Tickets for the three Iowa State-hosted games of the National Collegiate Athletic Association women’s basketball tournament went on sale Monday at 8 a.m. at the Jacobson Building.

As of 3 p.m. Monday, Dave Crum, manager of athletic tickets, said the office had sold close to 7,000 tickets in 2,500 different sales.

Reserve tickets for students sold out about 3 p.m. Monday, Crum said, but general admission seats still are available.

Students can buy one pass for all three games, which costs $11. The price of the three-games costs $16 for the general public.

About 4,500 tickets were pre-sold prior to the Monday start-time. The tickets went to visiting teams, season ticket holders and Cyclone Club members.

In the first game, No. 4 seed ISU will open against No. 13 seed Santa Clara Friday at 6 p.m. The fifth-seeded Oregon Ducks will play No. 12 seed Cincinnati Friday at 8 p.m. The championship game will be Sunday at 8 p.m.

Crum said the two-day package ticket sales should “definitely go above what we did last year.”

“Our sales have gone real well,” Crum said. “The weather has hurt us a little … [but the storm] won’t hurt sales; just push it back a couple of days.”

Due to Monday’s snowstorm, the ticket office sent most of its phone sales representatives home at about 1 p.m. and encouraged people to call back today.

Crum advises people to pick up tickets before Friday’s game to eliminate waiting in line.

ISU hosted its first NCAA Tournament game last year.

Athletics Director Gene Smith said ISU was chosen as a host again because of the team’s performance.

The women’s team finished the regular season with a 22-7 record, and it placed second in last weekend’s Big 12 tournament.

“The team did a great job and ended up being ranked in the top 16. We had an outstanding competitive season,” Smith said.

Smith said the tournament should be able to attract a lot of fans, and he does not think the recent snowstorm will have an effect on attendance at the games.

During last year’s tournament, an average of 9,700 fans attended the games, he said. This year, the Cyclones have averaged 4,300 fans per game during the regular season.

“The way this team has performed, we have really grown in attendance, and we will hopefully continue to do so,” he said.