Aggie Roundup
Published Saturday, October 31, 2009 1:12 AM

BASKETBALL

A&M women's basketball tickets go on sale today: Individual game tickets for Texas A&M women's basketball games excluding doubleheaders with men's basketball will go on sale online at 6 p.m. Saturday. Sales over the phone and at the A&M ticket office begin at 8 a.m. Monday.

Ticket prices are $5 for general admission, $7 for baseline mezzanine, $9 for sideline mezzanine and $11 for courtside seating. Tickets can purchased online at tickets.12thmanfoundation.com, by phone at 1-888-99-AGGIE or in person at the 12th Man Foundation ticket center.

A&M opens with an exhibition game against Oklahoma City on Nov. 12 at Reed Arena. The season opener is Nov. 15 against Duke at Reed Arena.

EQUESTRIAN

A&M to host Baylor: The Texas A&M equestrian team will host Baylor at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Brazos County Expo Complex.

TENNIS

Aggie men advance to quarterfinals at Invitational: AUSTIN -- The Texas A&M men's tennis team had one player and two doubles teams advance to the quarterfinals of the University of Texas Invitational on Friday at the Penick-Allison Tennis Center.

A&M's Jack Seider reached the quarterfinals in the singles B draw, while Seider and Alberto Bautista reached the quarterfinals in the doubles main draw. A&M's Calon Alpar and Patrick Dean also reached the quarterfinals.

The event continues Saturday and wraps up Sunday.

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Aggies open Invitational with good showing: WACO -- The Texas A&M women's tennis team went 10-3 in singles and 4-0 in doubles on the first day of the HEB Baylor Invitational at the Baylor Tennis Center on Friday.

In singles, A&M's Lauren Santacroce and Sheri Olivier and Stephanie Davidson all reached the round of 16. No. 3 seed Elzé Potgieter, No. 4 seed Morgan Frank and No. 7 seed Nazari Urbina had first-round byes and earned straight-set victories in the second round to advance.

A&M's Olivier and Urbina knocked off No. 1 seed Csilla Borsanyi and Taylor Ormond of Baylor 8-5 in the round of 16. The teams of Davidson/Frank, No. 4 Janelle Cuthbertson/Potgieter and Lauren Santacroce/Ashley Turpin also advanced.

Play resumes Saturday morning at the Baylor Tennis Center.

VOLLEYBALL

Aggies on road to face Jayhawks: LAWRENCE, Kan. -- The 25th-ranked Texas A&M volleyball team will face Kansas at 6:30 p.m. Saturday at the Horejsi Family Athletics Center.

A&M (13-6, 6-5) is in sixth place in the Big 12 standings, while Kansas (12-9, 4-7) is in eighth.

-- Eagle staff reports