LIVINGSTON, Ala. – The University of West Alabama volleyball team is set to begin its 2010 season as the team travels this weekend to West Florida for four contests at the Comfort Inn-vitational.

The squad will open the season with a flurry of activity as the Tigers will play four matches in two days starting with a 9 a.m. contest against Florida Tech on Friday, Sept. 3. UWA will then turn its attention to Puerto Rico at Rio Piedras with a 2 p.m. meeting scheduled for the same day.

Saturday will also see UWA playing two matches as the Red and White opens the day with an 11:30 a.m. showdown with Eckerd College and then wraps up the weekend with a 5:30 p.m. match against Wilmington University.

The matches against Florida Tech and Eckerd are NCAA South Region contests.

The team is coming off of its best season since 1996 after compiling a 30-8 record a year ago en route to winning a share of the 2009 Gulf South Conference East Division championship.

Head Coach Tabitha Turner returns four players from last year's group including preseason all-conference selection Thais Hollerbach and Alexis McHale – an all-GSC selection a year ago. Turner has also sprinkled in several newcomers that will be expected to contribute immediately.

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