https://WittenbergTigers.com en-us https://WittenbergTigers.com/news/2004-05/SpringPostSeason A solid spring sports season has reaped individual rewards for 35 Wittenberg University athletes who were selected to All-North Coast Athletic Conference teams over the last two weeks. Fri, 13 May 2005 04:00:00 GMT https://WittenbergTigers.com/news/2004-05/SpringPostSeason https://WittenbergTigers.com/sports/sball/2004-05/releases/SpringPostSeason A solid spring sports season has reaped individual rewards for 35 Wittenberg University athletes who were selected to All-North Coast Athletic Conference teams over the last two weeks. Fri, 13 May 2005 04:00:00 GMT https://WittenbergTigers.com/sports/sball/2004-05/releases/SpringPostSeason https://WittenbergTigers.com/sports/sball/2004-05/releases/allncac05_(1).pdf CLEVELAND, Ohio — Wittenberg sophomore Stephanie Zorn (Grapevine, Texas/Colleyville) has been named Player of the Year and Wooster junior Natalie Barone (Akron, OH/St. Thomas Aquinas) and Ohio Wesleyan sophomore Claire Martin (Jefferson, OH/Jefferson) shared Pitcher of the Year honors to highlight the 2005 All-North Coast Athletic Conference softball selections. Tue, 10 May 2005 04:00:00 GMT https://WittenbergTigers.com/sports/sball/2004-05/releases/allncac05_(1).pdf https://WittenbergTigers.com/sports/sball/2004-05/releases/20120420pexlzj The 2005 Wittenberg softball team had a week of mixed blessings to round out the season. Thu, 05 May 2005 04:00:00 GMT https://WittenbergTigers.com/sports/sball/2004-05/releases/20120420pexlzj https://WittenbergTigers.com/sports/sball/2004-05/releases/20121109996gf3 The Wittenberg Tigers hung tough in their 2005 season finale against Ohio Athletic Conference powerhouse Capital, but in the end a winning combination could not found as they dropped both ends of a home doubleheader, 5-3 and 5-1. Tue, 03 May 2005 04:00:00 GMT https://WittenbergTigers.com/sports/sball/2004-05/releases/20121109996gf3 https://WittenbergTigers.com/sports/sball/2004-05/releases/20121109qx1t0f The Wittenberg Tigers wrapped up the 2005 North Coast Athletic Conference schedule on a positive note Saturday, sweeping a pair of games against Oberlin College on Senior Day in Springfield. The Tigers topped the last-place Yeowomen by scores of 15-0 and 8-2 to finish 7-6 in the NCAC. Sat, 30 Apr 2005 04:00:00 GMT https://WittenbergTigers.com/sports/sball/2004-05/releases/20121109qx1t0f https://WittenbergTigers.com/sports/sball/2004-05/releases/201204207gxkfg The 2005 Wittenberg softball team got just one doubleheader in since the last report, and it didn't quite go as planned. The Tigers are now 9-22 overall and 5-6 in the North Coast Athletic Conference after splitting a doubleheader with Hiram on Wednesday. Stephanie Zorn Fri, 29 Apr 2005 04:00:00 GMT https://WittenbergTigers.com/sports/sball/2004-05/releases/201204207gxkfg https://WittenbergTigers.com/sports/sball/2004-05/releases/201211091loara In a doubleheader that was postponed three times and moved to a neutral site, the Wittenberg Tigers' North Coast Athletic Conference Tournament fate may have been sealed with a doubleheader split with the Hiram Terriers. The Tigers now stand at 9-22 overall and 5-6 in the NCAC regular season with just two games remaining on Saturday against last-place Oberlin. Wed, 27 Apr 2005 04:00:00 GMT https://WittenbergTigers.com/sports/sball/2004-05/releases/201211091loara https://WittenbergTigers.com/sports/sball/2004-05/releases/201204201d1l2w The 2005 Wittenberg softball team is hanging in there, but it is now crunch time, starting with todays doubleheader at Kenyon College. The Tigers must sweep their three remaining North Coast Athletic Conference doubleheaders to qualify for the four-team tournament at seasons end, or else they will use the last few weeks of the season to begin building toward the 2006 season. Wed, 20 Apr 2005 04:00:00 GMT https://WittenbergTigers.com/sports/sball/2004-05/releases/201204201d1l2w https://WittenbergTigers.com/sports/sball/2004-05/releases/20121109pgdvhy The Wittenberg Tigers entered a doubleheader against North Coast Athletic Conference rival Kenyon knowing they needed a sweep. Only Mother Nature stopped that from happening as the Tigers won Game 1, 7-4, before lightning and heavy rain ended the day prematurely during Game 2. Wed, 20 Apr 2005 04:00:00 GMT https://WittenbergTigers.com/sports/sball/2004-05/releases/20121109pgdvhy https://WittenbergTigers.com/sports/sball/2004-05/releases/20121109uiubo6 The Wittenberg Tigers didn't get the results they were seeking on the