Volleyball - 2006 News Releases
May 2, 2007
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SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — As usual, summer will be a busy time around the Wittenberg University athletics complex in 2007. Twelve different Wittenberg varsity athletic teams - men's basketball, women's basketball, field hockey, football, men's lacrosse, women's lacrosse, men's soccer, women's soccer, softball, tennis, track and field, and volleyball, are sponsoring summer camps this year. Read More ... |
Nov. 21, 2006
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CLEVELAND, Ohio — 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). Read More ... |
Nov. 17, 2006
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SALEM, Va. — 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. Like the other 37 NCAA Division III opponents to face No. 1-ranked Juniata during the 2006 season, the Tigers were overwhelmed in a 3-0 NCAA Division III Tournament semifinal loss. Read More ... |
Nov. 16, 2006
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SALEM, Va. — 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. The win moved Wittenberg into the national semifinals for the second straight year - and also the second time in school history. Read More ... |
Nov. 11, 2006
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GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — 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. Instead, the Tigers got back to business, getting better three straight days en route to the fourth NCAA Division III Great Lakes Regional championship in the last five years, earned by wins against Brockport State, Hiram and then the host Calvin Knights, 3-0, on Saturday. Read More ... |
Nov. 10, 2006
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GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — The North Coast Athletic Conference has been the personal playground of the Wittenberg Tiger volleyball program for years. Then in 2005, the Hiram Terriers won a regular season match to end on long Wittenberg streak, and in 2006, the Terriers nipped the Tigers in the NCAC Tournament final to end a decade-long championship run. Read More ... |
Nov. 10, 2006
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SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — 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. Read More ... |
Nov. 9, 2006
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GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — 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. Read More ... |
Nov. 6, 2006
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SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — 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. Read More ... |
Nov. 5, 2006
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CLEVELAND, Ohio — Four Wittenberg players and Head Coach Paco Labrador earned postseason recognition from the North Coast Athletic Conference. Read More ... |
Nov. 4, 2006
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SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — 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. Read More ... |
Nov. 3, 2006
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SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — 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 win, Wittenberg's 13th straight, moved the Tigers to the NCAC Tournament championship match, to be played Saturday at 2 p.m., also in the HPER Center. Read More ... |
Oct. 28, 2006
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SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — 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. Read More ... |
Oct. 27, 2006
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SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — There were highlights aplenty for the Wittenberg Tigers Friday as the Wittenberg Fall Classic got under way in the HPER Center. The action opened with a 3-0 victory over Allegheny College, a win that clinched a share of the 2006 North Coast Athletic Conference regular season title. The crown is Wittenberg's ninth in the last 10 years. Read More ... |
Oct. 25, 2006
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RICHMOND, Ind. — 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. Wittenberg won for the eighth straight time to improve to 26-6 overall and 14-0 in the North Coast Athletic Conference. Read More ... |
Oct. 21, 2006
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SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — 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. The Tigers improved to 25-6 overall and, just as importantly, now stand 13-0 in the North Coast Athletic Conference with one weekend of regular season play remaining. Read More ... |
Oct. 20, 2006
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SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — The Wittenberg Tigers took another step toward a ninth North Coast Athletic Conference regular season championship in the last 10 years with a 3-0 victory over visiting Oberlin. The win moved Wittenberg, which had its NCAC championship streak halted a year ago but rallied to win the conference tournament title, to 23-6 overall and 12-0 in the league. Read More ... |
Oct. 16, 2006
