MARSHALL, Minn. – Southwest Minnesota State University head women's tennis coach Andrew Cobb has announced the team's schedule for the upcoming 2019 spring season.
 
The Mustangs are scheduled to have 22 regular season contests on the docket, highlighted by 11 NSIC matches. SMSU is already 4-0 this season following the conclusion of its fall season.
 
The Mustangs kick-off their spring schedule with three matches against MIAA teams the first weekend of February in St. Joseph, Mo. SMSU open the weekend versus Truman State University (Mo.) and Newman University (Kan.) Feb. 1, before taking on Missouri Western State University on Feb. 2.
 
SMSU's first weekend of Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference play will take place on Feb. 9-10 in Winona, Minn., versus Winona State and Upper Iowa, followed by an NSIC doubleheader against UMary and MSU Moorhead on Feb. 16 in St. Peter, Minn.
 
In the two weeks leading up to the Mustangs' spring break trip, they will face four more NSIC opponents, including St. Cloud State and Minnesota Duluth on Feb. 23 in St. Peter, before taking on Minnesota Crookston and Bemidji State on March 3 in Bemidji, Minn.
 
From March 6-12, the Mustangs will be traveling to three different states to take on five opponents. The trip begins in Colorado Spring with matches versus Concordia (Neb.) on March 7 and Colorado College on March 8. SMSU will then face Ottawa University (Ariz.) in Surprise, Ariz., on March 9, before facing Saint Katherine (Calif.) on March 11 in San Marcos, Calif., before closing the trip at Whittier College (Calif.) in Whittier, Calif., on March 12.
 
SMSU returns to NSIC play on Feb. 23 versus Minnesota State in St. Peter, before taking on Gustavus Adolphus in an exhibition match that same day. In their only weekday match of the spring season, the Mustangs will head to Bethany Lutheran for a morning match-up on Feb. 26 in Mankato.
 
SMSU closes its slate versus NSIC opponents in Sioux Falls, S.D., on March 30-31, taking on Sioux Falls and Augustana. SMSU will wrap-up its regular season with an exhibition match at Division I Nebraska-Omaha on April 6.  
 
The top eight teams will qualify for the NSIC Tournament on April 13-14 at a site to be determined.