2006 News
Wittenberg University's volleyball team was one of 303 high school and college programs to earn the 2006-07 GamePlan/American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Team Academic Award.
One of the most successful fall sports seasons in Wittenberg history was capped by a tremendous haul of postseason awards from the North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC).
The Wittenberg Tigers were firing on nearly all cylinders Friday in the Salem Civic Center, but in the end they just didn't have enough power in the engine.
Talk about good timing. The Wittenberg Tigers put together perhaps their best all-around performance of the 2006 season Thursday, topping Trinity (Texas), 3-0, in the NCAA Division III Tournament quarterfinals in Salem, Va.
After a heartbreaking loss in the conference tournament final to Hiram just one week ago, it could have been easy for the Wittenberg Tigers to hang their heads.
The North Coast Athletic Conference has been the personal playground of the Wittenberg Tiger volleyball program for years.
Wittenberg University volleyball standout Emily Bell, class of 2008 from Fort Wayne, Ind., has been recognized for the combination of her athletic and academic accomplishments with third-team CoSIDA/ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America College Division All-District IV honors.
The Wittenberg Tigers opened NCAA Division III Tournament play with an first-match victory for the fifth straight year as they topped Brockport State, 3-1, Thursday in the Great Lakes Regional at Calvin College.
The Wittenberg University volleyball team, ranked 11th in the nation after posting a 31-7 record in the 2006 regular season, has earned the opportunity to play in the NCAA Division III Tournament for the 11th year in a row and the 12th time in school history.
CLEVELAND, Ohio — Four Wittenberg players and Head Coach Paco Labrador earned postseason recognition from the North Coast Athletic Conference.
For the first time in more than a decade, the Wittenberg Tigers did not stand at midcourt with the North Coast Athletic Conference Tournament championship trophy. That honor went to the Hiram Terriers after a scintillating 3-2 victory at Wittenberg's HPER Center.
The Wittenberg Tigers cruised through the first of two North Coast Athletic Conference Tournament semifinal matches at the university's HPER Center on Friday, topping Ohio Wesleyan, 3-0.
The Wittenberg University volleyball program returned to the top of the North Coast Athletic Conference heap Saturday, completing the 2006 regular season in style with a pair of convincing victories in the Wittenberg Fall Classic.
There were highlights aplenty for the Wittenberg Tigers Friday as the Wittenberg Fall Classic got under way in the HPER Center.
The Wittenberg Tigers moved one step closer to the first of several lofty team goals in 2006 with a 3-0 victory over Earlham on the Quakers home floor.
With seven straight wins, the Wittenberg Tigers may finally be catching fire. The Tigers completed a 3-win homestand with 3-0 victories over Wooster and Mount St. Joseph Saturday in the HPER Center.