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LEXINGTON, Ky. — Emily Bell, a junior outside hitter, has been named the Sports Imports/AVCA Division III National Player of the Week. Bell led the Tigers to four wins last week, posting double-doubles in all four victories. Bell's best match of the week came against Ohio Wesleyan, where she tallied 18 kills, her high for the week, with only two errors in 32 attempts for a .500 percentage; she added 17 digs in that match. Her high in digs for the week came against Heidelberg, when she collected 29 in the five-game win. For the week, the Tiger junior averaged 4.5 kills per game at a .415 clip, and 5.6 digs per game. This marks the seventh time a Wittenberg player has earned the award. Click here to see complete list of 2006 AVCA National Players of the Week. Read More ... |
Oct. 14, 2006
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GRANVILLE, Ohio — In two matches at Denison University, the Wittenberg Tigers accomplished two important things. In a 3-0 win over the host Big Red, the Tigers took another methodical step toward a ninth North Coast Athletic Conference regular season title in the last 10 years. In a 3-2 come-from-behind victory over Heidelberg, the Tigers put together a rally that was reminiscent of the kind of cohesive team play that carried them to the brink of a 2005 national title. Read More ... |
Oct. 13, 2006
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DELAWARE, Ohio — Now is the time for the Wittenberg Tigers to round into the form that carried them all the way to the national semifinals in 2005. The Tigers looked sharp in a 3-0 road win over the Ohio Wesleyan Battling Bishops. Read More ... |
Oct. 10, 2006
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SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — The Wittenberg Tigers are in need of some momentum heading into the stretch run of the 2006 season. Tuesday's 3-0 home win over Kenyon was a good start. Wittenberg improved to 19-6 overall and 9-0 in the North Coast Athletic Conference with the win, heading into a busy weekend that includes a Friday road trip to Ohio Wesleyan and a Saturday tri-match at Denison that also includes Heidelberg. Read More ... |
Oct. 7, 2006
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SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — A meatgrinder of a regular season schedule is aimed at preparing the Wittenberg Tigers well for the 2006 postseason. That being the case, Saturday's events brought clearly mixed results. The Tigers rallied for a 3-2 victory over nationally ranked Emory in the opener of a three-match day on the HPER Center court. However, Wittenberg became the third team in the two days to get the 3-0 steamroller treatment from up-and-coming Capital in the finale of the National Invitational. Read More ... |
Sept. 30, 2006
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HIRAM, Ohio — The Wittenberg Tigers ended a grueling weekend trip with the results they needed most - a pair of North Coast Athletic Conference road victories over Hiram and Allegheny. So despite a weekend-ending 3-2 upset loss to Muskingum in the finale of a Saturday tri-match at Hiram, the Tigers head home with firm control of their conference regular season destiny. Read More ... |
Sept. 29, 2006
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MEADVILLE, Pa. — The Wittenberg Tigers continued their march through the 2006 North Coast Athletic Conference season, easily topping host Allegheny, 3-0. The win set the stage for a huge match Saturday at Hiram, the 2005 NCAC regular season champion and the 17th ranked team in the nation. The Terriers are a 16-1 on the season, while the 12th-ranked Tigers are 16-4 - with all four losses coming against teams currently ranked in the top 25. Read More ... |
Sept. 27, 2006
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SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — Rotating liberally throughout the match, the Wittenberg Tigers got a look at many different combinations in a 3-0 home win over Earlham. The Tigers improved to 15-4 overall and a perfect 6-0 in the North Coast Athletic Conference, heading into a key weekend road trip to Allegheny and nationally ranked Hiram. Read More ... |
Sept. 24, 2006
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CLEVELAND, Ohio — Wittenberg junior Jan Kehres (Alliance, Ohio/Alliance) had three aces in a 3-0 defeat of Wooster, then had three more aces with 15 kills and 24 digs in a four-game win over Baldwin-Wallace. Kehres finished the week with 18 kills on 34 attempts in a straight set victory over Ohio Wesleyan. Read More ... |
Sept. 23, 2006
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WOOSTER/DELAWARE, Ohio — The Wittenberg volleyball team was up to a fairly unique weekend challenge. Playing four matches in three locations in 24 hours, the Wittenberg Tigers put together an undefeated weekend. Read More ... |
Sept. 22, 2006
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OBERLIN, Ohio — The Wittenberg Tigers emptied the bench on Friday night, giving some valued reserves their opportunity to shine in a 3-0 victory over the Oberlin Yeowomen. The Tigers swept the match by scores of 30-14, 30-22, 30-21 to improve to 11-4 overall and 3-0 in the North Coast Athletic Conference. Read More ... |
Sept. 16, 2006
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SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — By the conclusion of a busy weekend of volleyball in Wittenberg's HPER Center, the eighth-ranked Tigers were breathing a sigh of relief. Not because they had managed to escape every landmine in their six-match week, but because Wittenberg had showed real grit and determination in overcoming less-than-stellar play to finish 5-1, including 3-1 in the second annual Border Battle. Read More ... |
Sept. 15, 2006
