TERRE HAUTE, Ind. -- We are just days away from the 2024 Rose-Hulman women's tennis season which means it is time to break down the schedule. The full schedule can be seen
HERE.
The Fightin' Engineers will open the season on Saturday, February 10 as they take on Division-I IUPUI for the second consecutive season.
Rose-Hulman will only host one more non-conference match this season with Wittenberg making the trip to Terre Haute on Saturday, February 17. It will be the first-ever meeting between the Fightin' Engineers and the Tigers on the tennis courts.
The Fightin' Engineers will travel to Orlando, Florida during the winter quarter break for four matches at the USTA National Tennis Center and Warner University. Rose-Hulman will take on Grove City and Wartburg to open the trip on Monday, February 26. They will also play Davenport University on Wednesday at the USTA Tennis Center. To end the trip, the Fightin' Engineers will travel South of Orlando to take on the Royals of Warner University.
Rose-Hulman will hit the road four more times in non-conference play with trips to DePauw (March 12), Marian (April 4), Principia (April 6), and Greenville (April 12).
Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference play kicks off on Saturday, March 9 at Manchester for a 12:00 first serve. The Fightin' Engineers will return to the road two more times in HCAC play with matches at Earlham on April 10 and at Franklin on April 20.
Rose-Hulman will also host three HCAC opponents this year including Hanover (March 16), Anderson (March 23), and Transylvania (April 27) for Senior Day.
The top six teams in the HCAC will qualify for the HCAC Tournament with seeds 3-6 playing in the opening round on May 1. The top two seeds will receive a bye to the HCAC Semifinals on Saturday, May 4. The semifinal and championship matches will be held at Top Seed Tennis Club in Nicholasville, Kentucky.
The Fightin' Engineers will only play one team that made the 2023 NCAA DIII Tournament. The Transylvania Pioneers fell to Case Western Reserve 5-0 in the opening round of the tournament.
| Team |
2022-23 Record |
2022-23 Conference Finish |
RHIT Overall Record |
Last RHIT Win |
Last RHIT Loss |
| Rose-Hulman |
7-13 |
3rd |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| Anderson |
11-5 |
2nd |
14-10 |
W, 5-3 in 2021 |
L, 5-4 in 2022 |
| Davenport |
13-12 |
6th in GLIAC (DII) |
0-1 |
--- |
L, 6-0 in 2018 |
| DePauw |
5-15 |
6th in NCAC |
0-18 |
--- |
L, 9-0 in 2023 |
| Earlham |
2-11 |
7th |
16-5 |
W, 9-0 in 2022 |
L, 5-4 in 2008 |
| Franklin |
5-7 |
5th |
20-21 |
W, 6-3 in 2022 |
L, 6-3 in 2018 |
| Greenville |
7-12 |
2nd in UMAC South |
4-2 |
W, 6-3 in 2019 |
L, 6-3 in 2023 |
| Grove City |
12-5 |
3rd in PAC |
1st Ever Meeting |
--- |
--- |
| Hanover |
5-8 |
4th |
10-18 |
W, 5-4 in 2022 |
L, 4-5 in 2021 |
| IUPUI |
9-16 |
7th in Horizon League (DI) |
0-4 |
--- |
L, 4-0 in 2023 |
| Manchester |
4-14 |
6th |
17-8 |
W, 8-1 in 2022 |
L, 5-1 in 2008 |
| Marian (IN) |
19-9 |
2nd in Crossroads League (NAIA) |
2-3 |
W, 5-4 in 1999 |
L, 6-3 in 2007 |
| Principia |
15-5 |
1st in UMAC South |
3-2 |
W, 9-0 in 2018 |
L, 9-0 in 2023 |
| Transylvania * |
15-4 |
1st |
14-10 |
W, 7-2 in 2017 |
L, 9-0 in 2022 |
| Warner |
2-16 |
7th in Sun Conference (NAIA) |
1st Ever Meeting |
--- |
--- |
| Wartburg |
13-11 |
4th in ARC |
0-1 |
--- |
L, 6-3 in 2016 |
| Wittenberg |
10-0 |
3rd in NCAC |
1st Ever Meeting |
--- |
--- |
* indicates that the team made the 2023 NCAA DIII Tournament
