The Carthage College men's track and field team is in third place after the second day of the Thursday-Saturday, May 24-26 NCAA Division III Outdoor Track and Field Championship at ...
Carthage's No. 1 men's tennis doubles team of Jeff Lotz Jr. (Jr., Racine, Wis./Horlick) and Daneric Hazelman (Sr., Lautoka, Fiji Islands) lost its quarterfinal match in the NCAA Division III ...
Championship Web Site
The Carthage College women's track and field team has two qualifiers for the Thursday-Sunday, May 24-26 NCAA Division III Outdoor Track and Field Championship at ...
Carthage College is in 25th place in the May 24 Learfield Sports Directors' Cup NCAA Division III winter standings. In the winter, Carthage was led by its women's ...
There is a nice, easy calm on campus.
No need to hustle. No reason for bustle. Final exams for all and graduation for some are in the rear-view mirror. The calendar shows it is May 21. ...
5.19.12 | Men's Track and Field
The Carthage College men's track and field team competed in two final qualifying meets on Thursday-Friday, May 17-18. The Red Men split squads between the May 17-18 North Central College "Final Qualifier" at Benedetti-Wehrli Stadium in Naperville, Ill., and the Augustana College (Ill.) "Twilight Qualifier" on May 18 at Ericson Field in Rock Island, Ill. No team scores were kept at either event.
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5.19.12 | Women's Track and Field
The Carthage College women's track and field team competed in two final qualifying meets on Thursday-Friday, May 17-18. The Lady Reds split squads between the May 17-18 North Central College "Final Qualifier" at Benedetti-Wehrli Stadium in Naperville, Ill., and the Augustana College (Ill.) "Twilight Qualifier" on May 18 at Ericson Field in Rock Island, Ill. No team scores were kept at either event.
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5.14.12 | Baseball
Two Red Men were named to the 2012 All-College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin team. Pitcher Eric Rohe (Sr., Mundelein, Ill., 4-3, 2.29 earned run average, .224 opponent-batting average, five complete games) was named first-team All-CCIW, and third baseman Kyle Pusateri (Sr., Schaumburg, Ill., .317, 10 doubles, two home runs, 23 RBI) earned second-team all-conference honors.
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5.14.12 | Softball
Three Carthage College softball players were named to the 2012 National Fastpitch Coaches Association All-Great Lakes Region team and all three to the first team.
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5.13.12 | Softball
It must have the been the lack of coin flip. The Carthage College softball team (37-10, 11-3 College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin) had won three-straight elimination games at the NCAA Division III Great Lakes Softball Regional Championship, with head coach Amy Gillmore losing the home-team coin flip twice. There was no flip on Sunday, May 13, and no miracle finish, either, as No. 9 Illinois Wesleyan University (39-7) nipped No. 21 Carthage, 2-1, in a regional semifinal game at the Illinois Wesleyan Softball Field in Bloomington, Ill.
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5.7.12 | Softball
The Carthage College softball team (37-9, 11-3 College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin), ranked 21st in the May 9 National Fastpitch Coaches Association NCAA Division III poll, just refuses to lose at
the NCAA Division III Great Lakes Softball Regional Championship. The Lady Reds won their second and third-straight elimination games on Saturday, May 12 by knocking off No. 22 Wisconsin-Eau Claire (33-14), 4-1, and Anderson University (32-12) by a 6-1 margin at the Illinois Wesleyan University Softball Field in Bloomington, Ill.
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5.10.12 | Men's Tennis
Carthage's Jeff Lotz Jr. (Jr., Racine, Wis./Horlick, 27-10) was named 2012 College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin “Men's Tennis Player of the Year.” Lotz is Carthage's seventh “player of the year,” all since 1994. Joining Lotz as All-CCIW honorees were first-team member Daneric Hazelman (Sr., Lautoka, Fiji Islands, 29-7) and second-team member Matt Whiteside (Sr., Sacramento, Calif./Natomas Pacific Pathways Prep, 25-5).
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5.12.12 | General
The Carthage College track and field teams competed in the North Central College “Dr. Keeler Invitational” on Thursday-Friday, May 10-11 at Benedetti-Wehrli Stadium in Naperville, Ill. No team scores were kept.
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5.7.12 | Softball
Carthage College softball first baseman Alyssa Schrader (Sr., Plainfield, Ill./South, .344, 29 runs scored, 10 doubles, Carthage-record 13 home runs, 40 RBI, .736 slugging percentage, .462 on-base percentage) was named 2012 College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin "Softball Player of the Year."
