USIAA Tennis Rules:
Scholarship and Roster Rules:
- All programs can only have a max of 24 players during the regular season; this limit is lifted to 135 players for preseason tryouts only.
- All programs can choose whether to allow athletic scholarships or not; start-up programs are given a max of 5 years to decide whether or not to provide athletic scholarships to players.
- All D1 scholarship programs can only have a max of 5 total scholarships, and a max of 2 full scholarship players.
- All D2 scholarship programs can only have a max of 4.5 total scholarships, and a max of 2 full scholarship players.
- All D3 scholarship programs can only have a max of 4 total scholarship players.
- All D4 scholarship programs can only have a max of 9 total scholarships, and a max of 4 full scholarship players.
- 4 points for a win.
- 2 points for a draw.
- 1 "bonus" point for losing in overtime.
- All D1 Programs play a 26-game season (13h/13a) beginning in the last week of August and ending in the second week of April.
- All D2 programs play an 24-game season (either 12h/12a) beginning in the first week of September and ending in the second week of April.
- All D3 & D4 programs play a 22-game season (11h/11a) beginning in the first week of September and ending in the first week of April.
- All Programs are required to play at least 6 in-region games, with 3 home and 3 away games.
- All 6 non-regional games are required to be against teams that are within 700 (D1) or 500 (D2-D4) miles of the program in question.
- The D1-D2 Tournaments begin on the first week after the regular season and ending six weeks later.
- The D4 Tournaments begin on the first week after the regular season and ending five weeks later;
- To be eligible for the post season:
a) D1 programs must have a minimum record of 13-13 (or 12-14 with good academic standing), and not be on probation.
b) D2 programs must have a minimum record of 12-12 (or 11-13 with good academic standing), and not be on probation.
c) D3 & D4 programs must have a minimum record of 11-11 (or 10-12 with good academic standing), and not be on probation.