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Softball - 2006 News Releases  May 23, 2006
Press Release: Thirty Wittenberg Student-Athletes Claim Spring Sport North Coast Athletic Conference Postseason Awards
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SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — A solid spring sports season has reaped individual rewards for 30 Wittenberg University athletes who were selected to All-North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) teams over the last two weeks. Announcements for men's and women's lacrosse, men's and women's tennis, softball and baseball have come in separate releases from the NCAC office. Individual finishes at conference championship events determined All-NCAC selections in men's golf and men's and women's track and field. Read More ... |
May 10, 2006
News Release: Stephanie Zorn Makes First Team To Highlight Wittenberg All-NCAC Selections
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CLEVELAND, Ohio — Ohio Wesleyan senior Sarah Downs has been named Player of the Year and Allegheny senior Giannina Coccaro takes Pitcher of the Year honors to highlight the 2006 All-North Coast Athletic Conference softball selections. Read More ... |
May 3, 2006
Tigers Top Nationally Ranked Transylvania
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LEXINGTON, Ky. - The Wittenberg Tigers tuned up for the 2006 North Coast Athletic Conference Tournament with a 5-4 win over Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference regular season champion Transylvani on Wednesday. The game was originally scheduled for Tuesday, but torrential rains in Kentucky early in the day made the Pioneers' field unplayable. To accommodate Transylvania's Senior Day festivities, the Tigers agreed to make the trip on Wednesday instead, but the two teams played just one game. Read More ... |
May 1, 2006
NCAC Player of the Week: Stephanie Zorn Named NCAC Player of the Week
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CLEVELAND, Ohio — Wittenberg junior Stephanie Zorn (Grapevine, TX/Colleyville) went 10-16 (.625) last week with 11 RBI and four doubles. She is hitting .383 this season with seven doubles, a triple, a homer and 25 RBI. Click here to see complete list of 2006 NCAC Softball Players of the Week. Read More ... |
April 29, 2006
Tigers Gain NCAC Tournament Berth With Doubleheader Sweep Of Oberlin
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OBERLIN, Ohio - The Wittenberg Tigers completed an unlikely rally Saturday, sweeping a pair of games from Oberlin College by scores of 7-0 and 12-1 to reach the four-team North Coast Athletic Conference Tournament. Wittenberg, which has won five of its last six games over an eight-day span, finished in a three-way tie for third place in the NCAC regular season standings and will be the No. 4 seed in the tournament by virtue of tiebreaker criteria.
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April 24, 2006
Tiger Offense Comes Alive On "Dime A Dog" Night
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SPRINGFIELD, Ohio - The Wittenberg Tigers needed a doubleheader sweep on Monday against visiting Wooster. As a vocal, partisan Wittenberg crowd looked on while happily munching on hot dogs that costed just a dime, the Tigers got just that - in most convincing fashion.
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April 22, 2006
Tigers Split Key NCAC Doubleheader With Hiram
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HIRAM, Ohio - The Wittenberg Tigers had the upper hand, but they couldn't close the deal on Saturday, settling for a doubleheader split at Hiram. In winning Game 1 by a 3-1 score and losing Game 2 by a matching 3-1 tally, the Tigers are now backed into a corner with one week left in the 2006 regular season.
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April 19, 2006
Tigers Split Key NCAC Doubleheader With Kenyon
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SPRINGFIELD, Ohio - The Wittenberg Tigers needed a doubleheader sweep against visiting Kenyon on Wednesday, but they settled for a split after dropping Game 1 by a 2-0 decision and then bouncing back to claim a 3-1 victory in the nightcap. Read More ... |
April 11, 2006
Tiger Bats Fall Silent Against Denison
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GRANVILLE, Ohio - The Wittenberg Tigers had won eight of their previous 10 games, but that all came to an end at Denison on Tuesday night. Playing under the lights at the Big Red's newly renovated park, the Tigers had no answers on offense in a pair of shutout losses, 8-0 and 2-0.
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April 10, 2006
Tigers Win Two Very Different Games Against Wilmington In Doubleheader Sweep
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SPRINGFIELD, Ohio - In football, announcers sometimes will say that a game is a "tale of two halves." On Monday against Wilmington, the Wittenberg Tigers swept a doubleheader from the visiting Quakers that was definitely a "tale of two games." Read More ... |
April 8, 2006
Tigers Pull Out Doubleheader Sweep Of Allegheny
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SPRINGFIELD, Ohio - They did it the hard way, but when the dust had settled on a cool spring afternoon at Betty Dillahunt Field the Wittenberg Tigers had themselves a doubleheader sweep over visiting Allegheny. The Tigers, needing desperately to bounce back after losing a pair against Ohio Wesleyan to open North Coast Athletic Conference play on Wednesday, captured a pair of one-run victories against the Gators by 5-4 and 3-2 counts.
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April 5, 2006
Tigers Swept By OWU In NCAC Opener
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SPRINGFIELD, Ohio - The Wittenberg Tigers got their North Coast Athletic Conference season off to a rocky start Wednesday with a doubleheader sweep against one of the top teams in the preseason poll, Ohio Wesleyan. The Battling Bishops banged out an 8-2 victory in the opener and then stunned the Tigers with a three-run rally in the seventh inning to capture a 4-3 win in the nightcap.