long trip to Wooster Saturday as they dropped a pair of key North Coast Athletic Conference games, 7-3 and 10-5. The Tigers dropped to 7-21 overall and 3-5 in the NCAC, while Wooster improved to 16-8 overall and 8-0 against league foes. Sat, 16 Apr 2005 04:00:00 GMT https://WittenbergTigers.com/sports/sball/2004-05/releases/20121109uiubo6 https://WittenbergTigers.com/sports/sball/2004-05/releases/20121109q28g87 For the third straight time to open the 2005 North Coast Athletic Conference season, it could have been better and it could have been worse for the Wittenberg Tigers. In the end, the Tigers remain very much in the hunt for the conference tournament after splitting a pair of home games with previously league-leading Denison. Wed, 13 Apr 2005 04:00:00 GMT https://WittenbergTigers.com/sports/sball/2004-05/releases/20121109q28g87 https://WittenbergTigers.com/sports/sball/2004-05/releases/201211092cvmc4 The Wittenberg Tigers made the long trip to Allegheny and came away with half of what they wanted. In the opener of a key North Coast Athletic Conference doubleheader, the Tigers dropped an 11-8 decision against the preseason favorites, but Wittenberg rebounded for a 9-0 victory in the nightcap to go home with an important split. Sat, 09 Apr 2005 04:00:00 GMT https://WittenbergTigers.com/sports/sball/2004-05/releases/201211092cvmc4 https://WittenbergTigers.com/sports/sball/2004-05/releases/20121109hylpeg The Wittenberg Tigers knew they were starting into a new season on Wednesday, and for a while they made the most of that fresh start with a 7-4 victory in Game 1 against defending North Coast Athletic Conference regular season co-champion Ohio Wesleyan. But the youthful Tigers were back to their old tricks in the nightcap, a 7-2 loss that left Wittenberg with a 5-17 overall record and a 1-1 mark in the NCAC. Wed, 06 Apr 2005 04:00:00 GMT https://WittenbergTigers.com/sports/sball/2004-05/releases/20121109hylpeg https://WittenbergTigers.com/news/2004-05/04_05 The watershed moment that changed the Wittenberg athletic landscape forever occurred on April 3, 1955, with the most important hiring in the department's illustrious history. Tue, 05 Apr 2005 04:00:00 GMT https://WittenbergTigers.com/news/2004-05/04_05 https://WittenbergTigers.com/sports/sball/2004-05/releases/20120420121qao The 2005 Wittenberg softball team has gotten off to a rocky start to the season, but there is still plenty of time to turn things around, starting with a North Coast Athletic Conference doubleheader opener at Ohio Wesleyan on Wednesday. Tue, 05 Apr 2005 04:00:00 GMT https://WittenbergTigers.com/sports/sball/2004-05/releases/20120420121qao https://WittenbergTigers.com/sports/sball/2004-05/releases/20121109yiozwk The Wittenberg Tigers ended the weekend with exactly what they needed - a win. A 5-1 victory, in which the Tigers played perhaps their most complete game of the 2005 season, in Sunday's nightcap sent the Tigers home relatively happy after three straight losses on a long weekend road trip to Michigan. Sun, 03 Apr 2005 05:00:00 GMT https://WittenbergTigers.com/sports/sball/2004-05/releases/20121109yiozwk https://WittenbergTigers.com/sports/sball/2004-05/releases/20121109iyr7l9 The Wittenberg Tigers have a number of issues on the softball diamond in 2005, but none has cost the team more games than its porous defense. Continuing on its murderous non-conference schedule, the Tigers were dumped twice by Alma, 5-0 and 12-4. Sat, 02 Apr 2005 05:00:00 GMT https://WittenbergTigers.com/sports/sball/2004-05/releases/20121109iyr7l9 https://WittenbergTigers.com/sports/sball/2004-05/releases/20121109i1czgp The Wittenberg Tigers opened the home portion of the 2005 schedule, but someone forgot the bats. In a pair of fast-moving pitchers duels, the Tigers went down to identical 2-0 defeats in a doubleheader against Bluffton at Dillahunt Field. Wed, 30 Mar 2005 05:00:00 GMT https://WittenbergTigers.com/sports/sball/2004-05/releases/20121109i1czgp https://WittenbergTigers.com/sports/sball/2004-05/releases/2012110985h4ah It was just what the doctor ordered. After a brutal early-season schedule that included four nationally ranked opponents, the Wittenberg Tigers traveled to Wilmington on Tuesday and swept a pair of games against the Quakers of the Ohio Athletic Conference, 8-0 and 8-2. Tue, 22 Mar 2005 05:00:00 GMT https://WittenbergTigers.com/sports/sball/2004-05/releases/2012110985h4ah https://WittenbergTigers.com/sports/sball/2004-05/releases/201211091jvzax The Wittenberg University softball team struggled against another