Pitcher Krystina Leazer (So., Des Plaines, Ill./Elk Grove, 19-9, two saves, a 2.31 earned run average, a Carthage-record nine shutouts, 7.30 strikeouts per nine innings, 1.10 walks per nine ...
Four Carthage College softball players were named to the 2011 All-CCIW team. Pitcher Krystina Leazer (So., Des Plaines, Ill./Elk Grove, 19-9, 2.31 earned run average, 7.30 strikeouts per nine ...
The Carthage College softball team (23-17, 10-4 College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin), ranked seventh in the May 4 NCAA Division III Great Lakes Region poll, advanced to the championship ...
Krystina Leazer laughs while going over a story that, at the time, was not particularly funny. She laughs several times while telling ...
Carthage College's Krystina Leazer (So., Des Plaines, Ill./Elk Grove) were named CCIW “Softball Pitcher of the Week” on May 3 for the second time this season.
5.2.11 | Softball
The Carthage College softball team (21-15, 10-4 College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin) closed out its regular-season schedule on Monday, May 2 by splitting a non-conference doubleheader with Judson University (Ill., 32-14) at the Judson Softball Complex in Elgin, Ill. The Lady Eagles won the opening game, 6-2, but the Lady Reds took the nightcap. 5-4.
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5.1.11 | Softball
Millikin University will play host to the CCIW Softball Tournament at the lighted Borg Warner Sports Complex in Decatur, Ill., on Thursday-Friday, May 5-6. The tournament, traditionally a Friday-Saturday event, was moved up one day to accommodate Wheaton College (Ill.), which cannot play on Sundays. Saturday, May 7 is a rain date for the tournament.
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4.30.11 | Softball
The Carthage College softball team (20-14, 10-4 College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin) split a Saturday, April 30 doubleheader from CCIW-opponent Elmhurst College (15-23, 7-7 CCIW) at Salt Creek Park in Elmhurst, Ill. Carthage won the opening game, 1-0, before losing the nightcap by a 9-5 margin.
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4.29.11 | Softball
The Carthage College softball team (19-13, 9-3 College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin) needed just three runs to sweep a doubleheader from CCIW-opponent North Central College (19-11, 5-5 CCIW), 1-0 and 2-0, on Friday, April 29 at the Shanower Family Softball Field in Naperville, Ill.
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4.24.11 | Softball
The Carthage College softball team (17-13, 7-3 Colleg Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin) travels to Naperville, Ill., on Monday, April 25 to play CCIW-opponent and No. 24 North Central College (18-9, 5-3 CCIW) in a 3 p.m. doubleheader at the Shanower Family Softball Field. Monday's set was rained out on April 19.
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4.21.11 | Softball
The Carthage College softball team (17-13, 7-3 College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin) split a Thursday, April 21 doubleheader with non-conference opponent the University of Chicago (19-9) at the Stagg Field Complex in Chicago. The Lady Reds won the opening game, 5-2, but fell to the Maroons by a 5-1 margin in the nightcap.
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4.17.11 | Softball
The Carthage College softball team (16-12, 7-3 College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin) swept a Sunday, April 17 doubleheader from CCIW-opponent and No. 21 Illinois Wesleyan University (16-10, 4-4 CCIW), 1-0 and 5-2, at the Carthage Softball Field in Kenosha, Wis.
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4.13.11 | Softball
The Carthage College softball team (14-12, 5-3 College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin) split a doubleheader with CCIW-opponent Augustana College (Ill., 16-14, 4-4 CCIW) on Wednesday, April 13 at Carver Field in Rock Island, Ill. The Vikings pounded the Lady Reds, 11-2, in the opening game, but Carthage used a six-run fourth inning to win the nightcap by a 7-4 margin. The split left the Lady Reds in fourth place in the CCIW, just ahead of fifth-place Augustana, the pre-season favorite.
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4.9.11 | Softball
The Carthage College softball team (13-11, 4-2 College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin) lost an opportunity to take charge of the CCIW softball race on Saturday, April 9 by losing both ends of a doubleheader to Millikin University (15-5, 5-1 CCIW), 3-2 and 3-2, at the Carthage Softball Field in Kenosha, Wis. The two losses dropped the Lady Reds from first place to third in the league standings.
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4.7.11 | Softball
The Carthage College softball team (13-9, 4-0 College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin) swept a Thursday, April 7 doubleheader from non-conference opponent Concordia University (Chicago, 5-12), 5-3 and 10-4, at the Concordia Softball Field in River Forest, Ill.
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4.6.11 | Softball
The Carthage College softball team (11-9, 4-0 College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin) swept a Wednesday, April 6 doubleheader from CCIW-opponent Wheaton College (Ill., 11-8-1, 0-2 CCIW), 1-0 and 7-4, at the Carthage Softball Field in Kenosha, Wis.
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4.5.11 | Softball
Carthage College's Krystina Leazer (So., Des Plaines, Ill./Elk Grove) was named CCIW “Softball Pitcher of the Week” on April 5. Leazer, went 4-1 in five games last week with a 1.13 earned run average and 42 strikeouts in 31.0 innings pitched to go along with a .221 opponent-batting average. Leazer won starts over Hope on March 29, Lake Forest on March 30 and North Park on April 2. She was also the winning pitcher in relief in the second North Park game on April 2.
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Did You Know...
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
Brotherly Love
Sixteen sets of brothers have played soccer for Carthage men's coach Steve Domin since 1995.
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.
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.
Carthage Baseball in the NCAAs
The Carthage baseball team made its 18th NCAA regional appearance in 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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
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.”
Little All-Americans
The Associated Press has named 17 Carthage football players "Little All-Americans" since 1938, including punter Tyler Funk, a 2010 honoree.
Emily Goetz
Former Carthage graduate assistant women's lacrosse coach Emily Goetz is now the head women's lacrosse coach at Loras College.
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.
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.
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