Happy Thursday, boys and girls, and welcome to another episode of Talented but Troubled: Season Preview edition. For as difficult as the academics are for so many of the top tennis programs in DIII, MIT might have them all beat. Perhaps that’s why this team seems to perennially underachieve. Do you know what Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal…
D3W: Welcome to the Spring Break Walla Walla preview, and boy do we have a doozy of a quad lined up for you this year. This is undoubtedly the best quartet since the very first (featuring CMS, Trinity, and a still-relevant UC Santa Cruz), and it’s nice to see some early interregional action with Gustavus…
Pacific University (OR) Coach: Brian Jackson (10th season) Location: Forrest Grove, OR ITA Ranking: #31 Blog Power Ranking: #35 nationally, #7 in the west Power 6 Rating: 62 Twitter Handle: @BoxerTennis – very strong updates Twitter Hashtag: Nothing consistent…#GoBoxers looks to be a Pacific U athletics wide hashtag. I think the tennis team can do…
The newbie D3Westv2 is showing his SCIAC chops again with a Whittier season preview, which concludes our West region coverage in terms of season preview. We have our first big West region matches of the year this weekend, so look out for a Spring Break Walla Walla preview! Coach: Quinn Calderon, 2nd Season Location: Whittier,…
Coach: Joe Vann, 1st year Location: Tyler, Texas ITA Ranking: #23 Blog Power Ranking: #15 Overview: The story of last season for the Patriots was 5-4 losses. They lost 5-4 to Kenyon, GAC (twice), Redlands, Trinity, Whitman (5-3), and Claremont. They finally pulled out a 5-3 victory over Whitman in the NCAA tournament and were somehow rewarded with the #23…
Location: Saratoga Springs, NY Coach: Nate Simms, 12th year ITA National Ranking: 21 ITA Regional Ranking: 8 (Northeast) Blog Power Ranking: 22 Twitter Handle: @skidmenstennis Another night, another blog! After getting up this morning at 3:30 to watch the historic finals of the Australian Open, I’m more excited than ever to cover some tennis! I’m definitely riding the…
This is my season preview and the 2nd Annual Top 20 Teams of the Past Five Years. For those who want to reference last year’s article, the link is here: http://www.division3tennis.com/7148-2/ The rules of this are pretty simple. You need to be ranked in all five of the seasons examined and you need to have…
We finally have tennis to play! Tomorrow is the first D3 vs D3 action. The Chicago vs Coe match-up looks to be pretty awesome because how many teams can boast a roster to have 14 singles matches. Pretty cool stuff. I will be watching some regional action as Wabash opens up their season against Augustana…
Alright, central region tennis fans! The weekend of first dual matches is upon us, with nationally-ranked Chicago, Kenyon, and Coe all in action. In this post, I’m specifically going to cover the Coe vs.Chicago match. While I’m excited to see the Kenyon lineup, the Lords are facing NAIA Northwestern Ohio, so there really isn’t any…
Location: New York, NY Coach: Horace Choy, 10th season ITA National Ranking: NR ITA Regional Ranking: 17 Blog Power Ranking: NR Twitter Handle: @NYUtennis, sometimes good updates, sometimes nothing until after the match. Realistic Best Case Scenario: A couple wins over nationally ranked teams and a sixth place UAA finish, losing a tough one to…
