10. Can Williams do it again? The Ephs one-upped their performance from last year and finished 3rd rather than 4th, getting revenge against Wash U in the process. A near win against Amherst and a 2nd place regular-season NESCAC finish are both excellent accomplishments, however I believe 2 losses are going to stick in the…
If Emory and Kenyon had a week off and then played the National Championship, Emory wins comfortably. I think everyone knows that too including the Lords. Emory has crushed Kenyon twice this season, once in the Indoors semifinal and the other time in the Stag-Hen semifinal. Neither match was even remotely close. But the Championship…
Let’s review Amherst’s season against opponents currently ranked top 20 in the country. Hopkins 6-3 win (Led 2-1 after doubles) Carnegie 8-1 win (Led 2-1 after doubles) Bowdoin 7-2 win (Led 2-1 after doubles) Cal Lu 5-4 win (Led 2-1 after doubles) Pomona-Pitzer 7-2 win (Led 3-0 after doubles) CMS 6-3 win (Led 2-1 after…
In the comments section of my other post discussing the Elite 8, someone asked me to discuss what’s on the line for each team reputation-wise this week in Cary. As I’ve stated a couple times, I believe each team has a reputation among the D3 community, and typically that reputation is a hard one to…
I’m sure d3tennisguy will publish a wrap-up of this past weekend and detailed previews of all the Final 8 matches, but I wanted to share some big picture thoughts on next week’s matches. Going back to the beginning of the season, despite the ups, downs and upsets for most teams, I think in general we…
10) What about the bracket initially pops out? Obviously three main things that I noticed. First of all, Redlands getting in over Bates was a big surprise for me. As I stated, I think Redlands serves very little purpose in this tournament as a team that has about a 5% chance to make the Sweet…
A lot to talk about here, but first of all lets run down the expected field of 43: Pool A (The winning team from each of the 30 conferences who have automatic bids to the tournament): Allegheny Mountain- PSU-Behrend ASW-UT Tyler Capital–UMW Centennial JHU CUNY–Baruch Colonial–Marywood Commonwealth Coast–Nichols Commonwealth–Elizabethtown Empire 8–Stevens Freedom–Wilkes Heartland–Earlham IIAC–Coe Landmark–Drew…
I’ll try to simplify this the best I can. The way d3tennisguy and I see things, Whitman is the 7th overall seed and Trinity TX is the 8th overall seed. Both of these teams need to be flown somewhere due to the 500-mile rule. The other team that is causing a dilemma is Gustavus. They…