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Title: Division III Tennis
Post by: etbu27 on March 02, 2011, 11:33:27 PM
Kinda new on the site, looking for some interesting conversation and something to bring to the coaches desk in the fall. (My school has decided to add Mens and Womens Tennis in the fall.)

What are the general thoughts on Division III Tennis around the nation?
Title: Re: Division III Tennis
Post by: WLCALUM83 on March 03, 2011, 07:15:46 AM
Here are some links to give you a general idea of how long Men's and Women's Tennis programs have been active in several Midwest Region (WI, IL) conferences:

Men's Tennis:

Northern Athletics Conference:  
http://northernac.org/web-2010/sports/tennis_men/championship
          (Archives going back to 2007)

CCIW:
http://www.cciw.org/sports/2010/6/3/MT_0603104551.aspx?path=mten
          (Archives go back to 2001)

Midwest Conference:
has had men's tournaments since the early 1930s'
http://www.midwestconference.org/archives.aspx?path=mten

All of the above conferences have both men's and women's programs

Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference:
http://www.wiacsports.com/sports/2010/7/8/WTEN_0708103429.asox?path=wten

WIAC has no men's tennis conference

The other 3 conference referred to above also have women's programs.

CCIW:
http://www.cciw.org/sports/2010/6/1/WT_0601105527.aspx?path=wten
   (archives back to 2000)

Northern Athletics Conference
http://northernac.org/web-2010/sports/tennis_women/championship
     (starting with 2006)

Midwest Conference
held women's conference tournaments since 1983
http://www.midwestconference.org/archives.aspx?path=wten


(Sorry if it seems long winded, good luck with your tennis programs!)
Title: Re: Division III Tennis
Post by: NCF on March 20, 2012, 02:31:00 PM
The 2012 season for North Central opened with two wins, followed by four losses to drop their season record to 2-4.
Title: Re: Division III Tennis
Post by: NCF on March 20, 2012, 02:34:43 PM
North Central dropped a 0-9 decision to Colby College.
Title: Re: Division III Tennis
Post by: NCF on March 20, 2012, 09:08:04 PM
The Cardinals will try to rebound tomorrow with a match against Oneonta State, before opening conference play on April 3rd @Elmhurst.
Title: Re: Division III Tennis
Post by: NCF on March 21, 2012, 08:00:17 AM
Quote from: newcardfan on March 20, 2012, 09:08:04 PM
The Cardinals will try to rebound tomorrow with a match against Oneonta State, before opening conference play on April 3rd @Elmhurst.

North Central was shut out yesterday by Colby College.
Title: Re: Division III Tennis
Post by: NCF on March 21, 2012, 02:10:07 PM
North Central closed their spring break tour with an 8-1 loss to Oneata State.
Title: Re: Division III Tennis
Post by: NCF on March 25, 2012, 06:38:46 PM
The North Central women defeated Roosevelt University 7-2.
Title: Re: Division III Tennis
Post by: NCF on March 26, 2012, 08:05:15 AM
The North Central women dropped two at the Hack Kelner Invitational this week-end. The lost to Illinois-Springfield, 2-7 and U of Nebraska-Kearney, 0-9.
Title: Re: Division III Tennis
Post by: NCF on April 04, 2012, 08:14:55 AM
North Central men dropped an 8-1 decision yesterday to Elmhurst in their CCIW opener.
Title: Re: Division III Tennis
Post by: NCF on April 10, 2012, 11:16:22 PM
North Central men drop another match today, 2-7 against Judson.
Title: Re: Division III Tennis
Post by: NCF on April 12, 2012, 09:35:27 PM
After 7 straight losses, the North Central mend blank Concordia, Chicago, 9-0.
Title: Re: Division III Tennis
Post by: NCF on April 14, 2012, 11:03:04 PM
Another tough day for the North Central men. They dropped a 9-0 decision to Augustana.
Title: Re: Division III Tennis
Post by: NCF on April 14, 2012, 11:05:03 PM
 In their second match of the day, the Cards lost again, 1-8 against Cornell (Iowa).
Title: Re: Division III Tennis
Post by: NCF on April 14, 2012, 11:06:54 PM
The Cards return to action, Thursday, when they host Wheaton.
Title: Re: Division III Tennis
Post by: BoBo on April 18, 2012, 07:42:02 AM
Quote from: newcardfan on April 14, 2012, 11:06:54 PM
Quote from: newcardfan on April 14, 2012, 11:05:03 PM
Quote from: newcardfan on April 14, 2012, 11:03:04 PM
Another tough day for the North Central men. They dropped a 9-0 decision to Augustana.
In their second match of the day, the Cards lost again, 1-8 against Cornell (Iowa).
The Cards return to action, Thursday, when they host Wheaton.

