2015 Springfield Lasers season

2015 Springfield Lasers
2015 record 0 wins, 0 losses
Owner(s) Springfield-Greene County Park Board
represented by John Cooper
President/CEO Bob Belote
General Manager Paul Nahon
Coach John-Laffnie de Jager
Stadium Mediacom Stadium at Cooper Tennis Complex
(capacity: 2,500)

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The 2015 Springfield Lasers season will be the 20th season of the franchise in World TeamTennis (WTT).

Season recap

Trade for Isner and draft

At the WTT Draft on March 16, 2015, it was announced that the Lasers had acquired the top-ranked American player John Isner in a trade with the Boston Lobsters for undisclosed consideration which was presumably financial, since no other players or draft choices were moved in connection with the deal.[1] As the trade was announced, Isner said, "I’m really looking forward to joining the Springfield Lasers. I know Springfield has first-class tennis fans and the Lasers have been extremely close to bringing home the King Trophy the past couple of seasons. I’m very hopeful to help put them over the top in 2015."[2] In the roster portion of the draft, the Lasers protected Anna-Lena Grönefeld and Michael Russell and selected Andre Begemann and roster-exempt player Alison Riske.[1]

Other player transactions

On May 12, 2015, the Lasers signed Shelby Rogers as a substitute player.[3] Rogers was a member of the 2014 WTT Champion Washington Kastles.

Event chronology

Draft picks

Since the Lasers were the Western Conference champions in 2014, they selected next to last (sixth) in each round of the draft. Unlike previous seasons in which WTT conducted its Marquee Player Draft and its Roster Player Draft on different dates about one month apart, the league conducted a single draft at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden in Indian Wells, California on March 16, 2015.[1] The selections made[1] by the Lasers are shown in the table below.

Draft type Round No. Overall Player chosen Prot? Notes
Marquee 1 6 6 United States John Isner Y
2 6 13 Pass –
3 6 20 Pass –
Roster 1 6 6 Germany Andre Begemann N
2 6 13 United States Alison Riske N Exempt
3 6 20 Germany Anna-Lena Grönefeld Y
4 6 27 United States Michael Russell Y
5[Draft 1] 1 29 Pass –

Notes:

  1. ↑ The Lasers drafted one exempt player during the first four rounds of the roster draft and could have selected another player in the fifth round.[4]

Match log

Legend
Lasers Win Lasers Loss
Home team in CAPS
Match Date Venue and location Result and details Record
1 July 12 Mediacom Stadium at Cooper Tennis Complex
Springfield, Missouri 		Philadelphia Freedoms at SPRINGFIELD LASERS
2 July 13 Dream Stadium at Sunrise Mall
Citrus Heights, California 		Springfield Lasers at CALIFORNIA DREAM
3 July 14 Mediacom Stadium at Cooper Tennis Complex
Springfield, Missouri 		Boston Lobsters at SPRINGFIELD LASERS
4 July 15 Mediacom Stadium at Cooper Tennis Complex
Springfield, Missouri 		Washington Kastles at SPRINGFIELD LASERS
5 July 17 Mediacom Stadium at Cooper Tennis Complex
Springfield, Missouri 		San Diego Aviators at SPRINGFIELD LASERS
6 July 18 Gregory Gymnasium
Austin, Texas 		Springfield Lasers at AUSTIN ACES
7 July 19 The Pavilion
Radnor Township, Pennsylvania 		Springfield Lasers at PHILADELPHIA FREEDOMS
8 July 21 Dream Stadium at Sunrise Mall
Citrus Heights, California 		Springfield Lasers at CALIFORNIA DREAM
9 July 22 Mediacom Stadium at Cooper Tennis Complex
Springfield, Missouri 		Austin Aces at SPRINGFIELD LASERS
10 July 24 Mediacom Stadium at Cooper Tennis Complex
Springfield, Missouri 		Philadelphia Freedoms at SPRINGFIELD LASERS
11 July 25 Mediacom Stadium at Cooper Tennis Complex
Springfield, Missouri 		San Diego Aviators at SPRINGFIELD LASERS
12 July 26 Kastles Stadium at the Charles E. Smith Center
Washington, District of Columbia 		Springfield Lasers at WASHINGTON KASTLES
13 July 28 Omni La Costa Resort and Spa
Carlsbad, California 		Springfield Lasers at SAN DIEGO AVIATORS
14 July 29 Gregory Gymnasium
Austin, Texas 		Springfield Lasers at AUSTIN ACES

Team personnel

As of May 19, 2015:[5][6]

On-court personnel

Front office

Transactions

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Serena Williams, Eugenie Bouchard Headline Mylan World TeamTennis Player Draft for Historic 40th Season". World TeamTennis. March 16, 2015. Retrieved April 2, 2015.
  2. ↑ "Springfield Lasers Draft No. 1 American John Isner". Springfield Lasers. March 16, 2015. Retrieved April 1, 2015.
  3. 1 2 3 "John Isner Adds Second Springfield Date with Lasers". City of Springfield. May 12, 2015. Retrieved May 19, 2015.
  4. ↑ 2015 Mylan WTT Official Rules Guide (PDF). World TeamTennis. 2015. p. 27. Retrieved May 5, 2015.
  5. ↑ "2015 Lineup". Springfield Lasers. Retrieved May 19, 2015.
  6. ↑ "About Us". Springfield Lasers. Retrieved April 1, 2015.

External links

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