Challenge match policies are also extremely important. My essential
guidelines:
• Challenge matches earn you a spot in the lineup, match play
preserves the spot. These are perhaps the grimmest matches in
college tennis. (One of my players always lost.)
• The two most important challenge matches were between number
six and number seven (determines if you start) and number eight
and number nine (determines if you travel with the team). The coach
should always witness these matches.