I’m a little disappointed in you. Yes, you. After writing two season previews, I’ve received a whopping zero comments or emails. Maybe my analysis is just, just so good that there is nothing to comment on. Maybe worse – nobody is reading my articles. So, if you stumble across this post, feel free to comment,…
ASouth Edit: I started this preview about 4 weeks ago, after a happy hour/dinner with two of my main dudes. As you probably realize, this preview didn’t finish because I got too sleepy after that dinner session (lots of margaritas, my god) but I am back after a few other previews to finish this one…
Christopher Newport Captains Coach: Eric Christiansen (4th season) Location: Newport News, VA Blog Power Ranking: #37 Twitter Handle: @CNUTennis (pretty good with the updates during the season) Overview: It’s been a pretty good weekend, not gonna lie. Watched a lot of football, and I continue to cheer on Peyton Manning as I type. (Update:…
UNIVERSITY OF LA VERNE LEOPARDS Twitter Handle: @lavernetennis Coach: Yolanda Duron Fall 2014 Ranking: #15 Spring 2015 Ranking: #22 Fall 2015 Ranking: #23 Player Ranking (National/Regional): N/A Well hello again, nice of you to come back to another preview for the 2016 tennis season!! This time, I am checking in…
Back in my journalism days, I covered both men’s and women’s D-III tennis. So, when D3AtlanticSouth enthusiastically tweeted that he would start writing articles as D3CentralWomens, I gladly offered to help out. It looks like I’m turning into the pinch hitter of the blog. Anyway, DePauw: Head Coach: Scott Riggle (16th season) Location: Greencastle, Indiana Preseason ITA…
Location: Middletown, CT Head Coach: Mike Fried, 4th year Twitter Handle: @CardsTennis 2013 National Ranking: UR 2014 National Ranking: UR 2015 National Ranking: #17 2016 Pre-Season National Ranking: #17 Intro: The Wesleyan Cardinals are definitely a team on the rise! Just two years ago they were an unranked team. Before last year, the last time Wesleyan found themselves…
Trinity CT 2015-2016 Roster OVERVIEW WARNING: this will not a particularly happy preview. If you are looking for something a bit less cynical, try this. Trinity is entering what most professional sports fans know as a “rebuilding year.” They were hit harder by graduation than perhaps any team in the region, and we haven’t seen…
Coach: Paul Settles Location: Claremont, CA Ranking: #1 Twitter Handle: @CMSTennis Overview: After finally getting King Kong off their back with an undefeated National Championship season in 2015, the Stags have bid adieu to the program’s two winningest players and the guy with probably the winningest facial hair in DIII history. They have have a monster recruiting class…
Coach: Jay Tee (4th season) Location: Chicago, IL Preseason Rank: #6 Twitter Handle: @UChicagoTennis Overview: Well I wasn’t planning on writing my last preview until the last minute because I thought Chicago deserved the cliche of saving the best for last. But a slow day at work and the sudden realization that the Maroons play their…
WHITMAN MISSIONARIES Twitter Handle: @whitwomentennis Coach: John Hein Fall 2014 Ranking: #29 Spring 2015 Ranking: #22 Fall 2015 Ranking: #22 Player Ranking (National/Regional): Jenna Dobrin: #50/#13 Cello Lockwood: NR/#25 Hi Tennis Addicts! Welcome back to another preview of the fast-approaching D3 ladies tennis season. This installment will see yours truly,…
