Carthage College 2009 Men’s Golf Preview
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Name of school |
Carthage College |
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Location |
Kenosha, Wis. |
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Founded |
1847 |
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Enrollment |
2,234 |
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Nickname |
Red Men |
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School colors |
Red, white and black |
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Affiliation |
NCAA Division III |
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Conference |
CCIW |
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President |
F. Gregory Campbell |
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Athletics director |
Robert R. Bonn |
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Assistant athletics director |
Steve Marovich |
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Senior woman administrator |
Leanne Ulmer |
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Athletics phone |
262-551-5942 |
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First year of men’s golf |
1947 |
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Overall all-time record |
1,698-931-28 |
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Years in NCAA Division III Men's Golf Championship/last |
6/2007 |
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2007 NCAA finish |
10th tie |
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Best NCAA finish |
5th in 1996 |
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CCIW championships |
1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 2006 and 2007 |
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Sports information director |
Steve Marovich |
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SID e-mail |
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SID office phone |
262-551-5740 |
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SID home phone |
262-551-5547 |
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SID fax |
262-551-5926 or 815-371-2840 (Internet fax) |
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Athletics fax |
262-551-5995 |
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Hotline |
262-551-5388 |
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Athletics web site |
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SID mailing address |
2001 Alford Park Drive Kenosha, WI 53140 |
Kenosha News
Dave Marran, sports editor
715 58th St./Kenosha, WI 53141
262-656-6290; 262-657-4946 (FAX)
Racine Journal-Times
Susan Shemanske, sports editor
212 4th St./Racine, WI 53403
262-631-1750; 262-631-1780 (FAX)
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Head coach |
Dave Roehl |
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Alma mater, year |
Wisconsin-Oshkosh, 1977 |
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Record at school (years) |
459-143-9 (6) |
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Career record (years) |
459-143-9 (6) |
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Men’s golf telephone |
262-552-5491 |
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Best time to reach |
1-3 p.m. |
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Part-time assistant coaches |
Rick Brandes , Mike Roehl |
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Head athletics trainer |
Laurie Jensen |
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2007 record |
79-19 |
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CCIW finish |
2nd |
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Letterwinners returning/lost |
15/16 |
Available in February 2009
R/L |
Name |
Class |
Avg. |
CCIW Finish |
Honors |
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R |
Tyler Wollberg |
Sr. |
73.5 |
2nd |
All-CCIW and GCAA All-American |
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R |
Matt Carr |
Sr. |
76.9 |
5th |
All-CCIW |
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R |
Tim Gannon |
Sr. |
78.5 |
19th |
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R |
Anthony Milano |
Jr. |
80.1 |
14th tie |
All-CCIW |
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L |
Dave Mikolaitis |
Grad. |
80.3 |
13th |
All-CCIW |
2008 Season Review
The 2008 Carthage College men’s golf team (79-19) saw its two-year streak of winning the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin Men’s Golf Championship come to an end. Illinois Wesleyan University won the 2008 league championship with a 294-296-312-307-1209 team score, 17 strokes ahead of second-place Carthage at 304-287-319-316-1226. Wheaton College (Ill.) was third at 305-305-317-317-1244, followed by Millikin University fourth at 303-298-332-321-1254, North Central College fifth at 326-308-331-324-1289, Elmhurst College sixth at 319-326-334-322-1301, North Park University seventh at 312-318-336-337-1303 and Augustana College (Ill.) eighth at 324-317-356-334-1331. The first two rounds were played on April 18-19 at the Bolingbrook Golf Course in Bolingbrook, Ill. Rounds three and four were played on May 2-3 at the Cantigny Golf Course in Wheaton, Ill.
The format for the CCIW Men’s Golf Championship was changed in 2007. Instead of the previous 36-hole championship played at the Elks Country Club in Pontiac, Ill., the championship was expanded to a four-day, 72-hole event and played on two separate weekends on two courses. In 2007, Carthage received the league’s first-ever automatic qualifier to the NCAA Division III Men’s Golf Championship.
While Carthage missed out on winning the CCIW’s automatic team qualifier, Tyler Wollberg (Sr., Mundelein, Ill., team-leading 73.5 final season average) was one of five individuals selected to play at the 2008 NCAA Division III Men’s Golf Championship at the Chateau Elon Resort in Braselton, Ga. Wollberg finished in a four-way tie for 15th place with a 76-73-77-74-300, 15 strokes behind the leader, St. John Fisher’s Scott Harris Jr., at 68-71-71-75-285. With his top-15 finish, Wollberg earned Golf Coaches Association of America/PING second-team All-American honors.
At the CCIW championship, Tyler Wollberg shared the lead at 74-69-75-76-294, but Illinois Wesleyan’s Chris Green won a four-hole, sudden-death playoff to claim medalist honors. Wollberg earned All-CCIW honors, along with teammate Matt Carr (Sr., Galesburg, Ill., 76.9 season average), who finished fifth at 74-70-81-78-303. Dave Mikolaitis (graduated-senior, Algonquin, Ill./Woodstock-Marian Central Catholic, 80.3) was 13th at 78-74-82-81-315, Anthony Milano (Jr., Geneva, Ill., 80.1) tied for 14th at 78-74-83-81-316, and Tim Gannon (Sr., Darien, Ill./Lombard-Montini, 78.5) finished 19th with an 80-76-81-82-319.
Carthage played extremely well going into the CCIW championship, winning six-of-11 tournaments and finishing second or third in three others. The Red Men won the Sept. 19 Carthage “Buffalo Wild Wings Fall Classic,” the Sept. 29-30 Wisconsin Lutheran Fall Invitational, the March 28-29 Knox College “Prairie Fire Classic,” the April 20-21 Carroll College (Wis.) Invitational, the April 22 Carthage Spring Invitational and the April 26 Lawrence University “Viking Invitational.” Tyler Wollberg won a school-record four tournaments, while finishing second four times, fourth once and fifth once. Tim Gannon won two tournaments, while Matt Carr had six top-five finishes.
Among the Red Men junior varsity players, Jared Hallam (Jr., Galesburg, Ill.) averaged 78.3 for the season, Kevin Hengtgen (So., Mount Prospect, Ill./Arlington Heights-Hersey) 80.7, Bobby O’Neill (Fr., Mokena, Ill./Frankfort—Lincoln-Way East) 80.9, Kevin Kayser (Sr., Willow Springs, Ill./La Grange-Lyons Township) 82.1, Dan Dembkowski (Jr., Mount Prospect, Ill./Arlington Heights-Hersey) 82.5, Chris Kilcoyne (Sr., Oak Lawn, Ill.) 82.5, Drew Ballantyne (Sr., Racine, Wis./St. Catherine) 82.6, Andy Wojciechowicz (Fr., Racine, Wis./Kenosha-Bradford) 83.0, Brad Harmeling (So., Oostburg, Wis.) 84.0, Jake Smiley (Fr., St. Charles, Ill./East) 84.2, Drew Lockerby (Jr., Waukesha, Wis./North) 84.5, Nick Vranes (Fr., Greendale, Wis.) 85.0, and Andrew McCarty (Fr., Geneva, Ill.) 86.8, Craig Mertes (Jr., Appleton, Wis./North) averaged 92.0.
2009 Season Preview
Carthage coach Dave Roehl (459-143-9, 6 years) returns 15-of-16 letterwinners and four of his top-five scorers, including Golf Coaches Association of America All-American Tyler Wollberg, All-CCIW honoree Matt Carr, Anthony Milano (tied for 14th at the CCIW championship and Tim Gannon (tied for 19th).