2003 News
After three championships in four years, Wittenberg University Field Hockey Coach Marianne Beshara has resigned her position, Director of Athletics and Recreation Garnett Purnell announced.
The Wittenberg University Tiger field hockey team appeared in be in rebuilding mode after losing one of the finest senior classes in school history following the 2002 season. Appearances can be deceiving.
For the third time in her young career, Wittenberg University Field Hockey Head Coach Marianne Beshara has swept North Coast Athletic Conference and Great Lakes Region Coach of the Year honors.
Another banner fall sports season has reaped tangible rewards for 34 Wittenberg University athletes who were selected to All-North Coast Athletic Conference teams.
Earlham senior midfielder Rebecca Aldred (Glen Mills, PA/West Nottingham) and Denison junior midfielder Karen Lancaster (Hurst, TX/L.D. Bell) have been named co-Offensive Players of the Year and Wooster junior back Elayne Brown (West Armagh, Northern Ireland/Lurgan College) has been named Defensive Player of the Year to highlight the 2003 All-North Coast Athletic Conference field hockey selections.
2003 STX/NFHCA Division III All-Region Teams
The Tigers put a 10-game win streak on the line at Cortland State University, but one of the best feel-good stories of the fall season didn't have a happy ending after the Tigers' 6-0 loss against the host Red Dragons.
The Wittenberg field hockey team is back in the NCAA Division III Field Hockey Tournament for a second straight year after capturing the North Coast Athletic Conference Tournament championship in thrilling fashion Saturday with a 1-0 in overtime over Wooster.
For a second straight year, Wittenberg has advanced to the NCAA Division III Field Hockey Tournament by virtue of an NCAC Tournament Championship.
The Wittenberg field hockey team jumped on top early and held off a late Denison charge to defeat the visiting Big Red 4-3 in the NCAC Tournament semifinals Saturday at Edwards-Maurer Field.
The Wittenberg University field hockey team is on a roll. When a team hasn't lost in more than a month and has stormed back from an 0-2 start to the conference season to claim a share of the regular season title and the No. 1 seed in the upcoming tournament - there is no other description that fits.
The Wittenberg field hockey team is on a roll. No other description applies when a team hasn't lost in more than a month and has stormed back from an 0-2 start to the conference season to claim a share of the regular season title and the No. 1 seed in the upcoming tournament.
CLEVELAND -- Earlham?s Rebecca Aldred and Denison?s Karen Lancaster head an impressive list of stellar athletes named to the North Coast Athletic Conference?s 20th Anniversary field hockey team. Aldred and Lancaster are the only two members of the squad still actively competing. The midfielders are two of 12 former NCAC Players of the Year represented on the 18-person team.
With two games left on the regular season schedule, the Wittenberg field hockey team has not only rallied from a difficult start to the 2003 season, the Tigers have put themselves in a position to accomplish many of their preseason goals.
Freshman forward Katy Barrett is one of seven first-year students on the 2003 Wittenberg University field hockey roster.