This quarter the sports section is asking the ultimate unanswerable question: Which sport is the best? Over the next few weeks, the sports editors will make the case for their favorite sports. First up, basketball.
Men's basketball (7–4) defeated Washington and Lee (4–7) last Saturday by a score of 86–74, on the backs of third-year point guard Muskeyvalley’s 22 points and five assists and fourth-year forward Hughes’s 17 points.
Last Tuesday, the men's basketball Maroons (4–2) spanked Illinois Tech (0–6) by a score of 109–46 and proceeded to beat Kalamazoo (3–1) 100–83 on Sunday.
At the Lopata Classic in St. Louis, men's basketball (2–2) dramatically defeated Whitman (0–3) by a score of 81–79 on Friday but then fell to Rose-Hulman (1–1) 85–80 on Saturday.
After a 76–56 loss against Augustana (4–0) and a 99–54 destruction of Lake Forest (1–1) in their home opener, trying to get a read on how the season will shake out for this men's basketball squad hasn’t been easy.
In the season’s final football game on Saturday, the Wash U Bears (8–2, 3–0) defeated the South Siders (6–4, 1–2 UAA) as Chicago fell by a score of 17–7. Wash U captured the UAA title along with the win.
Coming off an exciting victory over Carnegie (3–6, 0–2 UAA), women's basketball (6–3, 1–1) travels to St. Louis to take on Wash U (7–2, 2–0) this Saturday.
In a somewhat backward fashion, Chicago football (5–3, 0–1 UAA) lost to Case Western (4–3, 1–0) on Saturday in a defensive battle in which the Maroons only put up a field goal in a 16–3 loss.
Chicago football (5–1) ventures to Forest Grove, Oregon to take on Pacific University (5–1) this Saturday for its toughest battle of the season thus far.
At the Lucian Rosa Invitational on Saturday, both the men’s and women’s cross country teams competed against schools from all three divisions. The No. 6 women’s squad placed fourth out of 25 teams points, and the No. 16 men’s team finished seventh out of 19 teams..
At the UAA Round Robin I, women's volleyball (14–5) defeated Brandeis (9–12) and Rochester (7–16) on Saturday and then No. 9 Wash U (14–5) on Sunday in the championship.
Fourth-year quarterback Vincent Cortina set a career high with 354 yards in addition to the five scores as football (4–1) fell to Rhodes College (4–1) in a high-scoring affair by a score of 41–34.
After their matches against UIC (6–14) and Carthage (9–8) were rained out on Wednesday and Saturday, respectively, the No. 29 Maroons (12–4) were finally able to play yesterday. The rest proved beneficial, seeing as Chicago dominated Wheaton (12–4), winning by a score of 7–2..
Effort can only take you so far. No. 29 Chicago (11–4) was simply outmatched against No. 14 Wash U (12–5) and No. 18 Gustavus Adolphus (18–9) on Saturday, falling by scores of 6–3 and 7–2, respectively. “Against Wash U, we felt as if we were right there with them,” second-year Deepak Sabada said. “Every match...
This past weekend, No. 30 Chicago (11–2) lost to No. 29 University of Wisconsin–Whitewater (10–11) by a score of 6–3, snapping the Maroons’ 10-match winning streak.
After returning home with a 4–0 record over spring break in Hilton Head, SC, the Maroons (11–1) get set to take on UW–Whitewater (7–11) and Carroll College (8–5) this Saturday.
After finishing second at the UAA Championship, the Maroons are looking to make their presence felt this weekend at the NCAA Midwest Regional (Great Lakes) tournament. At the UAA tournament, Chicago—wrestling on its home mat in Hyde Park—watched NYU dominate Case Western, winning by a score of 43–6. The Maroons also beat down on Case,...
After pulling off an incredible upset against #22 Wash U (19–5, 9–4 UAA) on January 5—when the Bears were ranked #5 in the country—the Maroons (11–13, 5–8) get set to take on their rivals once more this Saturday. In the first matchup, Chicago had home court advantage. This time, they’ll be playing in St. Louis....
The Maroons (11–13, 5–8 UAA) lost the battle of the boards against Brandeis (17–7, 8–5 UAA) on Friday, 43–32, and they lost the game, too: 75–56. But Chicago brought its Windex to NYU (14–10, 4–9 UAA) on Sunday, cleaning up on the glass—outrebounding the Violets 34–27—on the way to a 64–51 victory..
With three games remaining, Chicago (10–12, 4–7 UAA) finds itself tied for fifth in the conference and out of postseason contention. However, the team’s motivation is still rock solid.
The Maroons (10–12, 4–7 UAA) came close in both of their games this past weekend: close to beating fourth-ranked Rochester (20–2, 9–2) and close to finishing a comeback and taking the lead from Emory (15–6, 7–4), who eventually pulled far away from Chicago..
Rochester (19–1, 8–1 UAA) and Emory (14–5, 6–3) visit Chicago (10–10, 4–5) on Friday and Sunday, respectively, each coming off wins. Rochester is first in the conference standings, Emory is fourth, and the Maroons sit in fifth place.
The Maroons wrestled to a 15th place finish at the Wheaton College Pete Wilson Invitational over the weekend, placing two wrestlers in the top eight in their weight class.
After finishing third at the Elmhurst College Invitational two weeks ago, the Maroons (4–3) are looking to step up their game this weekend at the Wheaton College Invitational.
Continuing their solid performance this season, the Maroons (4–3) claimed three weight class winners and seized third place at the Elmhurst Invitational on Saturday.
Following a packed winter break and a 4–3 start to the season, the Maroons look to improve upon their record at the Elmhurst Invitational this Saturday.
Although the Maroons (1–4) had been struggling offensively this season, they made major improvements shooting the ball on Saturday against no. 14 Illinois Wesleyan (4–2). However, Chicago couldn’t quite hold onto the rock as the home Titans pressured Chicago into a 67–57 loss..
Turnovers and a lack of offensive production continued to afflict the Maroons (1–2), as they fell to Carthage (3–1) on the road Sunday by a score of 68–46.
Once again, a failure to execute doomed Chicago (4–6, 0–3), this time in their season finale against Wash U (5–5, 3–0). The undermanned Maroons struggled on Saturday, losing their third straight UAA game by a final of 23–7.
Untimely mistakes and missed opportunities plagued the Maroons (4–5, 0–2) once again on Saturday as they fell to Carnegie Mellon (6–3, 2–0) with a score of 31–14.
Coming off a solid 23–7 win over Hiram, the Maroons (4–3) look to keep their momentum going in their UAA opener against Case Western (4–3) this Saturday.
If you can have an encouraging loss in a 41–17 game, the Maroons did so on Saturday against Wittenberg. Chicago’s chances at victory dwindled after a slow start, but they still fought hard and showed they would be a force to be reckoned with the rest of the season. “Wittenberg’s a football powerhouse,” head coach...
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