The Carthage College women's basketball team (19-6, 10-4 College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin) travels to Bloomington, Ill., on Friday, Feb. 24 to play Wheaton College (Ill., currently ...
Defending-national-champion Ohio State University is probably in no hurry to see the Carthage College men's volleyball team again anytime soon. The Red Men (8-2, 0-0 Continental Volleyball ...
The Carthage College men's lacrosse team opens its 2012 season on Friday, Feb. 24 by playing Hendrix College in a 3 p.m. game at the Hendrix Athletic Field in Conway, Ark.
The Carthage College women's lacrosse team (0-0, 0-0 Midwest Women's Lacrosse Conference) opens its 2012 season on Saturday, Feb. 25 with a 2 p.m. game versus Birmingham-Southern College at the ...
The Carthage College softball team (0-0, 0-0 College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin) opens its 2012 season at the Friday-Saturday, Feb. 24-25 Finlandia University “Superior Dome ...
2.20.12 | Men's Tennis
The Carthage College men's tennis team (4-2, 0-0 College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin) traveled to Fond du Lac, Wis., on Sunday, Feb. 19 for a pair of indoor matches at Centre Court. Carthage blanked Ripon College (0-3), 9-0, before defeating Wisconsin-La Crosse (2-5) by a 6-3 margin.
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2.16.12 | Men's Swimming
The Carthage College men's swimming team won the Thursday-Saturday, Feb. 16-18 College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin Swimming Championship at Carthage's Koenitzer Aquatic Center in Kenosha, Wis.
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2.16.12 | Women's Swimming
The Carthage College women's swimming team finished second at the Thursday-Saturday, Feb. 16-18 College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin Swimming Championship at Carthage's Koenitzer Aquatic Center in Kenosha, Wis.
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2.18.12 | Men's Basketball
The Carthage College men's basketball team (12-13, 6-8 College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin) concluded its 2011-12 season on Saturday night, Feb. 18 with a 74-73 overtime loss to CCIW-opponent and No. 17 Augustana College (Ill., 19-5, 9-4 CCIW) at Tarble Arena in Kenosha, Wis.
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2.18.12 | Women's Basketball
The Carthage College women's basketball team (19-6, 10-4 College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin) completed its regular-season schedule with a 53-44 victory over CCIW-opponent Augustana College (Ill., 11-13, 3-10 CCIW) on Saturday, Feb. 18 at Tarble Arena in Kenosha, Wis.
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2.19.12 | Women's Track and Field
The Carthage College women's track and field team (42-12-2 indoor record) finished second at the Saturday, Feb. 18 University of Chicago “Margaret Bradley Invitational” at the Henry Crown Field House in Chicago.
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2.19.12 | Men's Track and Field
The Carthage College men's track and field team (41-19-1 indoor record) tied for sixth place at the Saturday, Feb. 18 Wisconsin-Stevens Point "Eastbay/Pointer Invitational" at the Multi-Activity Center in Stevens Point, Wis.
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2.17.12 | Men's Volleyball
The Carthage College men's volleyball team (8-1, 0-0 Continental Volleyball Conference), ranked first in the Feb. 14 American Volleyball Coaches Association NCAA Division III poll, extended its winning streak to eight matches on Friday, Feb. 17 by upsetting NCAA Division I Indiana-Purdue at Fort Wayne (7-5), 3-1, at the Hilliard Gates Sport Center in Fort Wayne, Ind. The Red Men's winning set scores were 20-25, 29-27, 25-18 and 26-24. The Mastodons were ranked 16th in the Feb. 13 AVCA NCAA Divisions I-II poll.
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2.15.12 | Women's Basketball
The Carthage College women's basketball team (18-6 overall, 9-4 College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin) secured a berth in the CCIW Women's Basketball Tournament on Wednesday, Feb. 15 with a 72-56 win over conference-opponent Elmhurst College (16-8, 7-6 CCIW) at R.A. Faganel Hall in Elmhurst, Ill.
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2.15.12 | Men's Volleyball
Carthage College middle hitter Tyler Frings (Sr., Hubertus, Wis./Milwaukee-Pius XI) was named Continental Volleyball Conference “Player of the Week” on Feb. 15.
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2.15.12 | Men's Tennis
Carthage College's Jeff Lotz Jr. (Jr., Racine, Wis./Horlick) was named the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin "Men's Tennis Player of the Week" on Feb. 15.
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2.14.12 | Men's Basketball
The Carthage College men's basketball team (12-12, 6-7 College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin) lost to CCIW-opponent Elmhurst College (12-12, 6-7 CCIW), 84-71, on Valentine's Day, Feb. 14 at R.A. Faganel Hall in Elmhurst, Ill.
