2012 News

  • Marousek, Murzynski Earn IWLCA All-West Region Honors
    May 22, 2012
    After leading the Wittenberg University women’s lacrosse team to a school record-tying 12 wins and the first undefeated North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) regular season in program history, Alie Marousek, class of 2014 from Pittsburgh, Pa., and Francine Murzynski, class of 2014 from Mentor, Ohio, have earned Intercollegiate Women’s Lacrosse Coaches Association (IWLCA) All-West Region honors.
  • Alie Marousek's Award Highlights All-NCAC Haul
    May 10, 2012
    Sophomore Alie Marousek (Pittsburgh, Pa./Portsmourth (NH)) earned NCAC Newcomer of the Year honors to highlight a seven-player Wittenberg contingent on the 2012 All-North Coast Athletic Conference honor roll.
  • Wittenberg Falls To Denison In First NCAC Championship Appearance
    May 05, 2012
    After a long, successful season, for just the second time in their history the Wittenberg women's lacrosse team can call themselves the North Coast Athletic Conference runner-up, following an 11-9 loss to Denison in the NCAC Championship game Saturday at Edwards-Maurer Field.
  • Tigers Make History Defeating Allegheny To Open NCAC Tournament
    May 03, 2012
    Following the program's first-ever 6-0 North Coast Athletic Conference record and first top seed in the NCAC tournament, the Wittenberg women's lacrosse team heaped on the 'firsts' with a 12-5 win over Allegheny in an NCAC semifinal on Thursday.
  • First Perfect NCAC Regular Season Complete With Win Over Oberlin
    April 28, 2012
    The Wittenberg women's lacrosse team finished off a masterpiece of a regular season with a 9-2 win over Oberlin Saturday at Edwards-Maurer Field, improving to 6-0 in the North Coast Athletic Conference and securing their first No. 1 seed in the NCAC Tournament.
  • Tigers Top Denison To Clinch First-Ever NCAC Tournament Top Seed
    April 25, 2012
    It was a day of firsts for the Wittenberg women's lacrosse team. With a 14-12 win over preseason North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) favorite Denison, the Tigers earned the No. 1 seed in the NCAC Tournament for the first time ever and reached 10 wins in a season for the first time since 1990.
  • Tigers Move To 4-0 In NCAC For First Time With 21-6 Win Over Allegheny
    April 21, 2012
    Wittenberg women's lacrosse reached a significant milestone with a 21-6 win over Allegheny Saturday afternoon at Edwards-Maurer Field, moving to 4-0 in the North Coast Athletic Conference and 9-4 overall.
  • Tiger Offense Unstoppable In Win At Otterbein
    April 16, 2012
    Wittenberg women's lacrosse improved to 8-4 overall with a 19-9 win at Otterbein Monday, setting team highs in scoring, assists and points and several other categories along the way.
  • Tigers Slog Past St. Vincent, 18-3
    April 14, 2012
    In a driving rainstorm, the Wittenberg women's lacrosse team cruised past visiting St. Vincent, pouring in a season-high-tying 18 goals in a game that was shortened by nearly 10 minutes due to lightning.
  • Tigers Hold On To NCAC Top Spot With Win At Ohio Wesleyan
    April 11, 2012
    For the first time in a decade, the Wittenberg women's lacrosse team stands 3-0 in the North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) after the Tigers picked up a 17-10 victory over host Ohio Wesleyan.
  • Tigers Fall At Adrian, 18-11
    April 07, 2012
    The Adrian Bulldogs converted a whopping 12 of 14 second-half shots en route to an 18-11 victory over visiting Wittenberg. The loss snapped a three-game winning streak and dropped the Tigers to 5-4 overall on the 2012 season.
  • Wittenberg Pulls Out Overtime Win At Kenyon
    April 04, 2012
    In a game that featured five lead changes as the two teams poured in a whopping 29 goals, the Wittenberg women's lacrosse team scored the two most important in a 15-14 overtime victory at North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) rival Kenyon.
  • Historic Win Over Wooster Opens League Play For Tiger Women
    March 31, 2012
    Wittenberg women's lacrosse made a small bit of history Saturday against visiting Wooster with a 10-8 win, representing the Tigers' first victory over the Fighting Scots since 2003 and second since 1992.
  • Tigers Take Home Opener 12-9 Over W&J
    March 24, 2012
    The Wittenberg women's lacrosse team led wire-to-wire in a 12-9 win over Washington & Jefferson Saturday at Edwards-Maurer Field, improving to 3-3 on the season.
  • Tigers Come Up Just Short At Roanoke
    March 18, 2012
    Playing their second game in less than 18 hours, the Wittenberg women's lacrosse team nearly pulled off its second upset victory in as many days, falling to Roanoke 11-10.
  • Tigers Surprise Host Lynchburg, 10-8
    March 17, 2012
    A year after dropping an 18-13 decision on its home turf, the Wittenberg women's lacrosse team opened a long mid-season road trip with a 10-8 win on Lynchburg's home field.
  • Tigers Earn First Win Of 2012 Season At Mount St. Joseph
    March 11, 2012
    The third try was the charm for Wittenberg's women's lacrosse team and first-year Head Coach Beth Hemminger as the Tigers picked up an 18-3 win at Mount St. Joseph.
  • Tigers Fall To St. John Fisher To Cap Spring Break Trip Competition
    March 07, 2012
    The Wittenberg women's lacrosse team fell to 0-2 on the young season after a 16-4 Spring Break trip loss to St. John Fisher.
  • Tigers Open 2012 Season With Spring Break Trip Loss To Vassar
    March 05, 2012
    A new era opened for the Wittenberg women's lacrosse program with a narrow 18-13 loss to Vassar in a game played in West Palm Beach, Fla.
  • 2012 Women's Lacrosse Season Outlook
    February 29, 2012
    After back-to-back 9-6 seasons, the Wittenberg women's lacrosse team opens a new era under first-year Head Coach Beth Hemminger. She welcomes 15 letterwinners back to the line-up, a core group that is focused on not just winning games but competing for titles in 2012.
  • News Release: Tigers Picked To Finish Fifth In NCAC Preseason Poll
    February 23, 2012
    CLEVELAND, Ohio — Defending NCAC champion Denison earned six of seven available first-place votes from league coaches to lead voting in the NCAC's annual preseason poll. The Big Red are followed by Wooster, Kenyon, Allegheny, Wittenberg, Ohio Wesleyan and Oberlin.
  • Women's Lacrosse Standouts Excel Against European Competition
    August 05, 2011
    Just a few short weeks after playing key roles in the best Wittenberg women's lacrosse season in nearly a decade, a pair of Tiger standouts took their talents overseas to play for select teams organized by USA Athletes International.
  • Beth Hemminger Selected As New Women's Lacrosse Head Coach
    July 21, 2011
    Wittenberg Director of Athletics and Recreation Garnett Purnell has announced the hiring of Beth Hemminger as the university's new women's lacrosse head coach. Hemminger replaces Nichole Johnson, who resigned in May and has since accepted the same position at Savannah College of Art & Design.