2012 News
Two Wittenberg University student-athletes were among 300 participants representing schools throughout the nation and across all three NCAA divisions in attendance at the four-day NCAA Career in Sports Forum in Indianapolis, Ind., June 7-10.
Wittenberg Director of Athletics and Recreation Garnett Purnell has announced the hiring of Laura Matthews as the university's new softball head coach.
Wittenberg's softball team capped the 2012 season by placing Jessica Snyder (Northfield, Ill./New Trier) and Laura Rose (Riverside, Ohio/Stebbins) on the All-NCAC honor roll.
Oglethorpe University has chosen Becky Hall as director of athletics. Hall has been Wittenberg University's assistant director of athletics and senior woman administrator since 2007, and she will become Oglethorpe's fourth director of athletics since the university reassigned to NCAA Division III in 1990.
Wittenberg University softball standout Rachel Ross, class of 2014 from Westerville, Ohio, has been recognized for the combination of her athletic and academic accomplishments with first-team Capital One Academic All-America College Division All-District 7 honors.
The Tigers headed north to Case Western Reserve University to finish the 2012 Wittenberg softball season, dropping the first game of a doubleheader 12-1 but recovering to take the second 4-3.
The Wittenberg softball team wrapped up the 2012 North Coast Athletic Conference season on Wednesday with a Senior Day celebration, but dropped both ends of a doubleheader with Oberlin College.
For the second time in four days, the Wittenberg softball team battled a North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) contender on its home field only to come up short after losing a pair to Denison 3-1 and 4-1.
The Tigers of DePauw swept a doubleheader from the Tigers of Wittenberg in North Coast Athletic Conference softball action Tuesday, dropping Wittenberg to 7-5 and third place in the NCAC while nationally-ranked DePauw jumped to second place.
The Wittenberg softball team split a key North Coast Athletic Conference doubleheader on the road at Hiram on Sunday, falling 5-1 in game one but picking up the second game 4-2.
Wittenberg softball took a 3-0 decision from visiting Wooster in game one of a doubleheader Wednesday at Betty Dillahunt Field, but dropped the conclusion by a 6-3 score, moving to 21-9 overall and 6-2 in the North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC).
Sophomore Laura Rose (Riverside, Ohio/Stebbins) played the hero on Saturday, laying down a successful squeeze bunt to break a fifth-inning 2-2 tie in game one and contributing two RBIs to help Wittenberg win game two. Rose led the Tigers to a 4-0 week after hitting .500, including eight RBI, one double, one home run and two stolen bases.
The Wittenberg softball team wrested control of the North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) from former frontrunner Allegheny with a doubleheader sweep of the Gators Saturday, winning 3-2 in game one before an offensive outburst won game two 7-2.
When the Wittenberg University softball team hosts North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) rival Allegheny at 1 p.m. Saturday, April 7, the Tigers will be playing for a cause greater than a spot in the standings.
For the third time in nine days, the Wittenberg softball team's bats came alive in a big way, accounting for 15 or more runs in a doubleheader sweep.
A week that started with a record-setting offensive barrage in a pair on non-conference doubleheaders ended with a pair of pitcher's duels as the Wittenberg Tigers opened North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) action with a split at Ohio Wesleyan.