The Carthage College women's volleyball team (7-2, 1-0 College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin), ranked eighth in the Sept. 13 American Volleyball Coaches Association NCAA Division III poll, opened its CCIW-schedule on Tuesday, Sept. 13 with a 3-0 win over North Park University (7-4, 0-1 CCIW) at the North Park Gym in Chicago. The Lady Reds' winning set scores over the Vikings were 25-11, 25-10 and 25-9.
On Friday-Saturday, Sept. 16-17, the Lady Reds travel to San Antonio, Texas, to play in the Trinity University (Texas) National Invitational at the Earl C. Sams Gymnasium. On Friday, Sept. 16, Carthage plays Texas Lutheran University at 2 p.m. and No. 10 Southwestern University at 4:15 p.m. On Saturday, Sept. 17, the Lady Reds take on No. 7 the University of St. Thomas (Minn.) at 10 a.m. and the host-Tigers, ranked 16th, at 12:15 p.m.