2010 News
Wittenberg University's volleyball team was one of a record 481 high school and college programs to earn a 2010-11 American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Team Academic Award. The award, initiated in the 1992-93 academic year, annually honors men's and women's college and high school teams that display excellence in the classroom by maintaining at least a 3.30 cumulative team grade-point average on a 4.0 scale or a 4.10 cumulative team GPA on a 5.0 scale during the school year.
The most memorable moments of the 2010 Wittenberg volleyball season, which included a fourth-straight North Coast Athletic Conference Tournament championship and the team's 16th NCAA Div. III Tournament appearance, are now available for viewing online.
Another successful fall sports season was capped by a tremendous haul of postseason awards from the North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC).
Wittenberg University volleyball standouts Amy Cox, class of 2011 from Newark, Ohio, Katie Sumner, class of 2012 from Dublin, Ohio, and Miranda Sagle, class of 2012 from Springfield, Ohio, have earned All-America honors from the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA).
Wittenberg University volleyball standouts Amy Cox, class of 2011 from Newark, Ohio, Miranda Sagle, class of 2012 from Springfield, Ohio, Katie Sumner, class of 2012 from Dublin, Ohio, and Christina Gilene, class of 2013 from Milford, Ohio, have earned All-Great Lakes Region honors from the American Volleyball Coaches Association.
The Wittenberg Tigers ran into a buzzsaw in their quest for the first national volleyball championship in program history, coming up short in a 3-1 loss to Calvin in the Springfield, Ohio Regional Championship match.
The Wittenberg Tigers won their 20th straight match and improved to 10-1 against teams currently ranked in the American Volleyball Coaches Association NCAA Division III Top-25 with a 3-0 regional semifinal victory over visiting Hope.
The Wittenberg Tigers played their way through some second-set jitters to put together a 3-0 victory over rival Ohio Northern University in the first round of the 2010 NCAA Division III Tournament.
CLEVELAND, Ohio — Four Tigers earned All-North Coast Athletic Conference honors, including a trio of first-team selections in juniors Miranda Sagle and Katie Sumner and senior Amy Cox. Head Coach Paco Labrador earned his third NCAC Coach of the Year award in eight seasons at the helm.
The No. 2-ranked Wittenberg University volleyball team has been selected to compete in the NCAA Division III Tournament for the 15th consecutive year and the 16th time in school history. The Tigers open their quest for the first national title in program history with a first-round match at 8 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 11, at home in Pam Evans Smith Arena against Ohio Northern University.
The Wittenberg volleyball team picked up their fourth consecutive North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) Tournament championship Saturday, winning 3-1 over the Hiram Terriers by scores of 25-27, 25-16, 25-16 and 25-12 to claim the league's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.
The first-seeded Wittenberg volleyball team faced down fourth-seeded Denison Friday night in Pam Evans Smith Arena and came away with a 3-0 win by scores of 25-22, 25-11 and 25-11, advancing to the North Coast Athletic Conference Finals where they will face second-seed Hiram.
Wittenberg University volleyball standout Amy Cox, class of 2011 from Newark, Ohio, has been recognized for the combination of her athletic and academic accomplishments with second-team CoSIDA Academic All-America College Division All-District IV honors.
The Wittenberg volleyball team closed out a perfect 3-0 weekend in their own Fall Classic with a pair of victories Saturday with 3-0 wins over Mount St. Joseph and Carnegie Mellon. The Tigers completed their regular season with a sparkling overall record of 28-2.
The Wittenberg Tigers overcame a slow start to capture an inspiring 3-1 victory over Juniata to cap the opening night of the 2010 Wittenberg Fall Classic.
The Wittenberg Tigers stepped out of both conference and NCAA Division III play Saturday with a pair of 3-0 sweeps at Urbana, beating the host Blue Knights and also West Virginia Wesleyan.