2017 Indoors Daily Fantasy

It’s. Time.  Time for the best tournament of the season, the one that they call Indoor Nationals.  It’s #IndoorsWeek everyone and that means I come back from my hiatus to become the leader of this blog once again. Daily Fantasy was super hot for a quick second, but has somewhat died down now that half…

Central Region Early Season Thoughts

Division 3 tennis is in full swing, and it looks like the central region has played a bunch of matches. With that, I want to provide my thoughts on how the central region teams I cover have performed. As we always say, it’s a long season, so you can’t predict much from early season results, but…

2nd Annual Top 20 Teams of the Past Five Years

This is my season preview and the 2nd Annual Top 20 Teams of the Past Five Years. For those who want to reference last year’s article, the link is here: http://www.division3tennis.com/7148-2/ The rules of this are pretty simple. You need to be ranked in all five of the seasons examined and you need to have…

2017 Season Preview: #4 Wash U Bears

Welcome to D3Midwest10s’ first season preview. Just as a reminder, you can find me on Twitter @d3midwest10s and feel free to e-mail me at d3midwest10s@gmail.com. Let’s get to it… Coach: Roger Follmer, 16th Season Location: St. Louis, Missouri Preseason ITA Ranking: 4 Blog Power Ranking: 7 Twitter Handle: @WashUmTennis (Finally) Overview: What better way to start off my season previews than…

2017 Inaugural Power Rankings

They said we were dead. They said we couldn’t do it anymore. But here we are, giving you the inaugural power rankings of 2017. Not only that, we’re giving you a bit of new flavor this year. We have Regional AS and NEC on board, and we have a new writer in D3Midwest as well.…

ITA Central Region Championships Recap

Here are my top 10 takeaways from the ITA Central Region Championships. The great D3Central has added some commentary as well (in bold). 1. Chicago is ridiculously good (stolen from D3Central’s recap last year). Alright, the Maroons love this tournament. For the past three years, Chicago’s won both singles and doubles. Something about this year’s…

Kalamazoo ITA Quick Reactions to the Draw

I am not sure if I even remember how to do this now that it has been so long since my last post. But I have a few extra minutes and thought I would give some quick reactions to the Kalamazoo regional ITA draw. While my focus this season is going to be national with…

ITA Central Region Championships Preview

I didn’t completely butcher my first post, so the bloggers kindly allowed me back. Since I’m new, I’ll again plug my Twitter info and e-mail. Tweet @d3midwest10s and e-mail d3midwest10s@gmail.com Because the ITA Central Region Championships are of course the best in the country, let’s get right down to business. Things to Consider 1. Originally,…

Kickoff: D3Midwest10s

I’m not going to lie. I’m a little nervous about making my blog debut. Just kidding. For those of you that don’t know, my name is D3Midwest10s, and I am the new Central Region blogger. Without giving my identity away, please know that you are in good hands, kind of. I’m not going to be…

The Greek’s Freshman 15 – Fifteen Freshmen to Watch This Season

The new season is upon us, which means a new set of upsets, nail-biters, and, most importantly, freshmen. A few months ago, I wrote an article for the Tennis Recruiting Network (TRN) describing the impact of recruiting at the D-III level and how the caliber of recruits is at an all-time high. Today, I want…