???
Hey, newcardfan,

Instead of making 3 posts within about 4 minutes (and by replying 2 x's to your own post), why don't you just put everything into 1 post?  It's a great way to pad your posting stats, but what you're doing seems to be a rather corny way of posting, IMHO. Just out of curiosity, what's prompting you to do this on multiple message boards?   ::)

I'm sure there must be others wondering the same thing.   ;)
Title: Re: Division III Tennis
Post by: NCF on May 01, 2012, 10:04:30 AM
There are so many posts floating around that are so much more corny than mine, so enjoy reading them, if you like corn. ;D ;D ;D Have a great day!
Title: Re: Division III Tennis
Post by: NCF on May 01, 2012, 10:05:34 AM
The North Central women ended their spring season falling to St. Mary's College, 3-6. Their overall record this year was 11-9.
Title: Re: Division III Tennis
Post by: NCF on May 01, 2012, 11:12:13 AM
North Central's men lost their last regular season matches to Carthage and IWU by identical scores of 3-3. CCIW tournament action begins this week-end at Augustana.
Title: Re: Division III Tennis
Post by: NCF on September 24, 2012, 08:02:47 AM
The North Central men's tennis team opened the fall season with a 9-0 loss to D2 U of I Springfield.
Title: Re: Division III Tennis
Post by: NCF on October 03, 2012, 09:08:59 AM
The North Central women defeated Benedictine 7-1 to bring their season record to 8-5. The last dual match of the season will be today against Judson.
Title: Re: Division III Tennis
Post by: D O.C. on August 10, 2013, 05:14:39 PM
http://www.linfield.edu/sports/release.php?id=5031 (http://www.linfield.edu/sports/release.php?id=5031)

QuoteAugust 5, 2013

Longtime Linfield College women's tennis coach and NCAA Compliance Officer Amy Dames Smith has announced her resignation after 10 highly successful years.

Dames Smith, the longest tenured and most successful women's tennis coach in Linfield history, is stepping down to accept a new role as Assistant Athletic Director for Compliance and Academics at Concordia University of Portland.

Dames Smith guided the Wildcats to six Northwest Conference championships in the span of 10 seasons, including five straight crowns from 2004 until 2008. Three of her squads advanced to the NCAA regional playoffs, reaching the second round twice.

During her first five seasons, Linfield did not drop a single NWC contest, part of a record 108 conference match win streak. She departs with an overall win-loss record of 159-54, including a staggering in-conference record of 143-9.
Title: Re: Division III Tennis
Post by: NCF on August 11, 2013, 09:13:53 AM
Quote from: D O.C. on August 10, 2013, 05:14:39 PM
http://www.linfield.edu/sports/release.php?id=5031 (http://www.linfield.edu/sports/release.php?id=5031)

QuoteAugust 5, 2013

Longtime Linfield College women's tennis coach and NCAA Compliance Officer Amy Dames Smith has announced her resignation after 10 highly successful years.

Dames Smith, the longest tenured and most successful women's tennis coach in Linfield history, is stepping down to accept a new role as Assistant Athletic Director for Compliance and Academics at Concordia University of Portland.

Dames Smith guided the Wildcats to six Northwest Conference championships in the span of 10 seasons, including five straight crowns from 2004 until 2008. Three of her squads advanced to the NCAA regional playoffs, reaching the second round twice.

During her first five seasons, Linfield did not drop a single NWC contest, part of a record 108 conference match win streak. She departs with an overall win-loss record of 159-54, including a staggering in-conference record of 143-9.
Title: Re: Division III Tennis
Post by: Gray Fox on August 21, 2015, 03:31:59 PM
New Oxy Head coach

  http://oxyathletics.com/sports/wten/2015-16/releases/20150821sx9qlz
Title: Re: Division III Tennis
Post by: P'bearfan on May 26, 2016, 09:10:09 AM
http://athletics.bowdoin.edu/sports/mten/2015-16/releases/20160525lqb2jx (http://athletics.bowdoin.edu/sports/mten/2015-16/releases/20160525lqb2jx)

Congrats to the Bowdoin Men's Tennis team - 2016 D3 National Champs!!!

GoUBears!!
Title: Re: Division III Tennis
Post by: P'bearfan on May 26, 2016, 09:11:16 AM
http://athletics.bowdoin.edu/sports/wten/2015-16/releases/20160524vt6seb (http://athletics.bowdoin.edu/sports/wten/2015-16/releases/20160524vt6seb)

Congrats to the Bowdoin Women's Tennis team for making it to the D3 National Semi-Finals!!!

GoUBears!!
Title: Re: Division III Tennis
Post by: amh63 on May 26, 2016, 11:39:30 AM
Agreed!
Congrats to the Bowdoin Tennis.   Another National Title for them Nescac...maybe still one more or two in the future.
Title: Re: Division III Tennis
Post by: deiscanton on May 11, 2021, 05:00:05 AM
Reviving this thread---

Congratulations to the 2021 Brandeis Judges men's tennis team on being selected on a Pool C bid to compete in the 2021 NCAA DIII Men's Tennis Championship!

