On Deck

The men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams will face their first road competition of the year when they travel to face the University of Chicago on Saturday at 2 p.m. … The men’s basketball team won’t be at home until January, but they’ll play just about everywhere else in Iowa, including games in Des Moines, Cedar Rapids, Waverly and Mt. Vernon in the month of November alone. Grinnell also plays Martin Luther in Marshalltown Community College in Marshalltown, Iowa in early December. The Pioneers open their season this week in Cedar Rapids tonight and tomorrow for the Mount Mercy Tournament. Grinnell plays St. Ambrose tonight at 5:30 p.m. and host Mount Mercy tomorrow at 1 p.m. … Women’s basketball also opens with a long road swing—12 games in all—and the first two of them will be this weekend at the Elmhurst College Tournament in Elmhurst, Ill. Grinnell plays Eureka College tonight at 6 p.m. and an as-yet-undetermined opponent tomorrow afternoon.

—Joe Geni