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San Marcos, Texas – Texas State's journey for its seventh Southland Conference Tournament championship begins on Friday as the No. 3 seed Bobcats begin play against No. 6 seed Lamar at 1:30 p.m. on Friday in first round tournament action at Johnson Coliseum in Huntsville, Texas.

The Texas State match will be the second of the four Friday matches. No. 2 seed UTSA will play No. 7 seed McNeese State to begin the tournament at 11 a.m., and No. 1 seed Central Arkansas takes on No. 8 seed Nicholls in the 4 p.m. match. No. 4 seed UT Arlington and No. 5 seed Sam Houston State square off at 6:30 p.m. to finish day one of the tournament.

The winner of the Texas State/Lamar match will play the winner of UTSA/McNeese State at 5 p.m. on Saturday, while the winners of the other two first round matches will face one another at 7:30 p.m. Saturday evening. The championship match is scheduled for 3 p.m. on Sunday.

Fans will be able to follow along with all of the SLC Tournament action online through live video, live stats and radio streaming. The Southland Conference will be providing free video and live stats for each match through its SLC NOW service courtesy of southland.org. In addition, txstatebobcats.com and 89.9 KTSW in the San Marcos area will have a radio broadcast for each Texas State match live from Johnson Coliseum. Sunday's championship match will also be broadcast on television on the Southland TV Network.

Ticket prices for a day session are $10 for an adult and $7 youths (age 3-18). Tournament passes are $15. There is no charge for Southland Conference students with a valid institutional I.D.

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Scouting Texas State (19-11, 12-4 SLC)
The Bobcats enter the Southland Conference Tournament on a five-match winning streak after most recently defeating UTSA and Texas A&M-Corpus Christi in a pair of matches at Strahan Coliseum. Texas State has won nine of its last 11 matches heading into the weekend.

Three Bobcats were recently named to All-Southland Conference teams as senior AJ Watlington and freshman Amari Deardorff earned All-SLC First Team honors, and junior Amber Calhoun was named to the All-SLC Second Team. Watlington and Deardorff rank first and second, respectively, on the team in kills, while Calhoun is the team leader for both hitting percentage and blocks.

Scouting Lamar (12-15, 8-8 SLC)
Head Coach: Justin Gibert
Conference: Southland
All-Time Series: Texas State leads, 38-33
Last Meeting: Lamar won, 3-2 (9/30/10)

The Bobcats will have the opportunity to avenge a loss against Lamar earlier in the season. Lamar won a five-setter in Beaumont after SLC Newcomer of the Year Tina Hobbs posted 21 kills and All-SLC First Team selection Jayme Bazile added 13 kills and five blocks. The teams traded sets before the Lady Cardinals outlasted Texas State to win the deciding set, 17-15.

Lamar enters the tournament having lost three of its last four and seven of its last 11 matches. Most recently, the Lady Cardinals fell to tournament-host Sam Houston State and Stephen F. Austin in a pair of matches last weekend to even their record at 8-8 in the conference entering the tournament. Lamar, one of the top serving teams in the conference with a 1.58 aces per set average, earned the No. 6 seed in the tournament.

Top Notes
Last Week
The Bobcats finished their regular season with a pair of victories over UTSA and Texas A&M-Corpus Christi at Strahan Coliseum. Texas State finished its home slate with an 11-1 mark in front of the San Marcos faithful.

SLC Tournaments
Texas State holds a 30-15 all-time record in Southland Conference Tournament matches. The Bobcats have posted six SLC Tournament Championships, including four of the last six.

Third Seed
The Bobcats are looking to claim the SLC Tournament Championship as the No. 3 seed for the second time in the program's history. Texas State also claimed the tournament championship in 1998 as the third seed.

All-Southland Conference
AJ Watlington and Amari Deardorff earned All-SLC First Team honors while Amber Calhoun was named to the 2010 All-SLC Second Team.