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5.7.12 | Women's Lacrosse
Four Carthage players were named 2012 All-Midwest Women's Lacrosse Conference. Goalkeeper Ali Gorman (So., Chesterfield, Mo.,/Parkway Central, 8.78 goals-against average, 152 saves) was named first-team All-MWLC.
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5.7.12 | Softball
It is the biggest hit of the season — so far — but there is a bit of for-the-record debate. Alyssa Schrader hits a game-winning home run in the bottom of the seventh inning to beat Illinois Wesleyan in Bloomington, Ill., and give the Carthage women's softball team the victory that would ultimately earn it a share of the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin title.
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5.4.12 | Softball
The Carthage College softball team (34-8, 11-3 College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin), ranked 20th in the May 2 National Fastpitch Coaches Association NCAA Division III poll, advanced to the championship round of the CCIW Softball Tournament on Saturday morning, May 5 by eliminating Millikin University (23-18), 3-0, at the Illinois Wesleyan University Softball Field in Bloomington, Ill. The Lady Reds then needed two straight wins over the Titans to claim the tournament championship, but fell short, 7-5, in their first try.
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5.24 | Men's Tennis
Cary, N.C. - Cary Tennis Center
Red Men
3 p.m., EDT
NCAA Division III Men's Tennis Doubles Championship
5.24 | Men's Track and Field
Claremont, Calif - Burns Stadium
Red Men
2 p.m./2 p.m./12:30 p.m., PDT
NCAA Division III Outdoor Track and Field Championship
5.24 | Women's Track and Field
Claremont, Calif - Burns Stadium
Lady Reds
2 p.m./2 p.m./12:30 p.m., PDT
NCAA Division III Outdoor Track and Field Championship
Carthage at the 2012 NCAA Division III Softball Regional View Video
Carthage Men's Volleyball at the NCAA Division III Quarterfinals View Video
Carthage at the NCAA Women's Basketball Sectional Final View Video
Carthage Women's Basketball at the NCAA Sectional Semifinals View Video
Carthage Women's Basketball Defeats DePauw in NCAA Second Round View Video
Carthage Men's Tennis at the 2011 CCIW Championship View Video
Carthage's Record-Breaking 4x400-Meter Relay Team View Video
2012 CCIW Swimming Championship at Carthage College View Video
2012 Carthage Men's Lacrosse "Lake Front Fall Classic" View Video
Sat, May 26, 2012
Men's Tennis
vs NCAA Division III Men's Tennis Doubles Championship
Jeff Lotz Jr. and Daneric Hazleman lose in quarterfinals Recap
Men's Track and Field
vs NCAA Division III Outdoor Track and Field Championship
3rd, 34 teams after day two Recap
Women's Track and Field
vs NCAA Division III Outdoor Track and Field Championship
2 p.m./2 p.m./12:30 p.m., PDT
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Did You Know...
Coach Tim Rucks Hits 100
Carthage football coach Tim Rucks won his 100th career game with a 40-23 decision at Millikin University on Oct. 8, 2011.
Carthage's "Mr. Touchdown"
The last living member of Carthage's first football team, the 1895 squad, was William Simmons, "02. Simmons was honored at a 1958 Carthage game for scoring the Red Men's first-ever home touchdown in an 18-0 win over Quincy University on Nov. 28, 1895 in Carthage, Ill. Simmons scored on a 75-yard fumble recovery.
Carthage Turns on the Lights
Carthage added lights to its baseball facility in April 2010. Assistant coach Cory Everts flipped the switch in the bottom of the eighth inning of an April 24 game versus Augustana College (Ill.), marking the first-ever use of the bulbs in a game situation.
First NFL Playoff Game
John “Popeye” Wager, ‘31, was a lineman for the 1932 NFL Portsmouth (Ohio) Spartans, who played the Chicago Bears in the first-ever NFL post-season game. The Spartans finished the regular season in a first-place tie with the Bears, whose owner, George Halas, had a playoff game scheduled and moved from Wrigley Field to an indoor contest at the Chicago Stadium.
Bosko Djurickovic
Carthage men's basketball coach Bosko Djurickovic’s CCIW winning percentage entering the 2011-12 season (.669, 245-121) is the sixth-best in the 65-year history of the league, and his 245 wins placed him first among active conference coaches.
Coach Leanne Ulmer
Head women's volleyball coach Leanne Ulmer enters the 2011 season with a .782 winning percentage over 10 seasons, which was raned ninth among active NCAA Division III coaches thru 2009. Ulmer has won six CCIW titles in nine years at Carthage, including a shared title in 2004 and outright titles in 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009.
Kent Dernbach
Former Carthage basketball player Kent Dernbach (2002-03) was named an assistant men's basketball coach at Wisconsin-Stevens Point in October 2011. Dernbach had been the Northern Illinois University Director of Men’s Basketball Operations. He held the same post at George Mason University from 2007 to 2009.
