the doubles pairing regulation only if the substitution was due to a legitimate injury/illness.
(g)
MaxPreps Data Entry - All rosters, individual results and team results, must be entered on the school's
MaxPreps team page within 72 hours of completion of a match.
4.11.3 Playoffs (Dual Team)
(a)
Dates and Sites - All rounds of play through the regionals will be played at the home of the higher
seed. The dual team state final match in all eight classifications for women and men will be held at the
Burlington Tennis Center.
(1)
The dual team playoff dates are as follows:
Women’s
Men’s
Deadline for Reporting
October 9, 11:59 p.m.
April 23, 11:59 p.m.
Seeding
October 10
April 24
First Round
October 13
April 27
Second Round
October 15
April 29
Third Round
October 20
May 4
Fourth Round
October 22
May 6
Regional Round
October 28
May 12
State Championship
Oct. 31-Nov. 1
May 15-16
(2)
Facilities and Equipment - The host school is responsible for providing the playing facilities
(hard courts unless moved inside for rain or mutual agreement to play on soft courts). Match
es must begin no earlier than 4:00 p.m. without permission of the NCHSAA. You must set up
matches to be played on courts which have lights, or lighted courts must be available for use.
(b)
Failure to comply with the initial reporting procedure will result in a penalty.
(c)
In the 1A Classification, the bracket will be reduced to 32 teams. In 2A-7A the bracket will include
48 teams (on a 64-team bracket) and in the 8A Classification, there will be 24 teams (on a 32-team
bracket.)
(d)
Playoff Brackets - Will be posted on the NCHSAA Website once bracketing is complete.
(e)
Official Line-ups - All schools must submit dual team lineup sheets three weeks prior to the reporting
deadline (Women - September 18; Men - April 2). Any appeals to those lineups must be submitted
within five (5) business days to the NCHSAA. All appeals will be heard by an appeals committee com
posed of high school coaches from all classifications selected by the NCHSAA and NCTCA. No further
lineup changes will be allowed after this point. Schools must also update the final records of their stu
dent-athletes prior to the reporting deadline (Women - October 9; Men - April 23). Failure to submit
lineups by the established deadline(s) will result in a penalty to the member school. The minimum
participants to constitute a team is four.
(1)
Student-athletes must have played 50% of the total team matches to be eligible for the play
offs unless there is an approved issue (injury or illness). Proof must be provided on the line-
up sheet for any such injury or illness.
(2)
Coaches shall exchange singles line-ups, no later than 15 minutes prior to the match using the
MANDATORY official post-season dual team line-up sheet. Doubles line-ups must be shared
prior to the start of doubles.
(3)
Players shall be ranked in order of ability, the best player on the team playing at the #1 posi
tion, the second best at #2 and so on through all positions. This rule shall also apply to dou
bles play, with the strongest combination listed at #1 and so on.
(4)
If a player is not available in singles, or a team is not available in doubles, all players/teams
must move up in the lineup.
(5)
A team appearing with an insufficient number of players shall default matches at the bottom
of the line-up (i.e. the six player team appearing with five players must default at the #6 sin
gles position, and in doubles, at the #3 position).
(6)
Attempts of non-approved changes to the official line-up or stacking of the line-up is not al
lowed, is considered cheating, and may be punishable with penalties.
(7)
The positions paired at the number-one doubles (e.g., #1 and #3 =4) must add up to an equal
or lower number than those paired at the number two doubles (e.g., #2 and #4 = 6). The
number-two doubles pairing must add up to an equal or lower number than those paired at
number-three doubles (e.g., #5 and #6 = 11).
(8)
A number-one singles player may NOT play at number three doubles.
(9)
Any player NOT in the top 6 will be considered a #7 player for the purpose of placement in doubles.
(10)
A coach is permitted to substitute for a player in the doubles as long as it is a lower ranked
player not already in the doubles line-up. Any doubles team with a player substituted without
a legitimate injury or illness is still bound by the doubles pairing regulation.
(11)
A doubles team with a substituted player is NOT subject to the doubles pairing regulation
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