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.
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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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4.30.12 | Softball
The Carthage College softball team won a 2012 CCIW co-championship with Illinois Wesleyan University, both with 11-3 league marks. For the Lady Reds, the title is their third (1998, 2010 and 2012). Carthage secured this year's co-championship when Illinois Wesleyan lost the first game of an April 29 doubleheader to Elmhurst College.
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4.30.12 | Softball
The Carthage College softball team (32-6, 11-3 College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin), ranked 19th in the April 25 National Fastpitch Coaches Association NCAA Division III poll, split a Sunday, April 29 doubleheader with non-conference opponent the University of Chicago (23-9) at the Carthage Softball Field in Kenosha, Wis. Carthage won the first game, 5-4, but lost the nightcap by a 7-3 margin.
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4.26.12 | Softball
The Carthage College softball team (31-5, 11-3 College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin), ranked 19th in the April 25 National Fastpitch Coaches Association NCAA Division III poll, split a Thursday, April 26 doubleheader with CCIW-opponent and No. 7 Illinois Wesleyan University (30-5, 8-2 CCIW) at the Illinois Wesleyan Softball Field in Bloomington, Ill. The Lady Reds lost the first game, 2-0, but came back to take the nightcap, 3-2, on a walk-off home run by Alyssa Schrader.
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4.22.12 | Softball
The Carthage College softball team (30-4, 10-2 College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin), ranked 24th in the April 18 National Fastpitch Coaches Association NCAA Division III poll, swept a Sunday, April 22 doubleheader from CCIW-opponent Augustana College (Ill., 22-10, 5-5 CCIW), 2-1 and 6-5, at the Carthage Softball Field in Kenosha, Wis.
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4.21.12 | Softball
The Carthage College softball team (28-4, 8-2 College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin), ranked 24th in the April 18 National Fastpitch Coaches Association NCAA Division III poll, split a Saturday, April 21 doubleheader with CCIW-opponent Elmhurst College (20-11, 4-4 CCIW) at the Carthage Softball Field in Kenosha, Wis. Elmhurst won the opening game, 3-0, but Carthage came back to claim the nightcap by a 7-4 margin.
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4.19.12 | Softball
The Carthage College softball team (27-3, 7-1 College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin), ranked 24th in the April 18 National Fastpitch Coaches Association NCAA Division III poll, swept a Thursday, April 19 doubleheader from CCIW-opponent North Park University (19-13, 2-6 CCIW), 5-4 and 6-0, at the Holmgren Athletic Complex in Chicago.
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4.17.12 | Softball
The Carthage College softball team (25-3, 5-1 College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin), ranked 25th in the April 11 National Fastpitch Coaches Association NCAA Division III poll, swept a Tuesday, April 17 doubleheader from CCIW-opponent North Central College (12-14, 1-7 CCIW), 3-2 and 9-1, at the Carthage Softball Field in Kenosha, Wis. Carthage is tied for first place in the league with Illinois Wesleyan University.
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4.17.12 | Softball
Carthage College first baseman Alyssa Schrader (Sr.., Plainfield, Ill./South) was named a College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin "Softball Players of the Week" on April 17. Schrader batted .500 last week (6-for-12) with three home runs, two doubles, six runs and seven RBI as the Lady Reds went 3-1 against CCIW competition. She finished a combined three-for-seven with three runs, three RBI and two doubles in an 8-7, 8-3 doubleheader sweep of Wheaton College (Ill.) on April 11. She then went a combined three-for-five with three home runs, four RBI and three runs in a double-header split with Millikin on April 14.
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4.14.12 | Softball
The Carthage College softball team (23-3, 3-1 College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin), ranked 25th in the April 11 National Fastpitch Coaches Association NCAA Division III poll, split a Saturday, April 14 doubleheader with CCIW-opponent Millikin University (13-13, 2-4 CCIW) at the Borg Warner Sports Complex in Decatur, Ill., The Lady Reds won the opening game, 10-3, but fell to the Big Blue in the nightcap by a 7-2 margin.
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4.11.12 | Softball
The Carthage College softball team (22-2, 2-0 College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin), ranked 25th in the April 11 National Fastpitch Coaches Association NCAA Division III poll, opened its CCIW-schedule on Wednesday, April 11 by sweeping a doubleheader from Wheaton College (Ill., 17-11, 0-4 CCIW), 8-3 and 8-7, at Leedy Field in Wheaton, Ill. The two wins extended Carthage's winning streak to 12 games, third-best in school history behind a 14-game streak in 2003 and a 13-gamer in 1990.
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4.9.12 | Softball
The Carthage College softball team (20-2, 0-0 College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin), ranked 26th in the April 4 National Fastpitch Coaches Association NCAA Division III poll, won its 10th-straight game on Monday, April 9 by sweeping a doubleheader from Carroll University (10-6), 4-3 and 7-0, at the Carthage Softball Field in Kenosha, Wis.
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Did You Know...
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.”
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Brotherly Love
Sixteen sets of brothers have played soccer for Carthage men's coach Steve Domin since 1995.
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.
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.
Carthage Baseball in the NCAAs
The Carthage baseball team made its 18th NCAA regional appearance in 2011.
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.
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.
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.
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,
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'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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
Emily Goetz
Former Carthage graduate assistant women's lacrosse coach Emily Goetz is now the head women's lacrosse coach at Loras College.
Little All-Americans
The Associated Press has named 17 Carthage football players "Little All-Americans" since 1938, including punter Tyler Funk, a 2010 honoree.
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