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11.21.11 | General
Carthage College men's soccer defender Zak Khoshbin (Sr., Hawthorn Woods, Ill./Lake Zurich) and women's volleyball outside hitter Lauren Dembkowski (Sr., Mount Prospect, Ill./Arlington Heights-Hersey) have been named fall 2011 College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin/Jack Swartz all-academic.

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11.2.11 | Men's Soccer
The Carthage College men's soccer team (13-5-2, 5-1-1 College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin), ranked fourth in the Nov. 1 National Soccer Coaches Association Central Region poll and the top seed in the CCIW Men's Soccer Tournament, defeated fourth-seeded Elmhurst College (8-7-4, 3-2-2 CCIW), 4-3, on Wednesday night, Nov. 2 in a semifinal game at Art Keller Field in Kenosha, Wis.

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11.1.11 | Men's Soccer
The Carthage College men's soccer team (12-5-2, 5-1-1 College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin), the top-seeded team in the CCIW Men's Soccer Tournament and ranked fourth in the Nov. 1 National Soccer Coaches Association Central Region poll, plays host to fourth-seeded Elmhurst College (8-6-4, 3-2-2 CCIW) on Wednesday, Nov. 2 in a CCIW tournament semifinal game at Art Keller Field in Kenosha, Wis., beginning at 7 p.m. 


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11.1.11 | Men's Soccer
Carthage College defender Zak Khoshbin (Sr., Hawthorn Woods, Ill./Lake Zurich)  was named College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin “Men's Soccer Defensive Player of the Week” on Nov. 1.  

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10.29.11 | Men's Soccer
The Carthage College men's soccer team (12-5-2, 5-1-1 College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin), ranked fifth in the Oct. 25 National Soccer Coaches Association Central Region poll, defeated CCIW-opponent Illinois Wesleyan University (8-8-1, 3-3-1 CCIW), 3-2 in overtime, on Saturday afternoon, Oct. 29 at the Neis Soccer Field in Bloomington, Ill.

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10.26.11 | Men's Soccer
The Carthage College men's soccer team (11-5-2, 4-1-1 College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin), ranked fifth in the Oct. 25 National Soccer Coaches Association Central Region poll, upset CCIW-opponent, No. 13 and previously-unbeaten North Park University (10-1-3, 4-1-1 CCIW), 1-0, on Wednesday night, Oct. 26 at Art Keller Field in Kenosha, Wis. 

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10.25.11 | Men's Soccer
Carthage College men's soccer coach Steve Domin has had his share of brothers on his Red Men teams over the years.  By his count, 16 families have had two or more sons who have played soccer for Domin. 

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10.25.11 | Men's Soccer
Carthage College midfielder/defender Taylor Pignataro (Fr., Algonquin, Ill./Jacobs) was named College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin “Men's Soccer Offensive Player of the Week” on Oct. 25. 

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10.11.11 | Men's Soccer
The Carthage College men's soccer team was ranked fifth in the Oct. 25 National Soccer Coaches Association of America Central Region poll.

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10.22.11 | Men's Soccer
The Carthage College men's soccer team (10-5-2, 3-1-1 College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin), tied for seventh place in the Oct. 18 National Soccer Coaches Association Central Region poll, defeated CCIW-opponent North Central College (Ill., 9-4-2, 1-2-2), 4-1, on Saturday afternoon, Oct. 22 at Art Keller Field in Kenosha, Wis. 

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10.19.11 | Men's Soccer
The Carthage College men's soccer team (9-5-2, 2-1-1 College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin), ranked sixth in the Oct. 11 National Soccer Coaches Association of America Central Region poll, defeated non-conference opponent St. Norbert College (1-11-1), 4-0, on Wednesday night, Oct. 19 at Donald J. Schneider Stadium in De Pere, Wis.

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10.15.11 | Men's Soccer
The Carthage College men's soccer team (8-5-2, 2-1-1 College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin) edged CCIW-opponent Millikin University (0-14-0, 0-4-0 CCIW), 1-0, on Saturday afternoon, Oct. 15 at the Millikin Soccer Complex in Decatur, Ill.

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Carthage College Men's Soccer vs. Clarke on Sept. 25, 2011
Carthage College Men's Soccer vs. Clarke on Sept. 25, 2011
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Carthage College Men's Soccer vs. Robert Morris (Ill.) on Sept. 14, 2011
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Did You Know...
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.
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.
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.
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.”
 
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.
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.
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.
Brotherly Love
Sixteen sets of brothers have played soccer for Carthage men's coach Steve Domin since 1995.
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.
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.
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. 
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.
Leanne Ulmer'

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 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.
Emily Goetz
Former Carthage graduate assistant women's lacrosse coach Emily Goetz is now the head women's lacrosse coach at Loras College.
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.

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.
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.
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 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.
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.