What Volleyball Tournament are you excited to see?

[IdahoBoy]

The season is approaching!

The NACWAA this weekend in Fort Collins, CO (I am jealous of those of you attending), the granddaddy (mommy?) opening weekend tournament.

I'm eager to hear how teams will be doing this year, and eager to see some College Volleyball!

I of course will be attending the UH matches, Arizona, Eastern Washington, and San Diego come to Honolulu starting on Thursday the 2nd.

What I'm curious is, who will be attending what other early season tournaments and what teams will you be seeing?

Please chime in!

There are some VERY interesting early season matchups this season! Here's a short list of some tournaments to keep your eyes on the 'real' opening weekend (Sept. 2-5):

Hawaiian Airlines Wahine Volleyball Classic
#13 Hawaii
#17 Arizona
#29 San Diego
and Eastern Washington

Courtyard by Marriott Marina Del Rey Beach Classic
#1 USC
#9 Pepperdine
Georgia

McDonalds Texas A&M Invitational
**Some solid teams, and some that are working on it
#3 UCLA
#15 Texas A&M
Georgia Southern
McNesse State
Bethune-Cookman

Penn State Invitational
#8 Penn State (hey, that rhymes)
BYU Won't be ranked this season...
Georgetown
Rutgers
Qinnipiac
Akron

Hampton Inn/Kaepa Temple Classic
**Some postseason implications already in this tournament
Temple
North Carolina
Ohio State
Western Michigan

LMU Four Points Sheraton Volleyball Classic
**Postseason Implications here too
Loyola Marymount
Duke
Tennessee
Villanova

Long Beach State Invite
**A potential postseason implication between Utah and LBSU
Long Beach State
Utah
Northeastern

[GatorVball]

I won't see it, but I'll be very excited for the Diet Coke Classic in Minneapolis, with Florida, KState, UNI and Minnesota.

[Mumsie]

I'm not going to ANY! Boo-Hoo
But, I'm very excited about them all!
(Especially the Pitt tournament and the Missouri tournament)
So, y'all better do a good job keeping us updated on who's whuppin' who!

[sonofbarcelonabob]

I can't wait to see our City Parks and Rec Fall Classic 6-person Co-Ed C/D division tournament. There's some really hot soccer moms with decent game. YEEHAW!

[JT]

NACWAA will be fun and interesting. Last year's teams were better, but this year, being able to watch the Gophers makes the tournament better.
I'd say it'll indicate how the Gophers will do, but last season's less-than-stellar start wasn't indicative of how they ended the season....

The Diet Coke Classic tournament (Minnesota) will be good to watch, too. MN, Florida, UNI, K-State is up there, imho.

Don't know who'll be there, but the Regional at Minnesota will, I bet, have four good teams. I'll attend no matter who's playing.

I'm not so sure about the Final Four, but it should have at least one or two "okay" teams.
If my Gophers are there, I will be, too.

[UCSBVball]

Next weekend will be Volleyball time in San Diego and Irvine. Then to Mexico for waves, fish tacos, and cold beer.
The plan is to watch 4 matches in 2 days.

[homer]

I want to see the middles battles in the back to back night matches between Nebraska and Notre Dame on Labor Day wknd.

Haven't heard from the Nebraska faithful or from Gorf who is the Notre Dame rep on the Fanbase.

What's the take?

[EagleEye]

Northwestern, Stanford, Villanova, and Western Kentucky at Northwestern tournament the weekend of Sept. 17-18.

[terp]

university of houston tourney sept 3-5
kansas state
cal berkely
maryland
houston....
should be a good one
games at the athletic/alumni center

[rayb_14]

terp said:

university of houston tourney sept 3-5
kansas state
cal berkely
maryland
houston....
should be a good one
games at the athletic/alumni center

cool! this tourney and the A&M tourney are the same weekend - i'll probably be able to see both then. i'll be at A&M for sure.