The Georgia Gwinnett College women's tennis team is set to defend the NAIA national championship by facing strong opponents from four different collegiate ranks during a challenging 2025 schedule.

2025 SCHEDULE

The top-ranked Grizzlies are scheduled to host 10 matches, including the Grizzly Invitational from February 21-23 at the GGC Tennis Facility. GGC also is set to defend the Intercollegiate Tennis Association NAIA Indoor National Championship from January 31 through February 2 in Overland Park, Kansas.

The season begins with an exhibition match against NCAA Division I Kennesaw State University on January 16. Then, the team hosts NCAA Division II opponent Belmont Abbey College (North Carolina) in the regular-season opener on January 24 before concluding the opening stretch of matches against another Division II opponent, Lander University (South Carolina), on January 25.

Following the ITA NAIA indoor championships, the Grizzlies host Division II No. 20-ranked Mississippi College on February 9 and NAIA No. 3 Xavier University of Louisiana on February 14.

The Grizzly Invitational will feature matches against the No. 23 University of the Cumberlands (Kentucky), No. 8 SCAD Savannah (Georgia) and Cumberland University (Tennessee). The February slate concludes with a home match against Montreat College (North Carolina) on February 28.

GGC will travel to Valdosta State University (Georgia) for a pair of matches against Division II opponents. Up first is a challenge against No. 2-ranked Barry University (Florida) on March 2 followed the next day with a match against the host Blazers, ranked No. 29.

The Grizzlies continue the busy early March schedule with a home match against No. 12 William Carey University (Mississippi) and Campbellsville University (Kentucky), a team receiving votes in the NAIA preseason poll, on March 5.

The regular season concludes with home matches against No. 24 SCAD Atlanta on April 8 and No. 5 Middle Georgia State University on April 19. The team travels to face NCAA Division III No. 5 Emory University (Georgia) on April 18.

Georgia Gwinnett College, led by Head Coach Hannah Keeling, has won eight straight NAIA national titles and nine overall championships in the program's 12 seasons of existence. The 2025 NAIA national championship tournament is set for May 13-17 at the Mobile Tennis Center in Mobile, Alabama.