Happy Hump Day, boys and girls. I know our previews have been a bit NE heavy recently, but that’s simply because some of them don’t start until later in the year. The NESCAC exception to that rule is the Bates Bobcats, who start their season in February due to their early “spring” break. Bates has been…
Colby College Coach: Jason Cohen (2nd season) Location: Waterville, ME ITA Ranking: UR nationally, #14 NE Blog Power Ranking: UR…but ranked #39-40 by several bloggers including ASouth, NE, West, RegNEC, and yours truly Power 6 Rating: 65 Twitter Handle: @ColbyCoachCohen, excellent updates Twitter Hashtag: Scrolled back all the way to September on their Twitter, not…
Happy weekend, boys and girls! We’ll be mixing in Fantasy Draft recaps with 2017 Season Previews over the next couple weeks, and I’m here to bring you a closer look at the 2017 Tufts Jumbos. With a couple of MAJOR upsets over Amherst and Bowdoin last spring, Tufts shot up the rankings and ended the year…
Location: Troy, NY Coach: Jonathan Satkowski, 7th season ITA National Ranking: NR ITA Regional Ranking: 15 Blog Power Ranking: 28 Twitter Handle: @RPIMensTennis, made it’s debut this fall and was pretty solid with updates. Realistic Best Case Scenario: Liberty League Champions and the school’s first men’s tennis NCAA appearance! If they beat Skidmore, I could…
Location: Hoboken, NJ Coach: Steve Gachko (12th season) ITA National Ranking: 22 ITA Regional Ranking: 9 (Northeast) Blog Power Ranking: 36 Twitter Handle: @Ducks_Tennis Hello all, another day another preview! I will be the first to admit that I was probably a little harsh on the Ducks in my kickoff article, however they let the rackets do the talking and…
I am happy to say that I will be finishing my season previews after this. This allows me to totally prepare for the fantasy draft, which we will be completing on Monday, January 16th. Shoutout to Martin Luther King, Jr. Now that I’m on the topic of the draft, let me say this. If you…
Location: Amherst, Massachusetts Coach: Todd Doebler, 3rd season at Amherst ITA National Ranking: 15th ITA Regional Ranking: 6th Blog Power Ranking: 6th Twitter Handle: @AmherstMTennis. Good before and after matches, not the best for in-match updates. Overview: Happy Friday, boys and girls! This is my 3rd preview of the season, so does that mean I will be taking my 3rd…
I would like to welcome you all back for the 5th installment of the How to Build a Winning Program series. The more and more that I write these, the more I realize I miss being a coach. But because I live by the 50 cent model of “Get Rich or Die Tryin'” I find…
Here’s yet another article provided by the new guy (@D3Westv2), which he wrote on a whim. Look at the young man go! Coach: Mike Gennette Location: Thousand Oaks, CA ITA Ranking: NR Blog Power Ranking: NR Twitter: @CLUmTennis , provides updates after doubles and final scores, i.e. not great. Team Hashtag: Overview: After a terrible…
Coach: Frank Barnes, 15th Season Location: Whitewater, Wisconsin Preseason ITA Ranking: 17 Blog Power Ranking: 27 Twitter Handle: @UWWTennis Overview 2016 was quite the year for the Warhawks, to say the least. Under the tutelage of THE Frank Barnes, UW-Whitewater amassed a 23-7 overall record, a national ranking of 16, and an epic upset victory over Kenyon. Their season ended on…
