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…

2017 Season Preview: #29 Denison Big Red

Location: Granville, Ohio Coach: Peter Burling, 27th season ITA National Ranking: 33 ITA Regional Ranking: 7 Blog Power Ranking: 29 Twitter Handle: @denisontennis. No tweets since September 2015. 🙁 Realistic Best Case Scenario: Denison steps up at the right time and rides strong doubles play to an unexpected NCAC title, earning an NCAA bid and…

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.…

ITA Central Region Championships Recap

Here are my top 10 takeaways from the ITA Central Region Championships. The great D3Central has added some commentary as well (in bold). 1. Chicago is ridiculously good (stolen from D3Central’s recap last year). Alright, the Maroons love this tournament. For the past three years, Chicago’s won both singles and doubles. Something about this year’s…

Kickoff: D3RegionalNEC

Greetings, dear readers.  Allow me to introduce myself.  My name is D3RegionalNEC, and I’m your new writer focused on providing coverage for the Northeast and Central Region’s regionally ranked teams.  Don’t see your favorite team discussed below? Have some beef with something I said? Wondering what I had for breakfast? Always feel free to drop…

Kalamazoo ITA Quick Reactions to the Draw

I am not sure if I even remember how to do this now that it has been so long since my last post. But I have a few extra minutes and thought I would give some quick reactions to the Kalamazoo regional ITA draw. While my focus this season is going to be national with…

ITA Central Region Championships Preview

I didn’t completely butcher my first post, so the bloggers kindly allowed me back. Since I’m new, I’ll again plug my Twitter info and e-mail. Tweet @d3midwest10s and e-mail d3midwest10s@gmail.com Because the ITA Central Region Championships are of course the best in the country, let’s get right down to business. Things to Consider 1. Originally,…

2017 Season Kickoff – The Blog, 10 Burning Questions

Did y’all miss us? Well, I hope you did, because we’ve got some great things in store for you this year.  I promised some big things over the summer and those things will hopefully come to life as we move throughout the season.  If you need an introduction again, we are The Blog, the only…