2004 News
Wittenberg University's volleyball team was one of 274 high school and college programs to earn the 2004-05 American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Team Academic Award.
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.
The Wittenberg volleyball team concluded its season in disappointing fashion, travelling all the way to southern California for an NCAA Division III Tournament quarterfinal match only to be swept by third-ranked La Verne, 3-0.
Another banner fall sports season has reaped rich rewards for 27 Wittenberg University athletes who were selected to All-North Coast Athletic Conference teams over the last two weeks.
Another banner fall sports season has reaped rich rewards for 27 Wittenberg University athletes who were selected to All-North Coast Athletic Conference teams over the last two weeks.
The 2004 season may have come to an abrupt close with a 3-0 defeat at the University of La Verne on Saturday night, but the Wittenberg volleyball team did receive good news over the weekend as four players were honored by the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) with All-America honors.
Perhaps it all finally caught up with the Wittenberg volleyball team. Denied the opportunity to host an NCAA Division III Tournament match for a second straight week, the Tigers traveled more than 2,000 miles to the University of La verne and couldn't come up with the goods in a shocking 3-0 defeat.
The Wittenberg volleyball team won the NCAA Division III Tournament Great Lakes Region championship for the second time in three years last weekend and were rewarded with a trip to sunny Southern California.
CLEVELAND, Ohio — Wittenberg senior Sarah Yuskewich (Columbus, OH/Bishop Watterson) has been named Player of the Year to highlight the 2004 All-North Coast Athletic Conference volleyball selections. She becomes the second player to earn NCAC Player of the Year recognition three consecutive years.
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Wittenberg placed four players on the 2004 All-Great Lakes Region honor roll, and a fifth player on the honorable mention list.
Champions of the Great Lakes Regional for the second time in three years, the second-ranked Wittenberg Tigers have been shipped west - far west - for this weekend's NCAA Division III quarterfinal match.
It wasn't dominating, but it was thorough. The Wittenberg University Tigers won the NCAA Division III Great Lakes Regional title Saturday with a 3-0 win over the College of Mount St. Joseph in a match played at Ohio Northern University.
The Wittenberg Tigers, ranked No. 2 in the nation and No. 1 in the Great Lakes Region, defeated Alma College Friday in the second round of the 2004 NCAA Division III Tournament at Ohio Northern University. Game scores in the 3-0 win were 30-21, 31-29 and 30-21.
The Wittenberg volleyball team, ranked second in the nation, will play in the NCAA Division III Tournament for the 10th time in school history and the ninth year in a row this weekend.
The Wittenberg University volleyball team, ranked second in the nation after a phenomenal 33-2 regular season, has earned the opportunity to play in the NCAA Division III Tournament for the 10th time in school history and the ninth year in a row.
The Wittenberg Tigers kept on rolling Saturday, taking the North Coast Athletic Conference Tournament championship for an eighth straight year and the 10th time overall in school history with a 3-0 victory over the Hiram Terriers.