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Texas Tops Preseason Volleyball Poll

Bumped. Go Gazelles.

Texas volleyball was voted #1 by the Big 12 volleyball coaches.

The GazellesTM have 4 players named to the preseason all Big 12 Team, Juliann Faucette, Lauren Paolini, Ashley Engle and Destinee Hooker.  Juliann is named co-Player of the Year.  New recruit Rachael Adams is named Freshman of the Year.  This marks the 3rd year in a row Texas has the Freshman of the Year (Engle and Faucette were the previous two).  

Also Volleyball magazine's preseason poll has the Gazelles ranked #3 behind Stanford and defending National Champion Penn State.  USC is ranked #4.  Texas opens the season playing USC and Stanford.

Texassports article about Volleyball Poll

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dumb question...

but since i don’t follow women’s volleyball and don’t go to UT… why are they called the gazelles? rather than lady longhorns or whatever.

by jw4425 on Aug 14, 2008 5:44 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

BON nickname

I called them the Gregory Gazelles a couple years back and it stuck.

They’ve got those long legs that go forever… like gazelles.

--PB--

by Peter Bean on Aug 14, 2008 5:49 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

plus...

Watching Destinee jump sky high for a vicious spike brings a gazelle to mind. Kind of a kangaroo, too. She has the grace of a gazelle and the power of a kangaroo. Damn right.

by BigTexBD on Aug 14, 2008 5:58 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

haha

Ok, so it was an even dumber question than i thought. Thanks PB.

by jw4425 on Aug 15, 2008 8:18 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Just a reminder

Single game tickets went on sale last Monday.

Nebraska and A&M sold out in advance of game day last year.

by TempestHorn on Aug 16, 2008 1:58 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

apropos of nothing

I believe texas is also the pre-season favorite in the Big 12 women’s soccer this season.

by Beergut on Aug 17, 2008 10:54 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Our women's sports program...

… craps bigger than your women’s sports program. [/caring]

by Horn Brain on Aug 18, 2008 10:26 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

There’s a preseason poll for courics?

by learned hand on Aug 18, 2008 12:00 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

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