national powerhouse in both games of the doubleheader on Sunday. Muskingum College grabbed a first inning lead in both games and held on tightly to it. The Tigers were unable to respond with any offensive production as they only mustered one hit in each game. Sun, 20 Mar 2005 05:00:00 GMT https://WittenbergTigers.com/sports/sball/2004-05/releases/201211091jvzax https://WittenbergTigers.com/sports/sball/2004-05/releases/20120420qnx1x9 The 2005 Wittenberg softball team is off to a slow start with nine losses in 10 games, but that doesn't mean the Tigers have failed to be competitive. Four of Wittenberg's losses have been by two runs or less, including two on walk-off hits. Fri, 18 Mar 2005 05:00:00 GMT https://WittenbergTigers.com/sports/sball/2004-05/releases/20120420qnx1x9 https://WittenbergTigers.com/sports/sball/2004-05/releases/20121109v8346q The Wittenberg Tigers came back from a Spring Break trip to California beaten but unbowed - and ready for the next challenge. Unfortunately, despite a change of scenery from the sunshine state to the chilly realities of spring in the Midwest, the Tigers came up on the short end of the stick two more times on Thursday, losing a pair of heartbreakers to the Thomas More Saints. Thu, 17 Mar 2005 05:00:00 GMT https://WittenbergTigers.com/sports/sball/2004-05/releases/20121109v8346q https://WittenbergTigers.com/sports/sball/2004-05/releases/201211093sl64b The Wittenberg Tigers put a bow on their first-ever Spring Break trip to California with a tough 3-2 defeat at the hands of La Verne, the third nationally ranked team on Wittenberg's schedule in the first eight games. The loss dropped the Tigers to 1-7 on the trip with seven straight losses to conclude it. Fri, 11 Mar 2005 05:00:00 GMT https://WittenbergTigers.com/sports/sball/2004-05/releases/201211093sl64b https://WittenbergTigers.com/sports/sball/2004-05/releases/20121109ljsa28 For the second time in five days in sunny California the Wittenberg Tigers dropped a game against a nationally ranked NCAA Division III opponent. This time, it was Central (Iowa), owner of multiple national championships in the last decade, taking care of business at the Tigers' expense in a 12-4, five-inning decision. Fri, 11 Mar 2005 05:00:00 GMT https://WittenbergTigers.com/sports/sball/2004-05/releases/20121109ljsa28 https://WittenbergTigers.com/sports/sball/2004-05/releases/201211098xt7mk The Wittenberg Tigers found a new way to lose in Game 5 of their eight-game Spring Break trip odyssey to Southern California as Dominican scored five runs in the seventh inning, including four on a heartbreaking grand slam, to rally from a 4-1 deficit and beat Wittenberg 6-5. The loss dropped Wittenberg to 1-4 on the young season. Thu, 10 Mar 2005 05:00:00 GMT https://WittenbergTigers.com/sports/sball/2004-05/releases/201211098xt7mk https://WittenbergTigers.com/sports/sball/2004-05/releases/20121109c4gufe For the second time in as many days, the Wittenberg Tigers dropped a game against Great Lakes Region rival Thomas More in a game played in the Sunwest Tournament at Chapman University in Orange, Calif. This time, the Wittenberg offense was stymied on just three hits in a 5-1 loss. Thu, 10 Mar 2005 05:00:00 GMT https://WittenbergTigers.com/sports/sball/2004-05/releases/20121109c4gufe https://WittenbergTigers.com/sports/sball/2004-05/releases/05ncacpreseasonpoll_(1).pdf CLEVELAND, Ohio — 2004 Tournament and regular-season co-champion Allegheny emerged as the preseason favorite in balloting by North Coast Athletic Conference softball coaches in their annual preseason poll. Wed, 09 Mar 2005 05:00:00 GMT https://WittenbergTigers.com/sports/sball/2004-05/releases/05ncacpreseasonpoll_(1).pdf https://WittenbergTigers.com/sports/sball/2004-05/releases/201211098siswc Four errors did in the Wittenberg Tigers in an 8-1 loss to Thomas More in a game played at Chapman University in Orange, Calif. The loss dropped the Tigers to 1-2 overall on the young campaign. Tue, 08 Mar 2005 05:00:00 GMT https://WittenbergTigers.com/sports/sball/2004-05/releases/201211098siswc https://WittenbergTigers.com/sports/sball/2004-05/releases/20121109yrbe15 Records aren't available for such things, and that's probably a good thing for the 2005 Wittenberg Tigers as they committed a stunning nine fielding miscues in an 11-2 loss to Haverford College in a game played at Chapman University in Orange, Calif. The loss dropped the youthful Tigers to 1-3 on the young season. Tue, 08 Mar 2005 05:00:00 GMT https://WittenbergTigers.com/sports/sball/2004-05/releases/20121109yrbe15