Macon, GA – Middle Georgia State University Head Tennis Coach Tom Bates has announced the Knights schedule for the upcoming 2025 season. After a season that saw the Knights finish runner-up in the regular season and win the conference tournament title, the Knights look to take both this season and advance to the NAIA National Tournament. The road back will be tough as they face a strong schedule with plenty of ranked opponents.
 
The Knights will start off the season on January 26^th on the road in Montgomery, Alabama when they face the Warhawks of NCAA D-II Auburn-Montgomery. They will then travel to Kansas City, Missouri to take part in the ITA Indoor Nationals. The tournament takes place from January 31^st through February 2^nd with eight of the top teams in the NAIA taking part. The Knights are the four-seed and will face a familiar foe, the five-seed Crusaders of William Carey University. The road trip will continue with the Knights going to Mobile, Alabama from February 6^th through the 8^th where they will face (RV) Milligan University, #5 Tennessee Wesleyan, and (RV) Ave Maria University. The Knights will finish off the road trip on February 15^th with a match against #16 Reinhardt University in Waleska, Georgia and February 16^th in Dalton, Georgia against (RV) UT-Southern.
 
The Knights will open their home schedule with three days of matches from February 28^th through March 2^nd against the Mariners of #19 Coastal Georgia, the Phoenix of #10 Cumberland University, and the Bees of (RV) SCAD-Atlanta. The Knights will face the Fillies of (RV) Abraham Baldwin on March 7^th to finish off the string of home matches.
 
The Knights will then head to Montgomery, Alabama for the first of two SSAC Roundups when they face the #12 Rams of the University of Mobile on March 14^th and the (RV) Toppers of Blue Mountain Christian University on March 15^th. The Knights will then head to Lakeland, Florida where they will face the 4^th-ranked Fire of Southeastern University and finish up their trip on March 26^th when they face NCAA D-II Augusta University.
 
The second SSAC Roundup will take place in Montgomery, Alabama where the Knights will face the 7^th-ranked Crusaders of William Carey University on March 28^th and the (RV) Wolfpack of Loyola University on March 29^th. The regular season will finish up with a road match against the top ranked Grizzlies of Georgia Gwinnett College.
 
The Knights head back to Mobile, Alabama on April 16^th with the SSAC Conference Tournament as they look to defend their title with the NAIA National Tournament starting on May 10^th.