By repeating, St. John's Prep boys and Wellesley girls never relinquish top spots in Globe Top 20 tennis polls
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No.
Team
Record
Previous
1.
St. John's Prep
22-0-0
1
2.
Lexington
23-2-0
4
3.
Concord-Carlisle
14-4-0
5
4.
Acton-Boxborough
14-2-0
2
5.
Duxbury
20-3-0
10
6.
Brookline
19-2-0
3
7.
Winchester
17-5-0
8
8.
Newton North
14-4-0
6
9.
Needham
15-5-0
13
10.
BC High
13-5-0
7
11.
Bedford
16-4-0
14
12.
Sharon
20-2-0
18
13.
Hopkinton
21-1-0
9
14.
Westford
9-5-0
12
15.
Hingham
19-2-0
15
16.
Manchester Essex
22-1-0
19
17.
Wellesley
12-9-0
17
18.
Weston
9-8-0
–
19.
Andover
14-5-0
16
20.
Bishop Feehan
12-3-0
11
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Girls' tennis
After capping an undefeated season with its
Lexington is No. 2 after suffering its only loss in the state final, and Newton South is No. 3 after storming through the Dual County League gauntlet before falling in the Division 1 semifinals. The DCL accounts for five of the top 10 spots, with No. 5 Westford, No. 6 Boston Latin, and No. 9 Acton-Boxborough each reaching the Division 1 quarterfinals and No. 8 Wayland advancing to the Division 2 final before falling to Longmeadow.
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No.
Team
Record
Previous
1.
Wellesley
24-0-0
1
2.
Lexington
21-1-0
3
3.
Newton South
17-2-0
2
4.
Winchester
18-4-0
9
5.
Westford
16-2-0
5
6.
Boston Latin
13-4-0
4
7.
Lincoln-Sudbury
9-7-0
11
8.
Wayland
13-6-0
12
9.
Acton-Boxborough
11-6-0
8
10.
Hingham
20-2-0
7
11.
Notre Dame (Hingham)
18-3-0
10
12.
Bishop Feehan
15-3-0
6
13.
Concord-Carlisle
9-6-0
14
14.
Dover-Sherborn
18-0-0
17
15.
Andover
18-2-0
13
16.
Hamilton-Wenham
18-2-0
–
17.
Milton
12-5-0
15
18.
Martha's Vineyard
19-2-0
20
19.
Needham
12-5-0
16
20.
St. John Paul II
22-2-0
–
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