Play-In Panda-monium

Aight, aight, aight. I know D3AS has got his national swag on, so Ima let him go ahead and do the small college nationals preview, but when it comes to the play-in matches, in the words of the late, great Colonel Sanders, “This is my dojo.” We’ve got Whitman and Trinity squaring off in both…

Northwest Regional Report Card

It’s been a while since the Northwest Conference has been competitive, but after this weekend, it seems like things are moving in the right direction for some of the lesser-known teams in the NWC. That might not be good news for our favorite Little Engine That Could, but it’s good news for just the general…

Southwest Regional Report Card

Well, the bulk of my intense investigative journalistic work is behind me, and all I have left to do is recap Trinity and Whitman’s respective bloodbaths. Since this is pretty simple, I’m gonna cut through the alphabetical malarkey and go straight to the teams that matter most. Trinity By all accounts, this was a stellar…

West Region ITA Day 1 Recap

Singles This baby’s about to get started up again, so I’m gonna pump this thing out. We’ll start by checking in on the favorites, seeing how the Darkhorses are shaping up, and revisiting the intriguing first round matches. Follow that up with some general thoughts, and then touch on doubles. Now that I’ve introduced this…

ITA Southwest (P)review

Well, D3Northeast is doing some pretty serious work, so I thought I should at least write something for the last of the three regionals going on out west right now. Actually, I finally got the draw this morning, and that’s only because the UT-Tyler website posted it in the results. Chalk that one up to…

SCIAC Tournament Wrap-Up

I’m not going to pretend the SCIAC tournament topped the UAA or NESCAC tournaments in terms of drama or quality of play, but we had a grand old time in this purple paradise this past weekend. A streak continued, a case was made, and the newly minted individual rankings were rendered completely inadequate. Let’s start…