First time in 32 years-- First Brandeis Men's Tennis team not captained by Noel Occomy to qualify.

Last appearance in the tennis championships for Brandeis men's tennis was in 1989.  The captain of the 1989 team was Noel Occomy, the 1988 NCAA DIII men's singles tennis champion.  Noel Occomy was inducted in 1995 into the Brandeis Athletics Hall of Fame.

Brandeis will open in the second round at Berry College this Saturday, May 15, against the winner of the Grove City vs Roger Williams tennis match. 

Of note-- this year, 5 UAA teams were picked for the men's tennis championship by either a Pool B or Pool C pick, which accounts for 5 of the 6 at large picks.

The UAA swept the Pool B picks, with defending national champion Emory, Case Western Reserve University, and Wash U getting picked on Pool B bids.

Brandeis, Carnegie Mellon, and Southwestern (TX) got in on Pool C bids.

There are 31 AQs this year for men's tennis.
Title: Re: Division III Tennis
Post by: WLCALUM83 on May 11, 2021, 07:11:05 AM
On the women's side, in the women's team bracket, 3 NESCAC teams (Wesleyan-CT, Tufts and Williams) get in, Emory and Wash U get Pool B selections and Denison (NCAC) and Sewanee (SAA) get in as Pool C selections.

Have yet to find a "D3 Women's Tennis Team's longest draught between D3 NCAA Tournament Appearances, but what I did find in a different related area was quite interesting.

On the women's side, Williams, out of the NESCAC, has taken 8 NCAA Team Titles between 2008 and 2019. On the men's side, generally, the NESCAC has still taken its' share of titles, but that share, (5) was divided--Amherst with 2, Williams, Bowdoin and Middlebury with 1 each. Emory has taken 2 of the last 3 men's team tennis titles.

Title: Re: Division III Tennis
Post by: WLCALUM83 on May 12, 2021, 03:09:08 PM
On paper underdogs to watch:

Men's Tennis:  Denison, which is making its' first tournament appearance in 6 years. (Opponent:  Gustavus Adolpus, which has won 11 straight MIAC titles.

Women's Tennis:  CCIW Tournament winner North Central-IL debuting in the tournament after 43 years in existence. (Opponent: Skidmore, 10 straight Liberty League titles. 
Title: Re: Division III Tennis
Post by: deiscanton on May 12, 2021, 03:51:46 PM
Brandeis will play in the second round on Friday at 3 PM Eastern at Berry College (GA) against the winner of Grove City vs Roger Williams.

Grove City vs Roger Williams is scheduled for tomorrow at 12:30 PM Eastern at Berry College (GA)

The winner of Brandeis/Grove City/Roger Williams will play on Saturday against the winner of Southern Virginia vs Skidmore with a trip to the national quarterfinals in Chattanooga, TN on the line.

Update-- May 13-- The Rome Tennis Center at Berry College is planning to stream their NCAA DIII tournament matches on Playsight this week.  Grove City has already put up a video link to the Rome Tennis Center's Playsight video app.  Grove City vs Roger Williams is at 12:30 PM Eastern today (May 13).

In addition, Brandeis will have live scoring on their website for Friday's 3 PM Eastern match against the Grove City v Roger Williams winner.
Title: Re: Division III Tennis
Post by: deiscanton on May 13, 2021, 12:39:44 PM
Grove City vs Roger Williams is now underway with the doubles matches from the Rome Tennis Center in Rome, GA.  Video is being provided by Playsight.

It is a little hard to see the scoreboard video, though, and find out who is leading.  Only video is being provided-- there is no backup live scoring on the computer to look to to find out who's leading.

1:26 PM Eastern update-- From what I can ascertain, Grove City is the home team in this contest, and the Wolverines have just swept all 3 doubles matches 8-5, 8-4, 8-5 to take a 3-0 lead over Roger Williams in the first to 5 points wins.

Doubles matches are 1 superset each, first to win 8 games wins the set and match under DIII rules.  Singles matches are coming up, first to win 2 out of 3 sets wins each singles match.  Each singles match is worth 1 point, and there are 6 of them.

2:18 PM singles update- Grove City has taken the first set in 3 of the 6 singles matches, while Roger Williams has taken the first set in 2 matches.  Roger Williams took sets on courts 11 and 15, while Grove City took sets on courts 12, 13, and 16--the Wolverines are leading 4-3 in the first set on court 14.

If results hold, Brandeis will be playing Grove City tomorrow.

3:02 PM Eastern update-- It is official.  Grove City has won 2 singles matches, defeating Roger Williams in round 1.

Brandeis vs Grove City in the second round tomorrow at 3 PM Eastern.

