ESPN Announces 2012 College Lacrosse Coverage Schedule
from press release
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| Ryan Boyle, a four-time
All-American attackman at Princeton, three-time Team USA member and
veteran Boston Cannons player, has been added to ESPN's roster of
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ESPN has announced its extensive 2012 college lacrosse coverage across ESPN, ESPNU and ESPN3 with a schedule featuring nationally-ranked programs, top-caliber games and the addition of the ACC Men's and Women's and BIG EAST Men's Lacrosse Championships. The schedule includes 49 total games – featuring 39 regular-season matchups, 37 men's and two women's games – plus the crowing of six conference champions on ESPNU and ESPN3. Coverage begins with No. 4 Johns Hopkins hosting Towson on Friday, Feb. 17, at noon on ESPNU.
Schedule highlights:
· At least one appearance from each team in the top 10 of
Inside Lacrosse Division Preseason Rankings and 14 of the 16 teams
that qualified for the 2011 NCAA Championship, including seven
appearances from the defending champion Virginia
· ESPN will air two top-10 games – No. 7 Syracuse at
No. 1 Virginia on Sunday, March 4, at 4:30 p.m. and the Cavaliers
at No. 6 North Carolina on Sunday, April 7, at noon
· A rematch of the 2011 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse
Championship game between No. 8 Maryland and top-ranked Virginia on
Saturday, March 31, at noon on ESPNU
· ESPN3 will offer eight exclusive games including three
appearances by second-ranked Duke – at No. 9 Notre Dame on
Saturday, Feb. 18, at No. 8 Maryland on Saturday, March 3 and at
Georgetown on Saturday, March 24
· Games from four in-season tournaments – Konica
Minolta Face-Off Classic (Baltimore) on Saturday, March 10, Konica
Minolta Big City Classic (East Rutherford, N.J.) on Sunday, April
1, ESPNU Warrior Classic (Charlotte, N.C.) on Saturday, April 14
and Mile High Classic (Denver) on Friday, April 27
· ESPNU will carry two regular-season women's games plus
the ACC Women's Lacrosse Championship title match as part of ACC
Monday on Monday, April 23, at 3 p.m.
· Five men's conference champions will be crowned on ESPNU
or ESPN3
· The entire ACC Championship will air live on ESPNU
beginning with the semifinals on Friday, April 20 at 5 and 7:30
p.m. and the title game on Sunday, April 22, at 3 p.m.
· ESPNU will carry the final game of the BIG EAST
Championship on Saturday, May 5, at noon along with the first
semifinal on Thursday, May 3, at 4:30 p.m.; in addition, the second
semifinal tilt will be at 7 p.m. on ESPN3
· ESPN3 will be the home to the Ivy League Championship
semifinals on Friday, May 4, at 5 and 8 p.m., while ESPNU will
offer the title game that Sunday at noon
· The America East and ECAC champions will be crowned on
ESPN3
This season, the network's telecasts will include a deep roster of experienced and knowledgeable lacrosse analysts: Ryan Boyle (Four-time All-American at Princeton), Paul Carcaterra (All-American at Syracuse and a member of 1995 National Championship team), Mark Dixon (former Johns Hopkins midfielder), Ryan Flanagan (All-American defenseman at UNC), Quint Kessenich (Four-time All-American at Johns Hopkins), Jamie Munro (All-American at Brown and former Denver head coach) and Matt Ward (former Virginia attackman and 2006 Tewaaraton winner). Play-by-play announcers include: ESPNU's Anish Shroff, Joe Beninati (Bowdoin College goalie), Mike Corey, Ben Holden and Eamon McAnaney (Notre Dame defenseman). Newcomer Courtney Martinez Connor (Four-time NCAA Championship at Maryland) will handle analysis of the women's games.
ESPN Network's 2012 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Regular-Season Schedule (Schedule subject to change; all times are Eastern)
Sun, Jan 29
11 a.m. – US Lacrosse Champion Challenge, U.S.
Women’s Team vs. Northwestern ESPN3
1:30 p.m. – US Lacrosse Champion Challenge, U.S.
