The Carthage College men’s volleyball team (9-4, 2-0 Midwest-III Volleyball Conference), ranked sixth in the Feb. 2 American Volleyball Coaches Association NCAA Division III poll, swept a ...
The Carthage College men’s volleyball team (7-4), ranked sixth in the Jan. 26 American Volleyball Coaches Association NCAA Division III poll, swept The Sage Colleges (1-5), 3-0, on Monday, ...
The Carthage College men’s volleyball team (6-4), ranked sixth in the Jan. 26 American Volleyball Coaches Association NCAA Division III poll, went 4-0 to win the Saturday-Sunday, Jan. 30-31 ...
The Carthage College men’s volleyball team (4-4), ranked sixth in the Jan. 26 American Volleyball Coaches Association NCAA Division III poll, opened play in the Saturday-Sunday, Jan. 30-31 ...
The Carthage College men’s volleyball team (2-4), ranked sixth in the Jan. 26 American Volleyball Coaches Association NCAA Division III poll, was swept by NCAA Division I Lewis University ...
1.23.10 | Men's Volleyball
The Carthage College men’s volleyball team (2-3), ranked eighth in the Jan. 19 American Volleyball Coaches Association NCAA Division III poll, upset NCAA Division I Indiana University-Purdue University at Fort Wayne (2-3), 3-2, on Saturday night, Jan. 23 at the Hilliard Gates Sports Center in Fort Wayne, Ind. The Red Men’s winning set scores over the Mastodons were 22-30, 30-25, 31-29, 21-30 and 17-15.
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1.22.10 | Men's Volleyball
The Carthage College men’s volleyball team (1-3), ranked eighth in the Jan. 19 American Volleyball Coaches Association NCAA Division III poll, traveled to Indiana on Friday-Saturday, Jan. 22-23 for a pair of matches against NCAA Division I competition. On Friday, Jan. 22, the Red Men were swept by Ball State University (4-1), 3-0, at Worthen Arena in Muncie, Ind. The Cardinals’ winning set scores over the Red Men were 30-22, 30-22 and 30-24.
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1.16.10 | Men's Volleyball
The Carthage College men’s volleyball team (1-2), ranked ninth in the pre-season American Volleyball Coaches Association NCAA Division III poll, lost to NCAA Division I Ball State University (1-1), 3-1, on Saturday, Jan. 16 at Tarble Arena in Kenosha, Wis. Ball State defeated Carthage, 22-30, 30-24, 31-29 and 30-26.
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1.15.10 | Men's Volleyball
The Carthage College men’s volleyball team (1-1), ranked ninth in the pre-season American Volleyball Coaches Association NCAA Division III poll, swept D’Youville College (2-1), 3-0, on Friday, Jan. 15 at Tarble Arena in Kenosha, Wis. The Red Men’s winning set scores over the Spartans were 30-24, 30-21 and 31-29.
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1.13.10 | Men's Volleyball
The Carthage College men’s volleyball team (0-1), ranked ninth in the pre-season American Volleyball Coaches Association NCAA Division III poll, opened its 2010 season on Wednesday, Jan. 13 with a 3-0 loss to NCAA Division I Loyola University (Ill., 1-0) at Alumni Gym in Chicago.
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12.28.09 | Men's Volleyball
Carthage returns 10-of-11 letterwinners and five-of-six starters from last year’s team. Leading the returnees are the five All-Midwest III Conference players: Randy Hansen, Tim Walker, Matt Yanz, Tom O’Connell and Eric Ball (Sr., Naperville, Ill./North, 2.74 kills per game).
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10.20.09 | Men's Volleyball
The American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) and USA Volleyball (USAV), in conjunction with Molten U.S.A., Inc., are pleased to announce that Carthage College in Kenosha, Wis., has been selected as the host institution for the 2010 Molten Division III Men’s Invitational Volleyball Championship, to be played April 16-17, 2010.
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8.8.09 | Men's Volleyball
After returning just two-of-nine letterwinners from the 2008 team, the 2009 Carthage College men’s volleyball team (8-25, 4-0 Midwest-III Volleyball Conference) was probably due for a re-building year. Since launching the varsity program in 2005, head coach L.J. Marx (80-70, 5 years) compiled winning seasons in three of his first four years, including appearances at the 2005 and 2007 Molten Championships.
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11.21.09 | Men's Volleyball
The Carthage College men’s volleyball team (8-25, 4-0 Midwest-III Volleyball Conference), ranked 13th in the final, regular-season Bison/American Volleyball Coaches Association NCAA Division III poll, closed out its 2009 season on Saturday, April 4 by winning the Midwest-III Conference Tournament at Tarble Arena in Kenosha, Wis.
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11.21.09 | Men's Volleyball
The Carthage College men’s volleyball team (18-15, 4-0 Midwest-III Volleyball Conference), ranked ninth in the final, regular-season American Volleyball Coaches Association/College Sports Television NCAA Division III poll, closed out its 2008 season on Saturday, April 5 by winning the Midwest-III Volleyball Conference Tournament at the Milwaukee School of Engineering’s Kern Center with a 3-0 decision over MSOE (8-20).
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11.21.09 | Men's Volleyball
Carthage men’s volleyball coach L.J. Marx was named 2007 American Volleyball Coaches Association NCAA Division III Men’s Coach of the Year. Marx also received the award in 2005.