Carthage's 24th Varsity Sports Began in 2009-10
Carthage launched its 24th varsity sport in 2009-10, as the women's lacrosse team began varsity play.
L.J. Marx Reaches 100 Wins
Carthage men's volleyball coach L.J. Marx won his 100th career match on April 9, 2010 with a 3-0 win over Fontbonne University in the semfinals of the M-III Volleyball Conference Tournamrnt in Kenosha, Wis.
Doubling Up
With a school-record 12 doubles in the May 5, 2011 Lakeland game, the Carthage baseball team tied an NCAA III game record first set by Bridgewater State University versus the Massachusetts Maritime Academy on March 29, 1997.
Coach Brady Lindsley
Carthage women's tennis coach Brady Lindsley won his 200th career match in the fall of 2009. Lindsley, with a 219-93 record heading into the fall 2011 portion of the season, has been named CCIW "Women's Tennis Coach of the Year" three times.
Rob Lytle
Former University of Michigan football tailback Rob Lytle, who died on Nov. 20, 2010, played for the Denver Broncos Super Bowl XII team that lost to the Dallas Cowboys in 1978. Denver’s head coach that year was Robert “Red” Miller, who assisted Carthage head coach Art Keller from 1955 to 1957.
Leanne Ulmer's 300th win
Carthage women's volleyball coach Leanne Ulmer won her 300th career match with a 3-0 decision over Southwestern (Texas) on Sept. 16, 2011.
Little All-Americans
The Associated Press has named 17 Carthage football players "Little All-Americans" since 1938, including punter Tyler Funk, a 2010 honoree.
Emily Goetz
Former Carthage graduate assistant women's lacrosse coach Emily Goetz is now the head women's lacrosse coach at Loras College.
Red Men's 1,000th Basketball Win
With an 85-60 win over Concordia University (Wis.) on Nov. 28, 2009, Carthage won its 1,000th men's basketball game. The program began in 1907.
Brady Lindsley Wins No. 250
Carthage men's tennis coach Brady Lindsley won his 250th match on April 23, 2011 with a 9-0 win at Principia College.
Augie Schmidt IV Reaches 700 Wins
With a victory over Ohio Wesleyan University on March 6, 2010, Carthage College baseball coach Augie Schmidt IV will became only the 17th coach in NCAA Division III history to reach the 700-victory plateau.
Ryan Baumgartner
Former Carthage men's volleyball player Ryan Baumgartner, who lettered on the 2005-07 Red Men teams and was named American Volleyball Coaches Association second-team All-America in both 2006 and 2007, was named head women's volleyball coach at Dominican University (Ill.) prior to the 2011 season,
George Demos
George Demos, who lettered on the 2002 and 2003 Carthage soccer teams, is the director of special events for Reggie Jackson's Mr. October Foundation for Kids.
Greg Dirkse
Greg Dirkse, who lettered on the 1995-97 Carthage soccer teams, was elected to the school board in his hometown of Oostburg, Wis., in April 2012.
Carthage Baseball in the NCAAs
The Carthage baseball team made its 18th NCAA regional appearance in 2011.
Brooke Mix Scores Her Second Career Hole-in-0ne
Carthage College women's golfer Brooke Mix (Sr., Westfield, Ind.) scored a hole-in-one on Sept. 23, 2011 on the first day of the Wisconsin-Whitewater "Fall Fling." Mix' ace came on the 130-yard 15th hole at the Riverside Golf Course in Janesville, Wis. It was the second collegiate hole-in-one for Mix, with the other coming on Sept. 4, 2009 on the 11th hole of the Foss Park Golf Course at the Robert Morris “Fall Classic.”
Carthage's First Hole-in-One
Carthage men's golfer Don Huff scored the Red Men's first-ever hole-in-one on Oct. 10, 1981 against Lawrence University at Rainbow Springs in Mukwonago, Wis. Huff aced the third hole with a seven-iron.
Paul Smith
Paul Smith, a member of Carthage’s inaugural men’s soccer team in 1981, was inducted into the Wisconsin Soccer Association Hall of Fame in 2010. A native of Racine, Wis., Smith set a Carthage game record that season by collecting four assists against Milton College on Oct. 21. Smith is currently the outdoors editor of the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel.
Amanda Croix Named Army Assistant Coach
Former Carthage swimmer Amanda Croix was named an assistant swimming and diving coach at United State Military Academy in West Point, N.Y., in July 2011.
Brotherly Love
Sixteen sets of brothers have played soccer for Carthage men's coach Steve Domin since 1995.
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