Lady Vols basketball matchup vs MTSU set for 2025-26 season
The matchup is the third of a four-game series the two teams agreed to ahead of the 2023-24 season. Tennessee lost 73-62 to MTSU in Huntsville, Alabama, in the first matchup, which was the first time in program history the Lady Vols fell to the Blue Raiders. Tennessee won 89-75 at Food City Center in November during Lady Vols coach Kim Caldwell's first season.
The matchup on Nov. 20 is the only game of the four-game series that will be played in Murfreesboro. The final matchup will be played in Knoxville during the 2026-27 season.
The Lady Vols lead the all-time series 23-1. Before the current four-game series began, the two programs had only faced off once since 2013, and it was in the NCAA Tournament. Tennessee beat MTSU 87-62 in the first round of the 2021 NCAA Tournament.
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The matchup is the fifth nonconference game announced for the 2025-26 season. The Lady Vols will open the season against NC State on Nov. 4 in Greensboro, North Carolina. Tennessee also has a trip to the West Coast with a game at UCLA on Nov. 30 and a game at Stanford on Dec. 3 in the ACC/SEC Challenge. UT will then return to the Women's Champions Classic in Brooklyn, New York, where it will face Louisville on Dec. 20.
The Lady Vols also have a trip to face reigning national champion UConn on the road as part of a home-and-home series that started last season. Tennessee beat the Huskies 80-76 in Knoxville, notching its first win over UConn since 2007.
Cora Hall is the University of Tennessee women's athletics reporter for Knox News. Email: cora.hall@knoxnews.com; X: @corahalll; Bluesky: @corahall.bsky.social. Support strong local journalism and unlock premium perks:knoxnews.com/subscribe
This article originally appeared on Knoxville News Sentinel: Lady Vols basketball schedule: Date set for MTSU road game in 2025-26
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