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HISTORY MAKER: Head coach Julianne Sitch of the University of Chicago Maroons directs her team in the final minute of their win against the Williams College Ephs during the Division III Men's Soccer Championship held at Kerr Stadium on December 3, 2022 in Salem, Virginia. The Maroons won the national championship, 2-0. Pic: Grant Halverson/NCAA Photos via Getty Images
Last weekend, Chicago native Julianne Sitch made history when she became the first woman to coach a men’s soccer team to a US national collegiate title. Her charges, the Chicago Maroons of the University of Chicago, finished the season unbeaten, with 22 wins, no defeats, and one draw – against NYU, the only other team in the league coached by a woman. Moreover, it was the university’s first ever national title in soccer. Not bad for Sitch’s first year in the job.
