Springfield Lasers

Springfield Lasers
Sport	Team tennis
Founded	1996
League	World TeamTennis
Team history	Springfield Lasers; 1996–present
Based in	Springfield, Missouri
Stadium	Mediacom Stadium at Cooper Tennis Complex
Colors	Kingfisher daisy and deep sky blue; ; Alternate: Han violet-blue and bright turquoise;
Owner	Springfield-Greene County Park Board
Head coach	John-Laffnie de Jager
Championships	2 (2018, 2019)
	Current season

The Springfield Lasers are a World TeamTennis franchise. The franchise was purchased and donated to the city of Springfield, Missouri by the Cooper family in 1996. They play their home matches at Mediacom Stadium at Cooper Tennis Complex.

History

The team advanced to the league final in 1999, 2001, 2009, 2013, 2014, 2018 and 2019, and only in the last 2 years have they won the championship.^[1]^[2] In 2010, the Lasers had the best regular season record (10–4) in World TeamTennis and advanced to the WTT Western Conference Championship but lost to the Kansas City Explorers, 20 to 17.^[3] The Lasers faced the Philadelphia Freedoms in the 2018 WTT Championship match on August 5, 2018. The Lasers defeated the Freedoms 19-18 for their first WTT Championship in team history.

In 2015, the Lasers made slight modifications to their team logo. The words "Springfield" and "tennis" were also relocated. Affair purple ( ) was replaced with kingfisher daisy, a deeper shade of purple. Pacific blue ( ) was also replaced with deep sky blue. At the same time, the Lasers began using an alternate logo with the same design but a different color scheme. In place of kingfisher daisy was Han violet-blue ( ), and bright turquoise ( ) appears where deep sky blue is seen in the main logo.

Current roster

As of April 6, 2021^[4]

References

^ Smith, Doug (August 24, 2001). "Lasers battle Freedoms for team title Saturday". USA Today. Archived from the original on November 4, 2012. Retrieved November 18, 2010.
^ Emerick, Thomas (July 26, 2009). "Kastles survive Lasers rally, claim first WTT title". USA Today. Retrieved November 18, 2010.
^ "Match Statistics". World TeamTennis. July 23, 2010.
^ "2021 Team".

"About Us". Springfield Lasers. Retrieved November 18, 2010.
"Tennis: Navratilova, Connors picked". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. Associated Press. March 27, 1998. p. 3C.

External links

Official team website

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[01fin-1] Smith, Doug (August 24, 2001). "Lasers battle Freedoms for team title Saturday". USA Today. Archived from the original on November 4, 2012. Retrieved November 18, 2010.

[09fin-2] Emerick, Thomas (July 26, 2009). "Kastles survive Lasers rally, claim first WTT title". USA Today. Retrieved November 18, 2010.

[2010wcc-3] "Match Statistics". World TeamTennis. July 23, 2010.

[4] "2021 Team".

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