2011 Carthage Men's Soccer Travel Information

Aug. 27-Sept. 4 in Southern California:  The team will leave campus at 5:30 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 27 and stay at Crowne Plaza (300 N. Harbor Drive, 310-318-8888) in Redondo Beach, Calif., before returning home on Saturday, Sept. 3.

Sept.  8-11 at the Rutgers-Newark “Raider Classic”:  The team will leave campus on Thursday, Sept. 8 at 4:30 p.m. and stay at the Hampton Inn & Suites (100 Passiac Ave., 973-483-1900) in Harrison, N.J., before returning home on Sunday, Sept. 11.

Sept. 11-12 at the Loras/Wisconsin-Platteville Invitational:  The team will leave campus on Friday, Sept.10 and stay overnight on Sept. 10-11 at the Holiday Inn in Dubuque, Iowa (450 Main Street, 563-556-2000).  To reach the Loras College Rock Bowl in Dubuque, Iowa, take Wisconsin Highway 50 west from Kenosha to Lake Geneva.  In Lake Geneva, take U.S. Highway 12 to I-43 and follow I-43 into Beloit (I-43 becomes Milwaukee Road in Beloit).  Follow Wisconsin Highways 81/11 west to Monroe, Wis., where the two road split.  Stay on Highway 11 west toward Dubuque, Iowa.  Just east of the Mississippi River, Highway 11 ends at U.S. Highway 61.  Follow Highway 61 south across the river and into Dubuque.  Exit at Iowa Highway 20 and turn right.  Use the Grandview Avenue exit and turn right again at the stoplight.  Go through two stop signs and turn right at Loras Boulevard.

Oct. 12 at Wheaton (Ill.):  To reach Wheaton College (Ill.) in Wheaton, Ill., follow I-294 to I-88 (East-West Tollway).  Exit at Naperville Road and go left at the bottom of the ramp.  Follow Naperville Road north to Roosevelt Road and turn right.  Go three or four blocks to Chase Street and turn left.  Cross railroad tracks and Joe Bean Stadium is on the right, near the football field.

Oct. 15 at Millikin:  Millikin University plays its home soccer contests at the Millikin Soccer Complex, on an on-campus facility in located at the corner of Fairview Avenue and Wood Street in Decatur, Ill.  To reach that site, follow I-55 south to Bloomington.  Exit I-74 east in Bloomington and go to U.S. Highway 51 south to Decatur.  Follow Business U.S. 51 to El Dorado Street (U.S. Highway 36) in downtown Decatur and turn left.  Go past the football field and stay or El Dorado as it veers left.  Turn left on Fairview Avenue for three blocks, and the field is just south of the Decatur Indoor Sports Center (DISC).

Oct. 19 at St. Norbert:  St. Norbert College plays its home soccer at Donald J. Schneider Stadium on the west side of De Pere, Wis.  To reach that facility, follow I-94 north to Milwaukee.  Exit I-94 at I-43 north to Green Bay.  Exit I-43 at Wisconsin Highway 172 (exit #180).  Take the Webster Avenue exit, go left at the fork and continue to follow Wisconsin Highway 172.  At the next fork, stay to the right and follow Wisconsin Highway 57.  Stay left at the next fork and follow the signs for Riverside Drive/Highway 57.  At the traffic circle, take the first exit onto Main Avenue.  Turn left at South 6th Street.  Turn left at Reid Street.  Take the third right onto 3rd Street.  Continue onto Lost Dauphin Road, and the stadium will be on the right.

Oct. 29 at Illinois Wesleyan:  To reach Illinois Wesleyan University in Bloomington, Ill., take I-55 south to Bloomington, Ill.  Exit on Business U.S.-51 south and go past Illinois State University.  Turn left on Emerson Street and cross westbound U.S.-51 to the Illinois Wesleyan campus.  The Neis Soccer Field is between football field and hospital.