The "Drive for Five"..."One for the Thumb"...all tag lines for what could be a potential 5 year winning streak for 4-time defending national champion UC-Santa Barbara.
Pool A features the defending champions UCSB. 2009 Championship Consolation Semifinalist Colorado School of Mines and newcomer Texas Christian are tasked with trying to stop UCSB from advancing.
Pool B features tough match-ups for all. All 3 teams made the knockout round last year with one of them making the quarterfinals. Colorado "Gold" is that quarterfinalist. Virginia and Cornell hope to take what they learned last year further in this year's tournament.
Pool C features the finalist that could have stopped UCSB's streak. Texas lost in kicks from the mark last year over UCSB in the final. Their quest includes championship 2010 consolation quarterfinalist Delaware and 2010 consolation finalist Michigan.
Pool D features 2 teams with knockout round experience last year with the other making the knockout round when they were last here in 2009. The 2009 knockout round team was Cal Poly. They are joined by 2010 round of 16 teams Ohio State and North Carolina.
Pool E has a mixed bag of teams. 2009 quarterfinalist Michigan State is joined by 2010 round of 16 team Arizona and newcomer Washington University of St. Louis.
Pool F features semifinalist Penn State, quarterfinalist Florida and 2010 open competitor San Diego State.
Pool G has newcomer Indiana, 2010 championship consolation quarterfinalist Virginia Tech and quarterfinalist UCLA
Pool H is another mixed bag of schools. 2010 championship consolation semifinalist Colorado State, quarterfinalist Pittsburgh and round of 16 team Marquette will battle it to advance to the knockout round.
Will Texas end the streak? Will another team break through? Will I see any other women's team win? (Editor's note 4 years working tournament, 4 years UCSB has won). Or will it be a Fabulous Five for UCSB?
It begins Thursday!
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