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Post by txprincess on Feb 5, 2007 13:48:18 GMT -5
The 2006 Texas Tornados Spring Tournament was a huge success! With over 800 fans in attendance to watch the feature match and tournament both Friday and Saturday. We had 11 teams participate in our first year and we hope to expand the tournament to include 24 teams playing on 8 courts at our facility. The format will be pools of 3 in the morning that feed into 3 brackets of 8 starting in the afternoon. We have scheduled the College Spring Tournament date for Saturday, April 14, 2007. For more information, please email Kara at kwaddell@texastornados.org
Confirmed Teams for 2007:
(looking for 4 more teams to round out the field at 24)
USC
Texas A&M
LSU
Oklahoma
Rice
Alabama
Baylor
New Mexico State
Louisiana Tech
Texas Tech
SFA
SMU
University of New Mexico
UH
Wichita State
TCU
Lamar
UTEP
Tulane
UNLV
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Post by IdahoBoy on Feb 5, 2007 15:15:19 GMT -5
UH being Houston?
Looks like a pretty fair range of teams
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Post by txprincess on Feb 5, 2007 15:18:33 GMT -5
Yes, UH in Houston...I wish that we could get Hawaii...we talked about it when Charlie was there, just doesn't seem like it would happen...heck, I would not want to leave one of the most beautiful places either...its just so expensive to get to there or from there!
TP
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Post by db on Feb 5, 2007 15:19:25 GMT -5
Will there be a Friday night match again this year? If so, which teams and what time?
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Post by txprincess on Feb 5, 2007 15:26:37 GMT -5
Yes...
Baylor vs. Houston at 5:00pm
Oklahoma vs. Rice at 7:30pm
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Post by BearClause on Feb 5, 2007 20:16:32 GMT -5
Oh - and USC is "Southern California"?
And may I be the first to welcome TP on the occasion of her first post to VolleyTalk.
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Post by baldyballer on Feb 5, 2007 23:25:22 GMT -5
Do you think this tournament will get big enough that the TX Tornadoes can put it on without charging an entry fee to the participating teams?
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Post by txprincess on Feb 5, 2007 23:50:37 GMT -5
That's what we hope for in the next couple of years. I think its great for colleges to come to Tornados or SPRI to showcase their programs to the club side of volleyball. We had a great turn out last year and are looking at a larger turn out this year. We are going to hopefully work with SPRI to where we can both host this event on different weekends next year since we both have great facilities to host a great event like this. Everytime I speak with college coaches about the spring.. they say that's its got to become more competitive and that's what we both offer. And, yes...USC as in Southern California is planning on attending this year! Hope this helps!
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Post by Phaedrus on Feb 6, 2007 10:22:26 GMT -5
With the full slate of matches, I guess we won't be seeing TP out there with the Tornadoes coaches team showing these college girls how its done.
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Post by morkfromork on Feb 6, 2007 11:15:21 GMT -5
Yes... Baylor vs. Houston at 5:00pm Oklahoma vs. Rice at 7:30pm OK, nothing else going on: I take Baylor (180) and Oklahoma (220)  |
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Post by sexy on Feb 7, 2007 3:47:23 GMT -5
i would watch the new mexico state and baylor matches - nice tournament but mainly because theres a lot of teams - aight people??!!  |
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Post by txprincess on Feb 7, 2007 15:03:27 GMT -5
no way you will see me playing again for a while!! ;-) went into 2nd retirement last year after we played Texas... hahaha
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Post by insidevb07 on Feb 7, 2007 22:32:37 GMT -5
How good is Oklahoma going to be after last year's Sweet 16 season?
How is Baylor looking? I know they lost LeBlanc and Guillard-Young?
Just looking to see if anyone has any updates.
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Post by mauricciobal on Feb 8, 2007 0:20:28 GMT -5
Baylor is a really young team right now. Next year 90% of the starters will be either freshmen or sophomores. However, they will showcase one of the best setters in the state of Texas, and a Tornados Alumnus will have the oportunity to go back home and show her improvement. As for OU, they lost almost all of their staters due to graduation. So i don't believe they'll be very impressive in the spring. It'll be interesting to see both teams in the fall though there's a lot of talent coming to both squads and the level of Big XII volleyball should stay as high as it was last season.
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