December 10, 2014

Six home matches featured in 2015 Tennessee Tech tennis schedule

Aiming to return to the throne in the Ohio Valley Conference after wearing the crown in 2012 and 2013, the Tennessee Tech tennis team gets its 19-match 2015 season underway at the end of January.

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COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – Aiming to return to the throne in the Ohio Valley Conference after wearing the crown in 2012 and 2013, the Tennessee Tech tennis team gets its 19-match 2015 season underway at the end of January.

Coach Kenny Doyle’s team will host six matches during the year, including five in conference action, all leading up to the OVC Championships, slated for April 17-19.

The opener is an indoor affair against Lipscomb at the Richland Country Club, where Tech opened last year with a touch, 4-3 victory over the Bisons.

Tech faces Middle Tennessee the next day, and goes on to play non-conference matches against Chattanooga, UNC Asheville, Xavier, Georgia Tech, and Winthrop on the road before getting the league schedule underway. In addition to those foes, Tech will also meet the winner of a match between Kennesaw State and Liberty, and host South Dakota State before facing its first league bout.

The match with South Dakota State is Tech’s first home match, scheduled for Saturday, March 7, on the newly resurfaced Tech campus courts.

The final non-conference match is a visit to Louisville in late March.

The nine-match OVC schedule opens on the road at Eastern Kentucky and Morehead State, March 13-14. Tech then hosts five consecutive league foes, with visits from Jacksonville State (March 19), Belmont and Tennessee State (March 27-28), and Eastern Illinois and SIUE (April 3-4).

The regular season closes with conference matches at Murray State and Austin Peay (April 10-11), one week before the league tournament. The winner of the conference tournament receives the league’s automatic bid to the NCAA Championships.

There is no admission charge for spectators to watch Tech’s home matches. The first two home matches have 11 a.m. start times, and the final four are all scheduled for first serves at 12 p.m.