Dear D3 Tennis Community, I hate that we keep meeting like this as it seems my retired blog career is only resurrected when a new “incident” has occurred in the D3 tennis world. I feel a sense of responsibility to cover these issues partly based on my unwavering mission to positively affect the people around…
Yes you read the headline correct. The Headmaster himself, D3AtlanticSouth joined me on the first podcast of the year. Take a listen to get up to speed on all the happenings in D3 over the summer, a quick prediction of the upcoming season, and random topics that fill the blog WhatsApp chat throughout the year.…
Part of being a blogger is the necessity of being unbiased for the sake of argument. Because I am semi retired as a blogger and not anonymous like my fellow D3 historians, I can waive my unbiased ways and write a complete homer article supporting my team. What seemed like a fairly straight forward individuals…
With the recent news rocking the Division III tennis community in regards to hazing at Redlands and past transgressions at other prominent programs (Bowdoin), it is our duty as messengers and ambassadors for our game to speak up and out about something so important. To read the announcement, Click Here. Our intent is not to…
It’s indoors week this week so what better time to release the first Podcast of 2018?!? We always want to start the year off right and what better way to do that than to talk with one of the best coaches in D3. Coach Paul Settles joins me to talk about his team, the program,…
Two articles in two weeks?!? What is wrong with me? I have already been told by the Headmaster that I can’t post anymore because that’s stepping on the NewD3Central’s work. Is this how we treat our elders nowadays?!? Guess I am replaceable talent. Hopefully we will get podcasting up and going again soon as that’s…
Well it seems I decided to come out of writing retirement to preview what is likely my favorite tournament of the year. Yes you can get excited for Indoors, Stag Hen, or nationals, but nothing like a 128 draw individual tournament that will separate the men from the boys. In the past couple of years,…
It was quite a weekend which was highlighted by the upset victory by Gustavus over Chicago so it seemed to make sense that the next podcast would be with Coach Valentini. I am out on the west coast and just woke up to numerous messages saying that the blog team was ready to listen so…
It’s a crazy week with plenty to talk about. The NCAA tournament draw came out on Monday with very few surprises as both Pool B and Pool C seemed to be obvious choices. For this podcast, D3West joins me once again to break down each region and highlight the matches that should be ones to…
As the regular season winds down and conference tournaments are being played, the national tournament is on the minds of coaches across the country. Whether or not you can lock up a bid via Pool A by winning your tournament or sweat out the Pool B and Pool C selections, receiving that invitation is…