Boys and Girls State Tennis Tournament Fields Set

High school tennis teams begin their pursuits of state championships Friday, as qualifying rounds for the CIAC divisional tournaments begin.

Formats for the girls and boys tournaments are significantly different. Here are the pairings for girls teams from Patch towns in Hartford and Tolland counties; click the class headers for complete brackets. Links are provided for each class of the boys tournament.

GIRLS

Class L

Qualifying Round
Friday, 5/24

• No. 20 New Britain at No. 13 Hall, 4:30 p.m.
• No. 19 Norwich Free Academy at No. 14 Simsbury, 3 p.m.
• No. 18 Newtown at No. 15 Glastonbury, 1:30 p.m.

1st Round
Saturday, 5/25, 12:30 p.m. except as noted

• Glastonbury/Newtown winner at No. 2 South Windsor
• Simsbury/Norwich Free Academy winner at No. 3 Darien
• Hall/New Britain winner at No. 4 Farmington
• No. 10 Wethersfield at No. 7 Southington (11 a.m.)
• No. 9 Cheshire at No. 8 Newington (10:30 a.m.)

Class M

Qualifying Round
Friday, 5/24, 3 p.m. except as noted

• No. 25 New Fairfield at No. 8 Avon
• No. 24 Suffield at No. 9 North Haven
• No. 22 Lyman Hall at No. 11 Tolland (11 a.m.)

1st Round
Saturday, 5/25, 12:30 p.m.

• Avon/New Fairfield winner vs. North Haven/Suffield winner (at higher seed)
• Tolland/Lyman Hall winner vs. Watertown/New London winner (at higher seed)

Class S

Qualifying Round
Friday, 5/24, 3 p.m.

• No. 17 Rocky Hill at No. 16 Windsor Locks

1st Round
Saturday, 5/25, 12:30 p.m.

• Windsor Locks/Rocky Hill winner at No. 1 Valley Regional
• No. 10 East Granby at No. 7 Sacred Heart
• No. 9 Ellington at No. 8 Bolton

BOYS

Opening Round
Friday, 5/24, 8:30 a.m.

• Class LL, at Hall HS
• Class L, at East Hartford HS and East Hartford Racquet Club
• Class M, at Bristol Eastern HS and Page Park
• Class S, at Conard HS