Wesleyan 2015-2016 Season Preview OVERVIEW Happy Friday, boys and girls. As we continue to work our way through the top teams in the country, today we have the Wesleyan Cardinals for you. Most of the other writers are about done with their preview schedules (~1 for ASouth, ~1 for West, 0 for Central, ~3 for Regional)…
Location: Poughkeepsie, NY Head Coach: Kathy Campbell, 38th year!!!!! Twitter Handle: @brewin_vcwt 2013 National Ranking: #26 2014 National Ranking: #29 2015 National Ranking: #21 2016 Pre-Season National Ranking: #21 Intro: Vassar had a good season last year, knocking off some teams ranked above them at the time (LaVerne and Whitman) during a successful Spring Break trip, and giving…
The College of New Jersey Lions Coach: Scott Dicheck (16th season) Location: Ewing, NJ Blog Power Ranking: #39 Twitter Handle: @TCNJ_Tennis – solid with updates Overview: TCNJ is one of those teams that has just kind of been around for the past several years. Much like a Vassar, Rochester or RPI, TCNJ has had a…
Tufts 2015-2016 Season Preview QUICK FACTS Coach: Karl Gregor, 5th Season at Tufts. 2nd as Head Coach (2014-2015 as Interim-Head Coach) Location: Medford, Massachusetts Preseason Power Ranking: 21st Preseason ITA Ranking: 20th Preseason ITA Regional Ranking: 6th Twitter Handle: @TuftsMensTennis. Fairly reliable last year, but didn’t have a great fall. Occasionally good for Zain Ali…
As the blog historian, I wanted to come in with my version of a season kickoff article. This will review the top 20 teams of the past five years as determined by average finish between the 2011 and 2015 seasons. There is one exception to this which I will explain below. I will also take…
Location: Hartford, CT Head Coach: Lori Shulman, 1st year Twitter Handle: @LadyBantTennis 2013 National Ranking: #18 2014 National Ranking: #17 2015 National Ranking: #30 2016 Pre-Season National Ranking: #30 Intro: The Bantam’s motto this year needs to be ‘Fresh Start.’ They are a storied team that has been in a steady decline these past couple of…
Guess what readers! You’re going to be reading a lot of articles this weekend as Blizzard Jonas has touched down in the East Coast, meaning I have nothing better to do than blog for all of you guys. Man, what a life. I told Coach Tee the other day that I was hitting the slopes…
Location: Saratoga Springs, NY Head Coach: Curt Speerschneider, 10th year Twitter Handle: none? 2013 National Ranking: #19 2014 National Ranking: #16 2015 National Ranking: #16 2016 Pre-Season National Ranking: #16 Intro: Welcome to my season preview of the Skidmore Thoroughbreds! The Thoroughbreds lost to #1 Williams in the Sweet 16 in the 2015 NCAAs. Looking at their potential…
Bates 2015-2016 Season Preview OVERVIEW Hello again, boys and girls, and welcome to another NE rambling wall of text, season preview. Today I’m taking a look at the Bates Bobcats, but I feel like we’ve seen this movie before. Bates lost its top player last year, and another guy who was important to the doubles…
Location: Medford, MA Head Coach: Kate Bayard, 10th year Twitter Handle: @Jumbos_Tennis 2013 National Ranking: #17 2014 National Ranking: #15 2015 National Ranking: #24 2016 Pre-Season National Ranking: #24 Intro: After a somewhat unexpected down 2015 season, the Jumbos are looking for a fresh start. To recap the 2014-2015 season, the fall season started out with much…
