The Division I Competition Oversight Committee approved a two-year pilot program to hold the Division I men’s and women’s individual tennis championships in the fall of 2024 and 2025.
The Division I men’s and women’s team championships will continue to be held in the spring both years.
The Division I Men’s and Women’s Tennis Committee will evaluate the championships to see what the best path is for the Division I Men’s and Women’s Tennis Championships at the completion of the pilot program.
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Part of the rationale for the decision to hold the Division I individual tennis championships in the fall involves student-athlete well-being.
Under the current format, tennis student-athletes in both the team and individual championships can compete for nine days in a row. Student-athletes only in the individual championships may wait up to three weeks from the end of the regular season until they compete again.
Student-athletes withdraw after selection and during the championships due to injury. Some…
