Carthage’s Steve Djurickovic (Jr., Pleasant Prairie, Wis./Kenosha-Bradford) was named CCIW “Men’s Basketball Player of the Week” on Feb. 8 for the second week in a row and ...
Carthage College men’s football wide receiver Jeff Koeneman (Sr., Barrington, Ill./Palatine-Fremd) and women’s tennis player Hollis McPeek (So., Lake Bluff, Ill./Lake Forest) have been ...
Carthage’s school track and field record in the men's indoor weight throw has been broken three times already this season in five ...
The Carthage College men’s basketball team (16-5, 8-2 College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin), ranked 23rd in the Feb. 2 “D3hoops.com” poll and second in the Feb. 3 NCAA ...
The Carthage College women’s basketball team (18-3, 8-2 College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin), ranked 14th in the Feb. 2 Women’s Basketball Coaches Association/USA Today/ESPN ...
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2.7.10 | Men's Volleyball
The Carthage College men’s volleyball team (9-4, 2-0 Midwest-III Volleyball Conference), ranked sixth in the Feb. 2 American Volleyball Coaches Association NCAA Division III poll, swept a pair of matches on Saturday, Feb. 6 at the Midwest III Conference Crossover Tournament I at Fontbonne University’s Dunham Student Activities Center in St. Louis, Mo. Carthage defeated the College of Mount St. Joseph (0-6, 0-2 M-III) and Fontbonne University (1-1, 1-1 M-III), 3-0 each.
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2.7.10 | Men's Track and Field
The Carthage College men’s track and field team (39-3), ranked ninth in the Feb. 3 U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association NCAA Division III poll, finished second at the Friday-Saturday, Feb. 5-6 Illinois Wesleyan University “Bob Keck Invitational” at the Shirk Center in Bloomington, Ill.
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2.7.10 | Women's Track and Field
The Carthage College women’s track and field team (41-7), ranked 25th in the Feb. 3 U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association NCAA Division III poll, finished fifth at the Friday-Saturday, Feb. 5-6 Illinois Wesleyan University “Bob Keck Invitational” at the Shirk Center in Bloomington, Ill.
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2.7.10 | Men's Tennis
The Carthage College men’s tennis team (1-0, 0-0 College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin) opened the indoor portion of its 2009-10 season on Saturday, Feb. 6 with a 7-2 win over Lawrence University (0-1) at the Racine Indoor Tennis Club in Racine, Wis.
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2.4.10 | Men's Basketball
Carthage men's basketball guard Steve Djurickovic (Jr., Pleasant Prairie, Wis./Kenosha-Bradford) was named to the 2010 College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA)/ESPN the Magazine District 5 first-team all-academic squad.
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2.3.10 | Men's Basketball
It came down to this on Wednesday night. Wheaton College (Ill.) had no answer for Steve Djurickovic. Carthage’s junior guard scored a career-high 44 points on Wednesday, Feb. 3, as the Red Men won a thriller over the Thunder, 68-63, (13-7, 5-4 CCIW) at King Arena in Wheaton, Ill.
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2.2.10 | Women's Basketball
The Carthage College women’s basketball team (17-3, 7-2 College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin), ranked 14th in both the Feb. 2 Women’s Basketball Coaches Association/USA Today/ESPN NCAA Division III poll and in the Feb. 2 “D3hoops.com” poll, edged CCIW-opponent Wheaton College (Ill., 10-9, 4-5 CCIW), 71-68, on Tuesday, Feb. 2 at King Arena in Wheaton, Ill.
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2.2.10 | Women's Track and Field
Carthage College’s Ahvia Greene (Jr., Aurora, Ill./Waubonsie Valley) and Illinois Wesleyan University’s Shavantay Thomas (So., Peoria, Ill./Richwoods) were named CCIW Indoor Track and Field Athletes of the Week on Feb. 2, Greene for the second time this season.
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2.2.10 | Men's Track and Field
Carthage College’s Josh Brennan (Jr., Geneva, Ill.) and Greg Davis (So., Carlinville, Ill.) were named CCIW Indoor Track and Field Athletes of the Week on Feb. 2.
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Carthage’s two nationally-ranked basketball teams travel to Wheaton, Ill., this week for key College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin games at King Arena on the campus of Wheaton College (Ill.).
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2.1.10 | Men's Volleyball
The Carthage College men’s volleyball team (7-4), ranked sixth in the Jan. 26 American Volleyball Coaches Association NCAA Division III poll, swept The Sage Colleges (1-5), 3-0, on Monday, Feb. 1 at the Kahl Center in Albany, N.Y. The Red Men’s winning set scores over the Mavericks were 30-9, 30-9 and 30-11.
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2.1.10 | Men's Basketball
Carthage’s Steve Djurickovic (Jr., Pleasant Prairie, Wis./Kenosha-Bradford) was named CCIW “Men’s Basketball Player of the Week” on Feb. 1 for the third time this season.
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2.2 | Women's Basketball
Wheaton, Ill.
Lady Reds
71
Wheaton College
68
2.3 | Men's Basketball
Wheaton, Ill.
Red Men
68
Wheaton College (Ill.)
