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Sports: Softball
A fixture behind home plate, Pineros set offensive pace
09 May 2008
As a lefty catcher, fourth-year Vanessa Pineros drew attention the minute she stepped behind the plate...
Bitter end for softball's lackluster season
29 Apr 2008
Despite some of its best overall performances of the season, softball was bedeviled by the details of the game in its final weekend of play...
Softball stuck in seesaw season
25 Apr 2008
Softball’s rocky 2008 campaign can be best described so far as a tale of two seasons, marked by bursts of dominance followed by dry spells. ...
Softball slides further after third sweep
22 Apr 2008
Two different Chicago softball teams hosted North Central at Stagg Sunday...
Sports Shorts 4/18/08: Softball gets comeback win over Wheaton but drops second game of doubleheader
18 Apr 2008
After splitting a doubleheader yesterday, softball is still looking for the spark to its season...
Softball finds bats in tourney split
15 Apr 2008
The softball team looked as if they were headed for an endless downward spiral, but a brilliant performance Saturday may have turned their fortunes around for the rest of the season...
Whitewater overwhelms softball’s young pitching
11 Apr 2008
Carrying over a rivalry from Little League to D-III athletics, members of the softball squad hosted their old childhood teammates and opponents at Stagg...
Hot and cold offense holds back softball
08 Apr 2008
It was hit or miss for softball during their spring break trip to Tucson, with the Maroons winning easily one day and falling hard the next...
Young softball sets off to shaky start in Arizona
04 Apr 2008
As softball’s season began in the Arizona desert over vacation, they had to figure out how to adjust to a new group of younger players. ...
Softball at a glance
11 Mar 2008
The Recap: Last year, softball rode the long ball all the way to the playoffs for its second straight at-large bid to the postseason...
Wade stepped up to smash records when softball needed her most
25 May 2007
In her first two seasons as a Maroon, Petra Wade took a comfortable backseat to All-American Hannah Roberts (A.B. ’06) in pitching duties, starting in just under half of Chicago’s games. Ye...
Coe knocks softball out of tourney
15 May 2007
Winning in the postseason takes a high level of play and more than a little bit of luck. Unfortunately for softball, the squad caught some tough breaks in its second-consecutive NCAA run...
Kohawks get even in softball rematch
11 May 2007
For Chicago softball, Thursday’s matchup with Coe had all the makings of an instant classic. There was the fourth-year ace notching strikeout after strikeout from the circle. ...
Softball advances to NCAA Regional: Maroons headed to Eau Claire for first-round date with Coe
08 May 2007
Last season, softball took advantage of its surprise postseason selection to pull off a first-round upset of third-seeded Coe...
Grand day at the Lake for softball
27 Apr 2007
After a Cinderella season last spring, time was running out for softball to show it could still make the glass slipper fit...
Softball’s bats spring back to life with turn in the weather
24 Apr 2007
After finally receiving a week of sunshine, softball hoped that the beautiful practice conditions would help the squad bust out of its slight slump and return to its early-season form...
Wierenga extra-special in softball split
20 Apr 2007
After watching balls fly over the fences early in the season, softball bats have gone quiet in recent weeks...
Softball sweeps Gorlocks, but struggles again at IWU Invite
17 Apr 2007
Since their 10–2 start to the year in Florida, softball has been practically untouchable thanks largely to a powered-up offense that complimented a deeper-pitching staff. ...
Opponents, fences can’t contain softball in bounce-back weekend
03 Apr 2007
Of all the Bull Durham clichés that float around the diamond every spring, “it’s a long season” may well be the most repeated. Every...
Wheaton dances past softball for sweep
30 Mar 2007
The temperatures may be dropping again, but there’s no denying that softball is in full swing and ready for another busy spring. ...
Spring success has softball thinking repeat
30 Mar 2007
After posting an impressive 8-–2 mark against tournament-caliber competition during their spring break trip, softball has every reason to feel confident about the 2007 season. ...
Senior Feature: Kelly Ostler, softball
10 May 2002
This week the Maroon had the pleasure of sitting down with one of Chicago's finest graduating athletes of all time...
Kunz and Metildi led most successful Chicago softball team ever
30 May 2003
Because of the Chicago softball team's unprecedented inaugural visit to the NCAA Division-III Midwest regional championship game this year, the Maroons have a lot to celebrate...
Softball narrowly misses regional championship
13 May 2003
The softball team's season came to a dramatic end Sunday in Bloomington, Illinois when Chicago faced longtime foe Illinois Wesleyan in the NCAA Division III Midwest Regional Final...
Softball earns NCAA regional tournament spot
06 May 2003
A superb regular season for the softball team came to an end last week with the Maroons sweeping a doubleheader from UW-Whitewater, 5-1 and 1-0...
Softball superior in sweep of Lake Forest
25 Apr 2003
The softball team is heating up, and its timing couldn't be better...
Pitchers dominate opposition as softball takes weekend games
15 Apr 2003
The softball team had a packed schedule this weekend with a doubleheader at Wheaton on Friday, a triangular invitational at North Central on Saturday, and a doubleheader against Illinois- Wesleya...
