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…

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…

West Region ITA Rapid Reax

I’m feeling good because the Broncos just won, so I’m gonna pump out a quick rapid reaction from my favorite tennis weekend of the year. The ITA weekend was always my favorite for many reasons: it was the first significant competition for several months, and I was always jonesing; it was exciting to see how…

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,…

Power Rankings, 5/4

I’ve spent most of my morning listening to the podcast with AVZ and Coach Browning of Emory, which is why these Power Rankings are going out a little bit late. If you would like to listen to the podcast, which you should, feel free to click the link below. Power Rankings aren’t going anywhere. http://www.division3tennis.com/van-zees-vault-podcast-emorys-john-browning/…

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…

Regional Roundup – NEWMAC Preview and Individuals Update

This Saturday will be the semis and finals of the NEWMAC tournament. The NEWMAC has been a conference long dominated by MIT basically as long as some of our writers have been alive. This year, with Babson losing their top 3 guys to graduation, MIT is probably as a big a favorite as they have…

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…

2017 Power Rankings, 4/13 + 2 Announcements

Lyin' D3ASouth never keeps his promises. Said Power Rankings would come out in the morning. Will come out soon. Sad! — d3AtlanticSouth (@d3AtlanticSouth) April 13, 2017 Oops! I know I promised this way earlier. I also know I haven’t been at my desk all day to crank this out for you guys like Soulja Boy,…