2019 Women’s Season Preview: #13 Wash U Bears

Clearly the story of the week is NEW and her incredible feat of 5 season previews in 5 days!  She has inspired us all to step up and get some previews up, so here is my second preview for a Top 20 team in the Central region, this time for the Wash U Bears!  The…

2019 Season Preview: #4 University of Chicago Maroons

Location: Chicago, Illinois  Coach: Jay Tee (not JT) ITA National Ranking: 3 ITA Regional Ranking: 1 Blog Power Ranking: 4 Twitter Handle: @UChicagoTennis UTR Power 6: 72 U Chicago 2018 Spring Season tl;dr: Chicago won a freakin’ UAA championship. They got third at indoors and got smacked by Bowdoin in the NCAA semifinals last season.…

2019 Women’s Season Preview: #10 University of Chicago Maroons

D3 Women's Central here! Well NEW has done it again and kicked us into gear with her excellent preview of the emerging Amherst Mammoths. I’m starting my previews with the top ranked team in the Central Region, the University of Chicago Maroons. The Maroons have consistently been ranked in the top 10-15 in the country the last 5 years. They...

2019 Season Preview: #26 Kalamazoo Hornets

It makes sense that a streaky player would be a streaky blogger – that’s science, right? This season I will be preparing season previews for the eight nationally ranked teams in the central: Chicago, Wash U, Kenyon, Case, Kalamazoo, Denison, GAC, and Oberlin. All eight will drop this month and I’ll begin with the… Kalamazoo…

2019 Season Preview: #40 Carleton Knights

Fast Facts Location: Northfield, Minn. (45 miles south of Minneapolis) Head Coach: Stephan Zweifel, 22nd year as head coach (he’s also a biology professor and perhaps the only coach in D3 tennis with a Ph.D. in molecular genetics!) Assistant Coaches: Nick Crossley (eighth year) and Josh Heiden (fifth year). Massive shoutout to these two for…

2019 Power Rankings, Fall Edition

Lo and behold, I have finally come through and posted the Power Rankings. These rankings will now cue the ITA Rankings to be posted any day now, because they are probably waiting for us to post so they have an idea of where to put people. And also not rank MIT, which is the best…

2019 Season Preview: The Pool B Teams (TCNJ, UWW, UCSC)

I was going to start this article with a joke about a Lion, and Warhawk, and a Banana Slug, but I’m not funny enough to make it worth, so I’ll spare you. And so begins my preview of the three teams vying for the (I’m assuming) one spot into the NCAA tournament via Pool B.…

THE SPICE IS RIGHT: Take 8 – AVZ

THE SPICE IS RIGHT: AVZ It’s getting cold outside, boys and girls, so how about a little spice to heat up your life? We’ve gathered the blogger roundtable for one final time in 2018 to do a little crystal ball gazing and fiery hot take…ing for you. Each blogger has given a hot take about…

THE SPICE OF LIFE: Take 7 – D3NE

THE SPICE OF LIFE: NE It’s getting cold outside, boys and girls, so how about a little spice to heat up your life? We’ve gathered the blogger roundtable for one final time in 2018 to do a little crystal ball gazing and fiery hot take…ing for you. Each blogger has given a hot take about…

THE SPICE IS RIGHT: Take 6 – DIIIWest

THE SPICE IS RIGHT: DIIIWest It’s getting cold outside, boys and girls, so how about a little spice to heat up your life? We’ve gathered the blogger roundtable for one final time in 2018 to do a little crystal ball gazing and fiery hot take…ing for you. Each blogger has given a hot take about…