UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa.; December 1, 2016- The Penn State women's tennis team has announced its spring 2017 schedule. The first six matches of the season are at home at the Penn State Indoor Tennis Center. Penn State begins action on Saturday, January 14 vs. Navy.
"This year will be a bit of change with us having quite a few home matches to start the season," head coach Chris Cagle said. "It is nice to add Navy, West Virginia, James Madison and Cornell to some of our more traditional opponents. Our schedule is always challenging with the non-conference opponents we schedule added to the strong Big Ten teams we face. We have an experienced group this year and I am excited to get into the spring competition with them. I hope we can get a strong home court advantage to start our season off this coming January."
Fourteen of the Nittany Lions' opponents are in the Power Five conferences and 12 opponents were ranked during some portion of the spring 2016 season.
The team will travel to Columbus, Ohio, for their first road matchup of the season where they will face Ohio State, the defending Big Ten champions, on Sunday, February 19.
The Lions will close out their regular season matches at home vs. Indiana on Sunday, April 23 at 11:00 a.m. when the seniors will be honored.
All times listed on the schedule are Eastern and subject to change. Please check GoPSUsports.com for updated times.
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