2015 New England Team Championships

Quarterfinals (Saturday morning, 9:45am)		Semifinals (Saturday afternoon, not later than 2:45)		Final (Sunday, 1:00pm, at Groton)
Taft School (#1)	5	Taft School	4	Taft School	3
Loomis Chaffee School	0
Top half of the draw played at Taft
Milton Academy	2	Hotchkiss School	2
Hotchkiss School	4

Kingswood-Oxford School	4	Kingswood-Oxford School	3	Phillips Exeter Academy	4
Groton School	2
Bottom half of the draw played at Groton
Deerfield Academy	1	Phillips Exeter Academy	4
Phillips Exeter Academy (#2)	4

Quarterfinals (Saturday morning, 9:00 @ Harvard; 8:45 at Hopkins)		Semifinals (Saturday afternoon, not later than 2:00pm)		Final (Sunday, 1:00pm, at Choate)
Roxbury Latin School (#1)	4	Roxbury Latin School	4	Roxbury Latin School	2
Brooks School	2
Top half of the draw played at Harvard (RLA host school)
Belmont Hill School	1	Buckingham, Browne & Nichois School	2
Buckingham, Browne & Nichois School	4

Hopkins School	4	Hopkins School	1	Brunswick School	4
Moses Brown School	0
Bottom half of the draw played at Hopkins
Berkshire School	0	Brunswick School	4
Brunswick School (#2)	4

Quarterfinals (Saturday morning, 8:30)		Semifinals (Saturday afternoon, not later than 2:00pm)		Final (Sunday, 1:00pm, at Dexter)
Dexter School	4	Dexter School	4	Dexter School	4
Kents Hill School	0
Top half of the draw played at Dexter & Pine Manor College
Beaver Country Day School	1	Pingree School	0
Pingree School	4

Storm King School	4	Storm King School	4	Storm King School	0
Watkinson School	3
Bottom half of the draw played at Wooster
[ BYE ]		Wooster School	3
Wooster School

The Tournament Committee determined tournament berths and seeding based on the following criteria: 2015 win-loss record, record within class, quality of schedule, head-to-head results, results against common opponents, total number of matches played, meeting the .500 record minimum standard, and any other available information.

In accordance with ITA and USTA rules, as found in the publication Friend At Court, a tournament may seed one team for every four entered and place one additional team per four entered. Placed teams were assigned to the top and bottom halves of the draw at random.

In the team tournament, all team matches are played using the 7-point intercollegiate format, consisting of three doubles pro-sets collectively worth one point followed by six best-of-three-sets singles matches each worth a point. Because of the tournament format, once the doubles point is decided, teams should commence singles play immediately, abandoning the final doubles pro-set, if necessary. Once the team result is decided, the remaining singles matches may be abandoned. For more information about this format, click here.

Tennis balls. All participating teams should bring nine unopened cans of balls to the first round matches on Saturday morning. The first matches will be played using one school's tennis balls. The losing team keeps the used match balls and the winning team will keep the unopened cans for the next round. This process will be repeated for the semifinals and final.

Hot start. Players should be prepared to warm up for all matches with teammates, then after doubles introductions spin the racquet and immediately serve to begin the first point without further warm up. Once the doubles point is decided, singles matches must begin promptly. Players may take up to three minutes to warm up if they have not just finished playing doubles.

Match intervals. Coaches should use common sense in ensuring a suitable interval before semifinal play should quarterfinal matches run long.

Mutual consent. As there will not necessarily be an official nor a site director at each venue, coaches will need to work together to resolve any difficulties. At each venue, the coach and/or athletic director (or their designate) of the hosting school have the final decision relating to playing conditions and scheduling.