Players of the Week: 03/19-03/25

REGIONAL PLAYERS OF THE WEEK: 03/19-03/25 Happy Monday, boys and girls. We’re back with a new crop of POTW, and with it comes a new theme. There has been some intense debate in the Blogger group chat of late, and unsurprisingly it has nothing to do with DIII tennis. A picture says a thousand words,…

Hazing in College Athletics Series: The Student-Athlete Perspective

ASouth and the Blog team here. We are back for another round of the “Hazing Series,” which as we all know has stemmed from the recent allegations, and now punishment, of the Redlands men’s tennis team. While rumors have been swirling about past Redlands teams and of course the always prominent “What did they actually…

BREAKING NEWS: Redlands hazing update

As you probably know by now, Redlands has cancelled all of their matches over the past week due to an ongoing investigation into team hazing. Recently a sentence was given. Those players found to the most responsible have been dismissed from the team, while those players found to be bearing some responsibility have been suspended…

What’s Happening in your NEC(k) of the Woods, Edition III (PLUS a Wash U-GAC preview)

Hello, world. It’s been a hot minute. Hope everyone is doing well as we try and shake from winter’s grasp and move towards spring and some outdoor tennis around the country! As I said on twitter, yes I’ve been somewhat quiet of late, but there haven’t been a ton of notable matches going on lately.…

2018 Pool C Update #1: First Look

Last year, these articles started in April. Why they started so late, I have no idea. This year, they are starting in the second to last week of March, which seems more appropriate. When NESCAC tennis starts up, that means it’s time to start the Pool C conversations. I think the reason why they are…

The Spice of Life: Blogger Hot Takes

We’re now well into the DIII season, and there has been A LOT of tennis over the past month or so. That being said, there is far more tennis left to be played and whenever we reach this point in the season we start seeing some players, coaches, fans, and even bloggers giving some Skip…

Power Rankings, 3/19

Power Rankings did not come out last week. This is my fault. I am making it up to you guys today, as we will have our Power Rankings early in the week. We will also have Power Rankings later in the week, so you can refresh after some more matches. What a time to be…

Players of the Week: 03/12-03/18

REGIONAL PLAYERS OF THE WEEK: 03/12-03/18 A-SOUTH Player: Chaz Downing Team: Carnegie Mellon Results: 3-0 in Singles, 1-2 in Doubles vs. Amherst, Bowdoin, Wesleyan Recap: With CMU having a pretty solid week last week, they can attribute that to the singles play of Chaz Downing, who went undefeated at #2 singles and notched a big…

Spring Break Part Infinity: CMU Pre-Cap and Emory Preview

This is a week of excitement. This is a week of MADNESS. It’s a week of a lot of Spring Break matches. What a week it already has been, with the Stag Hen completing and a new champion was crowned. We’ve had upsets, more upsets, and even a social media uproar about a certain program’s…

STAG-HEN Exit Survey

STAG-HEN EXIT SURVEY 1) As always, we start with your tweet-length recap of the tournament D3AS: We learned a lot about a lot of teams in this tournament, especially Wesleyan. D3NE: The Dancing Polar Bear lives, don’t fret about CMS just yet, and the bottom of Pool-C has the potential to be a mess of…