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2026 NAIA Women’s Tennis National Championship Field Released

2026 NAIA Women’s Tennis National Championship Field Released

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) has officially announced the 24-team field for the 45th Annual UTR Sports NAIA Women's Tennis National Championship. The event will be held at the Mobile Tennis Center in Mobile, Ala., from May 12-16, for the 22nd-consecutive year (the 2020 event was canceled due to COVID-19).

The field consists of 13 automatic berths and 11 at-large selections. Automatic qualifications are granted to conference tournament champions, while at-large teams were determined by the NAIA Tennis National Selection Committee (NSC). The NSC consists of coaches and administrators from around the country. 

Keiser (Fla.) enters the championship as the No. 1 seed and will look for its second Red Banner. 

The Bees of SCAD Savannah (Ga.) and the Blue Raiders of Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) are tied for the most tournament appearances in the field with 21. Louisiana Christian, Goshen (Ind.) and Stanton (Calif.) are each attending the tennis national championship for the first time in their program's history.

The Sun Conference and the Red River Athletic Conference are tied for the most representation at the event with four teams apiece.

For more information on the 2026 NAIA Women's Tennis National Championship, click HERE. 

Watch the Field Reveal on YouTube

  INSTITUTION CONFERENCE QUALIFICATION
  Keiser (Fla.) The Sun Conference Tournament Champion
  Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) Mid-South Conference Tournament Champion
  Tennessee Wesleyan  Appalachian Athletic Conference Tournament Champion
  William Carey (Miss.) Southern States Athletic Conference Tournament Champion
XULA (La.) Red River Athletic Conference Tournament Champion
  Southeastern  The Sun Conference At-Large
  LSU Alexandria (La.) Red River Athletic Conference At-Large
  SCAD Savannah The Sun Conference At-Large
  Cumberlands (Ky.) Mid-South Conference At-Large
  Marian (Ind.) Crossroads League Tournament Champion
  Loyola (La.) Southern States Athletic Conference At-Large
  SCAD Atlanta (Ga.) Appalachian Athletic Conference At-Large
  Louisiana Christian  Red River Athletic Conference At-Large
   Goshen (Ind.) Crossroads League At-Large
  Morningside (Iowa) Great Plains Athletic Conference Tournament Champion
  Our Lady of the Lake (Texas) Red River Athletic Conference At-Large
  Coastal Georgia The Sun Conference At-Large
  Cumberland (Tenn.) Mid-South Conference At-Large
  Holy Cross (Ind.) Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference Tournament Champion
  Stanton (Calif.) Great Southwest Athletic Conference Tournament Champion
  Oakland City (Ind.) River States Conference Tournament Champion
  Oklahoma Wesleyan  Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference Tournament Champion
  William Woods (Mo.) Heart of America Athletic Conference Tournament Champion
  Bethel (Kan.) Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference Tournament Runner-Up