{"id":362929,"date":"2025-12-23T02:24:13","date_gmt":"2025-12-23T02:24:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/362929\/"},"modified":"2025-12-23T02:24:13","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T02:24:13","slug":"bobcats-face-challenging-schedule-in-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/362929\/","title":{"rendered":"Bobcats Face Challenging Schedule in 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

BOZEMAN, Mont. (Dec. 22, 2025) \u2013 Montana State faces a strong men’s tennis schedule with a regional flavor next spring, Bobcats head coach Mateus Ceolin announced on Monday.

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\nThe Bobcats open with four matches away from Bozeman beginning with a January 17 contest against Marquette and on the next day against North Dakota, both in Grand Forks. The Cats also play traditional rivals Air Force and Denver before opening the home portion of the schedule against Whitworth (January 31) and Idaho State (February 1) in the Bobcat-Anderson Tennis Center.

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\nThe Cats then return to the road beginning on February 5 for eight straight matches. That slate includes national power BYU on February 5 and the Big Sky opener at Portland State on February 28. MSU’s regular season schedule finishes with a flourish \u2013 a four-game homestand that includes perennial Big Sky championship contenders NAU (April 3), Weber State (April 5), Sacramento State (April 10), and the finale against Montana on April 18.

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\nThe Big Sky Conference Tournament is April 23-25 in Phoenix. MSU’s full 2026 schedule is below:

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\n1\/17 \u2013 vs. Marquette at Grand Forks, ND (TBD)

\n1\/18 \u2013 at North Dakota, 2:30 pm MT

\n1\/24 \u2013 at Air Force, 10 am

\n1\/25 \u2013 at Denver, 10:30 am

\n1\/31 \u2013 Whitworth, 10 am

\n2\/1 \u2013 Idaho State, 10 am

\n2\/5 \u2013 at BYU, 5:30 pm

\n2\/28 \u2013 *at Portland State, 10 am

\n3\/1 \u2013 at Portland, 10:30 am MT

\n3\/7 \u2013 at Utah, TBD

\n3\/13 \u2013 vs. DePaul at Boise, 5 pm

\n3\/14 \u2013 vs. Cal Poly at Boise, 2 pm

\n3\/21 – *at Idaho, 1 pm MT

\n3\/28 – *at Idaho State, 11 am

\n4\/3 – *NAU, 1 pm

\n4\/5 – *Weber State, 10 am

\n4\/10 \u2013 *Sacramento State, 1 pm

\n4\/18 – *Montana, 1 pm

\n4\/23-25 \u2013 at Big Sky Conference Championships in Phoenix

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