The Guru’s Brief Midseason Review

It sounds amazing, but we are just about half way through the 2017 season. I wrote some brief comments on each team and broke things into five categories. I tried to touch on just about everyone in the top 30 as well as a few other teams that have stuck out to me. Apologies if…

2017 Power Rankings, 3/23

It’s Thursday, and that means Power Rankings. While the top 20 was fairly silent with no big upsets the past week, we did have some movement down below that I am sure our regional writers and readers are more than excited about. Also, we just released AVZ’s first podcast ever, featuring an interview with #8…

Regional Roundup – Colby Spring Break and More

According to D3West, the #2 rule of being a blogger is “don’t let blogging get in the way of your personal life”.  He still won’t tell me what rule #1 is.  Anyway, I bring this up as I was traveling last week and didn’t have the chance to write my weekly Regional Roundup.  However, this…

Power Rankings, 3/16

So, I will admit. This should have gone out early this morning but I got distracted by all the bracket madness going around. These are the best two days of the year hands down. So, excuse me if I let Power Rankings take a back seat for another college sport. Anyways, we had a ton…

Power Rankings, 3/9

On Thursdays, we power rank. Well, technically we power rank on Wednesdays, but I don’t get around to posting it until Thursday afternoon. Shoutout to all the bloggers who made it to the power rankings powwow yesterday even though I was not able to make it. I’m still recovering from that 3 hour episode of the…

Regional Roundup – Spring Break Recap and the Weekend Ahead

Alright Regional tennis fans, now specifically from New England and the West coast, I’m back at you with another article.  We will start off with a recap of the Brandeis Judges spring break, where they came away with a record of 3-2.  I’ll then take a shot at previewing the weekend to come, where we’ve…

2017 Power Rankings, 3/2

We’ve got what you’ve all been waiting for. Another edition of Power Rankings for you to dissect, comment on, and ridicule in the comments. With the ITA Rankings coming out today, this is a nice way for you to preview what’s probably about to happen in the rankings. Except, we can be more subjective about…

PLAYERS OF THE WEEK: 2/20-2/26

REGIONAL PLAYERS OF THE WEEK: February 20-26 We’re back with our 1st POTW of the 2017 season! Get excited. And if you’re one of the 1% who doesn’t care about POTW, we have our 1st power rankings coming out later this week. I”ll say it again. GET EXCITED! A-SOUTH Player: Adrien Bouchet Team:  Emory Results:…

Regional Roundup – West Craziness, Brandeis Spring Break Preview

Hello again all.  I hope everyone had a great weekend and maybe even got in some outdoor tennis with all the warm weather.  I wanted to do a quick write-up recapping a couple big 5-4 matches from the weekend, both of which I didn’t even realize were happening.  I really need to get on my…

2017 Season Preview: #30 Brandeis Judges

Brandeis Judges Coach: Ben Lamanna (12th season) Location: Waltham, MA ITA Ranking: #30 Blog Power Ranking: #23 Twitter Handle: @BrandeisTennis – much improved with the updates this fall, good work Deis! Overview: The Brandeis Judges are one of my favorite teams that I cover for a few reasons.  First of all, they compete in the…