Chicago Maroon

In what is quickly becoming a hard-fought rivalry the Eagles defeated the Maroons in their first appearance at the ITA Indoor Championships, but Chicago will look to build on this defeat for future matches.

Title Fight: Women’s basketball battles for share of UAA title

By Jake Grubman / February 26, 2010

The Maroons host the Bears Saturday in the latest installment in what has become a championship rivalry.

Would a UAA tournament build suspense or simply undermine the regular season?

By Jake Grubman / February 26, 2010

With the women's basketball UAA championship on the line this weekend, Jake and Jordan argue the merits of a tournament to decide the conference champion.

End of the Bench: Separate head coaches would help tennis continue climb on national stage

By Jake Grubman / February 19, 2010

The tennis program is on the cusp of joining D-III tennis's elite ranks, but a second head coach would make the path to the top a whole lot easier.

Women’s tennis handles Case, Wash U in first D-III action

By Jake Grubman / February 16, 2010

If the Maroons had any concerns they wouldn't be able to capture last season's magic again, those worries were swept aside with two 8–1 victories over UAA rivals this weekend.

Resurgent men’s basketball repays last weekend’s losses

By Jake Grubman / February 9, 2010

After losing at Emory and Rochester last weekend, a pair of stunning first halves helped the Maroons to some revenge in this weekend's UAA wins.

Men’s basketball still trying to put parts together

By Jake Grubman / February 5, 2010

If the Maroons can find greater consistency, head coach Mike McGrath likes his team's chances for the second half of UAA play.

Wrestling seeks 14th UAA title as conference tournament comes to Ratner

By Jake Grubman / February 5, 2010

The Maroons will try to make it two straight Saturday as Case and NYU come to town for the conference championship tournament.

Rest for the weary (and also the mildly injured)

By Jake Grubman / January 29, 2010

In a perfect world, everything would fit into the newspaper. Until the world becomes perfect, Maroon City will be filling you in on what should have gone in the paper, but didn’t. Today: track and field.

Men’s basketball’s confidence rises as road-heavy first half comes to close

By Jake Grubman / January 29, 2010

Two road victories this weekend could make the Maroons darkhorse favorites in a second half that features five of seven games at home.

Men’s track nears full strength heading into Chicago Duals

By Jake Grubman / January 29, 2010

One of many Maroons making their 2010 indoor season debuts, second-year Moe Bahrani says this weekend will be a mile for the ages.

Injury to Zhang leaves second D-I upset just out of men’s tennis’s reach

By Jake Grubman / January 26, 2010

Chicago had D-I foe Dayton on the ropes late, but an injury at the first singles spot erased the Maroons' shot at an upset, handing the Flyers a 4–2 win Saturday.

Roussell backed into head coaching spot, and has looked forward ever since

By Jake Grubman / January 22, 2010

With the win over Brandeis on Sunday, head coach Aaron Roussell became the second coach in Chicago women's basketball history to reach 100 victories, but his sights are still set on win number 11 for the season.

Wash U continues home dominance in women’s UAA opener

By Jake Grubman / January 12, 2010

The women's basketball team lost its 23rd consecutive game in St. Louis, where the Bears topped Chicago 63–34 Saturday.

Wrestling finishes 2–2 at Knox College Duals

By Jake Grubman / January 12, 2010

The Maroons topped host Knox and Augustana this weekend but lost close contests with Wabash and Loras.

High school teammates Stefanou, Williams emerge as super sophomores

By Jake Grubman / January 8, 2010

After making the jump from St. Xavier High School to the University of Chicago, Steve Stefanou and Tom Williams have combined to form Chicago's strong frontcourt thus far this season.

Chicago wins three in NYC

By Jake Grubman / October 20, 2009

Only Wash U bests Maroons in second UAA round robin

End of the Bench: After a season of frustrations, the World Series can wait

By Jake Grubman / October 2, 2009

This year, even die-hard fans know the Cubs didn't deserve to win

Abundance of returners bolster young lineup

By Jake Grubman / September 20, 2009

“Raising the bar to raise expectations” is Chicago’s theme for 2009, as the Maroons seek their first winning season since 2005.

Youngsters look to continue upward trend

By Jake Grubman / September 20, 2009

After finishing sixth at the UAA tournament last season, Chicago made it a focus to finish in the top four of the conference, which is among the nation's most competitive.

