Bowdoin Spring Break Precap

#3 Bowdoin spring break precap I’m taking a page out of D3AS’ playbook here as I have three major spring breaks to cover this week. Wesleyan, Amherst and Bowdoin have all taken a trip to warmer weather, and all three teams are playing a crazy amount of matches in a short amount of time. Over…

Players of the Week: 03/04/19 – 03/10/19

REGIONAL PLAYERS OF THE WEEK: 03/4/19-03/10/19 It’s the start of many spring break weeks so we’re taking you to some place better than Florida and California put together…BlogLand! Congrats to this week’s winners and look out for a ton of content this week as we have a bunch of teams on spring break leading up…

Amherst Spring Break Precap

#7 Amherst spring break precap I’m taking a page out of D3AS’ playbook here as I have three major spring breaks to cover this week. Wesleyan, Amherst and Bowdoin have all taken a trip to warmer weather, and all three teams are playing a crazy amount of matches in a short amount of time. Over…

Wesleyan Spring Break Precap

#9 Wesleyan spring break precap I’m taking a page out of D3AS’ playbook here as I have three major spring breaks to cover this week. Wesleyan, Amherst and Bowdoin have all taken a trip to warmer weather, and all three teams are playing a crazy amount of matches in a short amount of time. Over…

#22 Tufts vs #10 Brandeis: The 9-mile rivals

#22 Tufts vs #10 Brandeis, Saturday at 3:30 p.m. NE: Tufts and Brandeis aren’t considered by most to be nemeses. Two teams, both coached by friendly people that play in different conferences. But let me tell you, those “friendly” coaches have an innate deep-seeded competitive fire, and they’d like nothing more than go out and…

This Week (and kind of next) in the Central: March 8-15, 2019 – A 5000′ View

This Week (and kind of next) in the Central: March 8-15, 2019 – A Five Thousand Foot View It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of UTR, it was the age of TRN, it was the epoch of ON IT, it was the epoch of post-match…

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: 5 Pool C spots is sufficient

NewRegional’s HOT TAKE: 5 Pool C spots is sufficient NewRegional DEFENSE: An important lesson I’ve learned from AS since entering the blogosphere is that every team can come up with excuses about why their team didn’t win a close match, or why they should have been better. But, the best teams work harder, are better,…

2019 Season Preview: #9 Wesleyan Cardinals

Happy Wednesday, boys and girls. One of the many benefits of being D3NE (besides all the groupies) is that I have longer to finish the dreaded season previews because most of my teams don’t start playing matches until mid-March. I always save the national champion for last (look for my Middlebury preview to come later…

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…