DENVER – The University of Denver women's tennis team will play at the annual ITA Kickoff Weekend in 2027, the ITA announced on Wednesday.
 
Denver was selected to the site hosted by LSU. Joining No. 4-seeded Denver and No. 1-seeded host LSU will be No. 2 seed SMU and No. 3 seed Mississippi State.
 
Play will be held on January 22-24, 2027, at the start of the spring dual season. DU will take on LSU to open up play on the first day of play, as will SMU and Mississippi State in a neutral-site match. The winners of the two duals will then meet the next day while the other two teams play in a consolation dual.
 
2027 ITA KICKOFF WEEKEND – LSU SITE
First Round: January 22 or 23
No. 1 LSU vs. No. 4 Denver
No. 2 SMU vs. No. Mississippi State

Second Round: January 23 or 24
Winners of both first-round matches

Consolation Match: January 23 or 24
Losers of both first-round matches
 
The ITA Kickoff Weekend pits 56 teams across 14 campus sites each January and serves as a qualification event for the 2027 ITA National Indoor Championship, which is set for February 5-9, 2027. Of the 56 teams in the initial draw, the 14 winners at each ITA Kickoff Weekend site will earn berths to the National Indoor Championship where they will join automatic qualifiers and hosts Ohio State and Michigan.
 
This will be Denver's second time playing in the ITA Kickoff Weekend in the last three seasons. DU most recently played in 2025, earning the No. 3 seed for the site hosted by Texas A&M but fell, 1-4, to No. 2 seed TCU. In total, Denver has now been selected for the ITA Kickoff Weekend 13 times since 2019.
 
The University of Denver women's tennis team is preparing for its first season as a member of the West Coast Conference with the transition officially set for July 1. DU's fall tournament schedule will be released this summer while its complete spring dual schedule – including ITA Kickoff Weekend – will be released later in the fall.

DENVER'S HISTORY AT THE ITA KICKOFF WEEKEND
2025 at Texas A&M
First Round: No. 2 seed TCU def. No. 3 seed Denver: 4-1
Consolation: No. 3 seed Denver def. No. 4 seed South Florida: 4-0
 
2022 at UCLA
First Round: No. 2 seed Washington def. No. 3 Seed Denver: 4-3
Consolation: No. 3 seed Denver def. No. 4 seed Cal Poly: 4-2
 
2021 at Pepperdine
First Round: No. 2 seed USC def. No. 3 Seed Denver: 4-1
Consolation: No. 4 seed Wisconsin def. No. 3 seed Denver: 4-3
 
2020 at Stanford
First Round: No. 2 seed Washington State def. No. 3 seed Denver: 4-0
Consolation: No. 3 seed Denver def. No. 4 USF: 4-0
 
2019 at Pepperdine
First Round: No. 2 seed Denver def. No. 3 seed Oregon: 4-0
Consolation: No. 1 seed Pepperdine def. No. 2 seed Denver: 4-0
 
2018 at Georgia Tech
First Round: No. 2 Denver def. No. 3 Dartmouth: 4-3
Championship: No. 1 Georgia Tech def. No. 2 Denver: 4-1
 
2017 at Michigan
First Round: No. 1 seed Michigan def. No. 4 seed Denver: 4-1
Consolation: No. 4 seed Denver def. No. 3 seed Syracuse: 4-0
 
2016 at Vanderbilt
First Round: No. 1 seed Vanderbilt def. No. 4 seed Denver: 4-0
Consolation: No. 4 seed Denver def. No. 3 seed Penn State: 4-2
 
2015 at USC
First Round: No. 1 seed USC def. No. 4 seed Denver: 4-0
Consolation: No. 3 seed Wichita State def. No. 4 seed Denver: 4-0

2014 at North Carolina
First Round: No. 1 seed UNC def. No. 4 seed Denver: 4-0
Consolation: No. 4 seed Denver def. No. 3 seed VCU: 4-3
 
2010 at Northwestern
First Round: No. 2 seed Princeton def. No. 3 seed Denver: 5-2
Consolation: No. 4 seed Old Dominion def. No. 3 seed Denver: 5-2
 
2009 at Vanderbilt
First Round: No. 2 seed Fresno State def. No. 3 seed Denver: 4-3
Consolation: No. 4 seed Wake Forest def. No. 3 seed Denver: 4-3