December 08, 2005
Tickets to the NCAA Division I Women?â„¢s Volleyball Regional to be held at G. Rollie White Coliseum on Friday and Saturday are available at the Texas A&M Athletic Ticket Office.
Tickets are currently being sold only as all-session packages. Single-session tickets will be available on the day of the match. An all-session ticket includes admission to both regional semifinal matches and the regional final match. All-session ticket prices are:
$25 reserved seat
$15 adult general admission
$10 youth general admission
All-session tickets also may be purchased by calling the ticket office at 1-888-99-AGGIE or ordering online at AggieAthletics.com/NCAAvolleyball. Online purchases will incur a $3 per ticket online fee, and all orders will be charged a $5 processing fee.
Single-session tickets will be available on the day of the match, and a ticket is good for the entire day. Prices for single-session tickets are:
$15 reserved seat
$10 for adult general admission
$5 youth general admission
Because this is an NCAA event, Texas A&M all-sports passes will not be honored.
Third-seeded Washington, sixth-seeded Notre Dame, 11th-seeded Wisconsin and 14th-seeded Purdue will be battling it out at the College Station Regional, with the regional winner advancing to the Final Four to be held at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Dec. 15 and 17. Washington is the only team at the College Station Regional that has participated in a Final Four, having made its first championship semifinal appearance last year.
The follow is the schedule for the College Station Regional:
Friday, December 9 ?- Regional Semifinals
5 p.m. No. 6 Notre Dame vs. No. 11 Wisconsin
7 p.m. No. 3 Washington vs. No. 14 Purdue
Saturday, December 10
5 p.m. Regional Final
Washington (28-1) is making its third consecutive Sweet 16 appearance and its sixth overall regional appearance. The Huskies advanced to the Final Four for the first time in school history last year and fell to eventual national-champion Stanford in the semifinals.
Notre Dame (30-3) is making its first appearance in the Round of 16 since 1997 after holding off Dayton, 3-2, and sweeping Northwestern ?- the team that eliminated Texas A&M, 3-2, in the first round ?- in South Bend, Ind. The Fighting Irish, whose best NCAA run was a regional final finish in 1993, advanced to the second round last year where they were eliminated by then-No. 14 seed Wisconsin.
Wisconsin (25-6) is making its 10th consecutive appearance in the NCAA tournament and 14th overall. The Badgers advanced to the NCAA regional final in 2004, defeating second-ranked and No. 3-seed Hawaii in the Round of 16 before falling to Stanford, 3-0, in the regional final in Green Bay, Wis.
Purdue (25-8) is making its second consecutive NCAA tournament appearance and its ninth overall after sweeping both Virginia Commonwealth and College of Charleston in the first two rounds held in Chapel Hill, N.C. The Boilermakers were eliminated by third-seeded Hawaii in the second round of the 2004 NCAA tournament.