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The Virginia Tech Hokies are heading to New Orleans for a shot at Sugar Bowl glory! Campus Emporium is already prepared to send our Hokie fans into the stands in some awesome Sugar Bowl gear, inluding short and long sleeve tees, hoodies and crew sweatshirts.
The Sugar Bowl apparel is arriving today or tomorrow, and you can place a preorder right now on CampusEmporium.com. Unless you tell us otherwise in the Comments section (in checkout), we’ll just hold your order and ship it all together when the shirts arrive. As always, if you have any questions give us a buzz at 866-488-9327.

Shop our entire collection of 2012 Virginia Tech Sugar Bowl Shirts and Sweatshirts and let’s paint the Big Easy maroon and orange!

Buying a fitted or stretch-fit hat can be tricky of you don’t know your hat size. Use this handy size chart to get to know your noggin’! Keep in mind sizes can vary depending on the manufacturer, but this chart from New Era is a great start.

Now that you know your hat size, shop our Virginia Tech Hats for your perfect Hokie hat!

In continuing with our Virginia Tech athletics position series, we’ll cover the volleyball position called the setter. The setter is like the quarterback of the volleyball team and is absolutely intrinsic to the game – after all, he or she is “setting” up the ball for the rest of the players!

The natural progression of play in volleyball is that the ball is passed, the ball is set, and then the ball is attacked with a hit. The setter’s job is to place the ball in the right position for the intended hitter to make a decent attack. The setter must know which hitters are in the front row with them, and which blockers are on the other side of the net. Knowing the strengths and weaknesses of the hitters on the court is important so that a play has the best chance of success.

There are three basic setting strategies that most teams use:

4-2: This setting strategy has two setters on the court at a time; one in the front row and one in the back row. The rules state that only the three players in the front row can jump and attack a ball that is right at the net. In this strategy the setter that is in the front row is the one who sets the ball. This means that at all times you only have two front row hitters instead of three, but the setter is able to also sneak the ball over on the second hit, trying to catch the other team off guard.