We lost a heart-breaker tonight at Wilmington.
I could end the post there and not say anything more about the game. The team played their tails off and we played hard against a team that is a perennial power-house - they are well-coached and composed. After establishing an 11-point lead at the 10-minute mark, we started [...]
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We have a tough beginning portion of our season in that we play 6 games in 11 days - all on the road. This will test us early for endurance, both physically and mentally, and will give us a change to play tough competition in and out of region. The team did pull out another [...]
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There is nothing that can replicate the excitement and adrenaline rush of a basketball game. Tonight we had our tip-off to our season and it was a thrilling and explosive beginning! We managed to put 95 points on the scoreboard and grabbed 66 rebounds in the game. It was great to see the team jump [...]
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When I was fortunate enough to wear the red and white uniform of Wittenberg, I had some of the most wonderful teammates I ever played with in my lifetime. When I started my first-year at Witt there were 12 of us that came in together, by our senior year, there were two. The unique thing [...]
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In seven days we will board a plane for Raleigh, North Carolina! To commence our 2008-09 playing season, the Wittenberg Tiger basketball team will play two games at Peace College for our tip-off tournament. Seven days is just around the corner; seven days and we embark on another phenomenal adventure of competition that produces team [...]
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Wittenberg athletics received extremely exciting news today - THREE of our fall teams will be competing in the NCAA National Division III Championships. Men’s soccer for the first time in 12 years will travel to Chicago, women’s soccer, with their third consecutive bid, will travel to Michigan and volleyball will host regionals here at Wittenberg [...]
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Two weeks ago I thought we had to wait “forever” to start competing against different opponents; tonight I want to know how forever passed me by so quickly! The start of the season has zoomed by and with only 8 practices before our tip-off tournament in Raleigh, North Carolina, I remember why I scheduled those [...]
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With the new season underway, our program not only welcomes a new class of student-athletes into the program, but their families as well. Just as our players enjoy one another’s company off the court, the parents enjoy getting to know some of the team members outside the competition arena as well. As many of the [...]
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