Deep squad seeks rise to top ranks

By Jake Grubman / September 20, 2009

With most of the team’s top runners from 2008 returning, the Maroons are looking to book group tickets for this fall’s Nationals in Ohio.

More experienced team targets smarter racing

By Jake Grubman / September 20, 2009

Third-year Arthur Baptist arrived on campus two seasons ago bearing more pressure than a first-year should, filling the role as men’s cross country’s second-best runner that year. Now, Baptist finds himself leading the way for a team that may finally be coming of age.

Game, set, championship

By Jake Grubman / May 29, 2009

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

By Jake Grubman / May 25, 2009

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.

“Inches from greatness”: Women’s tennis wins fourth place in NCAAs

By Jake Grubman / May 22, 2009

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

By Jake Grubman / May 21, 2009

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

By Jake Grubman / May 19, 2009

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.

End of the Bench: NCAAs no time for patience

By Jake Grubman / May 15, 2009

Patience is the only thing that gives any longevity to a person’s fandom, and having even a little is the only way to survive the continual disappointment that goes with cheering for any team. The problem, though, is that even as a sports fan, I just don’t have any.

Chicago picks up 20th win in last weekend of season

By Jake Grubman / May 12, 2009

The plot didn’t go exactly as most baseball players predicted, but after closing the season by winning 14 of 19 games—including two of four in this weekend’s doubleheaders at IIT and North Central—the conclusion is almost the same.

Bracket Spin: Women’s tennis heads to NCAAs

By Jake Grubman / May 8, 2009

The women’s tennis team’s pre-match script would probably be getting old if it weren’t so effective. Every match, it seems, the Maroons tell themselves the same things: play hard, stay focused, concentrate on the match at hand, and everything will turn out alright. After months of playing hard, staying focused, and concentrating on the match at hand, the squad hopes its hard work will pay off when the opening rounds of the NCAA Championships begin with Regionals this weekend at DePauw.

Fanhood through Facebook

By Jake Grubman / May 5, 2009

There comes a time in every season when sports fans have a very serious choice to make on Facebook: Continue with the emo updates and Birdman lyrics, or convert your status into a miniature sports blog. I went with the latter.

Chicago settles for third at UAAs after loss to Emory

By Jake Grubman / April 28, 2009

As the dust settles on a classic battle of women’s tennis powerhouses at this weekend’s UAA Championships, one result overshadows all the rest: Emory has now won 22 straight conference titles.

Can Chicago break the streak?

By Jake Grubman / April 24, 2009

Emory has an okay women’s tennis team. They were pretty okay back in 1988, when they won the inaugural UAA Championship. Then they won again the next year and the next year and the next year. 21 times, the collection of schools in the UAA have gathered to fight for women’s tennis crown, and 21 times, Emory has emerged victorious. “They’ve never lost; history tells that story,” Chicago head coach Marty Perry said.

Maroons bring out more late-inning magic in come-from-behind victory

By Jake Grubman / April 21, 2009

Second-year pitcher Marshall Oium knows firsthand how baseball got more than another tally in the win column out of last Wednesday’s walk-off victory over Rose Hulman.

Chicago enters final stretch

By Jake Grubman / April 17, 2009

In a 38-day season, there isn’t such a thing as rest. With 18 games—more than half of the softball team’s calendar—in the books through the first three weeks of the season, softball got the closest thing to rest that it could this week: five days off. Five days gave the Maroons time to reflect on a solid first half, time to go work out the kinks that have fed their season-high four-game losing streak, and time to get ready for the toughest part of the schedule: a 12-day, 14-game stretch to close the season.

On critical road trip, Maroons drop UT–Tyler but can’t stop Wash U

By Jake Grubman / April 14, 2009

As the last grains of the 2009 season fall, the chances for men’s tennis to pick up big wins and climb into the NCAA tournament picture are precious and few.

Maroons ride strong pitching in double-header split against Dallas

By Jake Grubman / April 7, 2009

And the wait to come home goes on. Weather prevented baseball’s home opener for the second time this year, with snow leading to the cancellation of a double header against Dallas. Now nearly halfway through the season, the Maroons will make their J. Kyle Anderson debut—fingers crossed—this afternoon, but their home away from home in Crestwood would have to suffice for Saturday’s back-to-back against Dallas.

