LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN, GA. - Covenant Women's Basketball has started official practice with the regular season set to begin on Nov. 8. Under the leadership of first-year head coach Kyle Yost and Assistant Coach Liz Wood, the Scots will play a 27-game schedule. 

Covenant's season opener is a trip to Oglethorpe on Nov. 8 at 6 p.m. The Scots will be looking for its third win all-time against the Petrels. 

On Nov. 10, Covenant hosts Warren Wilson at 12 p.m. for its home opener inside Barnes. This will be the first matchup since 2013 between the two programs. The next day, the Scots play Birmingham-Southern at 7:30 p.m. to round out the weekend. 

Nov. 17-18 Covenant plays in the Sewanee Classic where it takes on Principia for the first time ever and then play Sewanee the next day. Covenant is looking to take down the Tigers for the second consecutive year. 

Over Thanksgiving break, Covenant is traveling to Fairbanks, Alaska to play in the North Star Invitational. The Scots scheduled two exhibition matches against Multnomah and Alaska Fairbanks on Nov. 24 and Nov. 25. Multnomah is a NAIA program while Alaska Fairbanks is NCAA Division II. 

Upon returning to Lookout Mountain, Covenant is hosting the annual Mountaintop Madness Dec. 1-2. The Scots first game is against Regent University before playing future CCS institution Asbury that Saturday at 4 p.m.

Covenant rounds out its nonconference portion with a pair of Saturday afternoon games. On Dec. 9 it takes on in-state rival Berry and on Dec. 16 it battles Bob Jones. The last two meetings between Covenant and Bob Jones have been decided by one point. 

"We're excited to get to play a variety of different teams and styles of play in our non-conference schedule this year," Yost said. "Obviously our schedule is highlighted by our Thanksgiving trip to Fairbanks, Alaska to compete in the North Star Invitational. We are excited to spend time together as a team and develop better relationships as we build toward competing in the CCS!"

The Scots begin CCS play after the new year on Jan. 2 at Berea, the defending conference champions. On Jan. 5-6, Covenant hosts Huntingdon and LaGrange on back-to-back days looking for a pair of CCS wins in one weekend. 

That next week, Covenant plays just one game, a home battle with Belhaven on Jan. 11. The Scots dropped both games they had against the Blazers a year ago. 

Moving along in January, Covenant plays three games in one week with a trip to Piedmont on Jan. 16 and home games against Wesleyan on Jan. 18 and Agnes Scott on Jan. 20. The Scots have a combined record of 38-9 all-time against Wesleyan and Agnes Scott. 

On Jan. 23, the Scots visit Maryville, to wrap up the first part of the CCS schedule. For the second half of the CCS schedule, all of the schools Covenant played away at will now travel to Lookout Mountain. Then vice-versa for the schools Covenant hosted in the first half of the CCS schedule. 

Covenant's final home regular season game is against Maryville for Senior Night on Feb. 13. If Covenant qualifies for postseason play, the CCS Tournament begins on Feb. 20. 

"Our staff has been impressed with the amount of skill we have inherited and the desire to grow from our team has been encouraging thus far," Yost said. "We feel as though we've got all the pieces needed to compete in our conference and have a successful season.

Stay tuned to all of the Covenant Athletics social media pages in the coming weeks for home game promotion announcements, including Max Out Barnes. 

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