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Boston Globe
19-05-2025
- Sport
- Boston Globe
Globe Top 20 tennis polls: Newton South girls, Brookline boys serving notice
Advertisement In a battle between two solid teams in the ultra-competitive Dual County League on Friday, No. 8 Acton-Boxborough emerged victorious, 4-1, over No. 11 Lincoln-Sudbury to create separation in the league standings. Get Starting Point A guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday. Enter Email Sign Up Wellesley remains on top, as its perfect season continued. The MIAA touranament seedings and pairings will be released Friday. Records based on scored reported to the Globe. The Globe's Top 20 girls' tennis poll The Globe poll as of May 19, 2025. Teams were selected by the Globe sports staff. No. Team Record Previous 1. Wellesley 16-0-0 1 2. Newton South 14-0-0 2 3. Lexington 16-0-0 3 4. Boston Latin 11-3-0 4 5. Westford 13-1-0 5 6. Bishop Feehan 12-2-0 6 7. Hingham 16-1-0 10 8. Acton-Boxborough 8-4-0 8 9. Winchester 14-3-0 9 10. Notre Dame (H) 12-2-0 11 11. Lincoln-Sudbury 7-6-0 7 12. Wayland 8-5-0 13 13. Andover 15-1-0 14 14. Concord-Carlisle 6-5-0 12 15. Milton 9-4-0 15 16. Needham 10-4-0 16 17. Dover-Sherborn 13-0-0 19 18. Belmont 10-6-0 18 19. Duxbury 12-3-0 17 20. Martha's Vineyard 14-0-0 20 The Globe's Top 20 boys' tennis poll There's little movement this week in the Globe Top 20 boys' tennis poll, with most of the state's top teams cruising down the backstretch of the regular season. St. John's Prep stayed unbeaten and atop the poll. Third-ranked Brookline put together an impressive week, notching a 3-2 victory over No. 6 Newton North on Wednesday, and then handling No. 10 Duxbury, 4-1, in nonleague action on Saturday. Advertisement Next week should bring more clarity to the Division 1 postseason landscape, with No. 5 Concord-Carlisle set to face No. 4 Lexington and No. 2 Acton-Boxborough consecutively (on Tuesday and Wednesday) to close out the regular season. The only new entrant into the poll is No. 17 Wellesley, which posted three consecutive wins to conclude the week, highlighted by a 4-1 triumph over Weston on Tuesday. The MIAA tournament seedings and pairings will be released on Friday. Records based on scores reported to the Globe. The Globe poll as of May 19, 2025. Teams were selected by the Globe sports staff. No. Team Record Previous 1. St. John's Prep 15-0-0 1 2. Acton-Boxborough 11-0-0 2 3. Brookline 15-1-0 3 4. Lexington 17-1-0 4 5. Concord-Carlisle 9-2-0 5 6. Newton North 11-3-0 6 7. BC High 11-2-0 7 8. Winchester 14-3-0 9 9. Hopkinton 16-0-0 11 10. Duxbury 15-2-0 10 11. Bishop Feehan 11-1-0 12 12. Westford 7-4-0 8 13. Needham 12-4-0 15 14. Bedford 10-4-0 16 15. Hingham 15-1-0 13 16. Andover 12-3-0 14 17. Wellesley 10-8-0 – 18. Sharon 15-1-0 19 19. Manchester Essex 16-0-0 20 20. Arlington 11-4-0 17 Matty Wasserman can be reached at
Boston Globe
28-04-2025
- Sport
- Boston Globe
Globe Top 20 boys' and girls' tennis polls: Who starts in the No. 1 spots?
Though No. 5 Brookline fell handily to the Prep, the Warriors responded with impressive wins over No. 6 Newton North and No. 7 BC High, and will have another prime opportunity against Concord-Carlisle on Tuesday. Advertisement All records based on scores reported to the Globe. Get Starting Point A guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday. Enter Email Sign Up The Globe's Top 20 boys' tennis poll The Globe poll as of April 27, 2025. Teams were selected by the Globe sports staff. No. Team Last season's rec. 1. St. John's Prep 22-0 2. Concord-Carlisle 14-4 3. Lexington 22-2 4. Acton-Boxborough 11-4 5. Brookline 18-5 6. Newton North 17-2 7. BC High 15-4 8. Westford 14-4 9. Duxbury 20-2 10. Winchester 15-6 11. Hopkinton 17-3 12. Bishop Feehan 12-6 13. Hingham 17-5 14. Andover 15-5 15. Wayland 10-5 16. Arlington 14-7 17. Weston 14-6 18. Bedford 14-6 19. Sharon 21-1 20. Manchester Essex 15-2 The Globe's Top 20 girls' tennis poll: With a perfect 9-0 record to open the season, defending Division 1 champion Wellesley takes the top spot in the season debut of the Globe Top 20 girls' tennis 20 rankings. At No. 2 is Newton South, the reigning Division 1 semifinalist which has already notched 3-2 victories over No. 3 Boston Latin and No. 10 Acton-Boxborough in Dual County League play. The Middlesex League is shaping up to be a two-way battle between No. 4 Winchester and No. 5 Lexington, both of whom are undefeated and were tied 2-2 in their head-to-head matchup before the deciding match was postponed due to darkness. Advertisement No. 6 Westford has also gotten off to a fast start, highlighted by a 3-2 triumph over No. 8 Bishop Feehan. Records based on scores reported to the Globe. The Globe poll as of April 27, 2025. Teams were selected by the Globe sports staff. No. Team Last season's rec. 1. Wellesley 23-1 2. Newton South 11-7 3. Boston Latin 19-3 4. Winchester 16-4 5. Lexington 23-1 6. Westford 16-3 7. Concord-Carlisle 8-5 8. Bishop Feehan 12-4 9. Lincoln-Sudbury 9-7 10. Acton-Boxborough 13-3 11. Notre Dame (Hingham) 18-1 12. Hingham 17-4 13. Duxbury 15-3 14. Needham 11-8 15. Andover 17-3 16. Milton 10-5 17. Masconomet 6-3 18. Belmont 13-7 19. Dover-Sherborn 15-3 20. Lynnfield 16-6 Matty Wasserman can be reached at
Boston Globe
22-02-2025
- Sport
- Boston Globe
MIAA girls' hockey tournament: See the seedings and matchups for Divisions 1-2
Both tournaments will conclude with state championship games on Sunday, March 16, at TD Garden. Hingham draws the top seed in the Division 1 field. The Harborwomen were the state's last unbeaten team prior to suffering their first loss to St. Mary's in the regular season finale on Thursday. St. Mary's is the defending Division 1 state champion, and enters this year's tournament as the No. 14 seed after notching a sub-.500 record in the difficult Catholic Central. Advertisement Other top Division 1 contenders include No. 2 Notre Dame (Hingham) and No. 3 Malden Catholic, two independent powers who have thrived against challenging schedules. Meanwhile, Westwood claims the top seed in the Division 2 field after an 18-1-1 season in which they cruised to the Tri-Valley league title. The Wolverines' sole loss came just last week to Hingham. Two-time defending champion Duxbury is seeded second in Division 2, and is battle-tested after squaring off with many of the state's top teams in both Patriot league and nonleague play. Matty Wasserman can be reached at
