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Nov. 29, 2009

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AUSTIN, Texas -- The second-ranked Texas Volleyball team will make its 26th NCAA Tournament appearance this coming weekend when it hosts the first and second rounds of the 2009 NCAA Tournament at Gregory Gym.

Texas (24-1, 19-1 Big 12) earned the No. 2 seed in the tournament and the No. 1 seed in the Omaha Regional. The Horns will welcome Rice, TCU and UT's first-round opponent, Texas State to Gregory Gym on Thursday and Friday, Dec. 3 and 4 as the Longhorns host for the sixth straight season.

TCU will face Rice on Thursday at 4:30 p.m., and the Longhorns will take on Texas State at 6 p.m. or 30 minutes after the conclusion of the first match. The winners of the two matches will meet on Friday at 6:30 p.m.

Tickets to the NCAA Tournament first and second rounds can be purchased at any Texas Box Office location beginning Sunday, Nov. 29 at 5 p.m. (Central). All-session ticket packages are $6 (students), $12 (reserved general admission) and $20 (reserved seating). Individual session tickets will go on sale beginning Thursday.

The winner of the Austin Sub-Regional will advance to the Omaha Regional, where it will face the winner of the Baton Rouge (LSU) Sub-Regional in the NCAA "Sweet 16". Regional matches will be played Dec. 11-12.

Texas earned the Big 12's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament, and was one of six teams from the Big 12 Conference to earn an invite. UT, which won the league title outright is joined by seventh-seeded Iowa State, 10th-seeded Nebraska, Baylor, Oklahoma and Texas A&M in the 64-team draw.

The Longhorns have won their last 20 matches on their home floor.

Texas State (21-12, 13-3 Southland) earned an automatic bid to the tournament after winning the Southland Conference championship. TCU (26-6, 13-3 Mountain West) gained an at-large bid to the tournament after finishing second in its conference tourney. Rice (23-8, 11-5 Conference USA) earned an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament after winning its conference tournament.

In 2008, Texas earned its fifth straight bid to the NCAA Tournament and advanced to the national semifinals for the first time since 1995.

Texas has been selected to host first and second rounds of the NCAA Tournament 20 times and UT is 42-9 all-time in NCAA matches played in Austin. Texas is undefeated in first-round contests at 25-0.

Tickets
Purchase at TexasBoxOffice.com; by calling 800-982-BEVO or 512-471-3333; in person at the UT Athletics Ticket Office in Bellmont Hall (Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. CT); and in person one hour prior to game time at the Gregory Gymnasium box office.

All Session prices are as follows:
Reserved All-Session Ticket: $20
General Admission Adult All-Session Ticket: $12
General Admission Youth/UT Student All-Session Ticket: $6

All session bundle pack:
UT is announcing a special $15 bundle pack which includes includes one general admission ticket, one hot dog, one small soda, and one small popcorn for BOTH days. Only 250 of these $15 bundle packs are available. This bundle pack must be purchased in advance by calling the UT Athletics Events, Sales and Services office at 512-232-3865.

Single day tickets won't be available until Thursday at 9 a.m. (Central).  These tickets can be purchased either online, by phone or in person.

Tickets will only be available at will call for this event.  Tickets can be picked up at Bellmont Hall beginning Tuesday, Dec. 1.  They will be at Bellmont until one hour prior to the event start time.  At that time, they will be available at will call at Gregory Gymnasium.