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2.2 | Women's Basketball
Wheaton, Ill.
Lady Reds
71
Wheaton College
68
2.3 | Men's Basketball
Wheaton, Ill.
Red Men
68
Wheaton College (Ill.)
63
2.5 | Men's Track and Field
Bloomington, Ill.
Red Men
3 p.m./11 a.m.
Illinois Wesleyan University "Bob Keck Invitational"
2.5 | Women's Track and Field
Bloomington, Ill.
Lady Reds
3 p.m./11 a.m.
Illinois Wesleyan University "Bob Keck Invitational"
2.6 | Men's Volleyball
St. Louis, Mo.-Fontbonne University
Red Men
3
College of Mount St. Joseph
0
2.6 | Men's Tennis
Racine, Wis./Racine Indoor Tennis Center
Red Men
7
Lawrence University
2
2.6 | Men's Basketball
Kenosha, Wis.
Red Men
59
Augustana College (Ill.)
70
2.6 | Women's Basketball
Kenosha, Wis.
Lady Reds
80
Augustana College (Ill.)
35
2.6 | Men's Volleyball
St. Louis, Mo.
Red Men
3
Fontbonne University
0
2.6 | Club Ice Hockey
Kenosha Ice Arena - Kenosha, Wis.--Kenosha Ice Arena
2.9 | Women's Basketball
Elmhurst, Ill.
Lady Reds
7:30 p.m.
Elmhurst College
2.10 | Men's Basketball
Elmhurst, Ill.
Red Men
7:30 p.m.
Elmhurst College
2.10 | Men's Volleyball
Kenosha, Wis.
Red Men
7 p.m.
Milwaukee School of Engineering
2.10 | Women's Basketball
Elmhurst, Ill.
Lady Reds
5 p.m.
Elmhurst College
2.12 | Women's Track and Field
Romeoville, Ill.-Lewis University
Lady Reds
5 p.m.
Chicagoland Indoor Track and Field Championship
2.13 | Men's Track and Field
Chicago, Ill.-University of Chicago
Red Men
11 a.m.
Chicagoland Indoor Track and Field Championship
2.13 | Men's Tennis
Jackson, Wis.-Pleasant Valley Tennis Club
Red Men
3:30 p.m.
St. Norbert College
2.13 | Men's Tennis
Jackson, Wis.-Pleasant Valley Tennis Club
Red Men
6:30 p.m.
Concordia University (Wis.)
2.13 | Men's Basketball
Kenosha, Wis.
Red Men
7:30 p.m.
North Central College
2.13 | Men's Lacrosse
Pontiac, Mich.
Red Men
2 p.m., EST
Albion College
2.13 | Women's Basketball
Kenosha, Wis.
Lady Reds
5 p.m.
North Central College
2.13 | Women's Water Polo
Oak Park, Ill.-Fenwick H.S.
Lady Reds
12:10 p.m.
Loyola University (Ill.) Club
2.13 | Women's Water Polo
Oak Park, Ill.-Fenwick H.S.
Lady Reds
3:50 p.m.
University of Notre Dame Club
2.14 | Women's Water Polo
Oak Park, Ill.-Fenwick H.S.
Lady Reds
8:25 a.m.
Miami University Club
2.14 | Women's Water Polo
Oak Park, Ill.-Fenwick H.S.
Lady Reds
2:50 p.m.
Grand Valley State University Club
2.14 | Men's Lacrosse
Pontaic, Mich.
Red Men
Noon, EST
Davenport
2.16 | Women's Basketball
Kenosha, Wis.
Lady Reds
7:30 p.m.
North Park University
Did You Know...
Red Men's 1,000th Basketball Win
With an 85-60 win over Concordia University (Wis.) on Nov. 28, Carthage won its 1,000th men's basketball game. The program began in 1907.
Coach Leanne Ulmer
Head women's volleyball coach Leanne Ulmer entered the 2009 season with a .759 winning percentage over seven seasons, which ranks 12th among active NCAA Division III coaches. Ulmer has won six CCIW titles in nine years at Carthage, inclduing 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.
Bosko Djurickovic
Carthage men's basketball coach Bosko Djurickovic’s CCIW winning percentage entering the 2009-10 season (.663, 224-114) is the sixth-best in the 63-year history of the league, and his 224 wins placed him first among active conference coaches.
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, then the Bears’ home turf, to an indoor contest at the Chicago Stadium.
Former Carthage basketball player Kent Dernbach (2002-03) is currently the Northern Illinois University Director of Men’s Basketball Operations. Dernbach held the same post at George Mason University from 2007 to 2009.
Little All-Americans
The Associated Press has named 16 Carthage football players "Little All-Americans" since 1938, including punter Tyler Funk, a 2009 honoree.
Coach Brady Lindsley
Carthage women's tennis coach Brady Lindsley won his 200th career match in the fall of 2009. Lindsley, with a 204-79 record heading into the spring 2010 portion of the season, has been named CCIW "Women's Tennis Coach of the Year" three times.
Carthage's 24th Varsity Sports Begins in 2009-10
Carthage launches its 24th varsity sport in 2009-10, as the women's lacrosse team begins varsity play with a March 9-13 trip to Southern California.
 April 16-17 Molten Men's Volleyball Championship at Carthage College's Tarble Arena
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