[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 12 (Tuesday, February 12, 2002)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E139]
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  RECOGNIZING THE BATTLING BISHOPS OF OHIO WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY, NCAA 
             DIVISION III WOMEN'S SOCCER NATIONAL CHAMPIONS

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                         HON. PATRICK J. TIBERI

                                of ohio

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, February 12, 2002

  Mr. TIBERI. Mr. Speaker, I would like to congratulate the Battling 
Bishops of Ohio Wesleyan University for their first NCAA Division III 
women's soccer national championship. This victory caps a tremendous 
season that includes an astounding twenty-one straight wins.
  Ohio Wesleyan University is an independent undergraduate liberal arts 
institution in Delaware, Ohio, with an enviable reputation for 
education excellence. As an institution renowned for its commitment to 
teaching and mentoring of the highest quality that nurtures and 
prepares students to be leaders and informed and involved citizens, 
Ohio Wesleyan University has reached and maintained a ranking as one of 
the top liberal arts universities in the country.
  I remember well the excitement over the 1988 men's basketball and 
1998 men's soccer national championships. Like those earlier teams, the 
Ohio Wesleyan University women's soccer national championship team has 
represented their school, their team and themselves with distinction 
and in the finest tradition of sportsmanship.

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