Title: Re: Division III Tennis
Post by: deiscanton on May 13, 2021, 05:16:02 PM
Just a short recap--

Grove City def. Roger Williams in the first round, 5-0, and will play Brandeis tomorrow at 3 PM Eastern at the Rome Tennis Center in Rome, GA.

The other 4 matches ended unfinished once Grove City took the fifth point.

Grove City advanced by sweeping all 3 doubles matches (1 superset each) by scores of 8-5, 8-4, and 8-5

Wins at #3 singles (6-3, 6-2) and #6 singles (6-3, 6-1) ended the contest in just about 2 1/2 hours.
Title: Re: Division III Tennis
Post by: WLCALUM83 on May 13, 2021, 09:04:59 PM
Only 1 match played on the Women's side today--Moravian beat Transylvania 5-4.

Moravian gets Wesleyan-CT tomorrow.
Title: Re: Division III Tennis
Post by: deiscanton on May 14, 2021, 03:23:48 PM
I am just taking a quick peek at the Rome Tennis Center courts 11, 12, and 13-- where Brandeis is playing the doubles matches now vs Grove City.

Brandeis is the visitors on the scoreboard today-- which is a good result.

It is early in the doubles supersets, but Brandeis is leading in all 3 of them. 3-2, 4-1, 3-0

First to 8 games in each superset wins the doubles point for the team.
Title: Re: Division III Tennis
Post by: deiscanton on May 14, 2021, 03:58:31 PM
Brandeis has taken a commanding 3-0 lead over Grove City after doubles.

Brandeis bageled Grove City in 3rd doubles, won 1st doubles 8-5, and took 2nd doubles, 8-4, in that order.

Brandeis needs to win 2 of the 6 singles matches to advance to the third round.  If the Judges win, it would be their first ever NCAA Men's Team Tennis tournament victory. 

Winner faces winner of Skidmore vs Southern Virginia tomorrow.
Title: Re: Division III Tennis
Post by: deiscanton on May 14, 2021, 04:55:36 PM
Brandeis has just defeated Grove City in the second round, 5-0, at the Rome Tennis Center at Berry College in Rome, Georgia.

Wins at 2nd singles (6-1, 6-0) and 4th singles (6-2, 6-1) clinch Brandeis's first ever team win in a round of the NCAA DIII Men's Tennis Championships in 1 hour and 50 minutes.

Brandeis plays the winner of Skidmore vs Southern Virginia tomorrow with a trip to the national quarterfinals in Chattanooga, TN on the line.
Title: Re: Division III Tennis
Post by: deiscanton on May 15, 2021, 03:38:41 AM
Southern Virginia upset Skidmore, 5-4, last night, in the second round.  Skidmore came in as the Liberty League AQ, and had made many previous appearances in the NCAA DIII Men's Tennis Championships. 

The upset marked the Knights's first ever victory in the team part of the NCAA DIII Men's Tennis Championships.

As the Coast to Coast AQ, S. Virginia is making its first ever appearance in the NCAA DIII Men's Tennis Championships.

At 10 AM Eastern this morning, Brandeis is scheduled to play Southern Virginia in the third round.  The winner of the contest will advance to the national quarterfinals next weekend in Chattanooga, TN.
Title: Re: Division III Tennis
Post by: deiscanton on May 15, 2021, 10:04:50 AM
Brandeis vs Southern Virginia is being played in a different area of the Rome Tennis Center that lacks wifi for video broadcasting.

Brandeis brought their own live scoring service, so I should be able to follow the live scoring on line.  At least it is better than what I got for the Southern Virginia vs Skidmore match yesterday-- which no one outside of the Rome Tennis Center could follow live yesterday.

Winner goes on to next weekend and the national quarterfinals in Chattanooga, TN.  Brandeis is ranked #2 in the Northeast, while Southern Virginia is ranked #4 in the South by the NCAA DIII Men's Tennis Committee.  Skidmore came into yesterday ranked #4 in the Northeast.

The live scoring of the match can be followed at brandeisjudges.com/sports/mten/livestats (http://brandeisjudges.com/sports/mten/livestats)

As just a reminder, this match starts with the doubles matches.  1 superset each.  First to win 8 games and win by 2 wins the superset and gets the point for the team.  I believe that there is a tiebreak if the superset is at 7 games all.  (My guess is from deducing that there are tiebreaks in regular sets if the set is tied at 6 games all.)
(I was right the first time-- the superset is in a tiebreak at 7 games all.)

First to win 5 matches advances to next weekend.

10:35 AM Eastern-- First point of the day goes to Brandeis, as the Judges take second doubles, 8-2.

10:36 AM Eastern-- Second point of the day goes to Brandeis, as the Judges take first doubles, 8-2.  Brandeis leads S. Virginia, 2-0 in this best of 9 matches.  First to 5 advances to the quarterfinals.

11:10 AM Eastern-- Third doubles is on serve, tied at 7 games all.  During the set, S. Virginia broke Brandeis's serve on game 6, but Brandeis broke back S. Virginia's serve later in the set to tie it at 5 games all.

