Alabama Women’s Tennis Reveals Action-Packed 2019-20 Schedule
7/29/2019 10:28:00 AM | Women's Tennis
The Crimson Tide will be home for 15 dual matches in the spring, including hosting the 2020 SEC Championships
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – Head coach Jenny Mainz announced the 2019-20 Alabama women's tennis schedule on Monday, which includes an impressive home slate with 15 dual matches in Tuscaloosa and the 2020 Southeastern Conference Championships being played at the Alabama Tennis Stadium.
"I'm excited about our opportunities this season with an experienced team," Mainz stated. "We're playing a competitive schedule that will prepare us well for the rigorous SEC slate. We have added some solid out-of-conference matches that will test our team early in the season. We have also built in some gut-check matches on the road that will get us battle-ready for late season play."
For the fourth year in a row, the Tide will start its fall season in Houston for the Rice Invitational on Sept. 27-29. Alabama also has the ITA All-American Championships (Oct. 5-13) in Tulsa, Okla., and the ITA Southern Regional Championships (Oct. 17-22) hosted by LSU, before the annual Roberto Alison Fall Classic on Nov. 1-3 at the Alabama Tennis Stadium. The fall season concludes with the Oracle/ITA National Fall Championships (Nov. 6-10) in Newport Beach, Calif.
The 2020 dual match season begins with four consecutive home matches, starting with a doubleheader on Jan. 19 against Kennesaw State and Alabama State. The following week, Alabama hosts Indiana and Lipscomb on Jan. 25 before traveling across the country to take on San Diego State (Jan. 31) and Cal State Northridge (Feb. 1) in San Diego, Calif.
On Feb. 6 the Tide returns home to play Michigan State and then hosts another doubleheader versus Iowa State and UT Martin on Feb. 8. Alabama hits the road on Feb. 16 to compete against USF in Tampa, Fla., before heading to Montgomery for the annual Blue Gray National Tennis Classic on Feb. 21-22.
The Crimson Tide will begin SEC play at home against Florida on Feb. 28, before facing off against South Carolina and Alcorn State on March 1. Alabama will be on the road for three straight matches, starting with Kentucky (March 6), then Vanderbilt (March 8) and finishing with Auburn (March 14).
UA hosts Ole Miss on March 19 and then plays its final doubleheader of the season versus Mississippi State and Jackson State on March 21. To close out the month, Alabama will travel to Missouri (March 27) and Arkansas (March 29). The Tide finishes out its home slate with LSU on April 2 and Texas A&M on April 4. The regular season concludes with a trip to Athens to take on the Georgia Bulldogs on April 9, before the season finale in Knoxville against Tennessee on April 11.
For the first time since 2005, Alabama will be the host of the SEC Women's Tennis Championships on April 15-19. After the SEC Championships, NCAA Regionals begin on May 1-3, followed by the Super Regionals on May 9-10 and the NCAA Championships on May 14-23.
The Crimson Tide has nine teams in the 2019 NCAA Tournament field on its dual match schedule with Alabama State, Georgia, Kentucky, Texas A&M, Vanderbilt, Florida, Tennessee, South Carolina and LSU all set to play UA in 2020. Alabama has five players returning from last year's NCAA Tournament team, including four seniors in Alba Cortina Pou, Luca Fabian, Jacqueline Pelletier and Ann Selim.
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