Nov. 20, 2008

Southland Conference Tournament Bracket

NACOGDOCHES, Texas- The No. 1 seeded Texas State volleyball team will begin play in the 2008 Southland Conference Tournament tomorrow Friday, November 21 at 4:00pm CT. The Bobcats will play No. 8 Northwestern State in William R. Johnson Coliseum in Nacogdoches,Texas. The Bobcats claimed their fifth regular-season title and first since consecutive crowns in the 2003 and 2004 seasons.

The last time the Bobcats played the Lady Demons was on Oct. 18, where Texas State beat Northwestern at home 3-0 (25-18, 25-18, 25-22).

This weekend the Bobcats will be led by a stellar senior class. Emily Jones Wilkes, Amy Weigle and Lawrencia Brown were all named to the Southland Conference All-Conference teams. Also, being named to the all-conference team was sophomore Jessica Weynand, who was runner-up for SLC Player of the Year.

The Bobcats will enter the tourney with a 21-13, 14-2 SLC. Texas State had only two losses in the SLC the entire season; each coming against UTSA and Lamar. They finished the regular season going 11 of 12.

All seven matches of the Southland Conference Volleyball Tournament are available on SLC NOW, the conference's streaming video and audio channel at www.southland.org. Subscriptions to view a single match are $5.95, or all seven matches are available for $9.95.

In addition to web streaming, the championship match will be televised on the Southland Conference Television Network. Doug Anderson, who has handled football play-by-play on Southland TV, will call the championship match. He will be joined by Jenny Orndorff, the Southland's Associate Commissioner for Marketing and Promotions, and former Stephen F. Austin volleyball student-athlete.

Ticket prices for a day session are $14 for an adult and $8 for students. Single match seats are $7 for an adult and $5 for students. There is no charge for Southland Conference students with a valid institutional I.D.