2019 Power Rankings, 3/4 Edition

Hi all! I was late with Power Rankings last week because the blogger team slacked off. I am not to blame at all and no blame should be placed on me. For comments and concerns, please direct them to my lawyer, D3RegionalNEC. All other concerns, please direct to my “fixer” D3RegionalASouth. Here are your Power…

2019 Early Season Hot Takes: Subway is just fine

D3NE’s HOT TAKE: Subway is a perfectly good food option when traveling with the team D3NE DEFENSE: I’m not calling it elite, I’m not out of my mind people, but I’ve been hearing for years that Subway is a terrible place to eat when traveling, when in reality it’s basically the same as Quiznos, Potbelly,…

This Weekend in the Central: March 1-3, 2019

  RE: This Weekend in the CENTRAL REGION: March 1-3, 2019   #1 U Chicago: idle #8 Wash U: idle #12 GAC: March 2: vs. St. Olaf & Hamline #13 Kenyon idle #14 Case Western: idle #24 Kalamazoo: March 3: vs. #25 Denison #25 Denison: March 2: vs. Hope, March 3 vs. #24 Kalamazoo #35…

2019 Early Season Hot Takes: Chicago finna win a natty

Welcome to another round of Blogger Hot Takes, boys and girls! In the fall we ran our hot takes series where all the bloggers responded to each other’s hot takes, which included things like D3AS saying Chicago will get 3rd in the UAA and bow out in the NCAA QF or my take that Brandeis…

Players of the Week: 02/18/19-02/24/19

REGIONAL PLAYERS OF THE WEEK: 02/18-02/24 Happy Tuesday, boys and girls. Today we have our first Players of the Week (POTW) of 2019! This is a weekly feature we run near the beginning of each week highlighting some of the accomplishments of players in our “regions.” There will be a different theme each week, with…

Indoors Reaction Roundtable

Continuing with our Indoors coverage, we have convened an emergency meeting of the infamous Blogger round table to get a wide range of perspectives on one of the better tournaments in recent memory. Without further ado, the 2019 Indoors Reaction Roundtable! Summarize 2019 Indoors in 5 word or fewer? AS: Best Tournament Outside of NCAAs…

2019 Indoors – Blogger Predictions

AS: Are you Indoors’ed out yet? No? Well, good, because we haven’t even gotten to the tournament yet. Make sure you sign up for Draftkings so we all shut up about it (Spoiler alert: We don’t shut up about it). Below, you’ll find predictions from each one of our bloggers for 2019 Men’s Indoor Nationals. There are…

D3RegionalNEC Rapid Reaction: UPSET SPECIAL

I realize I still have to finish (well, first I have to start it) my Coe season preview, but in keeping with my new philosophy of “if you want me to write about your team, do something interesting,” tonight calls for some rapid reaction on the first big upset of the year, with unranked Rochester…

2019 Season Preview: Liberty League

Finally! It’s becoming one of my most eagerly anticipated articles of the winter, thanks to some rabid Blog fans, and I’m happy to finally get the people what they want. With nine teams, I tried to give everyone at least a little attention, but as I said at the beginning of this season—if you want…

2019 Season Preview: #40 Carleton Knights

Fast Facts Location: Northfield, Minn. (45 miles south of Minneapolis) Head Coach: Stephan Zweifel, 22nd year as head coach (he’s also a biology professor and perhaps the only coach in D3 tennis with a Ph.D. in molecular genetics!) Assistant Coaches: Nick Crossley (eighth year) and Josh Heiden (fifth year). Massive shoutout to these two for…