2018 Season Preview: #33 Colby Mules

Sometimes, I take a break from my nationally ranked teams and give some love to the regionally ranked teams as well. Actually, I never do that. But, I am doing so today for the Colby Mules, given that our friend D3Regional has been extremely busy and asked me to take this preview. I graciously accepted…

Players of the Week: 2/27-3/5

REGIONAL PLAYERS OF THE WEEK: 02/26-03/05 INTRO: There has been some fierce debate in the Blogger group chat about the merits (or lack thereof) of Olive Garden. Most of the bloggers are strongly opposed, but there are a couple pro-breadstick writers who won’t let the debate die. We decided to leave it up to you, and…

Power Rankings, 3/5

I will admit that this was supposed to go out last week, but due to unforeseen circumstances, we will be posting our Power Rankings early this week in order to soothe your concerns. Note that this should be taking into account most of the action that happened this past weekend, but given the timing there…

NEC Weekend Quick Hit

Finally! It’s a bit delayed, but here’s a quick look at some notable matches taking place this weekend involving some of my teams. Hopefully our friend NewD3Central will jump in with his thoughts at some point, but for now it’s just me, D3RegionalNEC, to break down the action before most of it gets underway tomorrow.…

February in Fredricksburg: A Recap of the Mary Washington Quad

Hello there, D3RegionalNEC here to bring you a Recap of this past weekend’s quad in Fredricksburg, where Mary Washington hosted Coe, Sewanee, and Stevens. D3RegaionalASouth joined me to discuss what happens and what it means moving forward, so please enjoy his words on UMW and Sewanee in addition to my thoughts on Coe and Stevens!…

2018 Indoors Recap: EXIT SURVEY

We’ve said it before, and we’ll say it again, but that was a damn good tournament. Great tennis, a back-and-forth DraftKings challenge, and phenomenal FREE live streaming! Congrats to Greg Janssen on his DraftKings win, and we’ll have an interview with Greg at some point this week. Shockingly, at one point or another every one…

Players of the Week 2/19-2/25

Happy Monday, boys and girls, and welcome to our first Players of the Week (POTW) of the 2018 season! At the beginning of each week, some of your favorite bloggers will bring you the best from the week that was. If you ever have a candidate in mind for a POTW, feel free to email…

2018 “Spring” Break Chronicles: Winter is (still) here

Snow is melting, flowers are blooming, the sun is shining…wait…none of that is happening. It may be only February, but welcome to the first edition of the 2018 Spring Break Chronicles, boys and girls! For whatever reason, Bates and Brandeis both take their “spring” break trips during February. All naming conventions aside, February sounds like…

What’s Happening in your NEC(k) of the Woods, Edition II

Take a quick break from all the Indoors Week coverage and our NEW PODCAST with Coach Settles and enjoy a look at what’s going on in the Central and Northeast among the regionally ranked teams (and beyond!). This one’s long AF so settle in and enjoy! To start, here’s my thoughts on the past week…

2018 Season Preview: #19 Bates Bobcats

Happy Friday, boys and girls, and welcome to my penultimate season preview. If the fact that we’re almost done with season previews doesn’t excite you, we can never be friends. However, they are almost done for a great reason…no it’s not D3Regional’s yearly hibernation (he actually did write something this week!), it’s officially wedding dual match…