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Lady Rattlers to Face Oklahoma in NCAA Volleyball Tournament

The Florida A&M Lady Rattlers will face the No. 21 Oklahoma Sooners in the opening round of the 2007 NCAA Division I Volleyball Championship on Thursday beginning at 5 p.m. at the Stephen O’Connell Center on the campus of the University of Florida (Gainesville).

As the 2007 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) champion, the Lady Rattlers received the leagues’ automatic bid to the NCAA championship. Florida A&M finished the season with an 18-7 overall record and 8-0 mark in conference play.

This year’s championship marks the Lady Rattlers’ seventh straight trip to the NCAA Volleyball Championship and their ninth appearance in the last ten years.

Oklahoma earned an at-large selection and is making its second consecutive NCAA appearance after advancing to the Sweet 16 last season. The Sooners were 21-9 overall record and finished fourth in the Big 12 Conference with a 17-3 mark.

The Big 12 Conference was among three conferences with six teams selected to this year’s championship tournament. This is the first-ever meeting between the two schools.

Florida A&M will join host No. 13 Florida (27-2), the College of Charleston (26-7) and Oklahoma in the Gainesville Regional. Florida will face the College of Charleston on Thursday at 7:30 p.m. The winners of both matches will meet on Friday at 6 p.m. for a chance to advance to the Sweet 16.

Overall, 64 teams make up the bracket for the 2007 NCAA Division I Volleyball Championship. Thirty-one conferences were awarded automatic qualification, and the remaining 33 positions were filled with at-large selections.

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2007 NCAA Volleyball Bracket