The Springfield Lasers are a World TeamTennis franchise. The franchise was purchased and donated to the city of Springfield, Missouri by the Cooper family in 1996. They play their home matches at Mediacom Stadium at Cooper Tennis Complex .
5-812: The team advanced to the league final in 1999, 2001, 2009, 2013, 2014, 2018 and 2019, and only in the last 2 years have they won the championship. In 2010, the Lasers had the best regular season record (10–4) in World TeamTennis and advanced to the WTT Western Conference Championship but lost to the Kansas City Explorers , 20 to 17. The Lasers faced the Philadelphia Freedoms in the 2018 WTT Championship match on August 5, 2018. The Lasers defeated
10-775: A World TeamTennis team that played at the Barney Allis Plaza in downtown Kansas City, Missouri , USA. The team also played in Kemper Arena from 1993 until 2001. Following the 2012 season, it was announced that the Explorers would be moving to Irving, Texas and renamed the Texas Wild ). The move followed the team's twentieth season in Kansas City. In 2015, the Wild moved to Citrus Heights, California and
15-469: The Freedoms 19-18 for their first WTT Championship in team history. In 2015, the Lasers made slight modifications to their team logo. The words "Springfield" and "tennis" were also relocated. Affair purple ( ) was replaced with kingfisher daisy, a deeper shade of purple. Pacific blue ( ) was also replaced with deep sky blue. At the same time, the Lasers began using an alternate logo with
20-539: The same design but a different color scheme. In place of kingfisher daisy was Han violet-blue ( ), and bright turquoise ( ) appears where deep sky blue is seen in the main logo. As of April 6, 2021 This tennis-related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article related to sports in Missouri is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Kansas City Explorers The Kansas City Explorers were
25-534: Was renamed the California Dream . In 2010, World TeamTennis awarded the Championship Game to Kansas City. The Kansas City Explorers & New York Sportimes were the two finalists, with the Explorers taking the victory on their home court by a score of 21–18. It was the first time the Championship Game had been played in Kansas City. This article about a sports team in Missouri is
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