March 21, 2001
The Texas A&M volleyball team begins its spring exhibition schedule with a tournament at Baylor on Saturday in Waco. Other teams participating in the tournament are Baylor, Florida State, Iowa, Texas and Texas Tech.
All matches will be held at the Baylor SLC (Student Life Center) located at University Parks Drive and Bagby Avenue adjacent to the intramural fields on the Baylor campus.
Texas A&M will play five matches during the day starting with a 9 a.m. contest against Texas Tech on Court 3. The Aggies face Florida State at 10 a.m., also on Court 3, and then take on Baylor at 11 a.m. on Court 1. A&M and Iowa meet at noon on Court 3, and then after an hour break, the Aggies conclude the tournament against Texas at 2 p.m. on Court 2.
All matches will be played two games to 30 points. Team must win by two points, and there is no scoring cap. The "let serve" will used.
The following is the complete schedule for the tournament:
Time Court 1 Court 2 Court 3
9 a.m. BU vs. FSU Iowa vs. UT A&M vs. TTU
10 BU vs. Iowa UT vs. TTU A&M vs. FSU
11 BU vs. A&M FSU vs. TTU open
Noon open BU vs. UT Iowa vs. A&M
1 p.m. TTU vs. Iowa open UT vs. FSU
2 p.m. BU vs. TTU A&M vs. UT Iowa vs. FSU
The Aggies return four starters from last year's team that went 20-9 overall and was No. 23 in the final national rankings after advancing to the second round of the NCAA tournament.
A&M continues its spring schedule with a tournament at Texas on Saturday, March 31 and then at a tournament hosted by Nebraska on April 7. The Aggies conclude spring competition on Thursday, April 19 against TCU and Houston at G. Rollie White Coliseum.