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Northwestern To Compete In 2025 Women’s Fort Myers Tip-Off
7/9/2025 11:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Wildcats will be part of Shell Division at event, November 28-29
FORT MYERS, Fla. (July 9, 2025) – Northwestern women's basketball will compete at the 2025 Elevance Health Women's Fort Myers Tip-Off, it was announced on Wednesday. Set for November 28-29, the event will be hosted inside Suncoast Credit Union Arena on the campus of Florida SouthWestern State College in Fort Myers, Fla.
The Wildcats will feature as part of the four-team Shell Division, a quartet that also includes Abilene Christian, Bradley, and Missouri. Teams are slated to play a pair of contests against pre-determined opponents. A complete event schedule will be announced at a later date.
ION will provide comprehensive coverage of the 2025 Elevance Health Women's Fort Myers Tip-Off, with all games slated to be nationally televised.
Now in its fourth year of existence, the Elevance Women's Health Fort Myers Tip-Off has quickly established itself as one of the nation's premier early season events, boasting a list of past champions that includes South Carolina, Tennessee, Maryland, and Purdue.
Event travel packages will become available in the coming weeks and will include tickets to all games of either the Island or Shell Division, hotel accommodations at one of the host hotels and parking at the venue. To register to receive more details or to learn more about event travel packages, visit www.womensfortmyerstipoff.com/travel-packages. Ticket-only packages will be available in August.
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Northwestern will feature as part of the 2025 Elevance Health Women's @FTMyersTipOff, November 28-29. pic.twitter.com/5IPWrO2wXv
The Wildcats will feature as part of the four-team Shell Division, a quartet that also includes Abilene Christian, Bradley, and Missouri. Teams are slated to play a pair of contests against pre-determined opponents. A complete event schedule will be announced at a later date.
ION will provide comprehensive coverage of the 2025 Elevance Health Women's Fort Myers Tip-Off, with all games slated to be nationally televised.
Now in its fourth year of existence, the Elevance Women's Health Fort Myers Tip-Off has quickly established itself as one of the nation's premier early season events, boasting a list of past champions that includes South Carolina, Tennessee, Maryland, and Purdue.
Event travel packages will become available in the coming weeks and will include tickets to all games of either the Island or Shell Division, hotel accommodations at one of the host hotels and parking at the venue. To register to receive more details or to learn more about event travel packages, visit www.womensfortmyerstipoff.com/travel-packages. Ticket-only packages will be available in August.
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