This year, our live blogging software also includes a scoreboard widget, which we’ll update in real time so that you can see the current score and minute at any point. And on top of all that, you can post comments, questions, and shout-outs to the liveblog; some of these we’ll share on air, and all of them will be seen by other followers of the live blog, so come in and say to hi to your fellow Maroons (or Spartans; we’re excited to hear from Aurora fans too!).

To access the live blog, follow this link. The live blog should open in a separate tab or browser window, so you may need to temporarily allow pop-ups.

The audio broadcast will begin at 10:15 a.m., CST. We’ll start live blogging ten to fifteen minutes before kick off.

All of us at GoMaroons! Live are twitching with excitement over the day’s games (the Chicago men play their first round game against Wartburg at 5 p.m., and we’re broadcasting that one too). At a time like this, it’s hard to think of a fitting end to a blog post, so I’ll defer to some wisdom riceeved from American footballer Terrell Owens: Getcha popcorn ready.

The live blog (below) and the audio will start a few minutes before 7 CST. Email us at gomaroons@gmail.com with any questions ahead of time!

Women’s Soccer vs. North Park – 09/09/2009 – 7 p.m.

And, of course, announce the winners of our annual All-Maroons poll. You can go ahead and read those here, but definitely grab a hard copy of the paper as well, because it’s got some pretty sweet illustrations that you’ll probably enjoy (think ‘bobbleheads’). Hopefully we’ll have some PDFs of those pages up eventually, so those of you who aren’t on campus can take a look at the design and the pictures as well.

Probably sometime over the next couple weeks, when our finals schedules permit, Jake and I will post some reflections on this year’s sports. But at as a preliminary, I just want to say that it has been a ton of fun to follow along. I know Jake and I and the other Maroon Sports folks have really enjoyed it, and we’re already looking forward to 2009–2010.

Amherst may have already won their match, too; if they haven’t, they are ahead and probably will win any moment now, so the Maroons have a date with the country’s top team tomorrow, at 1 p.m CST.

Also, I think comparing results from different days is a terrible way to judge teams’ relative strengths, but: This is a 5–0 win over a Carnegie squad that pressed Emory to 5-4 at the UAA Championships, and Carnegie’s line up was almost the same for both matches. That has to be some indication of how well the Maroons are playing these days. And in any event, a 5–0 win over the six seed is no mean feat.

(It’s worth mentioning too that a few Maroons were in good shape in the DNF matches.)

Stay tuned for more, and check for more pictures from the match today.

The Sports Information Department has photos of today’s action up already. Take a look.

Also, be sure to read Jake’s Q&A with Carnegie Tennis Coach Andrew Girard in the post below this.

Maroon Sports Report for May 15, 2009 from maroon sports on Vimeo.

Our most meandering MSR to-date! Watch below.

Maroon Sports Report for May 8, 2009 from maroon sports on Vimeo.

Thanks for reading Maroon City Sports, and be sure to check back regularly for more updates.

Maroon Sports Report for May 1, 2009 from maroon sports on Vimeo.

Camille Van Horne, one of the Maroon’s photographers, snapped this shot of third-year Joe Pankow during Sunday’s Wash U game (which we lost 8–1, sad to say). Reminds me of those Gatorade “Is it in/on you?” commercials.

Anyway, the picture is in today’s issue, but the print version might not do it justice, so click on the image to see it full scale. Definitely among the coolest photos we’ve had this year.

Maroon Sports Report for April 24, 2009 from maroon sports on Vimeo.