Central Rules Everything Around Me: March 6th – 8th Weekend feat. Spring Breaks (maybe)

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…

Central Region Preview Palooza

  OOF – This preview got away from me and became longer than I had anticipated. So, pardon me for the longform here, but I think that this will make for some nice morning commute reading or pleasant I’m at work but I’m not ready to work reading. I tried uploading this earlier with my…

First Four On: A 10,000′ look at Central Singles

It’s been a minute since my last article on the Central Region 5s and I’m sorry that the 4s have had to wait so long (however, now the 1-4s know how the 5s and 6s feel waiting for them to finish their matches). Since I’m behind – and it sounds like people really miss the…

Central Season Preview: They Got Five On It

  What if I told you, he wasn’t the greatest. That a region would fail to protect its greatest natural resource. That sometimes it is a matter of life and saying, “On It”. That no one can outrun the truth. What if I told you, he wasn’t the only Nike shoes reseller. That you can…

Central Region Preview: Central Team Six

Central Region Preview: Central Team Six (Singles) Do lineup positions have stereotypes? Are there characteristics unique to great Sixes? What is the revolving door? I hope to touch on these questions in my first season preview. As you can probably tell these are neither my favorite nor my forte (seeing as this is late for my self-prescribed…

ITA Rules Everything Around Me: Issue 3

Friday. October 4, 2019. Central   ITA Rules Everything Around Me: Panic! At the Zoo (Issue 3)   Good Morning to all of the half-awake student-athletes on the bus headed to Day 1 at the Zoo!!   If you’re up and reading this at publishing… you should probably get to bed if you want to do…

Central Individuals Outlook + newCentral’s Frankenstein D3 Singles Player

And then there were two…with Chicago losing in the Final Four, the Central Region (and I) are officially out of the team postseason; however, the Central lives on in this 2018-19 season with ten Individuals singles representatives: Vithoontien, Chen, Kerrigan, Yuan, Whaling, Yi, Zalesnki, Diehl, Hillis, and Neves. The draws have not been posted at…

CMU at Kenyon: April 20, 2019

Match: #11 Kenyon College vs #15 Carnegie Mellon  Location: Gambier, Ohio Time: 2:00 PM Local Recent Matchups: 2018: CMU def. Kenyon 5-4 2017: CMU def. Kenyon 5-4 2016: CMU def. Kenyon 5-4 (not season finale) 2015: Kenyon def. CMU 6-3 (not season finale) Kenyon and CMU face off in their regular season finale. Kenyon and…

So, me and the rackets was talkin’ and here’s the rundown on the Central Act 1*

So, me and the rackets was talkin’ and here’s the rundown on the central region’s top 10 per the ITAs last regional rankings. I intend on giving a snapshot of each team’s season thus far and some predictions going forward. It’s been a minute since I’ve written something substantial but never forget: Central. Rules. Everything.…

Rapid Preview of the 2019* NCAC Championship: Part 1

Rapid Preview of the 2019* NCAC Championship: Part 1 Match: #12 Kenyon College (Region: 3) v. #26 Denison University (Region: 6) Location: Granville, Ohio (Denison) Time: 4:30 PM EST History: (2018) Kenyon def. Denison 5-2 NCAC Championship, Kenyon def. Denison 9-0 (2017) Kenyon def. Denison 5-1 NCAC Semifinal  (2016) Kenyon def. Denison 5-1 NCAC Championship,…