News - Springfield Lasers
World TeamTennis Announces 2020 Season Dates, Record-Setting $5 Million In Prize Money, More
October 28, 2019
WTT’s 45th Season Begins July 12 and Ends with WTT Final on Aug. 1 At Orleans Arena In Las Vegas; Two New Expansion Teams To Be Announced CARLSBAD, Calif. (October 23, 2019) – A record amount of player prize money – including a new additional increase of $1 million for the postseason – will be ...
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Celebrate Lasers Championship, Cooper Tennis renovations, tonight 6 p.m.
August 27, 2019
Springfield, MO — Celebrate the Springfield Lasers’ back-to-back World TeamTennis Championship win and the recent renovation of Cooper Tennis Complex tonight, Thursday, Aug. 29, 6-8 p.m. The event begins with a brief program dedicating Courts 1-6, followed by a party, with music, cake, photo ops with the King Trophy, door prizes and new Lasers Championship ...
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Lasers Retain King Trophy After Rallying To Defear WTT Playoff Newcomer Empire
August 13, 2019
World TeamTennis Finals Most Valuable Player presented by Forevermark Robert Lindstedt teamed with Evan Song and Abigail Spears to win sets in men’s doubles and mixed doubles LAS VEGAS, Nev. (August 3, 2019) – The World Team Tennis King Trophy will remain in Springfield another year as the Springfield Lasers’ begin their reign as Back-to-Back ...
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Hometown Boy Evan Song of Vegas Helps Springfield Lasers Repeat As Champions
August 4, 2019
Evan Song closed the regular season with the Vegas Rollers. He walked off the tennis court at Orleans Arena on Saturday night as a member of the two-time World TeamTennis champion Springfield Lasers. ...
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Springfield Lasers Set to Defend King Trophy, Slip Past San Diego Aviators
August 2, 2019
San Diego's Arina Rodionova led 4-2 against Springfield's Olga Govortsova, who rallied to win back-to-back games, force a tiebreak and take the set, 5-4, and hand the Lasers a 21-19 victory and berth into Saturday night's championship match. ...
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Springfield Lasers Rally To Defeat Vegas Rollers; Next Stop, WTT Playoffs
August 1, 2019
Outside at the stadium court or inside in front of metal bleachers, it didn't really matter. The Springfield Lasers were just a little bit better than the Vegas Rollers Wednesday night. ...
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Springfield Lasers Punch Ticket to Vegas, Drop Orange County
July 31, 2019
SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI — There’s a nickname for Springfield, often said with tongue planted firmly in cheek: SpringVegas. That’s what the Springfield Lasers yelled as they broke their huddle after a 22-16 win over the Orange County Breakers at Cooper Tennis Complex Tuesday night, and for a good reason. BREAKERS vs. LASERS MATCH STATS | 2019 ...
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New-Look New York Empire Down Springfield Lasers, Create Three-Way Tie For Second
July 30, 2019
BRONX, N.Y. – A pair of former U.S. Olympians arrived for the New York Empire on Monday night, but it was a pair of season stalwarts that ultimately sealed a crucial victory for New York in the chase for the World TeamTennis playoffs. Neal Skupski and Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez, who entered the night as ...
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Philadelphia Freedoms Stay Perfect at Home; Defeat Springfield Lasers in 1 vs. 2 Duel
July 28, 2019
PHILADELPHIA – Taylor Townsend has closed out many big matches for Philadelphia during her six-year career with the Freedoms. In front of an enthusiastic home crowd, Townsend fought off a gutsy performance from Springfield’s Olga Govortsova to send Philadelphia home a 22-20 winner in Extended Play to keep the Freedoms perfect at home on the ...
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Washington Kastles, Superstar Nick Kyrgios Down Defending WTT Champ Springfield Lasers
July 28, 2019
The Washington Kastles found their champion form on Saturday in their last home match of the 2019 season. The six-time WTT champs downed the defending WTT champion and 2nd place Springfield Lasers to cap a historic season in DC. In front of a sold-out crowd at Kastles Stadium on Union Market, Kastles superstar Nick Kyrgios clinched the victory, 23-20, with an underhand serve in extended play. ...
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