RICHARDSON,
Texas - The teams are set for the annual Lone Star Conference
Volleyball Championship Tournament, which begins Thursday in San Angelo,
Texas.
Angelo State earned the right to host the event as the
league's champion for the first time since 1992 with an 18-2 record.
The eight-team, single-elimination tournament consists of
four first-round matches on Thursday, followed by two semifinal games on
Friday evening and the championship match on Saturday afternoon.
The top eight teams in the LSC will compete for the 2012
tournament championship. In addition to winning the title, the LSC
tournament winner will receive the league's automatic berth into the
NCAA Division II Championship tournament.
All the championship games will be aired live via internet video streaming at
www.FoxSportsSouthwest.com.
The webcasts are
available free of charge. Each webcast includes both video and audio,
with viewers needing only a computer with a high-speed DSL or cable
modem connection to the internet. Veteran broadcaster Chris Needham has
the call for all the games.
Action starts on Thursday at 12 p.m. with No. 3 Tarleton
State against No. 6 Texas A&M-Kingsville followed by No. 2 West
Texas A&M versus No. 7 Abilene Christian at 2:30 p.m., No. 4 Texas
Woman's against No. 5 Texas A&M-Commerce at 5 p.m. and No.
1 ASU versus No. 8 Incarnate Word at 7:30 p.m.
WTAMU won the 2011 LSC volleyball tournament championship with a 3-0 victory over ASU in Canyon, Texas.