Women’s lacrosse takes it outside for jam-packed opening weekend

By Jake Grubman / April 7, 2009

The scene Sunday morning on the Midway probably would have been a strange one for someone not familiar with lacrosse: 24 women racing back and forth across a pit of mud, swinging sticks with nets on the end and chasing a tiny yellow ball as it flew through the air and inevitably buried itself in the ground..

Maroon Sports Report: 4.3.09

By Jake Grubman / April 4, 2009

In the first edition of the Maroon Sports Report podcast, Jake talks with the men's and women's tennis teams, Jordan speaks to Nicole Murphy about qualifying for indoor nationals, and then a special comment about the wisdom of no-headphone rules.

Maroons bring new level of intensity but need key wins as season closes

By Jake Grubman / April 3, 2009

They had four games in five days, with heavy postseason implications. Men’s tennis knew spring break would be an intense week, as it is for so many Chicago teams. That was fine, though, for a squad that has built a reputation for intensity on and off the court.

Chicago falls three points shy of UAA title

By Jake Grubman / March 10, 2009

This weekend's men's track UAA Championships saw the Maroons miss out by the slimmest of margins, as Emory, Carnegie, and Chicago finished within three points of each other.

Chance to compete at NCAA Championships a long time coming for Carlson

By Jake Grubman / March 6, 2009

Injury kept third-year Troy Carlson out of Nationals a season ago, but the 174-pounder is determined to showcase his talents on the biggest stage in D-III wrestling this weekend.

Young Chicago runs streak to four with win over Calvin

By Jake Grubman / March 3, 2009

Women's tennis delivered another impressive performance Friday, topping Calvin 9–0 in the final home match of the season.

In IM basketball playoffs, Alper and football players crowned champions

By Jake Grubman / February 27, 2009

The Maroon is your source for all IM sports championship news.

One for the road

By Jake Grubman / February 27, 2009

The postseason might be out of Chicago basketball's reach, but tomorrow's games are about more than a ticket to the NCAAs.

In must-win situation, Chicago takes two to preserve shot at nationals

By Jake Grubman / February 24, 2009

Postseason considerations are already coming into play for men's tennis, which took two much-needed wins over Kalamazoo and Grinnell this weekend.

Pancratz buries Jackets, but Carnegie’s Einwag too much

By Jake Grubman / February 24, 2009

Men's basketball was able to handle the conference's best scorer Friday night, but poor shooting and defensive lapses sent the Maroons back down below .500 with one game left.

Following Kinsella’s lead, Maroons finally getting on track

By Jake Grubman / February 20, 2009

It's a little late, but men's basketball is hitting its stride under the command of third-year John Kinsella, who leads Chicago into action against Carnegie and Rochester this weekend.

During weekend road trip to Ohio, women roll but men struggle against ranked opponents

By Jake Grubman / February 17, 2009

Women's tennis took two big wins over Denison and Kenyon over the weekend, while the men's half didn't enjoy quite the same success on their annual Ohio trip.

With five champs, Chicago regains UAA title

By Jake Grubman / February 10, 2009

The wrestling team headed to Case knowing that the UAA title would go to the winner of the NYU-Chicago matchup. The Maroons didn't need to wait long to prove themselves as the standard in the UAA.

Talented teams at Whitewater will gauge Maroons’ strengths

By Jake Grubman / February 6, 2009

The track teams head out on a rare road trip this weekend for a meeting with some of the nation's top teams at the Warhawk Classic.

Finally healthy, Chicago enters UAA Championship intent on reclaiming title

By Jake Grubman / February 6, 2009

The wrestling team is trying to think of Saturday's conference meet as just another meet, but after a long and injury-riddled season, the UAA title means much more.

Maroons open D-III schedule with dominant singles play

By Jake Grubman / February 3, 2009

Men's tennis overcame a 2–1 deficit in doubles by taking five of six singles matches en route to a 6–3 win over UW–Whitewater.

Weekend road trip to NYU, Brandeis could be critical in race for conference title

By Jake Grubman / January 30, 2009

Win over the nation's best team? Check. Win their first two road games? Check. It's all fallen into place so far for women's basketball, but with the midway point to the conference schedule approaching, clashes with 10th-ranked NYU and 19th-ranked Brandeis could make this the most important weekend thus far..

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