The first 100 students in attendance at Texas A&M's opening match against Siena on Thursday at 10:30 a.m. will receive free donuts and orange juice. In addition, two tickets for First Yell will be given away during the match.
A pair of First Yell tickets also will be given away at the 7:30 p.m. match on Thursday, when the Aggies take on 16th-ranked Florida State, a team that reached the NCAA Final Four in 2011.
For the Aggies' match against No. 7 Michigan on Friday at 7 p.m., general admission tickets will be specially priced at only $3. In addition, Stacy Sykora, the most decorated player in Aggie volleyball history and Texas A&M's first three-time Olympian in a varsity sport, will be at Reed to sign autographs prior to the Aggies' match against the Wolverines, who advanced to the Final Four last year.
Texas A&M is 5-1 and enters its home tournament riding a four-match winning streak after capturing the championship at the UTSA Classic last week in San Antonio.
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Tournament Schedule:
Thursday, Sept. 12
10:30 a.m.      Texas A&M vs. Siena           Â
(Promotions: free donuts and orange juice to first 100 students; two tickets to First Yell will be given away)
3:00 p.m.        No. 16 Florida State vs. Siena
7:30 p.m.        Texas A&M vs. No. 16 Florida State
(Promotion: two tickets to First Yell will be given away)
Friday, Sept. 13
11 a.m.           No. 7 Michigan vs. Siena
7 p.m.             Texas A&M vs. No. 7 Michigan
(Promotions: $3 general admission; three-time Olympian Stacy Sykora will be signing autographs)
Stacy Sykora volleyball career highlights:
·        Texas A&M's first three-time Olympian (2000, 2004, 2008) and A&M's only three-time USA Olympian
·        2008 Olympic silver medalist, Beijing, China
·        Best digger at 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece
·        2010 USA Volleyball Female Indoor Athlete of the Year
·        2012 Pan American Cup gold medalist
·        2010 FIVB World Grand Prix gold medalist
·        Played professional volleyball from 2001-2012 (competed for teams in Italy, Spain, Russia and Brazil)
Sykora's Texas A&M highlights:
·        Texas A&M Hall of Fame inductee, 2005
·        Texas A&M two-time All-American in volleyball
·        Three-sport athlete at Texas A&M, lettered in volleyball, basketball and track and field
·        Was the Southwest Conference champion in the heptathlon as a freshman