First serve is slated for 6:30 p.m., and international organizations at A&M receive free admission to the match by going to Aggieathletics.com and clicking on the link provided by the ticket office.
The match will take on an even more interesting look as Aggie head coach and former Olympian Laurie Corbelli will be going head-to-head against her former coach of the silver medal-winning 1984 USA Olympic Team, Arie Selinger, widely regarded of one of the greatest volleyball coaches of all time.
"One of the best volleyball minds that anyone will ever know in our sport," Corbelli said about Selinger, who also coached Corbelli's USA team that was forced to boycott the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow, Russia. "In general, learning volleyball from him was an honor and a privilege. I think myself and all of my teammates consider that we were very fortunate to get to spend 7-8 years with one of the best volleyball minds in the world.
"It is going to be a lot of fun going up against him, and I'll be interested to see how his style has changed in terms of the way his team plays as well as the way he coaches close to 30 years later. I've heard he is still as feisty as always, so I'm really looking forward to seeing him and going up against his team. And I'm curious for him to see my team and hear what he has to say about our team."
The Aggies are coming off a tournament championship at their own Texas A&M Invitational after defeating Creighton twice and sweeping UTSA to go undefeated. Senior outside hitter Kelsey Black was named the tournament MVP after leading all players with 4.20 kills and 4.95 points per set and finishing third in the field with a team-high 4.3 digs per set. She was joined on the all-tournament team by junior right-side hitter Alisia Kastmo, junior middle blocker Lindsey Miller and sophomore setter Allie Sawatzky.
Israel faces a rematch tonight against No. 4 Texas, a team the Israelis defeated, 3-2, on Saturday in Austin. Israel went 2-1 at the Burnt Orange Classic, also knocking off Pepperdine, 3-1, and falling to Ole Miss, 3-1.
"The game has changed so much in 25 years, so I don't know what to expect," Corbelli said. "We played so differently in the 80s than the game is played now. I don't know what kind of athletes he has, but I suspect their ball control and defense will be awesome. That was really, really a big part of our training, and I imagine the blocking will be very, very good. It is going to be interesting to see."
Selinger was born in Poland in 1937 and spent two years in a concentration camp with his mother before being released by the Americans in 1945. When the war ended, they immigrated to Israel, where Selinger was raised.
Selinger later came to the United States, where he completed his doctorate degree and also coached both the 1980 and 1984 USA Olympic Teams. Following USA's boycott of the 1980 Olympics, Selinger stayed to coach Team USA at the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles, were the Americans won the silver medal, the highest finish for a USA women's Olympic volleyball team.
Selinger also won a silver medal as head coach of the Netherlands men's team at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics. He then spent 15 successful years coaching in Japan, where he won numerous cups and medals.
Selinger returned home to Israel and took over as head coach of the women's national team in 2007 to begin what is referred to as "Project Selinger" with the goal of becoming competitive on the European and global levels, as well as distant goals of qualifying for the 2014 World Championship and 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics.
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