Season Preview: #14 Middlebury

Coach: Bob Hansen, 2nd Season Location: Middlebury, VT 2009 Ranking: T-5 2010 Ranking: 1 2011 Ranking: 9 2012 Ranking: 15 2013 Projected Ranking: 9 Overview: I’m sure I will get corrected on some of the minutia, but here’s a brief recent Middlebury history lesson. Middlebury has been a strong program for the past decade and a half. Coach Dave Schwarz arrived in…

Season Preview: #1 Emory

Coach: John Browning, 14th Season Location: Atlanta, GA 2009 Ranking: #3 2010 Ranking: #4 2011 Ranking: #2, National Runner-Up 2012 Ranking: #1, National Champions 2013 Projected Ranking: D3ATS #3, D3TG #4 Overview: I’d like to start this overview by congratulating Emory for their national championship last year.  Being at nationals, you could tell this team…

Season Preview: #26 Whittier

Coach: David Bojalad, 6th Season Location: Whittier, CA 2009 Ranking: NR 2010 Ranking: NR 2011 Ranking: NR 2012 Ranking: 26 2013 Projected Ranking: D3West 28, D3TG 18 Overview: After years of being the SCIAC’s ugly second cousin, Whittier finally broke through last year with a couple victories that propelled them from inadequate to… mediocre. They showed signs of life in 2011…

Season Preview: #3 Williams

Coach: Dan Greenberg, 4th Season Location: Williamstown, MA 2009 Ranking: 8 2010 Ranking: 11 2011 Ranking: 4 2012 Ranking: 3 2013 Projected Ranking: 1 Overview: In the early aughties, the Williams Purple Cows were the DIII tennis dynasty. They won national championships in 1999, 2001, and 2002 to go with finals appearances in 1998, 2003, and 2004. Since then, they haven’t been…