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It’s Maroons madness: Chicago vs. Greensboro, 4 p.m. CT

Staff — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 18:53:18 +0000

Morgan Herrick contributed top-notch defense against Calvin. (Photo by Chicago SID Dave Hilbert)

Live audio (by phone or computer) available shortly before 4 p.m. CT today. Chicago marches on to take on Greensboro! NEXT.

We’re LIVE! Video available on the Bears Sports Network

Staff — Sat, 06 Nov 2010 18:44:55 +0000

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E-mail us at chicago.washu@gmail.com

We are the champions: Chicago women’s soccer wins the UAA!

Staff — Sun, 31 Oct 2010 17:39:01 +0000

(Photo by UC SID Dave Hilbert.)

How to listen to Chicago-Stevens Point, today at 1 p.m.

Staff — Sun, 24 Oct 2010 17:38:13 +0000

It’s been a while since we last saw the Maroons, so we’re taking the 240-mile trip north to see the last non-conference tune-up of the season. Stevens Point is nationally ranked and seems to have hit its form once again after a transitional year last season. Chicago features a wide variety of new faces and has been able to turn talent into results of late.

Join us at 1 p.m. and e-mail in at gomaroons AT gmail DOT com.

(Also, visit twitter.com/gomaroons for any last-minute updates … you know, if we get lost or something.)

Chicago-Stevens Point (w): LISTEN to Go Maroons LIVE (iTunes — more information here)

Go Maroons LIVE hits the road Sunday!

Staff — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 17:22:35 +0000

Don’t miss our live audio broadcast on Sunday, Oct. 24 from Wisconsin–Stevens Point. Big nonconference matchup that you can listen to only on Go Maroons LIVE.

Belated blog link–women’s soccer vs north park is LIVE now!

E. Gao — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 17:20:49 +0000

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UAA UPDATE: Women’s soccer controls its fate

Staff — Sun, 17 Oct 2010 17:04:25 +0000

It’s felt a little odd not seeing the Maroons for the past couple weekends, during which they’ve been able to scrap to a couple big wins. Now, for the first time in a while, they control their fate in the UAA with three conference games left.

2010 WOMEN’S SOCCER STANDINGS
	Conf.	Pts	All	Win %
Chicago	3-1	9	8-4-1	0.654
Washington (Mo.)	2-0-2	8	7-5-2	0.571
Emory	2-1-1	7	11-1-2	0.857
Rochester	2-1-1	7	9-3-2	0.714
Brandeis	2-2	6	10-3-1	0.750
New York U.	2-2	6	6-7-2	0.467
Case	1-3	3	8-5-1	0.607
Carnegie Mellon	0-4	0	6-7	0.462

The Maroons’ one loss, to Rochester on Friday, hurts in the sense that it will keep things tight the rest of the way. But Chicago has benefitted from a number of other results:

• Rochester 1-2 NYU on opening day, a shocking upset atypical for the women’s conference
• Emory 0-0 Wash U the next day
• Chicago 1-0 Emory in Week 2, to keep Emory chasing the whole way
• Wash U 0-0 Rochester today

There’s no doubt there’s more parity than before, and it’s good timing for the Maroons. They do have five games left to bolster their at-large berth credentials, including great opportunities for statement wins against Stevens Point and Wash U. As has been the case in the past five seasons, winning out in the UAA will be important to making the NCAA tournament. It’s just that, this year, that would also mean taking the conference title.

If they put together their finishing, they can do it.

Other programming notes: We’ll be broadcasting the last four games of the season, including road affairs at Stevens Point and Wash U. Make sure to tune in!

University Of Chicago Sports: The Real History

cocoeditor — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 17:03:37 +0000

While at first glance we may not look it, the UofC is a very athletic place. Dorms boast pool tables and ping pong tables. For the more serious athletes the pub has a warped shuffleboard table which moves the puck slightly to the right, and Jimmy’s has an old Elvis pinball machine. You do not even want to get any of the natives started on whether it’s cornhole or bagtoss. Finally lest we forget that collegiate pastime, beer pong. Yes the core gets worked very hard here at Chicago. As a dearly departed friend of mine was fond of pointing out, “you’ve gotta work the core, gotta stay tight. It’s fucking important.”
But Chicago wasn’t always known for these epic intercollegiate feats. In fact it’s only been relatively recently that Chicago has reemerged to be the powerhouse despised by diehard fans at our academic and athletic rival LSU.
In it’s early years the Chicago athletic program possessed the same thing most students enjoy, wild success. On watching an early football game against Notre Dame, T.S. Eliot is purported to have described the Maroon offense as “majestic.” With the only winning record against Notre Dame in history, Chicago was on a roll. During this period Chicago athletics were largely guided by Amos Alonzo Stagg. His impact on the university is commemorated by Stagg field located behind Ratner.
The success for the Chicago boys- the Chilean economists are actually named after the 20s and 30s team- kept on coming with the legendary Jay Berwanger. A beast on the field, he was the recipient of the first ever Downtown Athletic Club trophy, later to be renamed the Heisman trophy. Details are unclear, but he chose not to pursue a career in professional football after a scandal emerged involving two women and a shit ton of blow.
These scandals were just the fire President Robert M. Hutchins needed to finally put a moratorium on sports. Hutchins, who was fond of saying “whenever I feel like exercise I just lay down until the feeling goes away.” got his way, and the Maroons were not to enjoy sport for more than 20 years. He is commemorated by a popular group of crappy food kiosks.
Eventually, in the late 60s, sports were once more allowed on campus. Teams were once again formed, but under a new moniker, the phoenix. In recent years the teams have done just that. Not only do they boast national performers, but quite a few Rhodes scholars. So go to a home game at some point this quarter. I promise you will be pleasantly surprised. Not just by the game, but by the fact that you are assuredly surrounded by the most well adjusted people you will meet for the next four years.

Chicago-Wheaton: we’ll be broadcasting live!

Staff — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 15:30:33 +0000

It’s the match we’ve all been waiting for: Chicago vs. Wheaton. We’ll be broadcasting live from the Maroons’ top rival: 6:40 for pre-game tomorrow. Also, keep an eye out for an extensive preview in our podcast extra to come tomorrow afternoon.

Will you be tuning in?

Sunday observations

Staff — Sun, 26 Sep 2010 15:29:34 +0000

1. Wash U women’s soccer sits at 3-5, having lost four games in a row. The Bears lost a ton of players from their national runner-up team last year, and they have not handled a tough non-conference schedule well. They’re the only team to knock off Calvin in 2010, but that’s the best that can be said about a team with only four goals through eight matches.

2. Wheaton women’s soccer is picking things up. The Thunder no longer dictate their own conference: Both Augustana and Ill. Wesleyan laid claim to CCIW-favorite status last year and haven’t slowed down yet. But Wheaton did beat Wash U and Rochester, both UAA teams along with the Maroons, last week. Time for Chicago to make a statement on Tuesday. (Hey, we’ll be broadcasting that game! 7 p.m., Go Maroons LIVE.)

3. The men’s UAA is looking as tough as ever. Combined record through Saturday: 49-7-11. This is why we look forward to the conference slate from Game 1.

4. Carnegie, who the Maroons host first, is looking like the toughest of the bunch. But as last year proved, all it takes is one big result to disrupt the men’s conference table. Last year, that result was Chicago beating Rochester with five seconds left in OT (via Stan Coville).

5. Is it too early to speculate whether the UAA will get more than three teams into the postseason? Sure it is, but keep in mind that over the past few years, the conference has gotten anywhere from three to five teams in.