NASHVILLE – The Lipscomb University men's tennis team has unveiled its spring 2025 schedule, announced by head coach Ben Roeser. 

The Bisons will play 21 matches in 2025, with nine taking place between the Ensworth Tennis Center (indoor) and the Huston-Marsh-Griffith Tennis Center (outdoor). 

The campaign opens on Friday, Jan. 17 with a contest against Cumberland University. The No. 19 Phoenix are ranked in the preseason NAIA poll and are coming off a Mid-South Conference Tournament Championship last season. The Bisons have won the previous two meetings. 

First serve is scheduled for 5 p.m. from the Ensworth Tennis Center. 

The next day, Jan. 18, the Bisons will make the short trek to Murfreesboro to take on Middle Tennessee State at 1 p.m. from the Adams Tennis Center. The teams will tango on the courts for the first time since the 2021 season.

The Blue Raiders advanced to the second round of the NCAA Championships last season.

The road swing continues into the next week, as Lipscomb will head to Ohio to face Xavier (Jan. 24) and Dayton (Jan. 25). 

Lipscomb and Xavier will meet for just the third time since 2011, while the Dayton showdown will be the third straight meeting in as many years. 

Lipscomb will return home for a quick two-match home stand with back-to-back Horizon League opponents, facing Southern Indiana and Eastern Illinois on Jan. 31 and Feb. 2, respectively. 

Following that, the Bisons will be back on the road for five straight matches, taking on IU Indianapolis (Feb. 8), Alabama A&M (Feb. 16), Radford (Feb. 22), East Tennessee State (Feb. 23) and Belmont (March 7). 

The non-conference slate wraps up with home matches against Tennessee State (March 10) and Delta State (March 22). The TSU match will also mark the outdoor opener from the Huston-Marsh-Griffith Tennis Center. 

Atlantic Sun action starts up with a home match with Bellarmine on March 14 at 2 p.m. Other home matches include Florida Gulf Coast (March 28), Stetson (March 30) and North Florida (April 11). 

The Bisons will face the following ASUN teams on the road: Austin Peay (March 16), North Alabama (March 19), Queens (April 4) and Eastern Kentucky (April 6). 

The 2025 ASUN Championships will occur from April 17-19 from Jacksonville, Florida on the campus of the University of North Florida.