#10 Brandeis @ #2 Middlebury & #22 Tufts @ #29 Caltech

Believe it or not, amidst both the Stag-Hen and all the crazy Pool-C shenanigans in Florida we still have more tennis to discuss! We have a top-10 battle as Brandeis visits Middlebury on Saturday, and we have Tufts beginning their spring break out in southern California at Caltech. Both of these teams are coming off…

ASouth Stream of Consciousness – ARIANA GRANDE EDITION

ASouth Stream of Consciousness – ARIANA GRANDE EDITION Well, my loyal readers. I’m on a plane to sunny California right now, which equates to a 6.5 hour flight in coach seating and nothing much to do because WE DON’T HAVE FREE WIFI YET. Given my predicament, I am figuring that there’s not much else to…

2019 Season Preview: #2 Middlebury Panthers

If you were new to DIII tennis and you took a look at the picture below, you might think this article was about to look at a world-class fencing team. While Cole Sutton’s mustache might be considered an assault (little fencing humor there), they are actually your defending national champions! This is my final season…

2019 Early Season Hot Takes: UAA > NESCAC

D3AS’ HOT TAKE: The UAA is the best conference this year, that ever was, and ever will be. D3AS DEFENSE: Sure, it’s early, but the UAA now has 6 top 15 teams (on the Men’s side) and we’re in early March. It has long been assumed that the NESCAC is the better conference, but I…

2019 Power Rankings, 3/4 Edition

Hi all! I was late with Power Rankings last week because the blogger team slacked off. I am not to blame at all and no blame should be placed on me. For comments and concerns, please direct them to my lawyer, D3RegionalNEC. All other concerns, please direct to my “fixer” D3RegionalASouth. Here are your Power…

2019 Women’s Season Preview: #5 Middlebury Panthers

Happy February 15th, ladies and gents! (Note: to those outside the Northeast bubble, Feb 15th is the first day NESCAC teams can start playing) That means the season is properly (and finally) kicking off in my neck of the woods. Now a lot of what I have to say about this team (particularly their lineup…

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…

18 in ’18: Things to know from the Tufts/Brandeis Invite + an Ode to Boris

I like to consider myself the Scott Van Pelt of the DIII blogging world. Mostly because he just seems like a cool dude, but also because I love the format of his show. Solid interviews, appears to be an extremely personable guy, uses creative segments like Bad Beats and The Best Thing I Saw Today,…

18 Takeaways: Thoughts from the ’18 New England ITA

Happy Thursday, boys and girls. It’s time for my ITA recap, and you all know what that means, buckle up for some long-winded rambling and strong blurbing! As always, it’s fall tennis so you have to take everything with a grain of salt, but this is the best of the best when it comes to…

Countdown to the 2018 New England ITA

Hello again, boys and girls. We’re smack in the middle of ITAs right now, with Emory and George Fox already dominating their respective regionals last weekend and a slew of tournaments beginning in the next few days. As I do every fall, I’m here to give you my ramblings on the best regional tournament in…