63
2.5 | Men's Track and Field
Bloomington, Ill.
Red Men
3 p.m./11 a.m.
Illinois Wesleyan University "Bob Keck Invitational"
2.5 | Women's Track and Field
Bloomington, Ill.
Lady Reds
3 p.m./11 a.m.
Illinois Wesleyan University "Bob Keck Invitational"
2.6 | Men's Volleyball
St. Louis, Mo.-Fontbonne University
Red Men
3
College of Mount St. Joseph
0
2.6 | Men's Tennis
Racine, Wis./Racine Indoor Tennis Center
Red Men
7
Lawrence University
2
2.6 | Men's Basketball
Kenosha, Wis.
Red Men
59
Augustana College (Ill.)
70
2.6 | Women's Basketball
Kenosha, Wis.
Lady Reds
80
Augustana College (Ill.)
35
2.6 | Men's Volleyball
St. Louis, Mo.
Red Men
3
Fontbonne University
0
2.6 | Club Ice Hockey
Kenosha Ice Arena - Kenosha, Wis.--Kenosha Ice Arena
2.9 | Women's Basketball
Elmhurst, Ill.
Lady Reds
7:30 p.m.
Elmhurst College
2.10 | Men's Basketball
Elmhurst, Ill.
Red Men
7:30 p.m.
Elmhurst College
2.10 | Men's Volleyball
Kenosha, Wis.
Red Men
7 p.m.
Milwaukee School of Engineering
2.12 | Women's Track and Field
Romeoville, Ill.-Lewis University
Lady Reds
5 p.m.
Chicagoland Indoor Track and Field Championship
2.13 | Men's Track and Field
Chicago, Ill.-University of Chicago
Red Men
11 a.m.
Chicagoland Indoor Track and Field Championship
2.13 | Men's Tennis
Jackson, Wis.-Pleasant Valley Tennis Club
Red Men
3:30 p.m.
St. Norbert College
2.13 | Men's Tennis
Jackson, Wis.-Pleasant Valley Tennis Club
Red Men
6:30 p.m.
Concordia University (Wis.)
2.13 | Men's Basketball
Kenosha, Wis.
Red Men
7:30 p.m.
North Central College
2.13 | Men's Lacrosse
Pontiac, Mich.
Red Men
2 p.m., EST
Albion College
2.13 | Women's Basketball
Kenosha, Wis.
Lady Reds
5 p.m.
North Central College
2.13 | Women's Water Polo
Oak Park, Ill.-Fenwick H.S.
Lady Reds
12:10 p.m.
Loyola University (Ill.) Club
2.13 | Women's Water Polo
Oak Park, Ill.-Fenwick H.S.
Lady Reds
3:50 p.m.
University of Notre Dame Club
2.14 | Women's Water Polo
Oak Park, Ill.-Fenwick H.S.
Lady Reds
8:25 a.m.
Miami University Club
2.14 | Women's Water Polo
Oak Park, Ill.-Fenwick H.S.
Lady Reds
2:50 p.m.
Grand Valley State University Club
2.14 | Men's Lacrosse
Pontaic, Mich.
Red Men
Noon, EST
Davenport
2.16 | Women's Basketball
Kenosha, Wis.
Lady Reds
7:30 p.m.
North Park University
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.
Former Carthage basketball player Kent Dernbach (2002-03) is currently the Northern Illinois University Director of Men’s Basketball Operations. Dernbach held the same post at George Mason University from 2007 to 2009.
Carthage's 24th Varsity Sports Begins in 2009-10
Carthage launches its 24th varsity sport in 2009-10, as the women's lacrosse team begins varsity play with a March 9-13 trip to Southern California.
Bosko Djurickovic
Carthage men's basketball coach Bosko Djurickovic’s CCIW winning percentage entering the 2009-10 season (.663, 224-114) is the sixth-best in the 63-year history of the league, and his 224 wins placed him first among active conference coaches.
Coach Leanne Ulmer
Head women's volleyball coach Leanne Ulmer entered the 2009 season with a .759 winning percentage over seven seasons, which ranks 12th among active NCAA Division III coaches. Ulmer has won six CCIW titles in nine years at Carthage, inclduing a shared title in 2004 and outright titles in 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009.
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, then the Bears’ home turf, to an indoor contest at the Chicago Stadium.
Little All-Americans
The Associated Press has named 16 Carthage football players "Little All-Americans" since 1938, including punter Tyler Funk, a 2009 honoree.
Coach Brady Lindsley
Carthage women's tennis coach Brady Lindsley won his 200th career match in the fall of 2009. Lindsley, with a 204-79 record heading into the spring 2010 portion of the season, has been named CCIW "Women's Tennis Coach of the Year" three times.
Red Men's 1,000th Basketball Win
With an 85-60 win over Concordia University (Wis.) on Nov. 28, Carthage won its 1,000th men's basketball game. The program began in 1907.
 April 16-17 Molten Men's Volleyball Championship at Carthage College's Tarble Arena
 May 7-9 National Collegiate III Women's Water Polo Championship at Carthage's Koenitzer Aquatic Center
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