11:23 AM Eastern-- This match is going to be competitive going into singles.  S. Virginia won third doubles 8-7 (I believe that it was S. Virginia winning 9 points to 7 on tiebreak.)  Brandeis still leads the contest, 2-1.
Title: Re: Division III Tennis
Post by: deiscanton on May 15, 2021, 06:05:23 PM
Congratulations, Brandeis Men's Tennis, on a hard fought 5-3 victory over Southern Virginia today.

On to Chattanooga!  In just their second team appearance ever in the NCAA DIII Men's Tennis Championships, the Judges win a regional in Rome, GA (one of two men's tennis regionals that the Rome Tennis Center is hosting-- the other regional has Emory and Babson in it), and the Judges play the winner of the other Rome, GA tennis regional (Emory/Babson regional) on Monday, May 24.

National Quarterfinals on ncaa.com on May 24.

Title: Re: Division III Tennis
Post by: WLCALUM83 on May 15, 2021, 06:56:32 PM
On the men's side Denison lost to Gustavus Adolphus 5-4, NACC squad IL Tech beat St. Scholastica ,but lost 5-0 to Case Western Reserve.

On the women's side, North Central IL lost to Skidmore 5-1, (so 1 Skidmore team is still alive).
Title: Re: Division III Tennis
Post by: deiscanton on May 24, 2021, 11:46:01 AM
Women's Tennis Quarterfinals from Chattanooga, TN-- Final results as of 2:04 PM Eastern

2019 National Champion Wesleyan defeated Wash & Lee, 5-0

(Wesleyan swept all 3 doubles matches by scores of 8-2, 8-0, and 8-7 (won the tiebreak).  The Cardinals then won 4th singles (6-2, 6-0) and bageled 6th singles (6-0, 6-0) to advance to the national semifinals.

Kenyon defeated Mary Washington, 5-2, and will play Wesleyan tomorrow in the national semifinals.

(Mary Washington won first doubles, 8-7 (won the tiebreak), and Kenyon took 2nd and 3rd doubles by scores of 8-5 and 8-6 repectively.  Kenyon won second singles, (6-2, 6-1) and third singles (6-3, 6-1).  Mary Washington took 6th singles (6-3, 6-4).  Kenyon then sealed the contest by winning fourth singles (1-6, 6-4, 6-0) to advance.

Emory vs Southwestern(TX)-- Emory defeated Southwestern (TX), 5-0.  Emory won first and second doubles by scores of 8-1 and 8-2 respectively.  The Eagles have now taken third doubles, 8-4, to sweep the doubles matches.  Contest now heading to the singles matches.   Emory then took first singles, (7-5, 6-1), and wrapped up the contest by winning on second singles, (6-3, 6-1).

Tufts vs Sewanee-- Tufts defeated Sewanee, 5-1.  Tufts won first doubles, 8-1, and took second doubles, 8-6.  Sewanee took third doubles, 8-5.  Tufts won sixth singles, (6-2, 6-1), and second singles (6-1, 6-4).  The Jumbos sealed the contest by winning first singles, (6-4, 6-4), to advance to the national semifinals.

Emory will play Tufts tomorrow in the national semifinals.
Title: Re: Division III Tennis
Post by: deiscanton on May 24, 2021, 02:06:47 PM
Men's Tennis Quarterfinals from Chattanooga, TN-- Final results-- updated with confirmation of accurate scores from JHU v Williams and order of finish as of approx 3 AM Eastern Tuesday, May 25, 2021.

Emory vs Brandeis-- 2019 National champion Emory defeated Brandeis, 5-0

Emory swept the doubles matches, winning second doubles, 8-1, first doubles, 8-6, and third doubles, 8-6.

The Eagles also took third singles, (6-1, 6-2), and clinched the contest on second singles (6-2, 6-2), to advance to the national semifinals.

Johns Hopkins vs Williams-- Johns Hopkins defeated Williams, 5-4.

Williams swept the doubles matches, winning second doubles, 8-5, third doubles, 8-6, and first doubles, 8-7 (9-7 on tiebreak.)

Williams then made it 4-0 by winning fourth singles, 6-2, 6-0.  However, JHU made an incredible comeback by sweeping all the remaining singles matches.  Johns Hopkins won sixth singles, (6-4, 6-0), third singles (4-6, 6-0, 6-1), second singles (6-4, 1-6, 6-1), and first singles (6-2, 3-6, 6-0) to tie the match at 4-4.  In the decisive fifth singles match, the JHU Bluejays won (6-3, 1-6, 7-6 (7-3 on tiebreak)) to come from behind and advance to the national semifinals.

Emory will play Johns Hopkins in one national semifinal tomorrow. (Tuesday, May 25)


Trinity (TX) vs Case Western Reserve-- CWRU defeated Trinity, 5-1.