Men’s Team vs. Denver ESPN3
(re-air of both games starting at 10:30 p.m. Jan. 29 on ESPNU)
Fri, Feb 17
5 p.m. Towson at No. 4 Johns Hopkins ESPNU
Sat, Feb 18
1 p.m. No. 2 Duke at No. 9 Notre Dame ESPN3
Tue, Feb 21
5 p.m. Delaware at No. 4 Johns Hopkins ESPNU
Fri, Feb 24
7 p.m. No. 8 Maryland at Georgetown ESPN3
Sat, Feb 25
Noon Stony Brook at No. 1 Virginia ESPN3
3 p.m. Siena at No. 4 Johns Hopkins ESPNU
Fri, Mar 2
5 p.m. No. 4 Johns Hopkins at No. 16 Princeton ESPNU
Sat, Mar 3
1 p.m. No. 2 Duke at No. 8 Maryland ESPN3
Sun, Mar 4
4:30 p.m. No. 7 Syracuse at No. 1 Virginia ESPN / ESPN3
Tue, Mar 6
7 p.m.* Manhattan at No. 4 Johns Hopkins ESPNU
Wed, Mar 7
5 p.m. Towson at No. 20 Johns Hopkins (women's) ESPNU
Sat, Mar 10
11 a.m. Konica Minolta Face-Off Classic (Baltimore): No. 16
Princeton vs. No. 6 North Carolina ESPNU
1:30 p.m. Konica Minolta Face-Off Classic (Baltimore): No. 3
Cornell vs. No. 1 Virginia ESPNU
4 p.m. Konica Minolta Face-Off Classic (Baltimore): UMBC vs. No. 4
Johns Hopkins ESPN3
Fri, Mar 16
5 p.m. No. 6 North Carolina at No. 2 Duke ESPNU
Sat, Mar 17
2 p.m. No. 14 Penn at No. 16 Princeton ESPNU
4 p.m. No. 7 Syracuse at No. 4 Johns Hopkins ESPNU
Sun, Mar 18
1 p.m. No. 5 Denver at No. 9 Notre Dame ESPNU
Sat, Mar 24
Noon No. 8 Maryland at No. 6 North Carolina ESPNU
Noon No. 2 Duke at Georgetown ESPN3
2 p.m. No. 4 Johns Hopkins at No. 1 Virginia ESPNU
Sat, Mar 31
Noon No. 1 Virginia at No. 8 Maryland ESPNU
Sun, Apr 1
1 p.m. Konica Minolta Big City Classic (East Rutherford, N.J.):
No. 9 Notre Dame vs. St. John's ESPN3
4 p.m. Konica Minolta Big City Classic (East Rutherford, N.J.):
No. 2 Duke vs. No. 7 Syracuse ESPNU
6:30 p.m. Konica Minolta Big City Classic (East Rutherford, N.J.):
No. 6 North Carolina vs. No. 4 Johns Hopkins ESPNU
Fri, Apr 6
6 p.m.* Albany vs. No. 4 Johns Hopkins ESPNU
Sat, Apr 7
Noon No. 1 Virginia at No. 6 North Carolina ESPN / ESPN3
Wed, Apr 11
5:30 p.m. No. 8 Virginia at No. 20 Johns Hopkins (women's)
ESPNU
Fri, Apr 13
6 p.m. No. 2 Duke at No. 1 Virginia ESPNU
Sat, Apr 14
11 a.m. ESPNU Warrior Classic (Charlotte, N.C.): Rutgers vs. No. 7
Syracuse ESPNU
1:30 p.m. ESPNU Warrior Classic (Charlotte, N.C.): No. 11 Hofstra
at No. 6 North Carolina ESPNU
6 p.m. No. 8 Maryland at No. 4 Johns Hopkins ESPNU
Fri, Apr 20
5 p.m. ACC Men's Lacrosse Championship (Charlottesville, Va.):
Semifinal #1 ESPNU
7:30 p.m. ACC Men's Lacrosse Championship (Charlottesville, Va.):
Semifinal #2 ESPNU
Sat, Apr 21
3 p.m. Georgetown at No. 7 Syracuse ESPNU
5:30 p.m. No. 9 Notre Dame at No. 10 Villanova ESPNU
Sun, Apr 22
3 p.m. ACC Men's Lacrosse Championship (Charlottesville, Va.):
Final ESPNU
Mon, Apr 23
7 p.m. ACC Women's Lacrosse Championship as part of ACC Monday
(Durham, N.C.): Final ESPNU
Fri, Apr 27
7:30 p.m. Mile High Classic (Denver, Colo.): No. 1 Virginia vs.
No. 14 Penn ESPN3
10 p.m. Mile High Classic (Denver, Colo.): Duke at Denver
ESPNU
Sat, Apr 28
5 p.m. No. 7 Syracuse at No. 9 Notre Dame ESPNU
7 p.m. No. 3 Cornell at No. 16 Princeton ESPNU
Thu, May 3
4:30 p.m. BIG EAST Men's Lacrosse Championship (Villanova , Pa.):
Semifinal #1 ESPNU
7 p.m. / 10:30 p.m.* BIG EAST Men's Lacrosse Championship
(Villanova , Pa.): Semifinal #2 ESPN3 / ESPNU*
TBD TBD ECAC Men's Lacrosse Championship (Site TBD): Final
ESPN3
Fri, May 4
5 p.m. Ivy League Men's Lacrosse Championship (site of
regular-season champion): Semifinal #1 ESPN3
8 p.m. Ivy League Men's Lacrosse Championship (site of
regular-season champion): Semifinal #2 ESPN3
Sat, May 5
Noon BIG EAST Men's Lacrosse Championship (Villanova , Pa.): Final
ESPNU
2 p.m. Army at No. 4 Johns Hopkins ESPNU
Sun, May 6
10 a.m. America East Men's Lacrosse Championship (campus of
highest seed): Final ESPNU
Noon Ivy League Men's Lacrosse Championship (site of
regular-season champion): Final ESPNU
* - tape delay; rankings from Inside Lacrosse Preseason Poll
For the sixth straight year, ESPN networks will provide exclusive coverage of all 15 games from the NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship. Coverage will be in high definition across ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU beginning Saturday, May 12 and concluding with the national title game on Monday, May 28. ESPN3 and ESPN Mobile will also feature select games.
In addition, the NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship semifinals and national title game will be aired on ESPN networks on Friday, May 25 and Sunday, May 27. The championship game will air on ESPNU, an ESPN spokesperson confirmed Monday, as first reported by LaxMagazine.com in December.
