A great day of tennis today, once again, as the 2016-2017 season keeps giving back to us with some really interesting storylines. Today, we had a couple of UAA/NESCAC battles that really gave us the better quarterfinals (who would have thought right) and then two really dominating performances from two of our national championship picks.…
This is a self-explanatory article. Get ready for your Elite 8 – with our blogger predictions! That is all. Also, if you would like to view the really cool tournament interactive brackets from SLAM tennis, please click on the below link. In there, you can get a tale of the tape for all your Elite…
A classic D3AtlanticSouth conundrum. Should I make a promise on an article at a certain time, knowing full well that I may not be able to get to it, and have to shift my whole schedule around just to potentially hit it if I go for a herculean effort in the last 43 minutes? The…
NCAA Quarterfinal Preview: No. 1 Emory vs Williams In a match between two traditional DIII powers, Emory vs. Williams is the first of our UAA/NESCAC battles that we get to preview for NCAAs. While this will probably be the lesser matchup of the power conference battles, this has the opportunity to be a really good…
Pomona-Pitzer Fast Facts Location: Claremont, CA Mascot: Sagehens Undergraduate Enrollment: 2,726 across both colleges US News Ranking: Tied-4th, Liberal Arts Coach: Steve Bickham, 4th Season 3-Year Avg. ITA Ranking: 8 Power 6: 72.58 Blogger Ratings Overall Score: 8.84 Academic Reputation: 10.00 Tennis Program & Tradition: 8.10 Development: 8.13 Facilities: 8.50 On Court Persona:…
Gustavus Adolphus Fast Facts Location: St. Peter, MN Mascot: Golden Gusties Undergraduate Enrollment: 2,450 US News Ranking: 77th, Liberal Arts Colleges Coach: Tommy Valentini, 8th Season 3-Year Avg. ITA Ranking: 18 Power 6: 71.10 Blogger Ratings Academic Reputation: 6.50 Tennis Program & Tradition: 8.30 Development: 8.13 Facilities: 9.00 On Court Persona: Focused, Doughty,…
While the main event (Elite 8) is upon us, let us not forget that there were 16 teams prior to that battling it out for a chance to be there. Before that, 32, and before that, 43. All of these teams stories are important to what makes DIII, and while the Blog views some of…
Yooooooooooooooooooo. I think that the Blog and DIII Tennis have officially hyped the best time of the year up to a new level. Thanks to everyone in DIII that makes this sport great – it’s been ridiculously fun to keep up with every team here and the stories behind each one. While we don’t always…
The Emory Region happens to be hosted in Emory this year, after a bit of speculation that it might be held at Washington and Lee. Emory lucked out by Thomas More winning their conference and got the benefit of that by being able to host. They deserve it. Either way, the Emory region has long…