CWRU won first doubles, 8-2, and third doubles, 8-3.  Trinity won second doubles, 8-2.

CWRU won first singles, (6-2, 6-0), and fifth singles (6-1, 6-1). CWRU clinched the contest on fourth singles (6-3, 6-4) to advance to the national semifinals.

Wash U defeated George Fox, 5-0

Wash U swept the doubles matches, taking first doubles, 8-4, second doubles, 8-3, and third doubles, 8-2.

Wash U also won sixth singles, (6-1, 6-0) and fourth singles (6-1, 6-1) to clinch the contest and advance to the national semifinals.

Case Western Reserve will play Wash U tomorrow in semifinal #2. (Tuesday, May 25)
Title: Re: Division III Tennis
Post by: deiscanton on May 25, 2021, 10:31:25 AM
Women's Tennis Semifinals from Chattanooga, TN-- update



Kenyon vs Wesleyan-- Wesleyan defeated Kenyon, 5-1

Wesleyan won third doubles, 8-2, and took first doubles, 8-3.  Kenyon took second doubles, 8-6.

Wesleyan took fourth singles (6-0, 6-0 a/k/a a double bagel), and sixth singles (6-1, 6-4).  The Cardinals clinched a trip to the National Championship contest by taking fifth singles, (6-3, 6-2).

The 2019 National Champion Wesleyan Cardinals will get a chance to repeat as national champions tomorrow vs the winner of Tufts vs Emory.

Emory vs Tufts-- Emory defeated Tufts, 5-2.

Emory won second doubles, 8-5, and also won the tiebreak on first doubles to win it 8-7.  Tufts won the tiebreak on second doubles to win it 8-7.

Emory won second singles (6-2, 6-1), and first singles (6-3, 6-4).  Tufts then took fifth singles (6-1, 6-4) to get the second point of the day.  Emory clinched their trip to the championship final by taking third singles (4-6, 7-6(7-5), 6-2).

Emory will play Wesleyan tomorrow for the 2021 national title.
Title: Re: Division III Tennis
Post by: deiscanton on May 25, 2021, 01:48:26 PM
Men's Tennis Semifinals from Chattanooga, TN update--

1.)  Emory vs Johns Hopkins-- Emory defeated Johns Hopkins, 5-1.

Emory swept the doubles matches, taking second doubles, 8-1, third doubles, 8-3, and first doubles on tiebreak, 8-7.  (The live scoreboard got the first doubles match initially wrong, but it has since been corrected.)

Emory took fourth singles, (6-1, 6-1).  Johns Hopkins took first singles, (6-3, 6-4).  Emory then clinched a return to the championship final by taking sixth singles (6-3, 6-3).

Emory will play CWRU tomorrow in an all UAA final for the 2021 National Championship.  If Emory wins, they will successfully defend their national title and repeat as champions.


2.)  Wash U vs Case Western Reserve University-- Case Western Reserve Univ defeats Wash U, 5-4.

Simultaneous finishes at first and third doubles.  CWRU took first doubles, 8-3, while Wash U took third doubles, 8-3.  It seems that both matches finished at approx the same time, so it is hard to tell by the live scores which team won first.  Wash U took the tiebreak to win at second doubles, 8-7.

CWRU took fourth singles, (6-4, 6-1) to tie the match at 2-2.  Wash U then took second singles (6-3, 6-1) to retake the lead at 3-2.  CWRU then took sixth singles (7-5, 6-4) to tie the match again at 3-3.  Wash U then took first singles (6-4, 3-6, 6-4) to retake the lead at 4-3.  CWRU then took third singles (4-6, 6-4, 7-5) to tie the match at 4-4.

CWRU won the decisive fifth singles match, (7-6 (7-0), 6-7 (5-7), 6-4), and will play Emory tomorrow in an all UAA final for the 2021 National DIII Men's Tennis Championship.
Title: Re: Division III Tennis
Post by: deiscanton on May 26, 2021, 11:43:14 AM
2021 NCAA DIII Women's Team Tennis Championship-- update

Emory vs Wesleyan

Emory defeated Wesleyan, 5-0

Emory swept all 3 doubles matches, taking first doubles, 8-1; third doubles, 8-4; and second doubles, 8-2.

Emory took first singles, (6-1, 6-0), and wins the national championship by taking sixth singles (6-0, 6-2).

Congratulations to the Emory Eagles-- 2021 NCAA DIII Women's Tennis Champions (team title)
Title: Re: Division III Tennis
Post by: deiscanton on May 26, 2021, 03:09:29 PM
DIII Men's Tennis Championships Final--

Emory vs Case Western Reserve University-

Emory defeated Case Western Reserve, 5-2

Emory took first doubles, 8-4; and second doubles, 8-4.  Case Western Reserve took third doubles, 8-4.

