Historic Men’s Basketball Season Comes to an Early Close
The 2022-2023 CUC men’s basketball season was off to a historic start. The energy on the team was high, and the excitement skyrocketed as the men won game after game. The team’s victory over Benedictine University in their last game before…
Concordia Invitational Tournament Returns After Two-Year Hiatus
Early on a chilly January morning, a mix of 28 students, faculty, and parents of the Concordia University-Chicago community made the trek on a fan bus eight hours west to Seward, Nebraska for the 70th annual Concordia Invitational Tournament (CIT). CIT…
Injuries Plague CUC Women’s Tennis, But International Student Boosts Wins
The CUC women’s tennis program wrapped up a disappointing Fall schedule with key players injured, but a French international graduate student emerged as a standout athlete in the team’s second season since the sport returned in the fall of…
Muslim Student Athletes Balance Workouts with Fasting During Ramadan
Muslims all around the world are celebrating “Eid al-Fitr” today, which marks the end of the holy month of Ramadan. For Muslim athletes at Concordia University Chicago, that means the conclusion of a particularly challenging 30 days balancing…
New Women’s Lacrosse Coach Is Confident Taking This Team To The Field
The Concordia University Chicago women’s lacrosse team had an outstanding 2021 season, but new head coach Fran Meyer doesn’t want the team to rest easy on their past victories. CUC hired Meyer to be the new coach in early January. She joined the…
How CUC Men’s Basketball Became the Team to Beat in the NACC
After a 3-6 start to their 2021-2022 season, the Concordia University Chicago men’s basketball team seemed stuck on the wrong side of the standings. Yet the team came together and turned their season around, ending in first place out of 13 teams in…
Five CUC Track and Field Athletes Compete in Boston
Five outstanding women athletes on the Concordia University Chicago track and field team traveled to Boston University on Feb. 11 and 12 to compete against Division I, II, and III schools at the David Hemery Valentine Invitational. Kayla Armstrong,…
Concordia Invitational Tournament Cancellation Devastates Students, Alumni, and Fans
For the second year in a row, what would have been the 70th Concordia Invitational Tournament (CIT) was cancelled due to COVID-19. Prior to 2021, the CIT tournament took place 44 years in a row to determine the champion among the men’s and…
Kayla McCloud ’21 is Latest Alum to Work at CUC
After donning cap and gown in May 2021 with a bachelor of arts degree from Concordia University Chicago, McCloud started her first post-college job at Illinois State University. At ISU, McCloud contributed to social media efforts for multiple Redbird…
CUC Women’s Basketball Ready to Win and Win Now
After a shortened 11-game Spring season, the Concordia University Chicago women’s basketball team is anxiously awaiting their return to the court. “Well, I can tell you right after our last game last season, right away there was already excitement for…