Carthage College women's basketball center Diana Jacklin (Sr., Berwyn, Ill./Morton West, 14.2 points per game, 9.0 rebounds, .547 field-goal percentage, 2.61 blocks per game) was named 2012 ...
Looking at the last night of the season for the Carthage women's basketball team on Saturday, March 10, it seems best to break it into three parts: the start (gruesome), the comeback (what if?) ...
In the end, the Carthage College women's basketball team just couldn't find a way to beat CCIW-rival Illinois Wesleyan University. The Lady Reds (23-8) fell to the Titans (26-5), 77-69, in the ...
When the Lady Reds (23-7) and Illinois Wesleyan (25-5) square off Saturday, March 10 at 7 p.m. (EST) at the McPherson Academic and Athletic Complex on the campus of the University of Mount ...
The “elite eight?” Why not? The Carthage College women's basketball team (23-7), ranked 34th in the Feb. 28 "D3hoops.com" poll, won its sectional-semifinal game in the NCAA ...
3.8.12 | Women's Basketball
The term “Sweet 16” is supposed to refer to a girls' mid-teens birthday party. Somebody hijacked it and thought this simple example of of alliteration could be applied to the number of teams remaining in a basketball tournament.
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3.4.12 | Women's Basketball
The Carthage College women's basketball team (22-7) continues its somewhat-improbable trip through the NCAA Division III Women's Basketball Championship bracket this weekend in a sectional championship at the University of Mount Union's McPherson Academic and Athletic Complex in Alliance, Ohio.
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3.4.12 | Women's Basketball
Follow along to see how the Carthage women's basketball team scored the final nine points to shock fourth-ranked DePauw, 53-48, on Saturday, March 3 in Greencastle, Ind., and advance to the “Sweet 16” of the NCAA Division III Women's Basketball Championship for the second time in three seasons.
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3.3.12 | Women's Basketball
You got to believe. After not being at all sure of even getting into this year's NCAA Division III Women's Basketball Championship, the Carthage College women's basketball team (22-7), ranked 34th in the Feb. 28 "D3hoops.com" poll, is in the “sweet 16” after eliminating No. 4 DePauw University (27-2), 53-48, in a second-round game on Saturday, March 3 at DePauw's Neal Fieldhouse in Greencastle, Ind.
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3.3.12 | Women's Basketball
Where to start when each of the nine players Carthage College Tim Bernero used in Friday's 74-68 victory on Friday, March 2 over 19th-ranked UW-Whitewater made a significant contribution as the Lady Reds advanced to the second round of the NCAA Division III Women's Basketball Championship at DePauw University's Neal Fieldhouse in Greencastle, Ind.?
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3.2.12 | Women's Basketball
In a game that was billed as one of the better first-round matchups in the tournament, the two teams didn't disappoint. The Carthage College women's basketball team (21-7), ranked 34th in the Feb. 28 "D3hoops.com" poll, knocked off No. 19 Wisconsin-Whitewater (22-7), 74-68, on Friday, March 2 in a first-round NCAA Division III Women's Basketball Championship game at DePauw University's Neal Fieldhouse in Greencastle, Ind.
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2.27.12 | Women's Basketball
The Carthage College women's basketball team (20-7), ranked 34th in the Feb. 28 "D3hoops.com" poll, received an at-large berth to the NCAA Division III Women's Basketball Championship on Monday, Feb. 27 when the 64-team field was announced. Carthage will play No. 19 Wisconsin-Whitewater (22-6) on Friday, March 2 at DePauw University's Neal Fieldhouse in Greencastle, Ind., beginning at 5 p.m., EST. No. 4 DePauw (26-1) will take on Westminster College (Mo., 22-4) in the other first-round game at 7 p.m., EST.
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2.26.12 | Women's Basketball
Unless you can handle the churning inside your gut until sometime Monday afternoon, you might want to keep whatever you use to calm your nerves within reach.
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2.25.12 | Women's Basketball
The Carthage College women's basketball team (20-7), lost the title game of the CCIW Women's Basketball Tournament, 68-67, to top-seeded and No. 17 Illinois Wesleyan (22-5) on Saturday, Feb. 25 at the IWU Shirk Center in Bloomington, Ill. With the win the Titans claimed the league's automatic qualifier to the NCAA Division III Women's Basketball Championship.
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2.24.12 | Women's Basketball
Dani Ripkey came to Carthage with the reputation as a very good three-point shooter. She will leave as the school's career leader in three-point baskets.
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2.24.12 | Women's Basketball
The Carthage College women's basketball team (20-6, 10-4 College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin), seeded third, opened play at the CCIW Women's Basketball Tournament on Friday, Feb. 24 with a 70-64 win over second-seeded Wheaton College (Ill., 18-8, 11-3 CCIW) in a semifinal game at the Illinois Wesleyan University Shirk Center in Bloomington, Ill.
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2.23.12 | Women's Basketball
Carthage Colege women's basketball center Diana Jacklin (Sr., Berwyn, Ill./Morton West) was named first-team All-College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin, and forward Cailee Corcoran (Jr., Oak Lawn, Ill./Chicago-Marist) earned second-team All-CCIW honors.
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Did You Know...
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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,
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.
Brotherly Love
Sixteen sets of brothers have played soccer for Carthage men's coach Steve Domin since 1995.
Little All-Americans
The Associated Press has named 17 Carthage football players "Little All-Americans" since 1938, including punter Tyler Funk, a 2010 honoree.
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.
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.
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 Baseball in the NCAAs
The Carthage baseball team made its 18th NCAA regional appearance in 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.
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.
Emily Goetz
Former Carthage graduate assistant women's lacrosse coach Emily Goetz is now the head women's lacrosse coach at Loras College.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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'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.
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.
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.
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.
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.”
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