Aug. 9, 2017
AUBURN, Ala. - Auburn women’s tennis has released the remaining schedule for the 2017-18 year. The Tigers, led by head coach Lauren Spencer entering her seventh season at the helm, are coming off their second-straight season advancing to the NCAA Round of 16, and will look for continued success in 2018.
After closing out the fall in November, Auburn will pick up the spring portion of the schedule by welcoming three non-conference foes over a weekend of play beginning Friday, January 19th. The Tigers will first host Louisiana-Monroe on the 19th and then face Oklahoma and Georgia State on Sunday the 21st.
Auburn then hosts the ITA Kickoff Weekend Jan. 26-27 before hitting the road for the first time to play Cornell and Princeton, location to be announced, on Feb. 3 and 4.
The ITA National Team Indoors will be held in New Haven, Conn. Feb. 9-12, and on the 17th, Auburn returns to the Plains to host Michigan State and Samford at the Yarbrough Tennis Center. The Tigers then conclude the non-conference portion of the schedule with a trip to Montgomery, Ala., for the Blue Gray National Tennis Classic Feb. 23 and 24.
The SEC slate begins with back-to-back road trips to Nashville and Lexington, Ky., for matches vs. Vanderbilt (Mar. 2) and Kentucky (Mar. 4). The Tigers will then play host for five-straight home matches vs. Mississippi State (Mar. 8), Ole Miss (Mar. 10), Alabama (Mar. 16), South Carolina (Mar. 22) and Florida (Mar. 24).
Four away matches then await at Tennessee (Mar. 29), Georgia (Mar. 31), Missouri (Apr. 6) and Arkansas (Apr. 8) before closing out the regular season with back-to-back home matches vs. Texas A&M (Apr. 13) and LSU (Apr. 15).
The SEC Championships will be held Apr. 18-23 in Knoxville, Tenn.