At the behest of the almighty D3TG, here is a weekend recap of the two matches that happened in my region plus a “guest article” about the Pacific Coast Doubles tournament that CMS always attends. As you’ll see, the guest article is more of a paragraph, but still, you gotta love a couple Stags representing…
Well, it appears the other regional writers have had things covered for the past week or so, but since this weekend’s matches are almost entirely in my territory, it’s my turn to step off the bench. Let’s go in temporal order: # 17 Redlands at #11 UC Santa Cruz When these two teams played at…
From here on out, I will be writing a “Best of the Rest” column to cover the activity of the other regionally ranked tennis teams that never get any attention from this blog. I’m sure UT-Tyler will soon be joining the national ranking, but the rest of these guys are deserving of attention too. This…
Coach: Geoff Roche, 14th year Location: Redlands, CA 2009 Ranking: 10 2010 Ranking: 16 2011 Ranking: 15 2012 Ranking: 17 2013 Projected Ranking: D3West , D3TG 15 Overview: Before hitting their recent funk, Redlands placed in the top ten for every year from 1992 to 2006. For the past couple years, they’ve floundered around in the mid-teens, even missing the NCAA…
Coach: Jeff Northam, 20th Season Location: Walla Walla, WA 2009 Ranking: 24 2010 Ranking: 19 2011 Ranking: 29 2012 Ranking: 14 2013 Projected Ranking: D3West 26, D3TG 17 Overview: As you can see from the national rankings, Whitman has been all over the map for the past couple years. The reason for this, I think, is because their sample size against ranked…
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…
Coach: Mike Geanette, 19th Season Location: Thousand Oaks, CA 2009 Ranking: 26 2010 Ranking: 7 2011 Ranking: 20 2012 Ranking: 12 2013 Projected Ranking: D3West 16, D3TG 16 Overview: Oftentimes, the ranking progressions are enough to illustrate where a program is headed, but in this case, they don’t tell the whole story. For a long time, Cal Lu was really a middling sort of…
Coach: Bryce Parmelly, 2nd Season Location: Santa Cruz, CA 2009 Ranking: 1 2010 Ranking: 5 2011 Ranking: 6 2012 Ranking: 9 2013 Projected Ranking: D3West 14, D3TG 14 Overview: UC Santa Cruz has to be the most decorated DIII tennis program in the country. Since Hansen started the team three decades ago, the Slugs have won seven national championships to…
Coach: Ben Belletto, 9th season Location: Claremont, CA 2009 Ranking: 28 2010 Ranking: 20 2011 Ranking: 8 2012 Ranking: 11 2013 Projected Ranking: D3West 13; D3TG 11 Overview: Until 2011, I was always surprised that P-P wasn’t better than they were. They had great facilities, a great location, and a really unique recruiting niche. As Pomona College, they could compete with the…
Coach: Russel McMindes, 4th Season Location: San Antonio, TX Conference: SCAC (Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference) 2009 Ranking: #15 2010 Ranking:#10 2011 Ranking: #10 2012 Ranking: #10 2013 Projection: #12, D3TG #10 Overview: First off, sorry to those of you who were waiting with bated breath for this team preview. I was supposed to get it…