As time goes on since the season unraveled, it feels all the more futile as the entire world continues unraveling as well. To be honest, I long for the days where most of my emotional energy was going towards D3 Tennis. And as I’ve been saying on Twitter, those days feel like many months ago,…
Well, here we are again. I hope everyone out there is doing alright, given the circumstances. I feel like I’ve been saying that a lot lately, both in work emails and just in everyday life when talking to people (either on the phone or from 6ft apart, by the way). It’s just one of the…
Hey, everyone. Thank you to all who have written in so far with their thoughts about what this experience has been like for them. Below we have a nice mix of players, coaches, and parents sharing a good variety of perspectives. I know for me it’s been interesting to hear how everyone is dealing with…
Man, this has cut deep with me. I know D3 Tennis is not the #1 priority in this world right now, but anyone involved in the sport knows how much it matters to a whole lot of people. I’ve been struck with how often I’m hearing, “This is all so crazy.” It’s true, and it…
NE SPRING BREAK UPDATE Can I tell you how dispiriting it is in the Blog group chat right now? Every couple hours there’s some new news on another school doing something related to the Coronavirus, or the stock market, or the presidential race or college basketball or something else equally as depressing. I bet if…
REGIONAL PLAYERS OF THE WEEK: 03/02 – 3/08 Happy Spring Break Cancellation Week, boys and girls! At this rate, we’ll be lucky if that’s all we get. In what we hope won’t be the last POTW of the season, we look back at a bit of a light week. In case you need it, click…
Hello folks. Remember to set your clocks FORWARD tomorrow. Don’t lose out on an extra hour of daylight! Enjoy the darkness when you wake up in the morning for a 6AM practice or when you go to work! That’s not miserable at all! Hey, at least that means an extra hour for Happy Hour. Which…
Hello again regional fans! As covid-19 has decided to disrupt everything around us, we refuse to let it disrupt The Blog! We’ve had a lot of pretty dank content over the last few days, so make sure you check it out! Creativity has never been my strong suit, so man am I happy my friend…
Central Rules Everything Around Me: March 6th – 8th Weekend feat. Spring Breaks (maybe) Recently it seems like the C in C.R.E.A.M. has changed to covid-19 in the past week. @d3west, The Blog’s Number One Resident gives his take in a succinct two tweet thread here. We’re not sure if Case, Kenyon, and Wash U…
I’m struggling to finish up my season previews but one of my two remaining teams actually plays a legit IMPORTANT match on Monday and time draws nigh. It is entirely possibly that we are embarking upon a season preview for a team that will make its first Final-Four in 2020. It’s also entirely possibly that…
