December 04, 2005
Four of the top NCAA Division I women?â„¢s volleyball teams are coming to Texas A&M?â„¢s G. Rollie White Coliseum to compete in the College Station Regional, Friday and Saturday, Dec. 9-10.
Third-seeded Washington, sixth-seeded Notre Dame, 11th-seeded Wisconsin and 14th-seeded Purdue each avoided the upset in the first two rounds and have all advanced to the College Station Regional. The winner of the regional final advances to the Final Four to be held at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Dec. 15 and 17.
College Station Regional schedule:
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, who last year advanced to the Final Four for the first time in school history and fell to eventual national-champion Stanford in the semifinals, swept both Siena and Colorado State in Fort Collins, Colo., to advance to College Station.
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) used 3-0 victories against both Loyola Chicago and 16th-ranked California to advance. The Badgers, who are making their 10th consecutive appearance in the NCAA tournament and 14th overall, advanced to the NCAA regional final in 2004, defeating second-ranked and No. 3-seed Hawaii in the Round of 16 before falling to eventual national-champion 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.
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