2002 News

  • Wittenberg Spring Student-Athletes Garner Regional Awards
    May 23, 2002
    For most of Wittenberg University's student-athletes, the summer vacation has arrived and they are already busying themselves with a variety of other endeavors. Their absence from campus hasn't slowed the stream of postseason honors and awards, however.
  • Three Players of the Year, Coach of the Year Headline Spring All-NCAC Honors
    May 17, 2002
    Another banner spring sports season has reaped rich rewards for 41 Wittenberg University athletes who were selected to All-North Coast Athletic Conference teams over the last two weeks.
  • Romanowski Headlines All-NCAC Awards As Defensive Player Of The Year
    May 13, 2002
    Dension senior attacker Bridget Curley (Summit, NJ/Summit) and Wittenberg junior defender Cara Romanowski (Collegeville, PA/Perkiomen Valley) have been named Offensive and Defensive Players of the Year to highlight the 2002 All-North Coast Athletic Conference women's lacrosse selections.
  • 2002 Season In Review
    May 10, 2002
    The Wittenberg University women’s lacrosse team put together a solid 2002 season, finishing in sixth place in the North Coast Athletic Conference and compiling 6-8 overall record.
  • Tigers Lose in First Round of NCAC Tournament
    May 07, 2002
    The Tiger women's lacrosse team lost in the first round of the NCAC Tournament last Tuesday against Ohio Wesleyan. Wittenberg, which was the sixth seed in the tourney after tying Kenyon and Oberlin for fourth place with a 3-4 regular season NCAC record, gave the third-seeded Bishops a strong run in the closing minutes, however, scoring the game's final five goals in a 13-12 defeat.
  • Tigers Lacrosse Given Sixth Seed in NCAC Tournament
    May 01, 2002
    The Tiger women's lacrosse team lost two NCAC games last week and fell into a fourth-place tie in the final regular season standings. As a result of tiebreaker criteria, Wittenberg was placed sixth in the six-team NCAC Tournament and plays third-seeded Ohio Wesleyan on Tuesday.
  • Tigers Knocked Out of Contention For First Place in NCAC
    April 23, 2002
    It was a big weekend for the Tiger women's lacrosse team, and when the dust settled following two games in 24 hours Wittenberg had one win and one loss to show for its efforts. Unfortunately, the loss was to Wooster on Saturday at Edwards-Maurer Field by an 11-7 count, pushing the Tigers out of contention for the top spot in the conference. Wooster and Denison are tied for the lead, while Wittenberg is currently alone in third place, two games off the pace heading into a big week in which the Tigers travel to Kenyon on Wednesday and Ohio Wesleyan on Sunday.
  • Tigers Beat Earlham, Lose to Denison
    April 17, 2002
    The Tiger women's lacrosse team remains in the thick of things in the 2002 NCAC race after beating Earlham last Wednesday and then losing to Denison on Saturday. That left the Tigers a half-game out of the top spot with a 3-1 NCAC mark with important conference match-ups upcoming against Wooster, Kenyon and Ohio Wesleyan. This week is relatively quiet with only a Saturday home date opposite the Scots on the docket.
  • Tigers Score a Pair of Overtime Wins
    April 09, 2002
    It was quite a week for the Wittenberg women's lacrosse program. After a week off, the Tigers opened the 2002 North Coast Athletic Conference schedule with a pair of overtime thrillers at Edwards-Maurer Field.
  • Women's Lacrosse Head Coach Nancy Beck Earns 100th Career Victory
    April 08, 2002
    She may have earned her 100th coaching victory on Sunday against Allegheny College, but Wittenberg University Women's Lacrosse Head Coach Nancy Beck was more concerned with the impact of a second consecutive one-goal overtime win on her team's psyche than on her career record.
  • Tigers Get a Bye Week
    April 03, 2002
    No action last week for the women's lacrosse Tigers. In the latest NCAC statistics, junior Cara Romanowski (Collegeville, Pa./Perkiomen Valley) leads the way with 17 goals and two assists for 19 points, or 3.8 per game. Romanowski's goal total, which is ahead of last year's 47-goal pace, puts here atop the NCAC as 3.4 per game.
  • Tigers Return From a Split Spring Break
    March 25, 2002
    For a team that is replacing more than half of its offensive production,both goaltenders and the bulk of its defensive presence, growing pains could be expected. Still, the Tiger women's lacrosse team has been verycompetitive in the early going of the 2002 season and may be gaining momentum heading into an off-week and then the NCAC schedule after that.
  • Tigers Kick Off New Season
    March 05, 2002
    Wittenberg Women's Lacrosse Head Coach Nancy Beck didn't want this day to come, but it's here and she and her team are embracing it - the Tigers must play a season without Kati Robbins for the first time in four years.
  • 2002 Season Outlook
    February 14, 2002
    The Wittenberg women's lacrosse team begins the 2002 season after celebrating the 30th anniversary of the program during the fall season.