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…
My oh my, I’m late one week with this preview and I am sure to hear it from the one and only Adam Van Zee in the group chat. We’ve been busy here at the blog, churning out season previews and listening to you all complain about the Women’s coverage. However, we will soldier on,…
George Fox University Coach: Neal Ninteman (8th season) Location: Newberg, OR ITA Ranking: UR Blog Power Ranking: UR Twitter Handle: @GFUTennis – very good updates Overview: This week in D3Regional season previews, we transition from the UAA to the SCIAC and now the good old NWC, one of my favorite conferences just because nobody seems…
Hello, boys and girls, and welcome to another year of season previews. While I hope you’ve been reading the other previews that have been dropping over the past couple weeks, today is my first of the season and I couldn’t be more excited. New slate of season preview, new D3NE. Fewer #WallsOfText, more #Blurbs. So…
It’s time for another preview! Luckily for Chicago (and the other teams who I preview in the next couple weeks), I am on a two-week vacation, meaning my previews will be longer and better-researched (sorry Wash U and Case). Here we go… Coach: Jay Tee, 5th Season Location: Chicago, IL Preseason ITA Ranking: 5 Blog Power Ranking: 2 Twitter Handle: @UChicagoTennis…
The call for a successor will continue until morale improves. Please e-mail me: d3tennisguy@gmail.com Coach: Paul Settles, 14th season Location: Claremont, CA ITA Ranking: #6 Blog Power Ranking: #4 Twitter Handle: @CMSTennis, one of the better team Twitters out there Team Hashtag: #GoStags, pretty generic, but we’ll see if they come up with something new this year. Overview: First off,…
Location: Rocky Mount, NC Coach: Dustin Hale (2 Seasons) ITA National Ranking: N/A ITA Regional Ranking: 9 (Atlantic South) Blog Power Ranking: 41 Twitter Handle: @NCWBishopTennis Greetings once again! We all know that Atlantic South has been a little bit of a grinch towards this team in the past, however in the spirit of Christmas, I’m going to try to…
Location: Granville, Ohio Coach: Peter Burling, 27th season ITA National Ranking: 33 ITA Regional Ranking: 7 Blog Power Ranking: 29 Twitter Handle: @denisontennis. No tweets since September 2015. 🙁 Realistic Best Case Scenario: Denison steps up at the right time and rides strong doubles play to an unexpected NCAC title, earning an NCAA bid and…
Coach: Todd Wojtkowski, 9th Season Location: Cleveland, Ohio Preseason ITA Ranking: 8 Blog Power Ranking: 14 Twitter Handle: @casetennis1 Overview It’s no secret that Case has one of, if not the, best coach in D3 tennis. Since his arrival to Cleveland in 2008, Coach Todd Wojtkowski has given his life to the Spartans program, and it has…
California Institute of Technology Coach: Mandy Gamble (14th year) Location: Pasadena, CA ITA Ranking: UR Blog Power Ranking: UR (ranked #40 by D3Central!) Twitter Handle: @CaltechTennis – very good with updates. @CaltechBeavers also offers lots of tennis updates. Overview: Next up on the season preview slate, I shift from Waltham, MA across the country to…