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2.15 | Women's Basketball
R.A. Faganel Hall - Elmhurst, Ill.
Lady Reds
72
Elmhurst College
56
2.16 | Women's Swimming
Koenitzer Aquatic Center - Kenosha, Wis.
Lady Reds
10:30 a.m./6 p.m.
CCIW Swimming Championship
2.16 | Men's Swimming
Koenitzer Aquatic Center - Kenosha, Wis.
Red Men
10:30 a.m./6 p.m.
CCIW Swimming Championship
2.17 | Men's Volleyball
Hilliard Gates Sports Center - Fort Wayne, IN
Red Men
3
Indiana-Purdue at Fort Wayne
1
2.18 | Women's Track and Field
Chicago, Ill. - Henry Crown Fieldhouse
Lady Reds
11 a.m.
University of Chicago "Margaret Bradley Invitational"
2.18 | Women's Basketball
Tarble Arena - Kenosha, Wis.
Lady Reds
53
Augustana College (Ill.)
44
2.18 | Men's Basketball
Tarble Arena - Kenosha, Wis.
Red Men
73
Augustana College (Ill.)
74
2.18 | Men's Track and Field
Stevens Poimnt, Wis. - Multi Activity Center
Red Men
10:30 a.m.
Wisconsin-Stevens Point "Eastbay/Pointer Invitational"
2.19 | Men's Tennis
Fond du Lac, Wis. - Centre Court
Red Men
6
University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
3
2.19 | Men's Tennis
Fond du Lac, Wis. - Centre Court
Red Men
9
Ripon College
0
2.19 | Men's Volleyball
St. John Arena - Columbus, Ohio
Red Men
1
Ohio State University
3
2.24 | Men's Lacrosse
Conway, Ark. - Hendrix Athletic Field
Red Men
3 p.m.
Hendrix College
2.24 | Women's Track and Field
Al B. Carius Track - Naperville, Ill.
Lady Reds
1 p.m./10:30 a.m.
CCIW Indoor Track and Field Championship
2.24 | Women's Basketball
Shirk Center - Bloomington, Ill.
Lady Reds
5 p.m.
Wheaton College (Ill.), semifinals
2.24 | Men's Track and Field
Al B. Carius Track - Naperville, Ill.
Red Men
1 p.m./10:30 a.m.
CCIW Indoor Track and Field Championship
2.24 | Women's Basketball
Shirk Center - Bloomington, Ill.
Lady Reds
7 p.m.
Illinois Wesleyan University vs. Millikin, semifinals
2.24 | Softball
Marquette, Mich. - Superior Dome
Lady Reds
5 p.m., EST
Hope College
2.24 | Softball
Marquette, Mich. - Superior Dome
Lady Reds
7 p.m., EST
Edgewood College
2.25 | Men's Tennis
Cedar Rapids, Iowa - Clark Racquet Center
Red Men
9 a.m.
Coe College
2.25 | Men's Tennis
Cedar Rapids, Iowa - Clark Racquet Center
Red Men
Noon
Wartburg College
2.25 | Softball
Marquette, Mich. - Superior Dome
Lady Reds
8 a.m., EST
Simpson College
2.25 | Softball
Marquette, Mich. - Superior Dome
Lady Reds
12:00 p.m., EST
University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh
2.25 | Women's Lacrosse
Sewanee, Tenn. - University of the South
Lady Reds
2 p.m.
Birmingham-Southern College
2.25 | Men's Lacrosse
Conway, Ark. - Hendrix College
Red Men
Noon
Mount Ida College
2.26 | Women's Lacrosse
Sewanee, Tenn.
Lady Reds
Noon
Sewanee University
2.28 | Men's Volleyball
Tarble Arena - Kenosha, Wis.
Red Men
7 p.m.
Milwaukee School of Engineering
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
Carthage Women's Basketball at Augustana on Jan. 21, 2012 View Video
Carthage Men's Basketball at Augustana on Jan. 21, 2012 View Video
Carthage at the 2011 NCAA Division III Women's Volleyball Championship View Video
Did You Know...
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.
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.
Brotherly Love
Sixteen sets of brothers have played soccer for Carthage men's coach Steve Domin since 1995.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Emily Goetz
Former Carthage graduate assistant women's lacrosse coach Emily Goetz is now the head women's lacrosse coach at Loras College.
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.”
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.
Carthage Baseball in the NCAAs
The Carthage baseball team made its 18th NCAA regional appearance in 2011.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Little All-Americans
The Associated Press has named 17 Carthage football players "Little All-Americans" since 1938, including punter Tyler Funk, a 2010 honoree.
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.
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.
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.
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