KENOSHA, WIS.—Family weekend themed the Carthage College women's soccer team's game with Illinois Wesleyan University on Saturday afternoon. The Lady Reds entered their bout with the Titans in a tie for fourth place with North Central College (Ill.) in the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin standings.
 
A Carthage victory on Saturday afternoon would put them in a tie for second place with Illinois Wesleyan in the CCIW standings. The playoff implications combined with home-cooking gave the Lady Reds every reason to believe they could make a dent in the standings. Getting over that hump would mean getting past Titan goalkeeper Katie Denney, who sported a 1.05 goals against average prior to Saturday afternoon.
 
Carthage couldn't find the back of the net in a 3-0 loss to Illinois Wesleyan. Carthage falls to 9-6-0, 3-3-0 CCIW while the Titans improve to 9-5-2, 5-1-0 CCIW.

Illinois Wesleyan 3, Lady Reds 0
 
The second place Titans tallied a goal on their second shot of the game at the 9:03 mark. Ellie Crabtree did the honors when she took control of the ball at midfield and took it into Carthage territory about 15 yards on the right side. She sailed a high kick that found its way to the back of the net to make the score 1-0.
 
The Lady Red's best scoring opportunity occurred when Corinne Brennan notched a header on goal following Taylor Stenmark's corner kick at the 25:43 mark of the game. Illinois Wesleyan took their 1-0 lead into halftime.
 
Carthage set the tone in the second half when Danielle Noverini, Taylor Stenmark, Amy Kappelman and Maggie Washelesky each tallied a shot within the opening 13 minutes of the frame. That momentum eventually shifted in the Titan's direction in the 77^th minute when Emily Snider fired a shot that bounced off the cross bar and past the goal line to widen the margin to 2-0.
 
Illinois Wesleyan built on that lead at the 79:20 mark of the game when Alison Seger controlled possession of the ball and took it into Carthage territory, where she slipped a pass to Skyler Tomko 15 yards in front of the net. Tomko finished the job with a goal to make the score 3-0 in favor of Illinois Wesleyan.
 
Nine different Lady Reds tallied shots in the game. Carthage goalkeeper Emily Furmanek stopped five shots in 90 minutes of action.
 
The Lady Reds will play Carroll University (Wis.) in their final home regular season game of 2016 on Wednesday, October 26 at 5:00 p.m. The seven Carthage seniors will be honored during Wednesday's game.