Ladyjacks Reveal 2019 Schedule
9/19/2018 5:18:00 PM | Women's Tennis
SFA to play 21 regular season matches in head coach Erin Scott's first year as Ladyjacks' bench boss
NACOGDOCHES, Texas - Wednesday afternoon SFA head tennis coach Erin Scott revealed the Ladyjacks' 2019 regular season schedule. In all, the team will take part in 21 regular season matches which includes six on its home courts of the Schlief Tennis Complex.
Prior to the start of its traditional season in th spring of 2019, the Ladyjacks are scheduled to take part in a series of tournaments through fall of 2018 beginning with the Rice Invitational in Houston, Texas from September 21-23. The following weekend (Sept. 28-29) SFA travels to Lafayette, La., in order to compete in the Ragin' Cajuns Invitational before enjoying a break of nearly three weeks.
Once they restart their fall schedule, the Ladyjacks are set to travel to College Station, Texas, to take part in the ITA Regionals hosted by Texas A&M from Oct. 18-22. One last October meet - this one at the Texas State Invitational on Oct. 27 - awaits SFA before it ends the fall session at the Louisiana-Monroe Invitational (Nov. 2-3) in the opening week of November.
SFA begins its 2019 campaign on the road in Mississippi by taking on SWAC adversaries Alcorn State (Jan. 26) and Jackson State (Jen. 27) before making their lone home appearance in the month of February. On Saturday, Feb. 2, the Ladyjacks host Sun Belt foe Louisiana-Monroe before hitting the road to take on a trio of in-state opponents.
Road matches at Houston (Feb. 9), UTSA (Feb. 16) and Texas State (Feb. 17) give SFA three more chances to sharpen its game before the Ladyjacks return home to start Southland Conference play once the calendar turns to March.
The Ladyjacks' Southland slate begins at home where the squad battles Louisiana rivals New Orleans (March 1) and Nicholls (March 3) before heading back out on the road for the remainder of the month of March. Three more league tilts at Southland foes Incarnate Word (March 8), Abilene Christian (March 10) and longtime Piney Woods rival Sam Houston State (March 16) preceded a pair of non-conference showdowns in Ruston, La.
While in the Pelican State, SFA will battle Prairie View A&M (March 23) at Louisiana Tech before facing the Lady Techsters the following day (March 24). Just five days later, SFA returns to Texas to reengage in Southland Conference action at Lamar (March 29) and at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (March 31).
SFA is set to take part in six matches through the month of April beginning with its penultimate non-conference match of the regular season at UTRGV (April 1). On Friday, April 5, SFA begins its longest home stand of 2019 by hosting Southland foe Central Arkansas. The Ladyjacks then take on Northwestern State (April 7) for their final Southland home match of the year before wrapping up their six-match home schedule with non-conference battle against Florida International (April 9).
For their final road trip of the regular season, the Ladyjacks head to Louisiana once again where they will face McNeese (April 12) and Southeastern Louisiana (April 14). Should SFA qualify for the Southland Conference Tournament, it will travel to Corpus Christi, Texas, for the league's three-day tournament which runs from Friday, April 26 through Sunday, April 28.
SFA returns six letter winners from last season's squad that narrowly missed out on a berth to the Southland Conference Tournament. For all of SFA's tennis coverage throughout the season, check out SFAJacks.com and follow SFA tennis on social media by following SFA Tennis on Facebook as well as @SFA_Tennis on Twitter and @SFA_Athletics on Instagram.
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