No. 6 Carthage Women's Volleyball Goes 3-1 at Oct. 16-17 UW-Oshkosh Titan Tussle

The Carthage College women’s volleyball team (21-3, 5-0 College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin), ranked sixth in the Oct. 13 American Volleyball Coaches Association NCAA Division III poll, went 3-1 at the Friday-Saturday, Oct. 16-17 Wisconsin-Oshkosh “Titan Tussle” at the Kolf Sports Center in Oshkosh, Wis.  On Friday, Oct. 16, No. 9 the University of St. Thomas (Minn., 18-5) outlasted Carthage, 3-2, before the Lady Reds swept Lakeland College (15-7), 3-0.  The Tommies’ winning set scores were 17-25, 25-23, 25-22, 24-26 and 15-12, while Carthage’s winning scores over Lakeland were 25-13, 25-8 and 25-22. 

On Saturday, Oct. 17, Carthage defeated No. 24 Eastern University (19-4), 3-1, before defeating Luther College (17-9), 3-1.  The Lady Reds’ winning set scores over Eastern were 25-18, 23-25, 25-15, 25-8, and their winning scores over the Norse were 25-21, 25-27, 25-21 and 25-19.  Carthage plays its final regular-season home match on Tuesday, Oct. 20 by entertaining CCIW-opponent Illinois Wesleyan University in a 7 p.m. match at Tarble Arena in Kenosha, Wis.  

CCIW Coaches Pick Carthage to Repeat as Conference Champions in 2009

The CCIW women’s volleyball coaches picked Carthage College (6 first-place votes, 48 points) to repeat as conference champions in 2009, followed by Illinois Wesleyan (1 first-place vote, 40 points) second, Augustana (Ill., 37 points) third, North Central (31 points) fourth, Elmhurst (28 points) fifth, Millikin (19 points) sixth, Wheaton (Ill., 14 points) seventh and North Park University (7 points) eighth.