My apologies for not having a post up yesterday. I wrote my entry at around 2am last night, just to have it erased when I accidentally hit the wrong button. It was devastating.
With just two weeks to go before Spring break the team is getting extremely focused on refining our skills and getting more point play and sets in. On Friday the majority of the team took advantage of warmer weather to get outside for a run and some hill sprints. Saturday afternoon we traveled to the Pittsfield tennis center once again to get sets in on the better courts. After returning from Pittsfield we went bowling as a team. A variety of interesting styles were shown ranging from Ben chucking the ball as fast as possible down the lane to the finesse and spin of Kenny Taubenslag. Dicken also showed a certain 'comfort' on the lanes, barely breaking 60 in a hotly contested matchup.
Midterms are the next two weeks followed by our departure for LA. Coming off the hard work and exams makes the shift into spring break even better. For the second year in a row we have the luxury of staying in some awesome houses around LA rather than staying in hotels. This is thanks to several team members families as well as some generous families from the tennis club where Bret grew up playing. Our first match will be against the historically strong Gustavus. My freshman year we lost to the Gusties 5-4 in the quarterfinals of NCAA's, so it's a great opportunity to avenge the loss and tally the first win of our spring campaign.
We have one more trip to Pittsfield on Friday and then the hockey rink courts should be ready. We may also try to hit outside on Saturday or Sunday with a balmy mid-40's forecast for the weekend. That's about it for this week, I'll leave you with a picture I found a few weeks ago scrolling through the Williams Tennis archives. It shows Josh Lefkowitz clinching the national title in 2002 and was given the caption "SIMPLY TOO MUCH HEART". I have a hard time not being inspired to play after seeing it.
Link to the rest of the 2002 nationals gallery:
http://www.williams.edu/athletics/photos.php?album=302&sport=24&year=2003
-Jeremy
With just two weeks to go before Spring break the team is getting extremely focused on refining our skills and getting more point play and sets in. On Friday the majority of the team took advantage of warmer weather to get outside for a run and some hill sprints. Saturday afternoon we traveled to the Pittsfield tennis center once again to get sets in on the better courts. After returning from Pittsfield we went bowling as a team. A variety of interesting styles were shown ranging from Ben chucking the ball as fast as possible down the lane to the finesse and spin of Kenny Taubenslag. Dicken also showed a certain 'comfort' on the lanes, barely breaking 60 in a hotly contested matchup.
Midterms are the next two weeks followed by our departure for LA. Coming off the hard work and exams makes the shift into spring break even better. For the second year in a row we have the luxury of staying in some awesome houses around LA rather than staying in hotels. This is thanks to several team members families as well as some generous families from the tennis club where Bret grew up playing. Our first match will be against the historically strong Gustavus. My freshman year we lost to the Gusties 5-4 in the quarterfinals of NCAA's, so it's a great opportunity to avenge the loss and tally the first win of our spring campaign.
We have one more trip to Pittsfield on Friday and then the hockey rink courts should be ready. We may also try to hit outside on Saturday or Sunday with a balmy mid-40's forecast for the weekend. That's about it for this week, I'll leave you with a picture I found a few weeks ago scrolling through the Williams Tennis archives. It shows Josh Lefkowitz clinching the national title in 2002 and was given the caption "SIMPLY TOO MUCH HEART". I have a hard time not being inspired to play after seeing it.
Link to the rest of the 2002 nationals gallery:
http://www.williams.edu/athletics/photos.php?album=302&sport=24&year=2003
-Jeremy
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