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…
Location: Oberlin, OH Coach: Eric Ishida ITA National Ranking: #35 (2.28.19 Rankings) ITA Regional Ranking: #9 (1.17.19 Rankings) Blog Power Ranking: #42 (barely) Twitter Handle: @Yeo_MTEN UTR Power 6: 60 Oberlin 2018 Spring Season & 2019 thus far tl;dr: Oberlin ended the 2018 season 11-10, secured a win over a nationally ranked team, and finished…
Location: Gambier, Ohio Coach: Scott Thielke ITA National Ranking: 14 ITA Regional Ranking: 4 Blog Power Ranking: 12 Twitter Handle: @KenyonMTEN UTR Power 6: 68 Kenyon 2018 Spring Season tl;dr: Kenyon ended 20-5 with another obstacle-free NCAC conference championship added to their trophy case. They suffered three 4-5 losses (Northwestern Ohio, Mary Wash, and CMU),…
Location: Chicago, Illinois Coach: Jay Tee (not JT) ITA National Ranking: 3 ITA Regional Ranking: 1 Blog Power Ranking: 4 Twitter Handle: @UChicagoTennis UTR Power 6: 72 U Chicago 2018 Spring Season tl;dr: Chicago won a freakin’ UAA championship. They got third at indoors and got smacked by Bowdoin in the NCAA semifinals last season.…
Location: St. Louis, Missouri Coach: Roger Follmer (18th Season) ITA National Ranking: 9 ITA Regional Ranking: 3 Blog Power Ranking: 7 Twitter handle: @WashUmTennis UTR Power 6: 72 Wash U 2018 Spring Season tl;dr: Wash U got third in the UAA losing to Emory in the semis and overcoming CMU in the third-place match. They…
It makes sense that a streaky player would be a streaky blogger – that’s science, right? This season I will be preparing season previews for the eight nationally ranked teams in the central: Chicago, Wash U, Kenyon, Case, Kalamazoo, Denison, GAC, and Oberlin. All eight will drop this month and I’ll begin with the… Kalamazoo…
