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 Fairfield and Litchfield 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. 22 Fairfield Warde at No. 11 Greenwich, 3 p.m.
• No. 21 Shelton at No. 12 New Canaan, 3 p.m.
• No. 18 Newtown at No. 15 Glastonbury, 1:30 p.m.
• No. 17 Westhill at No. 16 Fairfield Ludlowe, 2 p.m.

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

• Ludlowe/Westhill winner at No. 1 Staples
• Glastonbury/Newtown winner at No. 2 South Windsor
• Simsbury/Norwich Free Academy winner at No. 3 Darien
• New Canaan/Shelton winner at No. 5 Amity
• Greenwich/Warde winner at No. 6 Wilton

Class M

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

• No. 29 Brookfield at No. 4 Pomperaug
• No. 28 St. Joseph at No. 5 Woodstock Academy
• No. 23 Nonnewaug at No. 10 Fitch
• No. 21 Foran at No. 12 Bethel

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

• Maloney/Branford winner at No. 3 Joel Barlow
• Pomperaug/Brookfield winner vs. Northwestern/Jonathan Law winner (at higher seed)
• Woodstock/St. Joseph winner vs. Bethel/Foran winner (at higher seed)
• Fitch/Nonnewaug winner vs. Lauralton/East Lyme winner (at higher seed)

Class S

1st Round
Friday, 5/24, 2 p.m.

• No. 11 North Branford at No. 6 Weston

Saturday, 5/25, 12:30 p.m.

• No. 14 Abbott Tech at No. 3 Stonington

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