September 5, 2008
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Carthage Men’s Soccer Plays Viterbo to a 1-1 Tie on Sept. 5;
Red Men Play Host to “Battle on the Border” This Weekend
This Week: The Carthage College men’s soccer team (1-1-1, 0-0 College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin) plays host to the Carthage “Battle on the Border” on Friday-Sunday, Sept. 5-7 at Art Keller Field in Kenosha, Wis. On Friday, Sept. 5, No. 4 Loras College (3-0-1) blanked St. Norbert College (3-1, ranked fifth in the region), 4-0, with Carthage playing Viterbo University (1-1-1) to a 1-1 tie. No overtimes are played in the tournament. Buena Vista University (0-1) takes on Clarke College (1-1) in Friday’s final game at 9:30 p.m. On Sunday, Sept. 7, Buena Vista plays Viterbo at 10 a.m., Carthage plays Loras at 2 p.m., and Clarke plays St. Norbert at 6 p.m.
Last Week: Carthage opened its 2008 season on Friday, Aug. 29 with a 2-0 win over Buena Vista University (0-1) at the Buena Vista University Classic in Storm Lake, Iowa. On Saturday, Aug. 30, the Red Men were blanked by Northwestern College (Iowa, 1-1), 3-0, on the second day of the tournament.
Next Week: Carthage travels to Dubuque, Iowa, on Wednesday, Sept. 13 to play Clarke College in a 4 p.m. contest at the Dubuque Soccer Complex. On Saturday, Sept. 16, the Red Men travel to Mequon, Wis., to take on Concordia University (Wis.) in a 4:30 p.m. game at the Concordia Soccer Stadium.
2007 NCAA Championship: Carthage (14-6-2, 7-0 CCIW) lost to Washington University (Mo., 14-6-2), 2-1, on Nov. 10 in the first round of the NCAA Division III Men’s Soccer Championship at Wisconsin-Whitewater in Whitewater, Wis. This was Carthage's first-ever trip to the NCAA championship.
2007 CCIW Tournament: Carthage lost to Wheaton College (Ill., 12-6-1), 2-1, on Oct. 31 in the semifinals of the CCIW Men’s Soccer Tournament at Art Keller Field in Kenosha, Wis. In the other Oct. 31 semifinal contest, second-seeded Elmhurst College (15-4-1, 6-1 CCIW) outlasted third-seeded Illinois Wesleyan University (6-12, 4-3 CCIW), 4-2 in a shootout following double-overtime. Wheaton (Ill., 13-6-1) blanked Elmhurst (15-5-1), 3-0, in the Nov. 3 championship game at Wheaton’s Joe Bean Stadium.
Wheaton (Ill.) Falls in NCAA Second Round: Wheaton College (Ill., 14-7-1), with the CCIW’s automatic qualifier to the NCAA Division III Men’s Soccer Championship, shut out Carroll College (Wis.), 3-0, in first-round game on Nov. 7 at Joe Bean Stadium. The Thunder lost a Nov. 10 second-round game at Loras College, 1-0 in overtime.
The Coach: Steve Domin is in his 14th season as head coach in 2008 (129-102-19, 14 years). Domin, who was named head coach in 1995 when Carthage resumed varsity soccer for the first time since the mid-1980s, was tabbed as the CCIW/Joe Bean "Men’s Soccer Coach of the Year” for the 1996 and 2007 seasons. Tim Burke and Brent Malmstrom serve as part-time assistant coaches and Max Zbilut as a graduate assistant coach.
The Polls: Middlebury College (0-0) was ranked first in the Sept. 2 National Soccer Coaches Association of America/adidas® NCAA Division III poll, followed by Trinity University (2-0) second, Messiah College (2-0) third, Loras College (2-0) fourth, York College (2-0) fifth, the Stevens Institute of Technology (2-0) and Montclair State University (2-0) tied for sixth, Ohio Wesleyan University (2-0) eighth, Emory University (2-0) and Amherst College (0-0) tied for ninth and the College of New Jersey (2-0) ranked 11th. Trinity (2-0) was ranked first in the Sept. 2 NSCAA Central Region poll, followed by Dominican University (Ill., 0-0) second, Principia College (2-0) third, the University of the South (2-0) fourth, St. Norbert College (3-0) fifth, CCIW-member Elmhurst College (1-0) and Wisconsin-Oshkosh (2-0) tied for sixth, Centre College (2-0) eighth, Washington University (1-1) ninth and conference-member Wheaton College (Ill., 1-1) ranked 10th.
The Conference: The College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin, in its 63rd year in 2008-09, first sponsored men's soccer as a championship sport in 1988. Wheaton College (Ill.) has won or shared a league-leading 14 championships. North Park University won three-straight titles from 2004 to 2006, North Central College has won twice, and Carthage College won its first-ever league championship in 2007. The CCIW men’s soccer coaches picked Wheaton (Ill., 5 first-place votes) to repeat in 2008, followed by Elmhurst College (3 first-place votes) second, Carthage third, Illinois Wesleyan University fourth, North Park fifth, Augustana College (Ill.) sixth, Millikin University seventh and North Central College eighth.
CCIW “Players of the Week”: Millikin University’s Ian Hatleli (Fr., Brownsburg, Ind.) was named CCIW “Men’s Soccer Offensive Player of the Week” on Sept. 3, while North Central College’s Mikie McEvoy (Fr., Buffalo Grove, Ill.) earned “defensive player of the week” honors. Hatleli scored the game-winning goal with three minutes remaining in the second overtime, as the Big Blue edged Webster University, 2-1, on Aug. 29. McEvoy recorded back-to-back shutouts in wins over Eureka College, 8-0 on Aug. 29, and Benedictine University (Ill.), 1-0, on Aug. 31.
CCIW Championship Structure: The top-four teams, by CCIW-championship points, qualify for the CCIW Men’s Soccer Tournament, with each team receiving three points for a win, one point for a tie and no points for a loss. The team with the most points at the end of the regular season wins the conference championship. In 2008, the top-two seeds play host to first-round games on campus sites on Nov. 5. If either host-school has earned the right to play host to semifinal matches in both men’s and women’s soccer, then the women’s game involving that school only will be moved to Nov. 4 (even year). In odd years, that same conflict would require the men’s game to be played on the previous day. The highest-remaining seed in the tournament, after the semifinals, will play host to the championship game on Nov. 8 . The winner of the tournament receives the league’s automatic qualifier to the NCAA Division III Men’s Soccer Championship.
Art Keller Field: In 2000, thanks to a major gift from David and Gael Romoser, a state-of-the-art AstroPlayâ surface was installed on Art Keller Field. AstroPlay is a synthetic surface consisting of soft, low-abrasion nylon fibers surrounded by rubber granules. Installed over a sophisticated drainage system, the surface offers excellent traction regardless of weather, and can accommodate intensive use in a succession of games and practice sessions. Art Keller Field, a 1,658-seat, facility located on the Carthage campus, opened on Sept. 24, 1966. The home side of the field, on the west, received all-new seating for 986 fans prior to the 1996 season. Lights were added in 1997, a new scoreboard was installed in 2004, a new press box was constructed in 2005, a new entry way and exterior fencing were added in 2006, and the facility was re-surfaced with FieldTurfâin 2008.
Sept 5-7 Carthage “Battle on the Border” Notes: In Carthage’s 1-1 tie with Viterbo University on Sept. 5, all the scoring came in the first period. Chris Bagshaw scored for the V-Hawks at 37:39, and four minutes later, Carthage’s Andrew Gamarra (Jr., Lexington, Ky./Dunbar/Wisconsin-Parkside) knotted the score with a goal at 41:28.