Softball anticipates playoff race
23 Apr 2004
Entering the final week of their season, the 10th-ranked University of Chicago women's softball team appeared a virtual lock for the postseason tournament...
Late inning wins earn softball team 12th ranking
16 Apr 2004
The University of Chicago women's softball team climbed to #12 in the national rankings, thanks to a strong week, which included wins against MacMurray College, North Central University, and Domi...
Softball prepares for race to playoffs
09 Apr 2004
In a crucial weekend, the 21st-ranked University of Chicago women's softball team won five out of six games against opponents University of Wisconsin-Lacrosse, UW-Oshkosh, and regional rival 10th...
Softball off to best start in team history
02 Apr 2004
Midway through their 2004 campaign, the University of Chicago women's softball team is off to the best start in the program's 36-year history with a record of 11-2...
Regional runner-up softball looks to get over the hump in 2005
18 May 2004
Despite losing in the regional finals of this year's NCAA Division III tournament, the University of Chicago women's softball team (29-11) waged one of its most successful seasons in program hist...
Sudden exit: softball shut out of regionals
11 May 2004
Coming into their final day of action Monday in the NCAA Central Region Final, the University of Chicago softball team (29-11) needed to win either of two games against Alma College (39-7), ranke...
Softball returns to NCAA tourney
07 May 2004
On Monday, the University of Chicago softball team (26-9) was selected for the NCAA Division III tournament. The Maroons face Edgewood College (22-16) at 12 p.m...
Softball swept by Wash U, on bubble for regionals
03 May 2005
Though softball came close in a couple of pitching duels, the Maroons failed to grab the big upsets they hoped would assure them of making it to the playoffs...
After hard hop, softball rolls on with five straight wins
26 Apr 2005
A late-season losing streak woke up softball in a hurry...
Softball finds way out of Forest, steals comeback win
22 Apr 2005
After knocking off 15 straight wins and earning a 12th-place national ranking, softball has looked human over the team's last seven games...
Softball hit hard, drops trio at Illinois Wesleyan tournament
19 Apr 2005
After 15 straight wins, someone finally found a way to stop the Maroons. After beginning the season 19-1, softball dropped its final three games at last weekend's Illinois Wesleyan Tournament...
Softball can't be beat: Team sweeps Calvin for 14th straight win
12 Apr 2005
Try as they might, no one can stop the Maroons. Chicago softball continued its remarkable run of success this weekend, sweeping a double-header against Calvin College Friday...
Softball breaks out brooms: six weekend victories give Maroons 12 straight
05 Apr 2005
The games keep coming, but softball continues to roll right through them...
Weather, Union only roadblocks in first 11 games for softball team
03 Apr 2005
Having gained nationwide respect with a dominant pitching staff and playoff trips four of the last five years, the 20th-ranked Chicago softball team surged to another hot start, matching last yea...
Clock strikes midnight for Cinderella softball at NCAAs
16 May 2006
For a little while at least, Team Disney seemed destined for a fairy-tale ending. But after an opening-round upset at the Great Lakes regional, softball received a cold, harsh dose of reality. ...
Underdog softball on to second round
12 May 2006
One game at a time was the mantra head coach Ruth Kmak adopted for softball before the NCAA tournament. ...
Three named to softball all-region team: Sports Shorts 5/12/06
12 May 2006
The season might not quite be finished yet for softball, but the National Fastpitch Coaches Association has clearly seen enough...
Suprising softball set for NCAAs
09 May 2006
A week ago, it hardly seemed possible. But despite ending the regular season with a whimper, softball is back in the NCAA tournament for the first time in three years...
Softball ends solid season on down note
05 May 2006
With its regular season coming to an end, the softball team has plenty of reasons to feel good about itself...
Plate discipline produces big results for softball
28 Apr 2006
At this time of spring, most teams are just trying to get their foot in the postseason door. After a season thats been disappointing at times, softball suddenly looks ready to break it down....
Wade fells Foresters as softball splits
21 Apr 2006
It wasnt the sweep that they were hoping for. But behind a pair of lights-out performances from Petra Wade, softball showed signs of breaking out of its recent funk....
Softball leaves bats behind in road split
18 Apr 2006
Earlier in the spring, softballs lineup hit with power up and down the order, scoring runs in bunches and pounding the ball to all fields....
Curve your enthusiasm: Softball drops four at IWU
11 Apr 2006
Heading into the weekend, softball had hoped that the new year would offer them the opportunity to exorcise some old demons...
Softball looking to get offensive at IWU Invite
07 Apr 2006
This season, softball has stayed true to their traditional winning formula, dominating on the mound to shut out nearly half of their opponents...
Streak ends after big wins for softball
04 Apr 2006
After tearing through their early-season schedule in Florida, softball hoped to stay hot upon their return to Hyde Park...
Hot bats put softball on road to victory
31 Mar 2006
For the past three years, softball has lived and died with good pitching. This season, personnel changes will force some tweaking to that approach...
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