HARRISONBURG, Va. – James Madison Head Coach
Tyson Thomas announced the women's tennis schedule for the
2025 spring dual-match season, which features a tough slate of 21 matches, highlighted by six bouts against Atlantic Coast Conference squads.
The Dukes begin the spring with a gauntlet of 10 matches away from home, seven of which are against power-four conference opponents.
JMU will host six matches at Hillside Courts, all during Sun Belt Conference play.
The spring begins the second week of January, as the Dukes head to Tobacco Road for matches at ACC foes Duke (Jan. 11) and North Carolina (Jan. 12). The following weekend, JMU has a quick drive over the mountain to Charlottesville to face Virginia (Jan. 18).
The Dukes then head north for a bout at Syracuse (Jan. 25) before opening the next month in Blacksburg at Virginia Tech (Feb. 2). JMU has a pair of matches scheduled in Winston-Salem, N.C., as it will take on host Wake Forest (Feb. 8) before a neutral match with Furman (Feb. 9).
Valentine's Day weekend will be spent in Lynchburg for a pair of matches at Liberty (Feb. 14) and a neutral showdown with Michigan State (Feb. 15). The non-conference slate concluded in Richmond against VCU (Mar. 1).
Sun Belt play begins with the first two home matches of the season, as the Dukes host Marshall (Mar. 7) and App State (Mar. 9).
After road trips to Georgia State (Mar. 14) and Troy (Mar. 16), JMU is back home for three straight at Hillside. The Dukes match up with Southern Miss (Mar. 22) and South Alabama (Mar. 23) on consecutive days before clashing with rival Old Dominion (Mar. 29) to close the month.
The home stretch of the regular season includes trips to Texas State (Apr. 4) and Louisiana (Apr. 6), Senior Day versus Georgia Southern (Apr. 11) and the regular-season finale at Coastal Carolina (Apr. 19).
The Sun Belt Championship will take place April 24-27 at the Rome Tennis Center in Rome, Ga.