LEXINGTON, Ky. – Kentucky’s women’s tennis program announced its 2016-17 fall and spring schedule on Friday, with the Wildcats hosting a total of 11 home matches in the upcoming spring season. The Wildcats’ fall slate starts off on Friday, Sept. 30 with the Northwestern Invitational in Evanston, Ill., which will run through Sunday, Oct. 30. From there, UK heads to Nashville, Tenn. for the Vanderbilt Invite, Oct. 7-9, before heading back to the Volunteer State for the ITA Ohio Valley Regional in Murfreesboro, Tenn. on Oct. 20-24. Southeastern Conference foe Alabama will host a Fall Invitational on Oct. 28-30 before the Cats wrap up fall competition with the ITA National Indoor Intercollegiate Championships in New York, Nov. 3-6.Kentucky travels to Huntington, W. Va., for the opening match of 2017, taking on Marshall before heading to warmer weather in Coral Gables, Fla., for the Miami Spring Invite. Fans will be able to see the Wildcats in Lexington for the first time on Jan. 24, when UK hosts both Miami (OH) and Eastern Kentucky in the Hilary J. Boone Tennis Complex.The Wildcats have once again been selected to compete in the ITA Kickoff Weekend, and will head to Atlanta, Ga., on Jan. 27-29 to face host team Georgia Tech along with UCLA and Penn for a chance to compete in the spring ITA National Indoor Intercollegiate Championships. Should Kentucky advance, it would head to New Haven, Conn., on Feb. 10-13, with a match against Big Tenn member Penn State in between the two tournaments on Feb. 4. Kentucky ends its nonconference portion of the schedule at the end of February, hosting a pair of Ivy League opponents in Lexington with Columbia on Feb. 24 and Princeton on Feb. 26.The SEC schedule starts on the road with UK facing Georgia and Tennessee on March 3 and 5, respectively, before returning home to host Ole Miss (March 10), Mississippi State (March 12) and Vanderbilt (March 19). The Wildcats alternate away and home weekends for the remainder of the schedule, traveling to Alabama and Auburn on March 24 and 26 before hosting Arkansas and Missouri on March 31 and April 2. The final road swing of the regular season will be on April 7 and 9 against LSU and Texas A&M, followed by the final homestand hosting Florida on April 14 and South Carolina for Senior Day on April 16. Vanderbilt will host the 2017 SEC Tournament, which runs from April 19-24 in Nashville.The complete 2016-17 schedule is listed below.
Date
Opponent
Location
Time (Subject to Change)
Fri.-Sun., Sept. 30-Oct. 2
at Northwestern Invitational
Evanston, Illinois
All Day
Fri.-Sun., Oct. 7-9
Vanderbilt Invite
Nashville, Tenn.
All Day
Thurs.-Mon, Oct. 20-24
ITA Ohio Valley Regional
Murfreesboro, Tenn.
All Day
Fri.-Sun., Oct. 28-30
Alabama Fall Invitational
Tuscaloosa, Ala.
All Day
Thurs.-Sun., Nov. 3-6
ITA National Indoors
New York
All Day
Wed., Jan. 18
Marshall
Huntington, W.Va.
5 p.m.
Fri.-Sun., Jan. 20-22
Miami Spring Invite
Coral Gables, Fla.
All Day
SAT., JAN. 24
MIAMI (OH)
BOONE TENNIS CENTER
11 A.M.
EASTERN KENTUCKY
BOONE TENNIS CENTER
6 P.M.
Fri.-Sun., Jan. 27-29
ITA Kickoff Weekend
Atlanta, Ga.
All Day
Sat., Feb. 4
Penn State
State College, Pa.
TBD
Fri.-Mon., Feb. 10-13
ITA National Indoors
New Haven, Conn.
TBD
Sun., Feb. 19
Indiana
Bloomington, Ind.
11 a.m.
FRI., FEB. 24
COLUMBIA
BOONE TENNIS CENTER
6 P.M.
SUN., FEB. 26
PRINCETON
BOONE TENNIS CENTER
NOON
Fri., March 3
Georgia*
Athens, Ga.
3 p.m.
Sun., March 5
Tennessee*
Knoxville, Tenn.
1 p.m.
FRI., MARCH 10
OLE MISS*
BOONE TENNIS CENTER
6 P.M.
SUN., MARCH 12
MISSISSIPPI STATE*
BOONE TENNIS CENTER
4 P.M.
SUN., MARCH 19
VANDERBILT*
BOONE TENNIS CENTER
NOON
Fri., March 24
Alabama*
Tuscaloosa, Ala.
6 p.m.
Sun., March 26
Auburn*
Auburn, Ala.
Noon
FRI., MARCH 31
ARKANSAS*
BOONE TENNIS CENTER
6 P.M.
SUN., APRIL 2
MISSOURI*
BOONE TENNIS CENTER
NOON
Fri., April 7
LSU*
Baton Rouge, La.
4 p.m.
Sun., April 9
Texas A&M*
College Station, Texas
Noon
FRI., APRIL 14
FLORIDA*
BOONE TENNIS CENTER
6 P.M.
SUN., APRIL 16
SOUTH CAROLINA*#
BOONE TENNIS CENTER
NOON
Wed.-Mon., April 19-24
SEC Tournament
Nashville, Tenn.
All Day
HOME MATCHES ARE SIGNIFIED IN BOLD CAPS
*Southeastern Conference Opponent
#Senior Day
