Coach: Scott Thielke, 24th Season Location: Gambier, Ohio Preseason ITA Ranking: 11 Blog Power Ranking: 17 Twitter Handle: @CoachThielke, @Kenyon_Tennis Overview The Lords took the old saying, “It’s not how you start but how you finish” to heart last year. Up until the NCAA tournament, it looked like Kenyon was having its worst season in recent years, suffering losses to…
They said we were dead. They said we couldn’t do it anymore. But here we are, giving you the inaugural power rankings of 2017. Not only that, we’re giving you a bit of new flavor this year. We have Regional AS and NEC on board, and we have a new writer in D3Midwest as well.…
Here are my top 10 takeaways from the ITA Central Region Championships. The great D3Central has added some commentary as well (in bold). 1. Chicago is ridiculously good (stolen from D3Central’s recap last year). Alright, the Maroons love this tournament. For the past three years, Chicago’s won both singles and doubles. Something about this year’s…
I am not sure if I even remember how to do this now that it has been so long since my last post. But I have a few extra minutes and thought I would give some quick reactions to the Kalamazoo regional ITA draw. While my focus this season is going to be national with…
I didn’t completely butcher my first post, so the bloggers kindly allowed me back. Since I’m new, I’ll again plug my Twitter info and e-mail. Tweet @d3midwest10s and e-mail d3midwest10s@gmail.com Because the ITA Central Region Championships are of course the best in the country, let’s get right down to business. Things to Consider 1. Originally,…
I’m not going to lie. I’m a little nervous about making my blog debut. Just kidding. For those of you that don’t know, my name is D3Midwest10s, and I am the new Central Region blogger. Without giving my identity away, please know that you are in good hands, kind of. I’m not going to be…
Did y’all miss us? Well, I hope you did, because we’ve got some great things in store for you this year. I promised some big things over the summer and those things will hopefully come to life as we move throughout the season. If you need an introduction again, we are The Blog, the only…
A recap of the eight teams that participated this week. I’m still speechless 48 hours later… Johns Hopkins – I don’t think the Blue Jays have received enough credit for reaching four Final Eights in the past five years. That’s something teams like Bowdoin, Kenyon, Williams and Trinity (TX) have failed to do. Due to…
Here are the links for our NCAA Singles and Doubles Bracket Challenges!!!!! 2016 Singles & Doubles Bracket Challenges *PLEASE NOTE THIS IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION* PLEASE DO NOT JOIN YET. Quick turn around here, boys and girls, but here are your singles and doubles bracket challenges. You have until 9am (Eastern) tomorrow to fill out your singles…
With the matches beginning shortly, I wanted to review the historical Final Fours and see what trends are noticeable as to which teams are winning. Given the Indoors trends article I did being way off in predicting this year, let me remind everyone to not put too much weight on what has happened historically. Below…
