September 13, 2001
Texas A&M's home volleyball match against No. 22 Kansas State slated for Saturday at G. Rollie White Coliseum has been postponed after the Big 12 Conference decided today to postpone competition in all sports through Sunday. Those holding tickets for the A&M-KSU match will be able to use their tickets for admission at the rescheduled match.
No. 16 A&M (6-1) is expected to resume competition Tuesday, Sept. 18 in a non-conference match at Houston. Match time is at 7:30 p.m. at Hofheinz Pavilion.
Several other A&M sporting events scheduled for the weekend have been cancelled and will not be rescheduled:
Friday
Soccer vs. New Mexico
Cross Country at Aztec Invitational in San Diego
Women's Tennis at Arkansas Invitational
Sunday
Soccer vs. Mexico National Team
The women's golf team is participating in the Comcast/Dick McGuire Invitational in Albuquerque, N.M., although the tournament, originally scheduled for Thursday through Saturday, will be condensed to Friday and Saturday.
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The following is the statement released by the Big 12 Conference office regarding the postponement of competition:
DALLAS -- The Big 12 Conference has postponed competition in all sports through Sunday, Sept. 16, 2001.
This is a result of unanimous action taken by its presidents and chancellors, faculty representatives, directors of athletics, and senior women administrators.
Notwithstanding the strong sentiment of the institutions to return to normal activities as soon as possible, the practical and logistical issues associated with travel to campus athletics events and other management concerns ultimately could not be overcome.
"This has been an unprecedented period for our country," said Big 12 Commissioner Kevin Weiberg, "and these decisions were very challenging for all of us. We know that sports events are secondary to the many important developments of the last few days, but we do have a commitment to return to full activity as soon as possible."
The Conference will work to reschedule the postponed events and will look at options in the upcoming days. The Big 12 also will evaluate next week's competition in light of national developments but will plan to return to competition next week.