By Braden Keith on SwimSwam
It can be done.
The NCAA has approved a permanent move of the Division I men’s and women’s tennis singles and doubles championships to the fall season, with the team championships continuing to be held in their traditional season in the spring.
The championships are in year two of a two-year pilot program testing the idea, and after evaluating the championships, the Tennis Oversight Committee decided to make the new season structure permanent.
From the NCAA:
Part of the original rationale for the decision to hold the singles and doubles championships in the fall involved student-athlete well-being.
Under the previous format, student-athletes only in the singles and doubles championships could wait up to three weeks from the end of the regular season until they competed again. In addition, tennis student-athletes in both the team and individual championships could compete for nine of 10 days.
With so many matches in a short span, some student-athletes withdrew after selections and during the championships due to injury. Some student-athletes also withdrew directly after selections or after losing in the team tournament.
In 2023, the Intercollegiate Tennis Association, which is the coaches association for college tennis, and the United States Tennis Association collaborated on a survey with the former Division I Men’s and Women’s Tennis Committee. The survey showed 68% of respondents favored the singles and doubles championships shifting to the fall. A winter 2026 NCAA survey of the coaches and conferences showed 75% in support of the shift to the fall.
Why does this matter for swimming? Because it means that there is a pathway for an individual championship meet (with or without team scoring) in the fall and a dual meet championship in the spring, or vice versa.
As swimming works to cope with its identity and what kind of competitive product, other sports are pushing forward with transformative innovation that is changing the trajectory of those sports.
Gymnastics, for example, moved from a five team final to a three team final in 2019, and have now had their championships aired on ABC each of the last six seasons – including a record 1.7 million peak viewers earlier this month.
The dual meet championship format has received a lot of energy behind it, including a mid-season dual meet tournament from the CSCAA last season and the upcoming Kyle Sockwell-led College Swimming League planned for next season.
Whether there’s a dual meet format that can appeal to the more mainstream swimming audience remains to be seen, but tennis’ big shakeup shows that, while adaption can be uncomfortable, the end product can be worth the squeeze.
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