UPCOMING SCHEDULE (All times Central)
Saturday, April 5
1:00 p.m. | North Central at Transylvania
7:30 p.m. | Carthage at Elmhurst
 
Wednesday, April 9
7:00 p.m. | Benedictine at Carroll
7:30 p.m. | North Central at Illinois Wesleyan
 
NATIONAL NOTABLES
Elmhurst junior Eli Spence (Snoqualmie, Wash.) is the Division III leader with 7.33 points per game. Spence also ranks second nationally with 4.44 goals per game and 17th nationally with 2.89 assists per game.
 
Carthage graduate student Andrew Johnson (Lakeville, Minn.) ranks fifth in Division III with 6.00 points per game. Johnson also ranks seventh nationally with 3.27 assists per game.
 
Elmhurst sophomore Gabe Henry (Snoqualmie, Wash.) ranks fourth in Division III with 3.38 caused turnovers per game.
 
North Central senior Aidan Murphy (Lindenhurst, Ill.) ranks second in Division III with a .661 saves percentage. Murphy also ranks 21st nationally with an 8.21 goals-against average.
 
Illinois Wesleyan sophomore Timothy McHugh (Orland Park, Ill.) ranks 11th in Division III with 3.10 assists per game.
 
Elmhurst senior Noah Mickelson (Mattawan, Mich.) ranks 19th in Division III with an 8.03 goals-against average. Mickelson also ranks 25th nationally with a .594 saves percentage.
 
Illinois Wesleyan fifth-year Ike Eastburn (Colorado Springs, Colo.) ranks 19th in Division III with a .500 shot percentage.
 
Carroll junior Jake Gehl (Huntley, Ill.) ranks 24th in Division III with an 8.35 goals-against average.
 
AROUND THE CCIW
Carthage sophomore Chad Kohlmann (Delafield, Wis.) reached double figures in ground balls for the third time this season, logging 10 in the Firebirds’ 11-10 loss to Albion last Saturday. Kohlmann’s 75 ground balls are most by any player in the CCIW, while his faceoff percentage of .646 ranks second among players to have won at least 100 faceoffs. Carthage (9-2) will turn its attention to the league schedule on Saturday in a 7:30 p.m. start at Elmhurst.
 
Elmhurst senior Pete Grebe (St. Louis, Mo.) scored twice, including his second career game-winning goal, to help the Bluejays rally for a 10-7 win at Colorado College last Saturday. Grebe’s first goal tied the game at 5-5 less than five minutes into the third quarter and his tally at the 11:56 mark of the fourth quarter gave EU an 8-5 advantage and held up as the game winner. The Bluejays (9-0) open league play Saturday night at 7:30 p.m. at home against Carthage.
 
Illinois Wesleyan senior Nick Schroeder (Waunakee, Wis.) collected a season-high 14 ground balls last Saturday in the Titans’ 23-18 triumph at Adrian. The performance, just one week after notching 11 ground balls at Calvin, elevated Schroeder’s season average to 6.60 ground balls per game – third-most in the CCIW. Schroeder has 212 career ground balls in 35 games since 2022. IWU (8-2) returns to competition next Wednesday, April 9 versus North Central in Bloomington.

North Central senior Aidan Murphy (Lindenhurst, Ill.) was named CCIW Defensive Student-Athlete of the Week on Tuesday after tallying 19 saves in NCC’s 9-8 win over Calvin last Saturday afternoon in Naperville. It was a new season high in saves for Murphy, who is the CCIW leader in both saves percentage (.661) and saves per game (14.63). North Central (6-2) remained unbeaten at home with last weekend’s win (4-0) and will go to Transylvania on Saturday at 1 p.m. CST.