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: #3 Amherst Mammoths

As the Australian Open comes to a close, we have to keep you entertained and welcome you back to our women’s coverage on the Blog! And to kick it off, we’re bringing you allll the season previews.   Starting us off this year is a true contender from the Northeast. A big win over rival…

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,…

Which D3 lady will take home the ITA Cup?!

It’s October and fall tennis is well underway. Teams have played a couple of tournaments, maybe some dual matches, and are just giving us a sneak peak of what we’ll get come spring. This weekend, we’ll turn our focus to the ITA Cup, where the cream of the crop will duke it out in a…

2018 Wallach Invitational Recap

Happy Wednesday, boys and girls. We’re rapidly approaching the end of the fall season, but before we hit the firework encore this weekend with the ITA Cup and the Tufts/Brandeis Invite, we’re here to look back on the weekend that was. Bates hosted the annual Wallach Tournament, and the field was as solid as always,…

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…