Colorado has mapped out a busy 2026-27 women’s tennis slate, and it comes with plenty of miles, plenty of tournament play and a heavy home schedule once the spring arrives.
The Buffaloes’ calendar features 10 fall tournaments, starting with the Milwaukee Classic from Sept. 11-13.
From there, the team’s early-season path splits across a handful of individual events, with late September bringing the All-Americans in Cary, N.C., from Sept. 19-27 and the Bedford Cup in Colorado Springs from Sept. 25-27.
Colorado said most of the roster will be at the Bedford Cup.
October sends CU on the road again, beginning with the Battle in the Bay Classic in San Francisco from Oct. 1-4.
The Buffs then move on to Regionals in Provo, Utah, from Oct. 13-17, before heading to the Colorado Cup in Denver from Oct. 23-25.
The fall closes with a crowded final stretch Nov. 6-8.
Qualified Buffaloes will chase NCAA Individual Championships bids at Sectionals in Los Angeles and the Conference Masters in Rome, Ga., while the rest of the team heads to the SDSU Invite in San Diego. The individual portion of the season then culminates with the NCAA Individual Championships, set for Nov. 17-22 in Athens, Ga.
After a training trip to Newport Beach, Calif., from Jan. 3-10, Colorado turns to dual matches.
The Buffs open that part of the schedule with five straight home matches: Portland State on Jan. 15, Minnesota on Jan.
17, New Mexico on Jan. 22, Michigan State on Jan. 29 and Montana State on Feb.
- All home indoor matches will be played at the Meadows Club.
February brings a pair of road weekends. Colorado faces UNLV on Feb. 13 and a to-be-determined opponent on Feb. 14 in Las Vegas, then travels to Chicago for matches against UIC on Feb. 20 and Northwestern on Feb. 21.
Big 12 play takes over most of the spring, with 13 conference duals on the schedule and seven at home in Boulder. The league opener comes on the road at Kansas State on March 4 and at Oklahoma State on March 6. Colorado then comes home for four in a row, facing Iowa State on March 11, Kansas on March 13, Cincinnati on March 18 and West Virginia on March 20.
The conference grind continues with a trip to UCF on March 25 and Houston on March 27, followed by home matches against Baylor on April 1 and TCU on April 3. The final road swing sends the Buffs to BYU on April 8 and Utah on April 10 before the regular season ends at home against Texas Tech on April 17.
The Big 12 Championships are scheduled for April 21-24 at a site still to be determined, and the NCAA Championships begin April 30 in Athens, Ga.
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