2018 Power Rankings, 3/28

The Power Rankings schedule has been a bit off this year, but we are back to our normal cadence of posting these in the middle of the week. The Blog Group Chat has been quite annoyed with my sporadic Power Rankings posts as I’ve had to ask them many times to re-do their rankings as…

Hazing in College Athletics Series: The Student-Athlete Perspective

ASouth and the Blog team here. We are back for another round of the “Hazing Series,” which as we all know has stemmed from the recent allegations, and now punishment, of the Redlands men’s tennis team. While rumors have been swirling about past Redlands teams and of course the always prominent “What did they actually…

Hazing in College Athletics Series: A Brief Overview

With the recent news rocking the Division III tennis community in regards to hazing at Redlands and past transgressions at other prominent programs (Bowdoin), it is our duty as messengers and ambassadors for our game to speak up and out about something so important. To read the announcement, Click Here. Our intent is not to…

BREAKING NEWS: Redlands hazing update

As you probably know by now, Redlands has cancelled all of their matches over the past week due to an ongoing investigation into team hazing. Recently a sentence was given. Those players found to the most responsible have been dismissed from the team, while those players found to be bearing some responsibility have been suspended…

2018 Pool C Update #1: First Look

Last year, these articles started in April. Why they started so late, I have no idea. This year, they are starting in the second to last week of March, which seems more appropriate. When NESCAC tennis starts up, that means it’s time to start the Pool C conversations. I think the reason why they are…

The Spice of Life: Blogger Hot Takes

We’re now well into the DIII season, and there has been A LOT of tennis over the past month or so. That being said, there is far more tennis left to be played and whenever we reach this point in the season we start seeing some players, coaches, fans, and even bloggers giving some Skip…

Power Rankings, 3/19

Power Rankings did not come out last week. This is my fault. I am making it up to you guys today, as we will have our Power Rankings early in the week. We will also have Power Rankings later in the week, so you can refresh after some more matches. What a time to be…

NE Weekend Preview — With a little help from my friends

NE Weekend Preview – with a little help from my friends Happy March Madness, boys and girls! The Blog has been crushing it this week as we roll through a heavy spring break period. The Stag Hen, individual match-by-match previews, and so much more! There are so many matches this weekend, that I’m about to…

#16 UMW @ #14 PP AND #14 PP @ #13 Redlands

DIIIWEST: March has arrived and Indoors are now in the rear view mirror. Outdoor tennis is officially underway and Stag Hen is right around the corner which we are all excited about! Before some of the best teams arrive in Claremont for the tournament, there are two matches that are peaking our interest and that…

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…