Power Rankings, 3/9

On Thursdays, we power rank. Well, technically we power rank on Wednesdays, but I don’t get around to posting it until Thursday afternoon. Shoutout to all the bloggers who made it to the power rankings powwow yesterday even though I was not able to make it. I’m still recovering from that 3 hour episode of the…

A Look Back, A Look Forward: The Week in Regional NE+C

     First things first, what a weekend we just had! Saturday afternoon on twitter was intense, following all the matches between my teams, most notably Wheaton vs Wabash and Vassar vs Rochester. I knew Wheaton and Wabash would be close, and as the match progressed it was clear it was going to come down…

2017 Power Rankings, 3/2

We’ve got what you’ve all been waiting for. Another edition of Power Rankings for you to dissect, comment on, and ridicule in the comments. With the ITA Rankings coming out today, this is a nice way for you to preview what’s probably about to happen in the rankings. Except, we can be more subjective about…

Central/Northeast Regional Weekend Preview

The excitement of last weekend’s Kalamazoo-Kenyon match was a great start to what should be a Central region full of tight matches this year, with a lot of teams appearing to be pretty even. This is great news for us fans of D3 tennis, and gives me plenty to write about. While the Northeast is…

#35 Coe vs. #5 Chicago Preview

Alright, central region tennis fans! The weekend of first dual matches is upon us, with nationally-ranked Chicago, Kenyon, and Coe all in action. In this post, I’m specifically going to cover the Coe vs.Chicago match. While I’m excited to see the Kenyon lineup, the Lords are facing NAIA Northwestern Ohio, so there really isn’t any…

2017 Season Preview: #35 Coe Kohawks

Location: Cedar Rapids, Iowa Coach: Eric Rodgers, 28th year ITA National Ranking: 35 ITA Regional Ranking: 9 Blog Power Ranking: 38 Twitter Handle: @KohawkTennis.  Between their massive schedule and the women’s team, expect to see plenty of tweets from this account in your timeline! Realistic Best Case Scenario: Coe cruises through most of their schedule,…

2017 Inaugural Power Rankings

They said we were dead. They said we couldn’t do it anymore. But here we are, giving you the inaugural power rankings of 2017. Not only that, we’re giving you a bit of new flavor this year. We have Regional AS and NEC on board, and we have a new writer in D3Midwest as well.…

Midwest ITA Recap

Wow! What an all-around incredible ITA weekend throughout the country. We witnessed the upsets, the drama, the tears (I really hope nobody cried), and of course, the hooking. But, I’ll only be talking about one of those four things (the tears…just kidding). The format of this recap is going to be a bit different than…

ITA Midwest Regional Championships Preview

The Central ITA Regional Championships were fun to cover last week, but my name is not d3MIDWEST10s for nothing! The Midwest ITA Regional Championships are where all the fun is at. While there are feasibly three or four players that could win this tournament, I love getting to cover these teams. If you haven’t looked…