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SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — The Wittenberg Tigers kicked off a busy weekend with a 3-0 sweep of the Denison Big Red. The match, a prelude to the second annual Border Battle at Wittenberg, moved the Tigers to 7-3 overall and 2-0 in the North Coast Athletic Conference. Denison lost its second straight NCAC match after opening the season with seven consecutive victories. Read More ... |
Sept. 14, 2006
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SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — State pride is on the line this weekend at Wittenberg University. The Tiger volleyball team, ranked eighth in the latest American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) NCAA Division III poll, hosts the second annual Border Battle, featuring four of the top NCAA Division III teams from Ohio against four of the top teams from Michigan in a unique round robin format, Friday-Saturday, Sept. 15-16, in the HPER Center. Read More ... |
Sept. 12, 2006
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GAMBIER, Ohio — The Wittenberg Tigers opened the 2006 North Coast Athletic Conference season with a comfortable 3-0 win at Kenyon College. Resting most of his starters as the Tigers get a breather between top-notch competition in back-to-back weekend tournaments, Head Coach Paco Labrador got a fine performance from a mostly freshman lineup. By game scores of 30-25, 30-14, 30-25, Wittenberg improved to 6-3 overall and 1-0 in the NCAC. Read More ... |
Sept. 9, 2006
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ST. LOUIS, Mo. — The Wittenberg Tigers went into the 2006 Washington University National Invitational as the highest ranked team in a field loaded with potential championship contenders. At the end of two intense days of action, the results were mixed for the Tigers as they came away with a third-place finish out of five teams. Read More ... |
Sept. 2, 2006
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HUNTINGDON, Pa. — The Wittenberg Tigers got the 2006 season off to a promising 3-1 start during the Labor Day weekend, recording 3-0 wins over Gettysburg, Christopher Newport and Muskingum but also losing to the host Juniata Eagles. Read More ... |
Aug. 31, 2006
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SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — The dynasty technically ended in 2005, as the Wittenberg volleyball strangehold on the North Coast Athletic Conference was eased slightly. But after losing a regular season match for the first time in nearly a decade, the Tigers rallied to win the conference tournament title and advance to the program's first-ever NCAA Division III Tournament Final Four. A powerhouse roster, including honorable mention All-American Emily Bell (pictured), has been bolstered by a tremendous recruiting class, and the season outlook indicates that the goals will be as high as ever in 2006. Read More ... |
Aug. 31, 2006
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SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — More Wittenberg University athletic events than ever before will be available in the Springfield community and throughout the world via the Internet during the 2006-07 school year. In addition to the traditional football, men's basketball and women's basketball broadcast coverage, 10 volleyball matches have been added to the schedule. Read More ... |
Aug. 28, 2006
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SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — Wittenberg University emerged as the preseason favorite in balloting by North Coast Athletic Conference volleyball coaches conducted via e-mail ballot. The Tigers, who finished second in the NCAC with a 8-1 record and earned their 11th conference tournament title last fall, earned five of nine first-place votes from league coaches to total 77 points. Read More ... |
Aug. 23, 2006
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SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — Wittenberg University emerged as the preseason favorite in balloting by North Coast Athletic Conference volleyball coaches conducted via e-mail ballot. The Tigers, who finished second in the NCAC with a 8-1 record and earned their 11th conference tournament title last fall, earned five of nine first-place votes from league coaches to total 77 points. Read More ... |
Aug. 11, 2006
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SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — Wittenberg University's volleyball team was one of 287 high school and college programs to earn the 2005-06 American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Team Academic Award. The award, initiated in the 1992-93 academic year, 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 and a 4.10 cumulative team GPA on a 5.0 scale during the school year. Read More ... |
June 27, 2006
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SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — Read more about incoming recruits Sarah Braden, Leslie Clark, Brittany Gordon, Sara Heider, Kendall Obreza, Laura Schumaker, Erin Slattery, Katie Snead, Alison Thompson and Katherine Yuskewich. Read More ... |
April 18, 2006
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SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — As usual, summer will be a busy time around the Wittenberg University athletic complex. Eight different Wittenberg varsity athletic teams - men's basketball, women's basketball, field hockey, football, men's lacrosse, men's soccer, women's soccer and volleyball - as well as the cheerleading squad, a club sport at Wittenberg, are sponsoring summer camps this year. Read More ... |
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