San Juan Capistrano, CA — Finally, "Off the Schneid !" off the schneid Getting off the schneid means to end some kind of drought. It was popularized in sports commentary on television by Chris "Boomer" Berman of ESPN. "Schneid" is actually short for "schneider," a term originally used in the card game of gin, meaning to prevent an opponent from scoring any points. "Schneider" entered the vocabulary of gin from German (probably via Yiddish), where it means "tailor." Apparently the original sense was that if you were "schneidered" in gin you were "cut" (as if by a tailor) from contention in the game. The Lions had a triple Schneider avoidance today by, winning their first dual match of the season, Logan Assad and also Richard Fu winning their first ever varsity matches! Congratulations to all involved! Brett Batey, swept all three singles sets played as did doubles duos of Sean Delaney with Brock Bowman and Nick Graham with Ashkan Pakshir. These hat tricks gave us at least a 9-9 tie, which is always scary. So, the additional singles set that Andrew Antonius won, coupled with Logan and Richard's doubles victory, really helped avoid a loss. Great win today, Lions! Keep it up Thursday vs SM !