The Carthage College women's golf team (65-46-3) concluded its 2011-12 season by finishing fourth at the Friday, April 27 Robert Morris University-Lake County Spring Invitational at the Bonnie ...
The Carthage College women's golf team (73-40-1) finished third at the Friday, April 20 Wisconsin-Whitewater "Spring Fling" at the Riverside Golf Course in Janesville, Wis.
The Carthage College women's golf team (65-24-1) is in 14th place midway thru the Saturday-Sunday, March 31-April 1 Washington University (Ill.) Spring Invitational at the Gateway National Golf ...
The Carthage College women's golf team (65-24-1) defeated Millikin University, 368-398, on Saturday, March 17 at the University of South Florida's Claw Golf Course in Tampa, Fla.
Carthage College Director of Athletics Robert Bonn has named Tyler Wollberg head women's golf coach. Wollberg replaces Rick Leslie, who resigned in October to pursue other career ...
10.6.11 | Women's Golf
The Carthage College women's golf team (64-24-1) finished third at the Thursday-Saturday, Oct. 6-8 College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin Women's Golf Championship at the Emeis Park Municipal Golf Course in Davenport, Iowa.
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10.1.11 | Women's Golf
The Carthage College women's golf team (59-22-1) finished fourth at the Friday. Sept. 30 University of St. Francis (Ill.) Fall Invitational at the Inwood Golf Course in Joliet, Ill.
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9.24.11 | Women's Golf
Carthage College women's golfer Brooke Mix (Sr., Westfield, Ind.) scored a hole-in-one on Sept. 23 on the first day of the Wisconsin-Whitewater "Fall Fling." It was the second collegiate hole-in-one for Mix.
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9.23.11 | Women's Golf
Despite shooting a blistering 328 on the second day, the Carthage College women's golf team (56-19-1) finished second at the Friday-Saturday, Sept. 23-24 Wisconsin-Whitewater “Fall Fling” at the Riverside Golf Course in Janesville, Wis.
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9.20.11 | Women's Golf
The Carthage College women's golf team (48-18-1) tied for first place at the Tuesday, Sept. 20 Elmhurst College “Bluejay Invitational” at the Oak Brook Golf Club in Oak Brook, Ill.
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9.17.11 | Women's Golf
The Carthage College women's golf team (42-18-1) tied for 10th place at the Saturday-Sunday, Sept. 17-18 Illinois Wesleyan University “Fall Classic” at the Ironwood Golf Course in Normal, Ill.
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9.11.11 | Women's Golf
The Carthage College women's golf team (27-9) finished third at the Saturday-Sunday, Sept. 10-11 Wisconsin-Oshkosh Invitational at the Oshkosh Country Club in Oshkosh, Wis. The Lady Reds had a three-stroke lead midway through the event.
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9.8.11 | Women's Golf
The Carthage College women's golf team (22-7) finished fifth at the Thursday, Sept. 8 Augustana (Ill.) “Fall Classic” at the Emeis Park Golf Course in Davenport, Iowa.
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9.6.11 | Women's Golf
The Carthage College women's golf team (15-3) tied for second place at the Tuesday, Sept. 6 North Central College “Cardinal Classic” at the Cress Creek Country Club in Naperville, Ill.
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9.2.11 | Women's Golf
The Carthage College women's golf team (8-2) opened its 2011-12 season by finishing third at the Friday, Sept. 2 Robert Morris University-Lake County “Fall Classic” at the Bonnie Brook Golf Course in Waukegan, Ill.
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9.1.11 | Women's Golf
The Carthage College women's golf team participated in the second annual Kenosha "Go Pink" Golf Outing on Aug. 24 at The Club at Strawberry Crrek. Antonio Freeman from Green Bay Packers, a regular supporter of American Cancer Association events, joined the Lady Reds at the event.
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8.28.11 | Women's Golf
The Carthage College women's golf team opens its 2011-12 season at the Friday, Sept. 2 Robert Morris University-Lake County “Fall Classic” at the Bonnie Brook Golf Course in Waukegan, Ill., beginning at 9 a.m. Rick Leslie (0-13, 1 year thru spring 2011), who was hired on Nov. 18, 2010 and guided the team thru its spring 2011 schedule, begins his first full season as head coach.
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Did You Know...
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.
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.
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.
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.
Emily Goetz
Former Carthage graduate assistant women's lacrosse coach Emily Goetz is now the head women's lacrosse coach at Loras 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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,
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.
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 Baseball in the NCAAs
The Carthage baseball team made its 18th NCAA regional appearance in 2011.
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.
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.
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.”
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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