DENISON AND WITTENBERG BOW OUT OF NCAA TOURNAMENT

Denison (15-5-1), the North Coast champion, closed out its season with a 2-0 loss to Otterbein in the second round of the NCAA Division III Tournament. The Big Red entered today's match after defeating Centre, 1-0, in yesterday's first round contest. Freshman Angie Coderre (Flossmor, IL/Homewood-Flossmor) scored that game's lone goal in the 44th minute. Junior goalkeeper Courtney Cobb (Sylvania, OH/St. Ursula Academy) recorded two saves and posted her seventh shutout and 15th win of the season.

NCAC tournament champion Wittenberg (11-4-6) dropped a 4-0 decision to Chicago in their first round contest. Senior Jordan Bamberger (Solon, OH/Solon) closed out her Tiger career with five saves on the afternoon.

The Tigers made their third straight NCAA appearance, while Denison played in its fourth consecutive post-season, and 12th overall. The NCAC has had at least one team in the NCAA Tournament field in 15 of the past 18 seasons, highlighted by a three-team contingent in 2006 (Denison, Kenyon and Wittenberg) and in 1992 (Denison, Ohio Wesleyan and Wooster). Ohio Wesleyan has twice won the NCAA Division III championship (2001, '02). Follow the NCAA Division III Tournament at www.ncaa.com.