SENATOBIA - As the sun sets on the 2022 calendar year and over to 2023, the Northwest tennis program is finally ready to make its long-awaited debut.

This week, Northwest head coach Will Irvin formally unveiled the spring schedule for the men's and women's tennis programs, officially signaling a return to competition for the first time since spring 2017. The Rangers and Lady Rangers will compete in 12 matches, with six of those to be played at the Ranger Outdoor Complex on the Senatobia campus.

Northwest will open up the spring regular season on Friday, February 3 against Bevill State, before facing Coastal Alabama-South the following day in a neutral-site match at Auburn University's Yarbrough Tennis Center. From there, the Rangers and Lady Rangers will step into MACCC competition with home matches against Meridian and Hinds on February 14 and 21, respectively.

Friday, Feb. 24 will mark the first true road match for Northwest in a conference battle at East Central, before returning home to host Copiah-Lincoln on Tuesday, Feb. 28. The Rangers and Lady Rangers will then open the month of March on the road at Southwest Mississippi (March 7) and Jones College (March 10). 

Northwest will then conclude the regular season schedule with a pair of home matches against Itawamba (March 24) and Mississippi Gulf Coast (April 4) and two final road matches at Holmes (March 28) and Northeast (March 31).

Stay tuned to nwccrangers.com for an updated 2023 roster, as well as start times for each match.