March 21, 2002
The Texas A&M volleyball team begins its spring exhibition season at the Baylor Spring Tournament on Saturday in Waco. Other teams participating in the tournament are the host Bears, Rice, SMU and Southwest Texas State.
All matches will be held at the Baylor Student Life Center located at University Parks Drive and Bagby Avenue adjacent to the intramural fields on the Baylor campus.
A&M will play four matches during the one-day, round-robin tournament, starting with a 10:30 a.m. contest against SMU on Court 2. The Aggies face Southwest Texas State at noon on Court 1, and then take on Baylor at 1:30 p.m., also on Court 1. A&M concludes the tournament against Rice at 3 p.m. on Court 1.
All matches will be 2 out of 3 games with the first two games played to 30 points, and the deciding third game played to 15 points.
The following is the complete schedule for the tournament:
Time Court 1 Court 2
9 a.m. BU vs. SMU Rice vs. SWT
10:30 a.m. BU vs. SWT A&M vs. SMU
12 p.m. A&M vs. SWT BU vs. Rice
1:30 p.m. BU vs. A&M Rice vs. SMU
3 p.m. A&M vs. Rice SMU vs. SWT
The Aggies continue their spring schedule at a tournament hosted by Arizona State on April 6 and at the UC Santa Barbara tournament on April 14. A&M concludes its spring competition schedule at G. Rollie White Coliseum on April 18.
A&M head coach Laurie Corbelli is looking to replace five seniors from last year's team that went 26-6 and was ranked No. 11 in the final poll after advancing to the NCAA Elite Eight for the second time in school history.