Weaver announces 2022-23 women’s tennis schedule

COLLEGE STATION, Texas – Texas A&M women’s tennis and head coach Mark Weaver announced the Aggies’ 2022-23 schedule on Wednesday, highlighted by 14 doubles matches and a fall tournament at the George P. Mitchell Tennis Center.

“We are excited to release our schedule for the 2022-23 season,” Weaver said. “As always, we’ve been looking to take on a very tough roster of opponents. Fortunately, we’re set to host the ITA launch weekend again in hopes of qualifying for the Indoor Nationals in Seattle. We have a good trip to Orlando to face some strong Big Ten teams, which will give us great preparation heading into the SEC regular season. Our team also has the added benefit of playing on the national campus of the USTA in February, and we hope to use this experience later, as this site will host the NCAA Tag Team Championships in May.

A&M opens the 2022-23 schedule with the fall tournament portion of its schedule, starting on the road in Raleigh, North Carolina for the NC State Invitational Sept. 22-25. A separate group of Aggies will compete in the ITA Texas Regional Championships at TCU Sept. 22-26. Qualifying roster members will compete at the ITA All-American Championships Oct. 1-9 in Cary, North Carolina.

The Maroon & White will host its only fall tournament at the Mitchell Tennis Center Oct. 21-23, as the Aggies host competitors for the Texas A&M Fall Invitational. Fall play continues with the Baylor Invitational October 28-30 and the Rice Invitational November 3-5. The crown jewel of the fall semester runs from November 2-6, as A&M will compete at the ITA Fall Nationals in San Diego, CA.

The Aggies, the defending Southeastern Conference regular season and tournament champions, kick off the program’s 44th doubleheader season with a doubleheader at Mitchell Tennis Center on Jan. 17, as A&M hosts Houston and Prairie View A&M. The team hosts another twin bill later in the week of Jan. 20, with Tulane and Sam Houston State making the trip to the Brazos Valley.

Texas A&M hosts the Bryan-College Station Regional in the 15th Annual ITA Kickoff Weekend Jan. 27-28, as the Aggies host Florida Atlantic in the first round. A&M will face either Florida or Arizona on the second day of action. The brown and whites participate in a road tilt with Rice on February 4 before the start of the ITA Women’s National Team Indoor Championships. The winner of each regional during the ITA Kickoff Weekend will receive an invitation to the Team Indoor event at the Nordstrom Tennis Center on the University of Washington campus (February 10-13).

After National Indoors, A&M returns to Aggieland for a one-time test against Florida Atlantic on February 19. The Aggies will next challenge a pair of Big Ten foes at USTA National Campus Collegiate Complex, facing Ohio State on Feb. 26 before a contest against Northwestern on Feb. 27.

The Aggies begin their SEC title defense on March 3 at the site of their 2022 SEC Tournament Title, as the team takes on Florida on the road. A&M will then travel to challenge South Carolina on March 5 before returning to the Brazos Valley for a three-game home game against Arkansas (March 10), Missouri (March 12) and LSU (March 17) . The team hits the road again on March 24 and 26 to face Alabama and Auburn respectively. After that, the Maroon & White host four straight home games against Tennessee (March 31), Georgia (April 2), Ole Miss (April 7), and Mississippi State (April 9). A&M wraps up the regular season with road meets against Kentucky (April 14) and Vanderbilt (April 16).

Postseason play begins with the 2023 SEC Women’s Tennis Championships in Fayetteville, Arkansas, from the Billingsley Tennis Center. The SEC tournament runs from April 19-23. The NCAA tournament begins May 5-7 with the first and second rounds at campus venues, followed the following weekend with super regional games May 12-14. The NCAA Women’s Tennis Championships take place May 17-27 at the USTA National Campus Collegiate Complex in Orlando.

A&M is returning five of six starters from a 2022 roster that posted the best record in program history at 33-2 and secured the first double-conference championship in program history. The Aggies feature returning ITA All-Americans Carson Branstine and Jayci Goldsmith, in addition to the nation’s third-largest signing class according to the Tennis Recruiting Network. The Maroon & White also return SEC Coach of the Year and Texas ITA Region Coach of the Year to Weaver, as well as ITA National Assistant Coach of the Year to Jordan. Szabo.

FALL TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE

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DATE

AN EVENT

LOCATION (INSTALLATION)

September 22-25

North Carolina State Invitational

Raleigh, NC (JW Isenhour Tennis Center)

September 22-26

ITA Texas Regional Championships

Fort Worth, Texas (Bayard H. Friedman Tennis Center)

October 1 to 9

ITA All American Championships

Cary, NC (Cary Tennis Park)

October 21-23

Texas A&M Fall Invitation

Bryan-College Station, TX (Mitchell Tennis Center)

October 28-30

Invitation Baylor

Waco, TX (Hurd Tennis Center)

November 3-5

Invitation to rice

Houston, Texas (George R. Brown Tennis Center)

November 2-6

ITA Fall Nationals

San Diego, CA (Barnes Tennis Center)

DOUBLE MATCH SCHEDULE

DATE

AN EVENT

LOCATION (INSTALLATION)

January 17

HOUSTON

Bryan-College Station, TX (Mitchell Tennis Center)

January 17

PRAIRIE VIEW A&M

Bryan-College Station, TX (Mitchell Tennis Center)

January 20

TULANE

Bryan-College Station, TX (Mitchell Tennis Center)

January 20

SAM HOUSTON STATE

Bryan-College Station, TX (Mitchell Tennis Center)

January 27

FAU

Bryan-College Station, TX (Mitchell Tennis Center)

January 28

FLORIDA/ARIZONE

Bryan-College Station, TX (Mitchell Tennis Center)

February 4

with rice

Houston, Texas (George R. Brown Tennis Center)

February 10-13

ITA National Indoors

Seattle, Washington (Nordstrom Tennis Center)

February 19

FAU

Bryan-College Station, TX (Mitchell Tennis Center)

February 26

vs. Ohio State

Orlando, Florida (USTA National Campus)

February 27

against the northwest

Orlando, Florida (USTA National Campus)

3rd of March

in Florida

Gainesville, Florida (Alfred A. Ring Tennis Complex)

March 5

in South Carolina

Columbia, SC (Carolina Tennis Center)

March 10

ARKANSAS

Bryan-College Station, TX (Mitchell Tennis Center)

12th of March

MISSOURI

Bryan-College Station, TX (Mitchell Tennis Center)

the 17th of March

USL

Bryan-College Station, TX (Mitchell Tennis Center)

March 24

in Alabama

Tuscaloosa, Alabama (Alabama Tennis Stadium)

March 26

in Auburn

Auburn, Alabama (Yarbrough Tennis Center)

March, 31st

TENNESSEE

Bryan-College Station, TX (Mitchell Tennis Center)

April 2

GEORGIA

Bryan-College Station, TX (Mitchell Tennis Center)

April 7

OLE MISS

Bryan-College Station, TX (Mitchell Tennis Center)

April 9

STATE OF MISSISSIPPI

Bryan-College Station, TX (Mitchell Tennis Center)

April 14

in Kentucky

Lexington, Ky. (Boone Tennis Complex)

April 16

at Vanderbilt

Nashville, TN (Currey Tennis Center)

April 19-23

SEC Championships

Fayetteville, Ark. (Billingsley Tennis Centre)

May 5-7

NCAA first and second rounds

Campus locations

May 12-14

NCAA Super Regionals

Campus locations

May 17-27

NCAA Championships

Orlando, Florida (USTA National Campus)

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