Atlantic 10 Championship Central

KINGSTON, R.I. - Rhode Island will be the No. 6 seed and take on No. 11 George Mason in the opening round of the 2026 Atlantic 10 Women's Tennis Championship, the conference announced Monday.

The teams will play in the final match in Wednesday's opening round at the USTA National Campus in Orlando, Fla. The Rams (11-10) and Patriots (8-10) are scheduled to start play at 7 p.m. The winner will play No. 3 Richmond on Thursday at 7 p.m.

Each match at the conference championship will be streamed. Links will be made available on the Atlantic 10 Championship Central page.

Each match at the tournament is a best-of-seven format. Play begins with doubles matches, with teams playing three matches. The first team two win two of the doubles matches earns the team point.

That is followed by six singles matches, each of which is worth one team point. Once either team reaches four points, play is stopped.

Rhode Island has won one match at each of the last three A-10 championships. The Rams have never faced George Mason at the conference tournament. Last season, the teams played in Fairfax, Va. with URI winning 4-0.