Even though second-year Deepak Sabada lost his first-round match at the NCAA Men’s Individual Championships, the Maroons will benefit in the long run.
Topic: NCAAs
Sizek fourth in 10,000m, will run with Young in 5,000m
Sizek finishes fourth in the 10,000m and will be joined by Young in the 5,000m on Saturday.
Tang, Sdvizkhov overpowered by nation’s best
Tang and Sdvizkhov end their seasons in the first round of NCAA Individual Championships.
Fourteen Maroons to compete at NCAAs
The pressure is on for the 14 Maroons that qualified for the upcoming D-III Nationals. After a six-month-long season, everything comes down to this final meet for these select athletes, and the Maroons are hoping for their best finish ever.
All-American duo of Whitmore and Sizek heads out in style
Fourth-years Billy Whitmore and Julia Sizek claimed all-American honors for the second time this year by finishing seventh and eighth, respectively, in the 5,000m run at the NCAA National Championship.
Sizek an All-American as Maroons falter at NCAAs
After qualifying for the NCAA DIII Championships as a team, Chicago placed 15th out of 32 teams this weekend at the competition in Terre Haute, IN.
The All-American kid does it again
After a full year of training, Whitmore’s 11th–place finish at the NCAA DIII National Championships in Terre Haute, IN capped not only the season for the Maroons, but his own four-year career.
Thrown a curve
Changes to the postseason selection process by the NCAA left the baseball team on the outside looking in.
After Sizek places 16th, McDonald looks to bottle lightning
After entering the competition ranked eighth in the 10,000-meter, Sizek was left disappointed by her performance. Next, Kayla McDonald will take to the track in the 800-meter.
Whitmore’s all-American hopes dashed
At the NCAA Championships, Billy Whitmore finished 12th out of a field of 22 in the 10,000-meter in a time of 31:25.21.
Second’s the best
For the first time in school history, the Maroons reached the National final, taking second place.
A baseless decision: NCAA gives ballplayers the shaft
The South Siders’ exclusion from this year’s national tournament demonstrates the fallible nature of the NCAA’s current postseason selection process.
In Elite Eight, Chicago looks to ground Blue Jays
Chicago looks to extend its national tournament run with a win over Johns Hopkins in the quarterfinal in Cary, NC.
Grin and Bear it: Maroons to watch postseason, Wash U from home
Bids to the NCAA DIII tournament were announced Sunday night, and the South Siders were not awarded entrance to the playoffs.
Postseason run ends with losses to Trine, Alma
The Maroons couldn’t keep up with Trine, dropping a 6–1 decision. After securing their second win of the postseason against Denison, the breaks went the other way against host Alma.
Dance ends for Carleton, Whitewater as Chicago advances to NCAA quarterfinals
The Maroons cruised into their fourth consecutive NCAA DIII National Tournament quarterfinal appearance with wins over Carleton and UW–Whitewater.
Chicago awaits Carleton–Grinnell winner
Chicago, the nation’s second seed and the top seed in their region, will have a bye in the first round and will play the winner of the No. 30 Carleton/Grinnell match at 2 p.m. on Saturday.
Tomaka upends Blue Streaks with three-run shot
Chicago got all the runs they needed against John Carroll on a second-inning Vicky Tomaka three-run blast, en route to a 3–2 win.
South Siders at-large: Chicago receives NCAA bid
The Maroons (24–9) were one of 20 teams nationally to receive an at-large bid to the 61-team tournament, and have earned the fourth of eight seeds in their region.
How sweet it is! Maroons sneak into round of sixteen
With a razor’s edge victory over close contenders UW-Eau Claire, the Maroons are again in the running for a national title.
NCAA D-III Women’s Tournament Bracket
To print out the D-III women’s bracket, visit http://www.ncaa.com/content/2012-diii-womens-basketball-championship.
Maroons return to Oshkosh for NCAAs
The women’s cross country team, and third-year men’s runner Bill Whitmore will compete for the NCAA D-III National Championship this weekend.
Maroons ousted by Wash U in round of 32
The Maroons completed their most successful season in school history in the NCAA tournament this past weekend.
Making the cut: the keys to reaching DIII’s postseason
Chicago teams vie for automatic, at-large, and “independent” NCAA bids
Ray turns in three All-American performances
Some context for Claire Ray’s performance at nationals last week: Had the third-year been a team unto herself, she would have finished 28th overall, tied with St. Thomas and Montclair State. She would have finished comfortably ahead of every UAA school, save for Wash U. And setting aside Wash U again, Ray would have had as many All-American finishes as the rest of the UAA combined.
Ray, Omueti return from nationals as All-Americans
Two track and field athletes capped their seasons by earning All-American honors at last weekend’s National Championship meet.
Zhang wins two to finish in top eight
Will Zhang’s time at the NCAAs might have ended on a down note, but at least he hung around long enough to be counted among the top few players in the country.
Game, set, championship
When first-year Kendra Higgins stepped up to the baseline for her final serve of the season in Sunday’s NCAA Doubles Championship Finals, she couldn’t help but feel nervous.
Top Chicago pair wins NCAA doubles title
First-year Kendra Higgins and second-year Chrissy Hu were unseeded when they entered this year’s NCAA D-III Women’s Tennis Doubles Championships, but after Sunday afternoon’s final, the pair has emerged as National Champions.
Trio of Maroons ready for individual tournament
For the first time in the program’s history, women’s tennis will send three of its members—first-years Kendra Higgins and Jennifer Kung and second-year Chrissy Hu—to compete in the NCAA Individual Championships in Lawrenceville, GA, this weekend.
Tracking NCAA gold: Track and field standouts put months of training to test
For a few select members of women’s track and field, the season ends this weekend in the best possible way: a trip to Nationals.
Salty Says So: An open letter to a superstar
Dear Will Zhang,
When I heard that you were selected as one of the top eight singles players from the central region to compete at Nationals in Claremont, CA, there was only one thing on my mind: Don’t cramp.
“Inches from greatness”: Women’s tennis wins fourth place in NCAAs
The math of the Final Four can be unforgiving.
It’s a single elimination round of four, featuring the best teams in the nation, and, at the end of the week, one team must go home on a two-game losing streak. This week, that team was Chicago.
Final Floored: Women’s tennis falls to Amherst
The magic ran out in the NCAA semifinals Wednesday afternoon, as Chicago was simply unable to finish off a talented top-ranked Amherst squad that came back from an early deficit to top the Maroons 5–4.
Nothing to Lose
After sweeping DePauw out of the third round last weekend, women’s tennis knew a couple things for sure.
First, the season would continue at least another week and a half, until today’s quarterfinal round.
Second, they had a lot more work to do.
Maroons sweep Grinnell, DePauw to reach NCAA quarterfinals
For women’s tennis, the best season in program history just keeps on rolling, but things might get bumpy soon.