A Ode to the Victors: 2016 National Championship Poem

When in May, the D3 tennis world is at it’s end, Some have joy while others heart’s need to mend. This post season brought us many a thrill, Tests of courage, talent, and young men’s will. It all began with the journey of one team, Behind 3-0, an exit in the quarters it seemed. Backs…

Central Region Individual Nationals Update

So I have been tasked by almighty ASouth to give an update on the Central region’s individual nationals picture. Typically this is an arduous task of looking at who has beaten who, where the bad losses are, and figuring out what indirect wins might impact positioning. After some initial thoughts, it might be a pretty…

Chicago Massacre Weekend: Wash U and Case Visit

D3TennisGreek: If you are a fan of central region tennis, then you must be giddy with excitement. The region’s top three teams – Chicago, Case, and Wash U – will face one another this weekend in the Windy City, and there are major UAA seeding and Pool C implications with each result. Because I’m a…

Texas (Trinity and Tyler) vs. Central (Wash U and Gustavus)

Ok gents, it’s already Thursday and West and I are both busy people. He is out saving the world and I am out playing golf. Those seem pretty comparable right? Anyways, both Wash U and Gustavus seem to take some random trips each year and Texas is a good destination to get some great matches.…

Central State of the Region

The Central region is in a pretty big lull the last few weeks which means I was able to sort of disappear as a blogger and somehow manage to pick a player from Bethel as my POTW. Sadly Greek continuously reminds me that he is there to take my job when I pass away and…

Central Weekend Wrap Up

The first big Central weekend is in the books and I asked for fireworks and I am pleased to report we got just that. Because I wasn’t actually in attendance (sorry Whitewater, the rumors weren’t true), I won’t break down each individual match, but rather point out the biggest takeaways from the results. The good,…

Three big Central matches: Kenyon/Chicago/Whitewater

So the season is finally upon us which means a massive group text message conversation between all the bloggers discussing lineups, overreacting after the first 3 games of doubles, and the campaigning of having LoveD3Tennis come back in the comments section. While some of the matches that were played had some interesting story lines mainly…

2016 Season Preview: #6 University of Chicago

Coach: Jay Tee (4th season) Location: Chicago, IL Preseason Rank: #6 Twitter Handle: @UChicagoTennis Overview: Well I wasn’t planning on writing my last preview until the last minute because I thought Chicago deserved the cliche of saving the best for last. But a slow day at work and the sudden realization that the Maroons play their…