Emory took third singles (6-3, 6-0).  CWRU took first singles (6-0, 6-3).  Emory then took fourth singles (6-0, 6-4). Emory then clinched the national championship by taking sixth singles (6-3, 6-4)

Congratulations to the Emory Eagles-- 2021 NCAA DIII Men's Tennis Champions (team title).  Emory successfully repeated as men's team tennis champions and, with the women, swept both national championships this year in DIII team tennis.
Title: Re: Division III Tennis
Post by: DagarmanSpartan on May 26, 2021, 05:49:35 PM
CWRU will have to win ALL THREE of these remaining singles matches.

It's going to be tough.

That said, win or lose, you can't help but be proud of CWRU for getting this far.

This is the first time that CWRU, or any of its predecessor institutions, have ever played for any national title, in any sport, at any level.

For the ULTIMATE "non-jock" school to make it this far..............IS SOMETHING!!!
Title: Re: Division III Tennis
Post by: deiscanton on May 26, 2021, 07:01:12 PM
Quote from: DagarmanSpartan on May 26, 2021, 05:49:35 PM
CWRU will have to win ALL THREE of these remaining singles matches.

It's going to be tough.

That said, win or lose, you can't help but be proud of CWRU for getting this far.

This is the first time that CWRU, or any of its predecessor institutions, have ever played for any national title, in any sport, at any level.

For the ULTIMATE "non-jock" school to make it this far..............IS SOMETHING!!!

Yes, that is something.  Congrats to the CWRU Spartans for finishing as national runner-up this year in men's team tennnis.   Brandeis had already won 2 national DIII team championships before the UAA was founded, but the last of those two was in 1983 with men's cross country, and the first was way back in 1976 in men's soccer. 

In men's team tennis, Brandeis got their first 2 wins in this tournament and advanced as far as the national quarterfinals-- a first in this sport.  It was the first appearance in the NCAA DIII Men's Team Tennis Tournament for the Judges in over 30 years-- the only previous appearance in this sport was back in 1989.

However, the real winners are everyone in the fact that DIII at least was able to have a few postseasons this spring, and that we did not lose 2 spring seasons to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Title: Re: Division III Tennis
Post by: deiscanton on July 13, 2021, 09:15:22 AM
The DIII Championships Committee has just released minutes of their May 2021 electronic votes and their June meeting.

On May 5, 7, and 12, electronic votes were taken that granted waivers of minimum number of contest requirements and in-region requirements for the Spring 2021 season to various DIII teams.

For the record, the Championships Committee granted waivers in tennis to the following institutions for the Spring 2021 season a few months ago:

Amherst-- Women's Tennis-- minimum number of contests required to be played was waived.

Brandeis-- Women's Tennis-- minimum number of contests required to be played was waived.

Emory-- Women's Tennis-- 50% in-region requirement waived.  (Emory won national championship).

Williams-- Women's Tennis-- minium number of contests required to be played was waived.

These waivers only applied to the spring 2021 season.

Title: Re: Division III Tennis
Post by: deiscanton on January 31, 2022, 09:46:44 PM
Hard to believe, but the indoor portion of tennis season kicks off this weekend for Brandeis women's tennis when they play at DI Bryant, and then the following weekend kicks off the indoor portion of the tennis season for Brandeis men's tennis when they host DII Bentley.

I believe that both contests will be played under DI rules, with the doubles matches as a group only counting as 1 point.

Hard to follow the tennis live even if the matches get live streamed, but it will be interesting to read the recaps.  (Tennis matches in DIII usually do not get commentary-- at least for Brandeis, that is....)
Title: Re: Division III Tennis
Post by: DagarmanSpartan on May 11, 2022, 12:44:15 PM
OF COURSE I'll be cheering for CWRU men's and women's tennis in the upcoming NCAA tourney.

Hopefully, the men will win it all.

GO SPARTANS!!!
Title: Re: Division III Tennis
Post by: Gray Fox on May 13, 2022, 03:16:16 PM
SCIAC All Conference Women

https://www.thesciac.org/sports/wten/2021-22/releases/20220504fneiaf

One from Kyiv and one from Moscow.   8-)
Title: Re: Division III Tennis
Post by: Gray Fox on May 13, 2022, 03:25:52 PM
All Conference SCIAC Men

https://www.thesciac.org/sports/mten/2021-22/releases/20220504fas9no
Title: Re: Division III Tennis
Post by: WLCALUM83 on May 13, 2022, 03:30:08 PM
Quote from: Gray Fox on May 13, 2022, 03:16:16 PM
SCIAC All Conference Women

https://www.thesciac.org/sports/wten/2021-22/releases/20220504fneiaf

One from Kyiv and one from Moscow.   8-)

Kudos all the more to those players, given the tensions that their families have been going through for the last few weeks.. (Not taking sides here, people.)
Title: Re: Division III Tennis
Post by: E.115 on June 27, 2022, 11:08:00 PM
Great article:

Son of a steel worker -- how did Case Western Reserve become a men's tennis power? Terry Pluto
Updated: Jun. 25, 2022, 11:24 a.m. | Published: Jun. 25, 2022, 5:03 a.m.

