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WTAMU Fieldhouse "The Box"

The West Texas A&M University volleyball team is accustomed to excellence in the WTAMU Fieldhouse, better known in the Texas Panhandle as "The Box." The Box is a facility Buffalo athletes and fans love. In stark contrast, opponents fear stepping into the home of the Lady Buffs.

With the opening of the First United Bank Center in 2002, the WTAMU Fieldhouse was renovated to become one of a select few "volleyball-only" arenas in NCAA Division II. Seating just over 2,500, "The Box" provides fans an opportunity to virtually sit on the court and cheer on the perennial championship-contending Lady Buff volleyball team.

Built in 1951, The Box is home to the WTAMU volleyball team and formerly the men's and women's basketball teams. It has been the scene of many exciting moments and has seen a role in winning streaks for all three athletic programs as success stems partially from the fans who crowd The Box.

It has also seen its fair share of concerts and other entertainment, as performers such George Strait, Willie Nelson, John Denver, Ike & Tina Turner and comedian Steve Martin have played the Fieldhouse. President Gerald Ford delivered an address in The Box in 1976.

Until a hard-fought, five-game loss to Angelo State University on Nov. 6, 1993, the WTAMU volleyball team had a 49-match winning streak in the Box dating back to Sept. 23, 1989. Counting four contests at the Amarillo Civic Center and two at the Tascosa Activity Center, WTAMU had won a then-record NCAA Division II record of 55 home matches in a row. That streak was later bested by a 57-match winning streak, occurring from 1996 to 1999. WTAMU had a 40-match home streak snapped in 2003 and a 50-match streak from 2007 to 2010.

The WTAMU Fieldhouse received a face lift in the Summer of 2021 as a state-of-the-art Tarflex playing surface was installed thanks to the generosity of longtime WT Volleyball corporate partner BritKare Home Medical. BritKare Court at The Box features a top-line Taraflex court surface that is widely used in Division I arenas along with professional and international volleyball.

Venue History and Facts
ALL-TIME HOME RECORD: 551-85 (.866)
ALL-TIME CONFERENCE HOME RECORD: 268-26 (.912)
RECORD ATTENDANCE: 1,737 - West Texas A&M vs. Colorado Mesa (November 11, 2006)
UNBEATEN SEASONS AT HOME: 14 (1990, 1991, 1992, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2020, 2021, 2023)
MOST HOME VICTORIES IN A SEASON: 22 (2013, 22-0)

Consecutive Home Matches Won
57: September 6, 1996 - October 23, 1999
55: September 24, 1989 - October 23, 1993
50: September 18, 2007 - September 3, 2010
40: October 25, 2001 - October 30, 2003

Top-10 Attendance Marks
1,737 - vs. Colorado Mesa (November 11, 2006)
1,658 - vs. MSU Denver (December 2, 2023)
1,623 - vs. Grand Valley State (September 28, 2009)
1,569 - vs. Abilene Christian (November 14, 2009)
1,452 - vs. Augustana (September 24, 2001)
1,438 - vs. Dallas Baptist (December 1, 2023)
1,363 - vs. Dallas Baptist (November 12, 2022)
1,350 - vs. Cameron (November 13, 1999)
1,323 - vs. Angelo State (September 30, 2022)
1,300 - vs. Regis (November 20, 1999)