I was going to title my weekly column “10 Things We’ve Learned This Year.” Then I saw an interesting result, Bates d. Johns Hopkins 7-2, and I realized that we haven’t learned anything besides Amherst, Emory and Williams are better than everyone else. Given Carnegie Mellon’s win against NC Wesleyan and Bates win over Hopkins…
Atlantic South Chris Goodwin (Emory) The Eagles had to be happy to see him back in the singles lineup. He went 6-0 last week in matches against Cal Lu, Skidmore, and Kenyon, winning comfortably in all of his singles matches, and teaming with Dillon Pottish to help Emory avoid the doubles sweep against Kenyon. Now,…
Saturday It was another busy day for D3 tennis, and in this season, that means there was another huge upset. #21 Carnegie Mellon def. #5 NCW 5-4 This match followed the script of a typical upset. CMU came out fired up and swept the doubles. NCW fought back in singles, but CMU was able to…
Monday #19 Trinity (CT) def. #26 Kalamazoo 6-3 This was a surprising box score, as Trinity won by dominating the bottom half of the singles lineup. We knew that depth wasn’t Kalamazoo’s strength, but it seemed like they were at least four players deep. Trinity picked up some close wins at the top of the…
I think the easiest way to talk about the big picture is by going through each team and looking at their individual situations, so that is what I’m going to do. Although they are no longer accurate, I’m going to do this in the same order as the last ITA rankings. I’m going to discuss…
Monday #5 NCW vs. #27 Chicago Everyone knows that Chicago is capable of winning any match, but this year has been tumultuous for them, and I don’t think it’s getting better today. NCW plays with a lot of heart, and they’re too confident to get intimidated by Chicago. They also need to bounce back from…
Rain diminished what would have been an extremely significant weekend, but there were still a couple huge stories. The biggest story of the weekend was Washington and Lee, who finally got a couple big wins after playing really good tennis for the first half of the season. On Saturday, they beat Case Western in an…
Atlantic South Max Kaye (Swarthmore) Very few A South teams were in action last week, but that doesn’t diminish Kaye’s performance. He went 5-0 in singles for the Garnet against five different ranked opponents (CMS, P-P, Redlands, Kenyon, and Whittier). His win over CMS spurred a comeback for Swarthmore, as they pulled off the upset…
A couple good matches took place yesterday that got lost in the excitement of the Stag-Hen. First off, Case Western beat Mary Washington 5-4. After a strong start to their season, Mary Washington is really struggling right now. They have several other chances, but they have to right the ship fast or they are going…
Well, it was a very interesting day at the Stag-Hen. Claremont bounced back from a tough week, as expected, but they did not do it at all like I expected them too. The Stags have never been a dominant doubles force, and they have always been one of the deepest, if not the deepest, teams in…