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April 3, 2006
NCAC Player of the Week: Rachael Hatcher Named NCAC Pitcher of the Week
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CLEVELAND, Ohio — Wittenberg freshman Rachael Hatcher (West Carrollton, OH/West Carrollton) picked up her fifth and sixth wins of the season in 2-0 shutout against Mt. Saint Joseph and a 4-3 win over Albion. She went the distance in both contests. In the shutout over Mt. Saint Joseph, she allowed four hits and struck out three. Against Albion, she also allowed four hits and three runs, but just one hit and two baserunners after the second inning. Click here to see complete list of 2006 NCAC Softball Players of the Week. Read More ... |
April 1, 2006
Wittenberg Win A Pair Against Albion
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SPRINGFIELD, Ohio - Heading into the 2006 North Coast Athletic Conference schedule, the Wittenberg Tigers got just what the doctor ordered - a second consecutive nonconference doubleheader sweep. This one featured solid pitching and defense and timely hitting in 11-3 and 4-3 victories over the visiting Albion Britons. Read More ... |
March 29, 2006
Wittenberg Pulls Out Doubleheader SweepAgainst Mount St. Joseph
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SPRINGFIELD, Ohio - The Wittenberg Tigers needed a win in the worst way. They got their money's worth at home Wednesday in a doubleheader sweep of Mount St. Joseph, claiming victories by scores of 2-0 and 3-2.
The most encouraging part about the victories is the way the Tigers gained them. Wittenberg is not an offensive juggernaut, meaning the Tigers need to pitch well and play good defense to give an opportunistic offense a chance to win games.
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March 25, 2006
Tigers Unable to Hold Early LeadsIn Losses To Heidelberg
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TIFFIN, Ohio - The Wittenberg Tigers suffered the cruelest of fates Saturday afternoon, dropping both ends of a doubleheader by narrow margins in the cold and occasional snow of a typical March day in northern Ohio. After holding early leads in both games, the Tigers lost 4-3 and 6-4 before heading for home.
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March 19, 2006
Wittenberg Offense Stifled In Losses To Alma
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SPRINGFIELD, Ohio - The Wittenberg Tigers are struggling against some of the best softball teams in the region, but perhaps that will make them better in the long run. As a team, the Tigers are now batting a paltry .226 as a team on the 2006 season after falling twice to Alma, 7-2 and 3-0. Wittenberg is now 6-8 on the season after losing four straight games in two days upon their return from a Spring Break trip to Kissimmee, Fla.
Alma is 9-3 on the season. Read More ... |
March 18, 2006
Wittenberg Drops Pair To Muskingum
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SPRINGFIELD, Ohio - To become one of the best, a team must compete against the best. Unfortunately for the Wittenberg Tigers, they are taking their lumps while aspiring to become one of the top teams in the NCAA Division III Great Lakes Region.
The latest were administered by nationally ranked perennial powerhouse Muskingum in a home doubleheader sweep by scores of 10-3 and 16-5. Read More ... |
March 10, 2006
Wittenberg Splits A Pair On Final DayOf Spring Break Trip
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KISSIMMEE, Fla. - The Wittenberg Tigers put the finishing touches on their annual Spring Break trip with a split of two games at the Rebel Games in Kissimmee, Fla. Wittenberg lost to seventh-ranked Washington University. 4-1, before ending the trip on a positive note with a 9-1 victory over Manhattanville.
The split gave the Tigers a 6-4 overall record. Read More ... |
March 9, 2006
Wittenberg Splits Pair On Day 4 Of Spring Break Trip
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KISSIMMEE, Fla. - In a study of contrasts, the Wittenberg Tigers were blown out by nationally ranked Muskingum, 18-0 in five innings, and then came back a few hours later to defeat Eastern Mennonnite by a 4-1 score.
Muskingum, ranked fourth nationally, scored at least one run in each of its four at-bats as the game was shortened to five innings due to the run rule. That included an eight-spot in the second inning. Read More ... |
March 7, 2006
Wittenberg Splits A Pair On Day 3 Of Spring Break Trip
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KISSIMMEE, Fla. - The Wittenberg Tigers continued their hot and cold Spring Break Trip, defeating Bluffton, 6-0, before losing to St. Francis, 9-1.
The Tigers are now 4-2 on the young season as they pass the halfway point of the spring trip. Read More ... |
March 6, 2006
Tiger Bats Come Alive To Key Pair Of Wins Spring Break Trip Day 2
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KISSIMMEE, Fla. - The Wittenberg Tigers managed just five hits in two games on the first day in Florida, but on Day 2 the Tigers heated up offensively to record a 10-2 win over Mary Washington and a 2-1 win over Averett.
The wins improved the Tigers to 3-1 on the young season. Read More ... |
March 5, 2006
Tigers Open Season With Split Spring Break Trip Day 1
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KISSIMMEE, Fla. - The Wittenberg Tigers opened the 2006 season with a pair of close games, coming away with a split. The Tigers defeated the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, 3-1, before losing to the College Misericordia, 3-2.
In the opener, freshman Rachel Hatcher made her collegiate debut a successful one, tossing a complete-game victory. She allowed seven hits and no walks while allowing just the one earned run. Read More ... |
March 5, 2006
Press Release: Wittenberg Softball Picked To Finish Fourth In NCAC
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CLEVELAND, Ohio — 2005 Tournament champion Allegheny emerged as the preseason favorite in balloting by North Coast Athletic Conference softball coaches in their annual preseason poll. Read More ... |
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