No. 9 Carthage Women's Volleyball Outlasts Millikin, 3-2, on Oct. 28
Lady Reds Clinch Eighth CCIW Title and Fifth-Straight Outright Championship
10/28/2009 10:22:18 PM
Carthage Wins Eighth CCIW Title and Fifth-Straight Outright Crown
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The Carthage College women’s volleyball team (25-4, 7-0 College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin), ranked ninth in the Oct. 27 American Volleyball Coaches Association NCAA Division III poll and third in the Oct. 28 NCAA Division III Midwest Regional poll, closed out its regular-season CCIW schedule on Wednesday, Oct. 28 with a 3-2 decision over Millikin University (18-15, 2-5 CCIW) at the Griswold Center in Decatur, Ill. Carthage’s winning set scores were 25-21, 21-25, 25-19, 16-25 and 15-11. The Lady Reds, who had already clinched at least a share of the conference title, claimed its fifth-consecutive outright championship with the win over the Big Blue. For Carthage, the 2009 CCIW championship is the eighth in school history, second only to nine titles won by Elmhurst College. Carthage won conference titles in 1990, 1993, a co-championship with Elmhurst in 2004 and outright titles in 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009.
With the win over Millikin, Carthage also extended its CCIW record to 44-straight regular-season conference victories going back to 2003. Right-side player Rachel Swoboda (Jr., De Pere, Wis./Wrightstown) collected a team-high 16 kills and hit .232, while outside hitter Lauren Dembkowski (So., Mount Prospect, Ill./Arlington Heights-Hersey) had 12 kills.
On Friday-Saturday, Oct. 30-31, the Lady conclude their regular-season non-conference schedule by playing in the Wisconsin-Whitewater Tournament III at the Williams Center in Whitewater, Wis. On Friday, Oct. 30, Carthage plays St. Ambrose University at 3 p.m. and No. 6 Wisconsin-Whitewater at 7 p.m. On Saturday, Oct. 31, the Lady Reds take on No. 29 Simpson College at 10 a.m. and Wisconsin-Platteville at Noon.
Carthage will be the top-seeded team in next week’s CCIW Women’s Volleyball Tournament, and the Lady Reds will play host to eighth-seeded North Park University in a tournament play-in match on Tuesday, Nov. 3 at the Tarble Arena in Kenosha, Wis., beginning at 7 p.m. In the three other play-in matches, second-seeded North Central College plays host to seventh-seeded Augustana College (Ill.), third-seeded Illinois Wesleyan University entertains sixth-seeded Millikin University, and fourth-seeded Elmhurst College plays host to fifth-seeded Wheaton College (Ill.). The highest-remaining seed after the Nov. 3 play-in matches, plays host to the four-team CCIW Women’s Volleyball Tournament on Friday-Saturday, Nov. 6-7.
11.14 | Football
Wheaton, Ill.-McCully Field
Red Men
35
Wheaton College (Ill.)
30
11.14 | Men's Cross Country
Winneconne, Wis.-Lake Breeze Golf Course
Red Men
Noon
NCAA Division III Midwest Regional Championship
11.14 | Men's Swimming
Kenosha, Wis.
Red Men
134
Illinois Wesleyan University
103
11.14 | Women's Swimming
Kenosha, Wis.
Lady Reds
152
Illinois Wesleyan University
104
11.14 | Women's Cross Country
Winneconne, Wis.-Lake Breeze Golf Course
Lady Reds
11 a.m.
NCAA Division III Midwest Regional Championship
11.14 | Women's Volleyball
St. Louis, Mo.
Lady Reds
0
Washington University in St. Louis
3
11.15 | Club Ice Hockey
Kenosha Ice Arena - Kenosha, Wis.--Kenosha Ice Arena
11.15 | Men's Basketball
Kenosha, Wis.
Red Men
76
Transylvania University
54
11.17 | Women's Basketball
Monmouth, Ill.
Lady Reds
75
Monmouth College
51
11.20 | Women's Swimming
Crawfordsville, Ind.
Lady Reds
6 p.m./11 a.m.
Wabash College Invitational
11.20 | Men's Swimming
Crawfordsville, Ind.
Red Men
6 p.m./11 a.m.
Wabash College Invitational
11.20 | Men's Basketball
Kenosha, Wis.
Red Men
81
University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
82
11.21 | Men's Basketball
Kenosha, Wis.
Red Men
7 p.m.
University of Wisconsin-Platteville
11.21 | Women's Basketball
Kenosha, Wis.
Lady Reds
2 p.m.
Beloit College
11.24 | Women's Basketball
Aurora, Ill.
Lady Reds
6 p.m.
Aurora University
11.28 | Women's Basketball
Chicago, Ill.
Lady Reds
3 p.m.
University of Chicago
11.28 | Men's Basketball
Waukesha, Wis.
Red Men
2 p.m.
Concordia (Wis.)
Did You Know...
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.
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.
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.
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