Wojtkowski will tell you it starts in Germany, where his grandfather was in a concentration camp during World War II. His grandfather was a Polish attorney helping Jewish people escape the Germans.

https://www.cleveland.com/sports/college/2022/06/son-of-a-steel-worker-how-did-case-western-reserve-become-a-mens-tennis-power-terry-pluto.html
Title: Re: Division III Tennis
Post by: Gray Fox on February 02, 2023, 05:05:05 PM
SCIAC preseason poll Men

https://thesciac.org/sports/mten/2022-23/releases/20230131t0hkvj
Title: Re: Division III Tennis
Post by: E.115 on April 24, 2023, 12:48:28 PM
Congrats on #1 ranked Case Western Reserve winning the UAA championship.

https://www.uaasports.info/sports/mten/2022-23/releases/cwruuaatitle
Title: Re: Division III Tennis
Post by: DagarmanSpartan on April 26, 2023, 03:31:46 PM
Could this be the year that CWRU finally brings home the national title?

They've been the runner up to other UAA schools for two straight years.

This year, they WON the nation's toughest tennis conference, the one that has produced each of the last two champions and runners up.

COME ON CASE!!!

WE'VE NEVER HAD A TEAM NATTY!!!!

WOMEN'S SOCCER GOT SO CLOSE!!!!

GO CWRU MEN'S TENNIS!!!
Title: Re: Division III Tennis
Post by: phil on April 26, 2023, 07:15:48 PM
Quote from: DagarmanSpartan on May 26, 2021, 05:49:35 PM
CWRU will have to win ALL THREE of these remaining singles matches.

It's going to be tough.

That said, win or lose, you can't help but be proud of CWRU for getting this far.

This is the first time that CWRU, or any of its predecessor institutions, have ever played for any national title, in any sport, at any level.

For the ULTIMATE "non-jock" school to make it this far..............IS SOMETHING!!!

It is quite an accomplishment, however, the CWRU women's soccer team played for a national championship against Johns Hopkins back in December. And hopefully the softball team, who has a real chance to finish the regular season at 37-2, will make it to the College World Series in Texas in June.
Title: Re: Division III Tennis
Post by: Gray Fox on May 03, 2023, 09:54:53 PM
https://www.ncaa.com/news/tennis-men/article/2023-05-03/2023-ncaa-division-iii-mens-tennis-championships-selections?fbclid=IwAR2pBtX86CyG9hL0ZjgoCBI__7_UDCIJ4ZmyObj9WzEBXreDGGbWloCXNeM

https://www.ncaa.com/news/tennis-women/article/2023-05-03/2023-division-iii-womens-tennis-individual-championship-selections-announced?fbclid=IwAR0GUzCzDHvvYGGFbKjoU5OdDW5LTaERBXDb6emZPiuWC6NMyyXsbygGloU

Title: Re: Division III Tennis
Post by: E.115 on May 16, 2023, 08:58:58 AM
National Championship tonight:

#1 Case Western Reserve vs #2 Tufts

https://www.ncaa.com/live-updates/tennis-men/d3/live-updates-2023-diii-mens-tennis-championship?utm_campaign=hp-rr-links
Title: Re: Division III Tennis
Post by: DagarmanSpartan on May 16, 2023, 09:55:11 PM
WOW!!!!

#1 RANKED CWRU MEN'S TENNIS BEATS #2 TUFTS 5-2 TO WIN CASE'S FIRST EVER TEAM NATIONAL TITLE IN ANY SPORT!!!!

GO SPARTANS!!!!!
Title: Re: Division III Tennis
Post by: Ron Boerger on May 17, 2023, 09:55:10 AM
Quote from: DagarmanSpartan on May 16, 2023, 09:55:11 PM
WOW!!!!

#1 RANKED CWRU MEN'S TENNIS BEATS #2 TUFTS 5-2 TO WIN CASE'S FIRST EVER TEAM NATIONAL TITLE IN ANY SPORT!!!!

GO SPARTANS!!!!!

Congrats on your first national team championship!  I'm surprised it took this long but it's always good to see someone other than the usual schools winning a 'ship. 
Title: Re: Division III Tennis
Post by: Gray Fox on May 18, 2023, 07:29:04 PM
SCIAC All Conference - Men

https://www.thesciac.org/sports/mten/2022-23/releases/2023042717r8be

SCIAC All Conference - Women

https://www.thesciac.org/sports/wten/2022-23/releases/20230427pwomge
Title: Re: Division III Tennis
Post by: E.115 on August 14, 2023, 08:47:31 PM
Pretty neat ... as seen heading to baggage claim at Cleveland Hopkins Airport

https://twitter.com/caseathletics/status/1690024348298752000?s=20