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The Carthage College women's basketball team (20-7), ranked 34th in the Feb. 28 "D3hoops.com" poll, received an at-large berth to the NCAA Division III Women's Basketball Championship on Monday, Feb. 27 when the 64-team field was announced.  Carthage will play No. 19 Wisconsin-Whitewater (22-6) on Friday, March 2 at DePauw University's Neal Fieldhouse in Greencastle, Ind., beginning at 5 p.m., EST.  No. 4 DePauw (26-1) will take on Westminster College (Mo., 22-4) in the other first-round game at 7 p.m., EST. 

Gordon Mann, in the "D3hoops.com" tournament preview, called the Carthage versus Wisconsin-Whitewater contest one of the tournament's best first-rounf games.

The second-round game will be on Saturday, March 3 at 7 p.m., EST.  The sectionals will take place on Friday-Saturday, March 9-10, with the national championship at Hope College's DeVos Fieldhouse in Holland, Mich., on Friday-Saturday, March 16-17.

Carthage has made two other appearances in the NCAA Division III Women's Basketball Championship.  Coach Tim Bernero's 2010 team advanced to the sectional semifinals in St. Louis, Mo., before losing to the George Fox University.  Coach Rich Fanning's 1996 squad made the Lady Reds' first-ever NCAA appearance but lost to CCIW-opponent Wheaton College (Ill.) in a first-round game in Wheaton, Ill.

Carthage finished third in the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin and lost to Illinois Wesleyan University, 68-67, on Feb. 25 in the title game of the CCIW Women's Basketball Tournament at the Illinois Wesleyan Shirk Center in Bloomington, Ill.

WLIP-AM in Kenosha, Wis., (1050) will carry all of Carthage's NCAA games, both live on the radio and streamed at http://www.wlip.com/listenlive 

Looking at Wisconsin-Whitewater:  Keri Carollo (181-94, 10 years thru March 1) coaches the No. 19 Wisconsin-Whitewater Warhawks, who finished third in the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic conference with a 12-4 mark but advanced to the title game of the WIAC Women's Basketball Championship before losing to Wisconsin-Stevens Point by an 81-60 margin.  Wisconsin-Whitewater is making its 12th NCAA appearance.  Its 2008 team went 29-4 and finished third at the national championship in Holland, Mich., after winning a sectional title over DePauw in Whitewater, Wis.  The Warhawks lead the series with the Lady Reds, 22-12, and the last meeting resulted in a 79-74 Carthage win on March 6, 2010 in the second round of the NCAA Division III Women's Basketball Championship at Kachel Fieldhouse in Whitewater, Wis.

Looking at DePauw:  Kris Huffman (431-101, 19 years thru March 1) coaches the No. 4 DePauw University Tigers, who are making their ninth-straight NCAA appearance and their 13th in the last 17 years.  DePauw is 19-11 in NCAA post-season play.  The Tigers won the 2007 national title and finished third in 2002.  Last year, DePauw fell to Hope, 77-65, in a first-round game in Holland, Mich.  This year's team enters NCAA play riding a 25-game winning streak.  The Tiger's only loss of the season was in their second game, a 52-47 decision to Franklin College.  DePauw won the North Coast Athletic Conference title with a perfect 16-0 mark and won the NCAC Women's Basketball Tournament with a 61-41 decision over Denison University in the title game.  In the only meeting between the Tigers and the Lady Reds, DePauw won an 81-78 game on Dec. 4, 1993 at the St. Mary's (Ind.) Invitational.

Looking at Westminster (Mo.):  Tracey Braden (78-48, 5 years) coaches the Westminster College Blue Jays, who won the St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference title with a 14-2 mark and won the SLIAC Women's Basketball Tournament with a 60-54 decision over Eureka College.  Westminster (Mo.) is making its first-ever NCAA appearance, and this would be the first meeting between the Lady Reds and the Blue Jays.