2002 News

  • Thirty-Three Wittenberg University Athletes Earn Fall Postseason Honors
    December 05, 2002
    Another banner fall sports season has reaped tangible rewards for 33 Wittenberg University athletes who were selected to All-North Coast Athletic Conference teams. In addition, several Tiger athletes received regional and national recognition from various organizations, including three first-team All-America selections to date.
  • All-NCAC Awards
    November 19, 2002
  • Tigers Honored Even After Tough Season
    November 19, 2002
    The Wittenberg women's soccer team placed one athlete on the All-NCAC second team and two more among the honorable mention selections.
  • Season in Review
    November 05, 2002
    The Wittenberg University women’s soccer team went through its share of ups and downs in 2002, but the good news is that a lot of young players made the most of their opportunities to play on the varsity level. In addition, the Tigers consistently proved that they could play with some of the best teams in the Great Lakes Region.
  • Tigers End The Season With a Loss To Denison
    October 26, 2002
    The Wittenberg women's soccer team put the wraps on a tough, injury-plagued season last weekend with a 2-0 loss at nationally ranked Denison. Junior goalkeeper Jenny Miller (Cincinnati, Ohio/Mother of Mercy) had one of her best games of the season, turning away six Big Red shots in the loss.
  • Tigers Take Two More Losses
    October 19, 2002
    After winning two straight NCAC games to pull back into the race for the conference tournament, which includes the top four teams in the regular season race, the Tiger women's soccer team saw its hopes likely dashed in a pair of defeats last week.
  • Tigers Take Two Wins Over Earlham and Oberlin
    October 12, 2002
    It was the best week yet for first-year Tiger women's soccer head coach Norm Riker and his young team. After a season filled with near-misses, close calls and injuries to top players, the Tigers captured a pair of hard-fought victories last week over North Coast Athletic Conference rivals Earlham and Oberlin.
  • Tigers Take a Win Against Urbana
    October 05, 2002
    A young, struggling Tiger women's soccer team got a nice boost last week in a game against visiting Urbana. Wittenberg, playing without its two injured leading scorers, scored a 2-1 win over the Blue Knights on Wednesday at Bill Edwards Field.
  • Tigers Take Two Losses to Cedarville and Allegheny
    October 01, 2002
    The overtime loss bug is contagious, and now it has spread to the women's soccer team. For a team that has lost four 1-0 games - three in regulation - and is struggling to score goals without injured team leader Geri Woessner (Dayton, Ohio/Oakwood) that isn't good news. The Tigers went into last week's matches with an NCAC win under its belt and hope that a turnaround was imminent, despite Woessner's injury, which was suffered against Elmhurst on Sept. 22. Once again, however, momentum was not seized and a pair of losses to Cedarville and Allegheny ensued.
  • Women's Soccer, Football and Field Hockey Teams Are Next To Appear on Time Warner Cable
    September 24, 2002
    Time Warner Cable will continue its coverage of Wittenberg University athletic events with a women's soccer match against Cedarville University on Sept. 25 at Bill Edwards Field.
  • Tigers Take Their Fourth 1-0 Loss of the Season
    September 22, 2002
    After winning their last two games the Tigers thought they had put their frustrating habit of losing close games behind them. But on Sunday, the Tigers couldn't overcome visiting Elmhurst, falling by a 1-0 score for the fourth time already this season.
  • Tigers Take Yet Another Loss to Transylvania
    September 14, 2002
    Close but no cigar. Tiger women's soccer Head Coach Norm Riker hasn't enjoyed a stogie all year as a result.
  • Tigers Finally Take a Win Over Rose-Hulman
    September 08, 2002
    The Tiger women's soccer team also got on the winning side of the ledger over the weekend in Indiana, falling on a penalty kick against perennial powerhouse DePauw on Saturday before finally breaking out with a 4-0 win over Rose-Hulman on Sunday.
  • Wittenberg University Selects Norman Riker as New Women's Soccer Head Coach
    March 31, 2002
    It was quite a week for Norman Riker. First, he welcomed his second child into the world. Then by the end of the week, he had signed a contract to become Wittenberg University's new women's soccer head coach.