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,…

2018 ITA Cup Preview/Predictions

The beauty of this tournament is that these are the best of the best and anybody can win. Please pick a player from your “region” and tell us why he can bring home the hardware. AS: Jonathan Jemison, because he’s either the best or second best player in the draw. He’s a senior, he has…

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…

2018 “End” of Year Awards

WELCOME WELCOME WELCOME, boys and girls! Before we can really move onto the 2018-2019 season it is only fair that we recognize the best of what was. Yes, we usually do the Blog Awards at the end of the spring season, but we busy, lazy, and ready for summer vacation. Oh…and some people didn’t bother…

2018 FINAL Power Rankings

Man, it’s the summer. So when RPI Tennis comes around bothering me talking about how they waiting for Power Rankings, it gets me heated. But, it’s true that these are overdue. And I take responsibility for that. Here are our Final Power Rankings of the 2018 season. Note that these are not forward looking, which…

NCAA MEN’S FINAL PREVIEW: Bowdoin vs Middlebury, Dynasty vs Destiny

NCAA FINALS PREVIEW: No. 1 Bowdoin vs No. 2 Middlebury As the legendary Damian Kulash said, here it goes…here it goes…here it goes again. Not only is the the third and final round of a 2018 heavy-weight fight, it’s a rematch of the 2016 finals, when Bowdoin won its first and only NCAA title. Midd had…

NCAA Semifinal Preview: Bowdoin vs Chicago

NCAA Semifinal Preview: Bowdoin vs Chicago Our first NCAA Semifinal preview is a rematch from earlier this year, and once again in California. Yes, Bowdoin beat Chicago 7-2 earlier this year, but the Maroons have one of the same nine spots as last time these two teams faced off, and it was one of the…