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 ...
The Carthage College baseball team (21-17, 9-12 College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin) closed out its CCIW-schedule on Saturday, May 5 by splitting a doubleheader with Wheaton College ...
The Carthage College baseball team (20-16, 8-11 College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin) opened its final conference series of the year on Friday, May 4 with a 2-0 win over Wheaton College ...
The Saturday, May 5 Carthage baseball contest versus Wheaton College (Ill.) will be the final game for the Carthage Baseball Field in its current configuration. This summer, construction ...
The Carthage College baseball team (19-16, 7-11 College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin) got by non-conference opponent Concordia University (Wis., 11-23), 12-9, on Wednesday night, May 2 at ...
5.1.12 | Baseball
The Carthage College baseball team (18-16, 7-11 College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin) outlasted non-conference opponent St. Norbert College (19-11), 10-9, on Tuesday, May 1 at the Carthage Baseball Field in Kenosha, Wis.
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4.29.12 | Baseball
The Carthage College baseball team (17-16, 7-11 College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin) salvaged the final game of a three-game series with CCIW-opponent Millikin University (10-25, 5-13 CCIW), 13-4, on Sunday, April 29 at Sunnyside Park in Decatur, Ill. Carthage lost both ends of a Saturday, April 28 doubleheader, 2-1 and 11-7. The Saturday losses all but eliminated the Red Men from qualifying for the CCIW Baseball Tournament.
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4.28.12 | Baseball
The Carthage College baseball team (16-16, 6-11 College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin) lost both ends of a Saturday, April 28 doubleheader with CCIW-opponent Millikin University (10-24, 5-12 CCIW), 2-1 and 11-7, at Sunnyside Park in Decatur, Ill. The losses all but eliminated the Red Men from qualifying for the CCIW Baseball Tournament. The last Carthage team not to reach the conference tournament was the 1988 squad, coach Augie Schmidt IV's second year.
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4.26.12 | Baseball
The Carthage College baseball team (16-14, 6-9 College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin) blanked non-conference opponent and No. 37 Concordia University (Chicago, 25-9), 2-0, on Thursday, April 26 at the Carthage Baseball Field in Kenosha, Wis.
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4.24.12 | Baseball
The Carthage College baseball team (15-14, 6-9 College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin) defeated non-conference opponent and No. 23 Aurora University (25-8), 8-2, on Tuesday, April 24 at the Carthage Baseball Field in Kenosha, Wis.
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4.22.12 | Baseball
The Carthage College baseball team (14-14, 6-9 College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin) lost the rubber game of a three-game set with CCIW-opponent Elmhurst College (17-13, 9-6 CCIW), 5-4, on Sunday, April 22 at the Carthage Baseball Field in Kenosha, Wis.
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4.21.12 | Baseball
The Carthage College baseball team (14-13, 6-8 College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin) opened a three-game series with CCIW-opponent Elmhurst College (16-13, 8-6 CCIW) on Saturday, April 21 by splitting a doubleheader at Butterfield Park in Elmhurst, Ill. The Red Men won the first game, 3-2, but fell to the Bluejays by a 4-2 margin in the nightcap.
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4.17.12 | Baseball
The Carthage College baseball team (13-12, 5-7 College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin) swept a Tuesday, April 17 doubleheader from Marian University (Wis., 14-12), 7-4 and 4-3, at Herr-Baker Field in Fond du Lac, Wis. The second game went 17 innings, breaking both a Carthage record and a Northern Athletics Conference mark.
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4.17.12 | Baseball
Carthage College pitcher Eric Rohe (Sr., Mundelein, Ill.) was named a College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin "Baseball Player of the Week" on April 17. Rohe picked up a pair of wins in conference play for the Red Men last week. He pitched a complete game in a 7-0 victory over North Park University on April 11, allowing just three singles while walking none and striking out three. He also picked off three base runners at first. Rohe went six innings in a 15-5 win over Illinois Wesleyan University on April 15, allowing three earned runs and striking out two.
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4.15.12 | Baseball
The Carthage College baseball team (11-12, 5-7 College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin) continued to crawl back into the CCIW race on Sunday, April 15 with a 15-5 win over CCIW-opponent and No. 34 Illinois Wesleyan University (18-9, 7-5 CCIW) at the Carthage Baseball Field in Kenosha, Wis. The Red Men won the Illinois Wesleyan series after the two teams split a Saturday, April 14 doubleheader.
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4.14.12 | Baseball
The Carthage College baseball team (10-12, 4-7 College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin) split a Saturday, April 14 doubleheader with CCIW-opponent and No. 34 Illinois Wesleyan University (18-8, 7-4 CCIW) at the Carthage Baseball Field in Kenosha, Wis. The Red Men lost the first game, 3-2, but came back to take the nightcap by a 10-0 margin in seven innings. The two teams conclude the series with a Noon game on Sunday, April 15.
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4.12.12 | Baseball
The Carthage College baseball team (9-11, 3-6 College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin) defeated non-conference opponent Concordia University (Wis., 8-11), 12-7, on Thursday, April 12 at the Carthage Baseball Field in Kenosha, Wis.
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Did You Know...
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Brotherly Love
Sixteen sets of brothers have played soccer for Carthage men's coach Steve Domin since 1995.
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.
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.
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'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 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.
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.
Emily Goetz
Former Carthage graduate assistant women's lacrosse coach Emily Goetz is now the head women's lacrosse coach at Loras College.
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.
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.
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.”
Little All-Americans
The Associated Press has named 17 Carthage football players "Little All-Americans" since 1938, including punter Tyler Funk, a 2010 honoree.
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.
Carthage Baseball in the NCAAs
The Carthage baseball team made its 18th NCAA regional appearance in 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.
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,
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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