2011 News
Six Wittenberg University baseball standouts earned spots on the 2011 Division III All-Buckeye State Baseball Team.
CLEVELAND, Ohio — Head Coach Jay Lewis earned NCAC Co-Coach of the Year honors and three Tigers, Matt Hampp (Hilliard, Ohio/Davidson), Graham Wolff (Lake Forest, Ill./Lake Forest) and Ray Noe (Dublin, Ohio/Jerome), made first team to highlight a huge Tiger haul.
For a second straight day, the Wittenberg Tigers lost a slugfest in the North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) Tournament, dropping out of the double elimination competition with an 11-9 loss to Ohio Wesleyan.
Making their first appearance in the North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) Tournament in five years, the Wittenberg Tigers were flying high through the first four-and-one-half innings. That's when their 10-1 lead disappeared, and the Wooster Scots eventually pulled out an improbable 17-13 victory over Wittenberg to start the double-elimination competition.
The Wittenberg baseball team split a doubleheader with Ohio Wesleyan Sunday in dramatic fashion, taking a 4-4 tie into the 10th inning of Game 2 where senior Tyler James (Coldwater, Ohio/Coldwater) belted a game-winning solo home run into right field to give the Tigers' their 18th 20-win season in program history.
Down to their final three outs, the Wittenberg Tigers pulled off yet another improbable comeback victory in a season filled with them to gain a much-needed split of a doubleheader hosted by North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) rival Wabash.
Wittenberg baseball dropped both ends of a doubleheader Wednesday afternoon to visiting Anderson University. The Tigers fell to 18-14 overall by scores of 5-3 and 12-3.
The Wittenberg Tigers pulled out an improbable win over Ohio Athletic Conference rival Ohio Northern, tying the game with two outs in the top of the ninth inning on an error and then stunning the Polar Bears with a four-spot in the 10th inning for a 5-1 decision.
In a night of accomplishments, the immediate excitement of a thrilling 9-8 comeback victory over the College of Wooster in Game 2 overshadowed an event longer in the making. Head Coach Jay Lewis achieved his 300th career victory at the helm of Wittenberg baseball.
Pitching ruled the day in a doubleheader between North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) rivals Denison and Wittenberg. The Big Red picked up a 2-0 win in the opener, followed by a 3-1 Tiger victory in the nightcap.
The Wittenberg baseball team dropped a non-conference game with Ohio Northern on Thursday night, falling to 15-10 overall with the 4-2 loss.
The Wittenberg Tigers maintained their position atop the North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) standings with a pair of victories over Kenyon in a doubleheader that was postponed twice in a four-day span due to rain.
The Wittenberg baseball team split a home doubleheader with Oberlin thanks to a come-from-behind 6-3 victory on a home run by junior Matt Hampp (Hilliard, Ohio/Davidson) in the nightcap to move to 13-9 overall and 3-1 in the North Coast Athletic Conference.
The Wittenberg Tigers jumped out to a 7-1 lead through the first three innings and appeared to be well on their way to extending a modest mid-season win streak against visiting Wilmington. However, the Quakers stormed back, taking advantage of five Wittenberg errors to pull out a 12-7 victory in 11 innings.
Five errors helped the Wittenberg baseball team extend its winning streak to five games with a 6-1 win over Mount St. Joseph at the University of Cincinnati's Marge Schott Stadium. The Tigers improved to 12-7 on the season, while the Lions fell to 10-8.
The Wittenberg Tigers kicked off the North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) portion of their 2011 schedule with a doubleheader sweep of visiting Allegheny. The wins, by scores of 9-5 and 5-2, came in the first meeting between the two programs in more than a decade after the conference moved away from a divisional format before the season.