Ness Family Auditorium in Hollenbeck Hall.
CLEVELAND, Ohio — The North Coast Athletic Conference has announced its 2011 all-conference team. Wittenberg, which finished fifth with a 7-7 record in the final regular season standings, was represented on the first team by senior Katherine Hueter (Columbus, Ohio/Hilliard Darby).
The third time was not a charm for the Wittenberg Tigers, who dropped a 70-59 decision to the Kenyon Ladies in the North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) Tournament quarterfinals. The Tigers had won both regular season meetings, but the Ladies finished one game ahead of Wittenberg in the final standings to earn hosting rights.
The Wittenberg women's basketball team finished off the 2010-11 regular season by completing a season sweep of Hiram and preserving a perfect all-time record against the Terriers. The series now stands at 28-0, while the Tigers improve to 12-13 overall and 7-7 in the North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) on the season.
The Wittenberg women's basketball team had Denison, ranked eighth in the latest d3hoops.com Top 25 poll, against the ropes for almost 40 minutes Wednesday night, but almost was where it ended as the Big Red proved their ranking by coming back to win a 62-60 contest.
The Wittenberg Tigers started fast and finished strong on Senior Recognition Day in Pam Evans Smith Arena, easily defeating North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) rival Wooster, 79-50.
One of the North Coast Athletic Conference's (NCAC) best recent women's basketball rivalries lived up to its reputation Wednesday night as Wittenberg lost a close contest by a score of 75-69 against Ohio Wesleyan.
The Allegheny Gators scored the last four points to escape with a 79-75 North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) victory and a season sweep of the Wittenberg Tigers.
North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) women's basketball rivals Kenyon and Wittenberg at long last completed their second matchup of the season Friday evening, the twice ice-delayed game finishing in a 61-51 win for the Tigers.
Wittenberg University's men's and women's basketball teams have had an unexpected break from their regularly scheduled activities, thanks to a winter storm that coated campus with a thick layer of ice and snow that led administrators to close the university for three straight days.
The Wittenberg women's basketball team opened a women's/men's doubleheader at Oberlin on Saturday with a close 64-67 loss, falling to 9-10 on the season and 4-4 in the North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC).
The Battle of State Route 72 was reignited Tuesday night as the Wittenberg women's basketball team traveled south to nearby Cedarville University, falling by a final score of 82-71 to the 15th-ranked NAIA Division II Yellow Jackets.
A career-best 16 rebounds to go along with 14 points from senior Katherine Hueter (Columbus, Ohio/Hilliard Darby) powered the Wittenberg Tigers to a key 61-46 North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) road victory at Wooster.
At 1 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 5, Wittenberg University's women's basketball team will take on two very different opponents – the visiting Allegheny College Gators in a key North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) match-up and a disease that has affected so many in society as part of the Tigers' their annual Pink Zone event.
The Denison Big Red used a 15-point burst in the early going to open a double-digit lead they maintained for most of a furious Wittenberg Tiger comeback en route to a 60-49 North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) victory.
The most important thing to come out of the Wittenberg women's basketball team's trip to Kenyon on Saturday for a North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) game was, of course, a 74-65 win. But the incredible 33-point performance of freshman guard Jaclyn Willoughby (Sidney, Ohio/Houston) was easily the most notable development of the day.
