. Selections,
Seedings, and Draws! Selections and seeds are attached as an Excel
document. The first sheet has the singles selections. Click on the tab
labeled 'Doubles' on the bottom to access doubles selections. The draw will
be out on Thursday, hopefully. It will be made by official Don Cortese.
It's the lot right next
to the outdoor tennis courts. You must identify yourself by school and say "ITA
TOURNAMENT"; the person at the gate will have a list of schools competing.
Officials should state their name and that they are officials for the ITA
TOURNAMENT. This lot is for teams and officials only! On Saturday and Sunday
you may park in any lot where the gate is up.
3.
H1N1 Virus and
Handshakes!!! I know handshakes are an ingrained part of
tennis matches. However, in light of the H1N1 virus, please let your players
know that we will do waves instead of handshakes at the conclusion of matches.
We have done this for our conference (NEWMAC) matches, and the ITA has also
recommended that we temporarily move away from how we normally operate.
Please talk to your players beforehand so that we can avoid awkward
encounters.
4. Coaches Meeting!
The MANDATORY Coaches Meeting will be held on Friday morning at 8am. We'll
meet at the outdoor tennis courts; we'll meet at the Tennis Bubble if raining.
Play begins at the conclusion of the meeting. Coaches must come to the
meeting; players can stay at sites they are going to play at.
4. Playing Venues!
If we are playing outdoors, everyone will meet at the outdoor tennis courts.
If indoors, players should report directly to their assigned venue. We will
have two indoor venues - the Tennis Bubble and the Fieldhouse.
If indoors, I will run
the desk at the Tennis Bubble and my assistant, Dan Griffin, who did an
excellent job of running things at the Fieldhouse last year, will do the same
this year.
5. Racket Stringing!
There will be limited racket stringing services provided at the tournament.
Another one of my assistants, Peter Varnum, will run this service. He will be
able to string rackets Friday evening and Saturday morning. This service is
intended for players who break strings AT the tournament and need rackets for
their next match. The charge is $25, or $20 if you bring your own string. We
have Prince Syngut 16g.
6. Schedule of play!
Right now it looks
like as if we will have 3 sunny days!! We'll go with the usual plan of:
Friday 8am start: 2
rounds of singles, 1 round of consolation singles, 2 rounds of doubles, 1
round of consolation doubles
Saturday 9am start: 2
rounds of singles, 2 rounds of consolation singles, 2 rounds of doubles, 2
rounds of consolation doubles
Sunday 9am start: 2
rounds of singles, 2 rounds of consolation singles, 1 rounds of doubles, 1
round of consolation doubles
If it does rain on
Friday (and good weather Saturday and Sunday,) we'd still like to get the
players as much tennis as possible. Therefore, we'd like to still hold the
consolation rounds. This means get ready for a long Friday. This is the
plan for Rainy-Friday, Sunny-Saturday, and Sunny-Sunday:
Friday 8am start: 2
rounds of main draw singles, 1 round of consolation singles, 1 round of main
draw doubles (Note: The top halves of all the draws will play at the tennis
bubble; the bottom halves of all the draws will play at the fieldhouse. The
doubles round will not start earlier than 2pm.)
Saturday 9am start: 2
rounds of everything (singles, doubles, consolation singles, consolation
doubles)
Sunday 9am start: 2
rounds of everything (singles, doubles, consolation singles, consolation
doubles) to finish out the tournament
At ALL sites we will have the On-Deck-Index-Card system at the tournament
desks, so players should be able to look at the board and see if they are
close to getting on.
Please note that because of the number of matches, we may use indoor courts
for consolation play even if the weather is nice. And as always, please be
flexible if the weather changes unexpectedly. We have tried our best to be
as prepared as possible.
7. Tournament
Format!
Doubles: 8 game pro
sets throughout, make sure we use 4 balls per match (new ITA rule for this
year)
Singles: 2 out of 3
sets, with supertiebreaker in the third set until the quarters. From the
quarters on, play out the third set.
8. Sports Medicine!!
The Athletic Training Room is located on the first floor of the Zesiger
Athletic Center (where the Fieldhouse is.) If your players require treatment
modalities from the Athletic Training Room, make sure that she has a note from
your respective Athletic Training Office.
9.
Warmup! Warmup will
be on a first come first serve basis starting at 7am at all sites. Please be
considerate and take efficient warmups so that people can cycle through.
10.
Tournament Director, Carol Matsuzaki's cell # is 617 513 3518.