The Blog Retirement Article

Well hello there! I don’t need to tell you that the Blog has been pretty much dormant for the past year-plus. There are more than a few reasons for that, and it’s not just Covid. Yes, the season being cancelled last year took a lot of wind out of everyone’s sails, and while there is…

2019 Ojai Preview

D3RegionalNEC: Don’t mind me! Just posting this for my buddy DIIIWest. Take it away pal… DIIIWest: Here we are – what I like to call the April Madness of DIII tennis. A spectacle in college basketball, I believe The Ojai is college tennis’ equivalent out on the west coast. A beautiful and storied tournament with…

D3RegionalNEC March Quick Hits

Sorry for the interruption in service lately, folks! There was a bit of a lull in the schedule and then things really started ramping up, so I’m here to catch up as best I can. I’ve got a lot to cover and not much time, so let’s jump right in. Growing up I ate many…

Your Extensive West Region Fall Recap

Though the fall season is a relatively quick one for the players out West, I see it as one of the most grueling weekends of the year. There aren’t many times in the spring where you’ll play up to 10 matches (singles and doubles) in one weekend, so huge props to those who played an…

Six Pack Preview of New England / West Regional Questions

Blog fam! As the summer winds down, I start to question what I’m doing with my life when I get home from work and don’t need to think about writing an article. Then, as teams start to have their first practices and I see Brad Gilbert tweeting pictures with Connecticut College during the US Open,…

This Week in West: The SCIACs

It’s the final week of the pre-NCAA’s season, and that means it’s the SCIAC championships. The conference isn’t quite as strong as it once was, but with three teams in the top 15, it’s still clearly the third strongest conference in the country. Here’s a preview: Quarterfinals (1) CMS def. (8) Occidental 5-0 – The Stags…

This Week In West: The Ojai!

With the regular season winding down, it’s time for the most unique event on the DIII tennis calendar: The Ojai. Here are the draws. You’ll notice that the following changes have been made: The singles draw has decreased from 64 to 32, and the doubles draw has decreased from 32 to 16. The draw is…

POTW: 04/10-04/16

REGIONAL PLAYERS OF THE WEEK: 04/10-04/16 Our blogger group chat has devolved (evolved?) (D3W: definitely evolved) into more talk about dogs than tennis over the last couple days weeks months. Apologies to our resident cat-man, D3RegNE/C, but I’m taking it a step further this week. Woof… A-SOUTH Player: Emerson Walsh Team: Johns Hopkins Results: 1-1…

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…

West Region ITA Report Card

Because the ITAs typically represent the first and only look we get at West region teams prior to the start of the season in earnest, I would like to take a second to recap the ITAs, and pen a few thoughts on each of the major competitors. We’ll go chronologically Northwest ITA George Fox: A-…