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====== Tennis ======

[{{:mten.png?300 |An early tennis team. Photo Credit: Trinity College Archives}}]
Tennis first appeared as a lawn tennis club formed in 1878; the sport quickly became popular. By 1883, Trinity had six lawn tennis clubs that made up the Trinity College Lawn Tennis Association. The best of these teams were selected for a varsity team that first played intercollegiate competitions in 1882. In 1883, Trinity headed the effort to form the Intercollegiate Lawn Tennis Association, with the first meet held in [[hartford|Hartford]]. Trinity's [[colors|blue and gold]] were first worn in a tennis meet in October 1883. 
[{{  :wten.jpeg?300|2011 women's tennis team. Photo credit: Trinity College.}}]

Trinity boasted one of the most successful collegiate tennis teams in the country until 1896 when they withdrew from competition due to being unable to keep up with other schools' growing student bodies. 

The men's non-lawn tennis team played its first intercollegiate match in 1896 in a win against Wesleyan. The men's tennis team competed in its first varsity season in 1909 and has made four NCAA tournament appearances. 

The women's tennis team competed in its first varsity season in 1972 and has made three NCAA tournament appearances. 


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===== Sources =====

[[https://bantamsports.com/documents/2022/8/30/mtalltimepsresultshonors22.pdf | Men's Tennis All-Time Post Season Honors]]

[[https://bantamsports.com/documents/2020/10/1/wtalltimepsresultsandhonors20.pdf | Women's Tennis All-Time Post Season Honors]]

[[https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/w_books/2/|Trinity College in the Twentieth Century]] (2000) by Peter and Anne Knapp, p. 46.

[[https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/w_books/4/|The History of Trinity College]] (1967) by Glenn Weaver, p. 211. 

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