I really don’t have a bunch of time to sweat on this, but now that it seems that the Big 12, as we know it, is really going the way of the Soviet Union, it may be time to talk about the greatest tennis conference in the history of the world.
Ladies and Gentlemen, the PAC-16!
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Trinity Men, Vandy Women named ITA National Sportsmanship Award winners for May
The Trinity men’s and Vanderbilt women’s tennis teams have been honored as May’s recipients of the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) National Team Sportsmanship Award, the ITA announced today.
The ITA National Team Sportsmanship Award is a monthly award that goes to one men’s and one women’s team that has exemplified outstanding sportsmanship, character and ethical [...]
Hilltopper Legend, Dan Dwyer, passes away
Former Hilltopper tennis great and St. Edward’s Athletics Hall of Fame member Dan Dwyer died Tuesday, May 25th in Oceanside, N.Y. He is survived by his daughter Kimberly, son Shawn, and two grandchildren.
Dwyer played for legendary head tennis coach Brother Emmett Strohmeyer at St. Edward’s in the late 1950s. In his senior season at St. [...]
Trinity’s Bobby Cocanougher and Cory Kowal fall in DIII final
Oberlin, Ohio – Trinity University Tigers juniors Bobby Cocanougher and Cory Kowal lost a tightly played 6-3, 6-4 decision Sunday to No. 2 seeds Brian Pybas and Marc Vartabedian of California-Santa Cruz in the NCAA Division III Men’s Tennis Championships doubles final.
Cocanougher, from Southlake, Texas (Carroll); and Kowal, from Austin, Texas (Anderson); had become the [...]
It’s been one week… one fans thoughts on last Friday
It’s been one week…
Yes, I am stealing from a Barenaked Ladies song, but I believe it is apropos. It was a week ago that a couple of Texas teams experienced what can be termed as Black Friday. Of course Baylor doesn’t feel that way, but please don’t interrupt my drama.
That song also came on my [...]
Trinity falls to Claremont in DIII Elite 8
The third-ranked Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Stags beat the No. 13 Trinity Tigers 5-2 Tuesday in the NCAA Division III Men’s Tennis Championship quarterfinals at Oberlin College.
Trinity, which had its 14-match winning streak snapped, completed the season with an 18-10 record. Claremont (22-4) meets the winner of Emory and Amherst in Wednesday’s semifinals.
The Tigers, led by first-year head [...]
How the women fared in Day one and men’s percentages and picks
So for a few minutes, at least online, it appeared that Texas was putting up a fight against top-ranked Baylor. But there’s a reason I selected the Bears to win it all, as they slammed the door and the season shut on the Longhorns. Oh well.
So let’s see how my predictions fared… Baylor, Stanford, Michigan, [...]
Women’s percentages to make Final 4
Well, I forgot to do them last week, so I decided to do them for this weekend…. Today I will focus on the women’s draw since they begin play in the morning. Below are the percentages for each team to make the Final 4. It is based on my rankings, which I updated (internally, but [...]
Recap of this weekend’s events and why the NCAA is not all about the kids
Just a quick recap of the weekend’s events. I apologize for not getting this out sooner, but I have had way too much on my plate for the past few weeks and it won’t stop for another few days.
One of the things I wanted to get done last night was my ballot on the spring [...]
First Round info and other thoughts, like why I am the biggest homer
I had an issue with the code not working within the CMS, so I have gone off the reservation for a bit… I WILL TRY TO ADD MORE LATER
MEN’S FIRST ROUND TOURNAMENT CENTRAL
WOMEN’S FIRST ROUND TOURNAMENT CENTRAL
This was a real drag. It seemed that the code didn’t want to work within my template, so [...]
