2003 News
Another banner fall sports season has reaped tangible rewards for 34 Wittenberg University athletes who were selected to All-North Coast Athletic Conference teams.
CLEVELAND --Wooster's Adam Milligan (Orrville, OH/Orrville) and Allegheny's Ben Montgomery (McMurray, PA/Peter's Township) have been named co-Offensive Players of the Year and Ohio Wesleyan's Jeff Krigbaum (Canal Winchester, OH/Canal Winchester) has been named Defensive Player of the Year to highlight the 2003 All-North Coast Athletic Conference men's soccer selections.
The Wittenberg University women's soccer team made significant progress in Head Coach Norm Riker's second season at the helm, perhaps setting the stage for the team getting over the hump and back into the upper echelon of the rugged North Coast Athletic Conference.
The Wittenberg men's soccer team rounded out its 2003 season with a 2-1 double overtime road victory over Oberlin on Saturday. The win gave Wittenberg eight on the season, and it extended to 21 the number of consecutive seasons that the Tiger men's soccer program has registered at least seven wins.
The Wittenberg women's soccer put the wraps on the 2003 season with a 3-1 victory over visiting Oberlin on Saturday. The win gave the Tigers eight on the season, an improvement of two over Head Coach Norm Riker's first season on the bench.
The Wittenberg men's soccer team has one game left in a rebuilding 2003 season that has yielded some high points and provided great promise for the future. The team's latest outing resulted in a 1-0 home loss on Saturday to nationally ranked Denison.
The Wittenberg women's soccer team is competing well with the best of one of the best soccer conferences in the nation. Problem is, Head Coach Norm Riker and his young team aren't playing for moral victories.
The Wittenberg men's soccer team has had an up-and-down season, and unfortunately things moved back in the downward direction over the last week. On Saturday, the Tigers were shut out 4-0 by visiting Allegheny, one of the top 10 teams in the region, and then on Wednesday, Wittenberg was upended on the road by Wabash in double overtime by a 2-1 count.
The Wittenberg women's soccer team lost a pair of games in the last week and has now fallen into a must-win situation heading into the home stretch of the 2003 season. The Tigers have lost three straight to NCAC foes - Ohio Wesleyan, Allegheny and Kenyon - after a 2-0 conference start. In order to reach the NCAC Tournament, which includes only the top four teams in the final regular season standings, Wittenberg almost certainly has to win the rest of its games.
The Wittenberg men's soccer team is riding a three-game win streak at just the right time. With several key conference games coming up in the next two weeks, Head Coach Steve Dawson and his team will find out if the momentum garnered from beating three teams in the lower portion of the NCAC standings can carry over against teams ranked among the best in the nation.
The Wittenberg women's soccer team went 1-1 in conference action during the last week, defeating Hiram 3-0 on Saturday before losing to defending national champion Ohio Wesleyan 4-0 on Tuesday. As a result, the Tigers remain very much alive in the hunt for one of four berths in the annual NCAC Tournament, which is scheduled to take place Nov. 7-8.
CLEVELAND -- Kenyon?s Kelsey Olds and Ohio Wesleyan?s Philip Hoffman head an impressive list of past standouts named to the North Coast Athletic Conference?s 20th Anniversary men?s soccer team. Olds and Hoffman are two of the 13 former NCAC Players of the Year represented on the 18-person squad.
The Wittenberg men's soccer team is back on a two-game win streak and is also back in the NCAC race heading into the home stretch of the 2003 season.
The Wittenberg women's soccer team should be well rested heading into the stretch run of the 2003 season. Last week, the Tigers played just one game, defeating NAIA scholarship program Urbana 3-1 on the road on Wednesday. The Blue Knights were 9-1-1 on the season prior to that game.
The Wittenberg men's soccer team appeared to have turned the corner, winning three straight games heading into the NCAC schedule. But when the conference includes four teams ranked in the top 10 in the region and three ranked among the top 20 in the nation, nothing is ever as it appears.
The Wittenberg women's soccer team got the biggest win of the young season on Wednesday as they took a 2-1 decision at Earlham. The win opened what promises to be an extremely challenging NCAC campaign, one that includes upcoming games against four of the top 10 teams in the region, on the right foot.