Year in Review: All-Maroons 2008–2009

You voted, and now here they are: the 2008-2009 All-Maroon winners.

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.

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.

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.

Peverada plans big for Relay

Fourth-year Chris Peverada enjoys going for nice runs along the lakefront. Sometimes those nice runs are 32 miles long.

Top Chicago pair wins NCAA doubles title

First-year Kendra Higgins (serving) and second-year Chrissy Hu, shown during the women's tennis team championships last week, won the doubles title with a win over Pomona-Pitzer, 6–1, 6–3 Sunday afternoon.

U of C Sports Information

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.

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.

In the Game: Cavs–Lakers Finals a big “If”

While both teams find themselves in the conference finals a few wins shy of a championship banner, their heavily forecasted June meeting appears to have lost its former inevitability.

Year in Review: Senior Memories

We asked graduating Maroons to tell us their favorite stories from four years as Chicago athletes.

Year in Review: The biggest stories of 2008-2009

A looks back at some of the stories that kept on us on the edge of our seats this past year.

Year in Review: Best of In Quotes

The editors select their favorites from this year's In Quotes.

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.

Perry named D-III Coach of the Year

After a dream season in which the women’s tennis team finished fourth at the D-III Championships, head coach Marty Perry was named the 2009 Wilson/Intercollegiate Tennis Association National Coach of the Year for D-III women’s tennis last Saturday.

Monsters of the Midway draws more than 400 cyclists

The U of C’s Velo Club hosted its annual Monsters of the Midway cycling race on Saturday, where over 400 competitors of all levels raced for prize money, giveaways, and simply for the fun of it.

End of the Bench: NCAAs no time for patience

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.

At Penultimate, teams chase PRs, postseason

This weekend, the University of Chicago hosted 10 schools—and one member of the Chicago Track Club—at the Chicago Penultimate Invite, the second-to-last chance for individuals to qualify for the national meet.

Among U of C chess players, Kane is king

On the second floor of Borders, at the meeting of a local chess club, one mention of Jeremy Kane’s name turns heads. Yeah, I’m assured, the men there know him. Is he good at chess? “Oh, he’s strong,” one man says, looking back at his pieces. “Strong like Ajax.”

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Women's tennis, day-by-day

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